High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will stay at home to compete against Tipton on Friday, September 13th, at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. Head coach John Bowlin talked about the message he delivered to his team heading into this week of practice,
“You know, it’s been a long time since the Panthers have won on this home field and they’ll be ready to go. I think you know, it’s another game that we can definitely compete in. I think these guys can compete against everybody. I believe in them. I think that they’re gonna put the work in. They know that. So, we’ll show up on Monday and we’re going to learn and just get better and keep working as hard as we can.”
West Burlington/Notre Dame will go against West Liberty on Friday at 7:30 pm at home.
WACO will celebrate homecoming this Friday at 7 pm against Winfield-Mt. Union.
New London will host Iowa Valley on Friday at 7 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Washington on Friday at 7:30 pm on the road.
Danville is back at home to take on Pekin on Friday at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will host Highland on Friday at 7 pm for their home opener.
Central Lee will take on Durant on Friday at 7 pm at home.
Mediapolis will attempt to upset Regina Catholic on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
Columbus will hit the road to face off against Lisbon at 7 pm on Friday.
Wapello will compete at home against Louisa-Muscatine on Friday at 7 pm.
High School Volleyball
Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO traveled to English Valleys for a tournament over the weekend and here’s how the two teams competed.
WACO finished pool play with a 1-2 record, falling to Hillcrest Academy 21-13 and 21-3 and Sigourney 21-13 and 21-5 in straight sets, while picking up a three set victory over Collins-Maxwell, dominating the final two sets 21-10 and 15-5. A big reason for the Warriors’ success against the Spartans was their serving as they generated 12 aces, including five from Kinsey Hildebrand.
Winfield-Mt. Union handled business in their pool, finishing a perfect 3-0. The Wolves swept the hosts 21-13 in both sets and Cardinal 23-21 and 21-14, while taking down East Marshall 15-10 in the third set. This set up a championship matchup against Sigourney with the two teams trading the first two sets, before the Wolves narrowly lost the third set 18-16 to finish as the runner-up. Quin Smith led the Wolves with 30 kills over the entire tournament as Madisen Kellogg tallied 61 assists.
WACO will face off against Wapello tomorrow, September 10th, at 7:30 pm at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will take on Pekin tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road.
Burlington Notre Dame hosted their own tournament over the weekend and here’s how it went down. In pool play, Wapello went 1-2 with losses to #13 Burlington Notre Dame and #9 West Burlington in straight sets, while sweeping Danville 21-14 and 22-20, propelling the Arrows into the semifinals.
New London struggled, losing to the Nikes, Falcons, and Danville, as that was the lone win of the tournament for the Bears with losses to Wapello, Keokuk, and Van Buren County.
Van Buren County lost to the Falcons 21-12 in both sets, but defeated Danville and Burlington Notre Dame in a thrilling three set final that the Warriors yanked out with a 15-9 score in pool play, which brought Van Buren County to the semifinals.
Despite that loss, the Nikes handled business in pool play with sweeps of Wapello (22-20, 21-17), Keokuk (21-7, 21-12), and New London (21-12, 21-13) to set up a rematch with Van Buren County in the semifinals.
West Burlington did not drop a set in pool play with their closest margin of victory being 11 points with wins over New London, Wapello, Van Buren County, and Keokuk. The Falcons would meet Wapello in the semifinals and dominate, winning 21-11 and 21-5. Wapello’s Mila Jordan led the team with 25 kills.
The Nikes handled business against Van Buren County in the semifinals with a sweep to set up a championship match against West Burlington. However, the hosts could not down the Falcons, losing 25-18 and 25-9 in straight sets. Madalynn Knapp tabbed 46 kills for the Nikes, while Emma Elmore tallied 99 assists. Taryn Snodgrass led the tournament with 111 assists as she captured her 1,000th career assist and Carli Cline finished with her 1,000th career dig, while leading the team with 12 aces.
West Burlington will host the rematch against Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Van Buren County will face off against New London tomorrow at 7:30 pm at home.
Holy Trinity Catholic will look to right the ship tomorrow against Danville at 7:30 pm on the road.
Mt. Pleasant will attempt to get back in the win column tomorrow at home against Fort Madison with the opening serve at 7:15 pm.
Central Lee will host Mediapolis tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield will travel to Keokuk tomorrow at 7:15 pm.
High School Cross Country
Winfield-Mt. Union, New London, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Meidapolis, and Van Buren County will run tomorrow, September 10th, at 4:30 pm at the Riverview Club.
Fairfield will host their invitational on Thursday, September 12th, with Burlington Notre Dame, Central Lee, Danville, Holy Trinity Catholic, Mediapolis, Mt. Pleasant, Winfield-Mt. Union, Van Buren County, and New London all attending.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team will face off against Des Moines Area Community College on Wednesday, September 11th, at 7 pm on the road.
College Football
#21 Iowa’s defense held Iowa State scoreless through the first half while Kaleb Johnson punished the Cyclone defense to the tune of 187 rushing yards and two scores for the game; however, it was a last-second field goal by Iowa State that gave the Cyclones a comeback victory, 20-19. Rocco Becht threw two touchdowns as Jaylin Noel collected 133 receiving yards and a score through the air. Darien Porter picked off Cade McNamara twice in the win.
Iowa State is on a bye week.
Iowa will attempt to get back on track against Troy at home on Saturday, September 14th, with kickoff at 3 pm. The broadcast will be on KILJ 105.5 FM.
This Day in Sports History
1960 – The Denver Broncos beat the Boston Patriots, 13-10, in the American Football League’s first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston.
2002 – MLB Arizona Diamondbacks’ left handed pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record.
2018 – Green Bay Packers start 100th season with historic 24-23 comeback win over Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field; first ever Packer recovery from a 17-plus point deficit after three quarters of play.