High School Volleyball
Mt. Pleasant’s next game will be September 13th as they defend their home court against the Washington Demons. The Panthers are currently 2-10 on the season while the Demons are 4-11.
WACO travels to play Louisa-Muscatine tonight, September 8th, at 7:30 pm. The Warriors are 8-1 on the year and led by senior Grace Coble, who has 124 assists and 37 kills on the season. The Falcons are led by Emma Rosenboom, who leads the team in kills with 11. They are looking for their first win of the season.
Winfield-Mt. Union faces off with Highland on the road tonight at 7:30 pm. The Wolves are currently in the middle of a 5-game win streak and led by the trio of seniors Keely Malone, who has 169 assists, Melina Oepping, who leads the team in kills with 59, and Bradie Buffington, who is second in kills with 47. Highland is 3-2 on the season and led by junior Sarah Burton, who paces the team with 59 kills.
Burlington Notre Dame and New London clash in a Class 1A top 15 matchup tonight at New London at 7:30 pm. Senior Gabby Deery leads the Notre Dame offense with 186 kills, while Natalie Burden leads the Tiger offense with 53 kills through six games.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will be back on the road this Friday, September 9th, when they face off against the Keokuk Chiefs, both teams will be looking for their first win of the season. Senior Jacob Richtman will look to throw the ball all over the field while the Chiefs will look to keep it on the ground with Malachai Douglas, who is averaging over 100 yards per game. KILJ will be on the broadcast with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 pm, pregame at 7:15.
WACO will be on the road to play English Valleys this Friday, September 9th, at 7 pm. The Warriors are led by seniors Isaac Oswald and Simeon Reichenbach who both have a total of nine touchdowns on the season.
Winfield-Mt. Union suffered their first loss of the season against Iowa Valley last week, while New London got their first win of the season against Tri-County last Friday. They face off at Winfield-Mt. Union September 9th at 7 pm.
Fairfield plays Fort Madison at home, while Washington defends their home field against Clear Creek Amana at 7:30 pm both games this Friday.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The women’s soccer team unleashes the offense scoring four goals in the first half before walking out with the 6-0 victory over Lyon College. Baylee Alvarado started the scoring for the Tigers with Laura Rincon earning the assist. Bella Goodson, Izela Avalos, Jaycee Page also scored in the first half with Giovana Pedrassani being awarded an assist as well. Jacqueline Campos and Desire’ Adams both scored in the second half. The Tigers are now 1-2 on the season with their next game being September 11th when they travel to play Culver-Stockton at 1 pm. Coach Lynch joined us on Tiger Nation earlier today and while excited about the win, he’s focused on the next game:
“Yeah, I think it certainly helps to get that victory, it was nice to be able to play a lot of different people and get some different bodies in there. But at the same time we always talk about taking it one game at a time, win or loss, we try to just have round shoulders and let it just roll off for us its just about taking care of the next game.”
The Tigers have a volleyball match tonight at home scheduled for 7 pm as they face off with Graceland University. The Tigers are looking for their first win of the season, as they try to get revenge from earlier in the season when Graceland won 3 sets to 1.
The Tiger Football team will be on the road this Saturday, September 10th, at Westminster College. Both teams will be looking for their first win of the season.
This Day in Sports History
1965 – Bert Campaneris became the first major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1986 – Herschel Walker made his start in the National Football League (NFL) after leaving the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.
2002 – The NFL’s Houston Texans played their first regular season game. They beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-10.