Sports, Tuesday, August 31st

Prep Volleyball: Mount Pleasant, Other Area Schools in Action:

Following a 3-2 weekend at the Grinnell Tournament, the Mount Pleasant volleyball team is back in action tonight as they open up Southeast Conference play on the road at Fairfield.

The Trojans enter play tonight with a record of 2-1, while the Panthers are 5-4.

Mount Pleasant is led offensively be senior Kenna Lamm, who is averaging 4.4 kills per set for the Panthers.

Ralyn Seberg is leader in assists, while her sister Regan has been top notch in the back with 5.3 digs per set.

The Trojan attack is spearheaded by Anna Dunlap, who is averaging just south of two kills per set.

Mount Pleasant has swept the last two meetings between the schools, dating back to last year.

Tonight’s action will begin at 7:15 p.m. at Fairfield High School.

Other area action:

  • Fort Madison at Keokuk
  • Burlington at Washington
  • Sigourney at Pekin
  • Central Lee, Notre Dame at the Wapello Tournament

Prep Cross Country: Area Racing Gets Under Way at Hillcrest Tonight:

Racing in the Super Conference will get going tonight when several schools compete at Hillcrest Academy.

WACO, Winfield-Mount Union, Wapello and Holy Trinity will be among the talented crop of runners at Hillcrest Academy this evening, with action beginning shortly before 5:00 p.m.

Joining those three local programs there will be Cedar Rapids Jefferson, English Valleys, Highland, Iowa City High and Lone Tree.

JV will open proceedings at Hillcrest at 4:15 p.m.

Prep Football: Radio Iowa Football Announced for Week 2:

8-Player

1. Montezuma (2-0), LW #2 @ Grand View Christian
2. CAM (Anita) (1-0), LW #3 vs Woodbine
3. Easton Valley (1-0), LW #7 vs Central Elkader
4. Audubon (1-0), LW #4 vs Boyer Valley
5. Remsen St. Mary’s (1-0), LW #4 @ River Valley
6. Newell-Fonda (1-0), LW #6 vs Siouxland Christian
7. Janesville (1-0), LW #8 @ West Central
8. Don Bosco (0-1), LW #1 vs Turkey Valley
9. English Valleys (1-0), LW (X) vs Lone Tree
10.WACO (2-0), LW (X) @ HLV

Class A

1. Grundy Center (1-0), LW #1 @ 1A #8 Dike-New Hartford
2. Logan-Magnolia (1-0), LW #4 @ A #5 Woodbury Central
3. West Hancock (1-0), LW #3 @ A #4 Newman
4. Mason City Newman (1-0), LW #7 vs A #3 West Hancock
5. Woodbury Central (1-0), LW (X) vs A #2 Logan-Magnolia
6. Bellevue (1-0), LW #8 vs Starmont
7. North Linn (1-0), LW (X) @ East Buchanan
8. Riverside (Oakland) (1-0), LW (X) @ A #9 St. Albert
9. Council Bluffs St. Albert (0-1), LW #2 vs A #8 Riverside
10.Westwood (1-0), LW (X) vs IKM-Manning

Class 1A

1. Van Meter (1-0), LW #1 @ 2A #9 Williamsburg
2. West Sioux (1-0), LW #2 vs 3A #8 Sioux Center
3. Iowa City Regina (1-0), LW #3 @ West Liberty
4. Underwood (1-0), LW #4 vs Clarinda
5. South Central Calhoun (1-0), LW #6 vs Pocahontas Area
6. Pella Christian (1-0), LW #8 vs Panorama
7. MFL MarMac (1-0), LW #7 vs Clayton Ridge
8. Dike-New Hartford (1-0), LW (X) vs A #1 Grundy Center
9. Sigourney-Keota (1-0), LW (X) vs Mid-Prairie
10. Western Christian (0-1), LW #9 vs 3A #4 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

Class 2A

1. West Lyon (1-0), LW #4 @ 2A #7 Estherville Lincoln Central
2. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (0-1), LW #1 vs 3A #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton
3. PCM (Monroe) (1-0), LW #5 @ Newton
4. West Marshall (1-0), LW #6 vs 3A #9 Nevada
5. Waukon (0-1), LW #2 @ 4A #3 Decorah
6. Southeast Valley (1-0), LW #7 @ Emmetsburg
7. Estherville Lincoln Central (1-0), LW #9 vs 2A #1 West Lyon
8. Clear Lake (1-0), LW #8 vs Algona
9. Williamsburg (0-1), LW #3 vs 1A #1 Van Meter
10.Forest City (1-0), LW (X) vs Spirit Lake

Class 3A

1. West Delaware (1-0), LW #1 vs 4A #2 Xavier
2. Harlan (1-0), LW #2 @ Grinnell
3. Davenport Assumption (1-0), LW #3 vs Dubuque Wahlert (Thursday)
4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (1-0), LW #4 @ 1A #10 Western Christian
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (1-0), LW #5 @ 2A #2 Central Lyon/GLR
6. Solon (1-0), LW #6 @ Mount Vernon
7. Humboldt (1-0), LW #8 vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
8. Sioux Center (1-0), LW #9 @ 1A #2 West Sioux
9. Nevada (1-0), LW (X) @ 2A #4 West Marshall
10.Independence (1-0), LW (X) @ Clear Creek-Amana

Class 4A

1. North Scott (1-0), LW #1 vs Western Dubuque
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (1-0), LW #2 @ 3A #1 West Delaware
3. Decorah (1-0), LW #6 vs 2A #5 Waukon
4. Norwalk (1-0), LW #10 @ DSM Lincoln
5. Lewis Central (0-1), LW #2 @ Carlisle
6. Indianola (1-0), LW #9 @ #7 Glenwood
7. Glenwood (1-0), LW #7 vs #6 Indianola
8. Fort Dodge (1-0), LW #8 @ Ames
9. Pella (0-1), LW #5 vs North Polk
10.Waverly-Shell Rock (1-0), LW (X) vs Crestwood

Class 5A

1. Southeast Polk (1-0), LW #1 vs #5 Valley
2. Ankeny (1-0), LW #5 vs Ankeny Centennial
3. Dowling Catholic (0-1), LW #2 vs Waukee Northwest
4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (1-0), LW #8 vs Bettendorf
5. WDM Valley (1-0), LW #6 @ #1 SE Polk
6. Johnston (1-0), LW #10 @ #8 Urbandale
7. Cedar Rapids Prairie (1-0), LW (X) @ #9 Dubuque Senior
8. Urbandale (1-0), LW (X) vs #6 Johnston
9. Dubuque Senior (1-0), LW (X) vs #7 Prairie
10.Cedar Falls (0-1), LW #3 vs Waterloo West

College Basketball: Iowa State’s Johnson Leaving Program:

Iowa State wing Javan Johnson has announced his intentions to depart the program and enter the transfer portal.

Johnson played in 21 games last year, averaging 9.7 points and 4.3 rebounds.

He was originally brought into the program from Troy by former head coach Steve Prohm.

Only four returning players from last year’s team are slated to return for first-year head coach T.J Otzelberger.

Iowa State finished 2-22 last year.