High School Volleyball
West Burlington swept #13 Burlington Notre Dame last night: 25-16, 25-18, and 25-21.
Van Buren County will travel to Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow, September 10th, at 7:30 pm.
Columbus needed all five sets but the Wildcats were able to escape with the 15-10 victory in the tiebreaker set to beat Highland last night. Kate Totemeier was unstoppable at the net, collecting 19 kills, while the Wildcats combined for 14 aces.
Fairfield captured the first set, 25-15, but it was all Washington after that, as the Demons cruised to a four set victory taking the final three sets 25-18, 25-23, and 25-19. Natalie Steele tabbed 12 kills and four blocks for the Trojans.
Fairfield, Columbus, and West Burlington will head to Williamsburg on Saturday, September 12th, for a tournament.
Washington will host Keokuk on Tuesday at 7:15 pm.
Mediapolis swept Van Buren County last night in dominating fashion by scores of 25-16, 25-14, and 25-9. The Bullettes captured 14 aces with Addi Steffener finishing the night with six aces and 29 assists.
Mediapolis will tangle with Danville at home tomorrow at 7 pm.
Central Lee’s 18 aces caged New London last night in a sweep (25-20, 25-12, 25-18). Brylee Cook nabbed six aces and five kills for the Hawks.
Central Lee will take on Mediapolis at home on Tuesday, September 15th, at 7 pm.
New London will make the trip to Fort Madison tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
#3 Holy Trinity Catholic downed Danville in straight sets last night (25-22, 25-17, and 25-20). Adalyn Kruse and Kate Pieper each had 10 kills, while Olivia Bendlage notched seven aces by the night’s end. The Crusaders will participate in the Knoxville Quad on Monday, September 14th.
Wapello took down WACO in four sets by scores of 25-17, 12-25, 25-11, and 25-12 last night. Annaka Greiner handed out 34 assists to go along with Emmalin Marshall’s 11 kills. The Warriors will hit the road to play Highland tomorrow at 7 pm.
Wapello will compete against Louisa-Muscatine at home tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Mt. Pleasant stole a win from Keokuk’s home gym last night in four sets by scores of 25-17, 25-19, 22-25, and 25-13. The Panthers will participate in the Wilton Tournament on Saturday.
High School Cross Country
Van Buren County hosted their meet last night and the girls’ team captured the trophy, as all five members of their team finished in the top 10, including a bronze medal performance from Kayley Snowgren. On the boys’ side, Landry Loeffler touted second place to anchor the squad.
In their first run of the season, Columbus and Wapello both competed at the Tipton Invitational last night and the boys’ team for the Wildcats lived up to the early season hype. The Columbus boys’ team finished in 3rd place with 61 points, just five points behind the leader, with Kevin Villa capturing gold with a time of 18 minutes and 14 seconds, while Ryan Villa took 4th place. Wapello’s Hayden Hunt grabbed 49th place, as the team took 9th.
On the girls’ side, Columbus finished in 5th place as a team with Nadia Keller leading the charge with an 11th place time of 23 minutes and 28 seconds. Kenna Small tabbed 37th place for Wapello.
Fairfield will host the “Ron Hunerdosse” Invite tomorrow, September 10th, with Notre Dame/West Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, New London, Van Buren County, Wapello, Washington, and Winfield-Mt. Union participating at 5:20 pm.
High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will get to stay at home when they host Oskaloosa on Friday, September 11th, at 7:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Wapello will be looking to pull off the upset on Friday against Pekin with kickoff at 7 pm at home.
WACO will travel to play HLV-TC on Friday at 7 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will tangle with English Valleys on Friday with gametime at 7 pm.
West Burlington/Notre Dame will look to keep their streak going against Keokuk at home on Friday at 7 pm.
Danville will make the trip to Columbus on Friday at 7 pm.
Mediapolis will attempt to continue their momentum on Friday with a home contest against Fairfield at 7:30 pm.
Washington will travel to Burlington on Friday with kickoff at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will welcome Fort Madison to town on Friday at 7 pm.
Van Buren County will face off against Cardinal on Friday at 7 pm on the road.
High School Girls’ Tennis
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fort Madison tomorrow, September 10th, at 4:30 pm.
Fairfield’s next contest will be Tuesday, September 14th, at Burlington.
Southeastern Community College
The volleyball team swept North Iowa Area Community College last night. The Blackhawks will host Hawkeye Community College tomorrow, September 10th, at 6 pm.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will compete against Madison College today with the men playing first at 2 pm.
College Football
#21 Iowa will host the Cy-Hawk Series on Saturday, September 12th, at 6:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the Hawkeye broadcast, while 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the Cyclone broadcast.
This Day in Sports History
1898 – In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.
1965 – Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched the eighth perfect game in major league baseball history.
1979 – Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.