High School Football
Mt. Pleasant will be back on the road tonight, 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 tonight 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 tonight 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 are tonight.
High School Cross Country
The boy’s and girl’s cross-country team competed at the Fairfield Cross Country Invite yesterday. The girl’s team finished in sixth out of nine teams with a team time of 2:03:54. Isabelle Meador was the top finisher for the Panthers with a time of 22:33.72. Emma Welcher finished with a time of 24:27.28 in 34th place, Audrey Lord and Ella McNamee finished in 51st and 52nd, respectively. Jayden Housh finished in 58th and Tatum Kane placed 89th.
The boy’s team finished in fifth out of nine teams with a team time of 1:37:43. Ben Carthey ran a great race finishing in fourth with a time of 17:45. Jude Dykstra finished in 18th running a time of 19:06. Christian Bracht-Wagner finished in 39th, Gabe Feldmann got 44th, Jonathan Hough and Tyler Johnson finished in 49th and 50th, respectively.
In the girl’s 3200-meter run, Isabella Dodds had a great finish with a time of 15:04 earning her sixth place. The best finisher for the boys in the 3200-meter was Jalen Tolander with a time of 14:36 giving him 23rd.
The Panthers next competition will be Thursday, September 15th, at the Timm Lamb Invitational.
High School Volleyball
WACO defeated Louisa-Muscatine in straight sets last night. Senior Grace Coble led the team in assists with 26, and Ellah Kissell finished with the team lead in kills with 16. Their next game is against Pekin and 7:30 pm on Thursday, September 15th.
Winfield-Mt. Union defeated Highland in straight sets. Melina Oepping led the team in kills with 11, while Keely Malone finished with 30 assists. Keetyn Townsley added six serving aces. They will be participating at the Wilton Tournament tomorrow, September 10th.
Burlington Notre Dame defeated the New London Tigers 3 sets to 1. Gabby Deery finished with 28 kills for the Nikes. New London moves to 4-3 on the season with their next game being Tuesday, September 13th, at Van Buren County. Burlington Notre Dame is now 15-3 on the season and will be competing at the Lancer Varsity Volleyball Invitational tomorrow at North Scott.
A new look at the volleyball rankings for Class 1A, Burlington Notre Dame is now ranked 6th moving up from 7th. New London moved from 15th to 10th leapfrogging Holy Trinity Catholic who slid from 8th to 11th.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The Tigers volleyball team falls at home 3-1 to Graceland University. It was hard fought through the four sets with the biggest difference in final score being 25-20. Emma Lincoln finished with 11 kills, while Mackenzie Springstee had 28 assists. Their next game is tomorrow, September 10th, when they compete against St. Mary of the Woods and Waldorf in a Tri Match.
Men’s and women’s golf compete at the Klocke Classic and men’s and women’s cross country will compete at the Fighting Bee Invite tomorrow.
Men’s Soccer will compete against Midland University at 3:30 pm tomorrow, looking for their first win of the season.
The Tiger Football team will be on the road tomorrow at Westminster College. Both teams will be looking for their first win of the season.
This Day in Sports History
1898 – In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.
1971 – Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings retired from the National Hockey League (NHL).
1984 – Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s combined yardage record when he reached 15,517 yards.