By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Prep Volleyball: Mount Pleasant Wins, W-MU Falls, Other Prep Finals:
Mount Pleasant 3, Burlington 1
The Mount Pleasant volleyball team withstood a 16 kill, 12 dig performance from Burlington’s Anna Buxton, as the Panthers rolled to a 3-1 conference victory over the Greyhounds yesterday, at home.
Kenna Lamm paced the Panthers in kills, Ralyn Seberg was the assist leader, while Regan Seberg anchored the back row in digs.
Mount Pleasant will be off until this weekend when they take on Midland to begin to the Wilton Tournament.
Wapello 3, Winfield-Mount Union 1
Bradie Buffington had nine kills while Morgan Grelk and Melina Oepping added six, but it was not enough as the Winfield-Mount Union Lady Wolves fell to Wapello last night.
Keely Malone had 26 assists despite the loss.
Lindsy Massner had 17 kills to pace the Arrows.
Winfield-Mount Union, now 4-3, will battle in the Wilton Tournament this weekend.
Mediapolis 3, Highland 1
Mediapolis struck early and often as the Bullettes streaked to a 3-1 over Highland yesterday.
Hannah Wagenbach paced the Mediapolis attack with a match-high 13 kills.
Kennedy Welliver was sublime with the service all night long, providing a game-high 28 assists.
Mediapolis will hook up with Hillcrest Thursday night at home.
First serve is set for 6:30 p.m.
No. 1 Notre Dame 3, Central Lee 0
Notre Dame, 1A’s top ranked club, bullied their way to a sweep victory defeating Central Lee 25-15, 25-13, 25-11.
Gabby Deery had 14 kills to spark the Nike offense, while Josie Bentz was an excellent two-way piece, chipping in with seven kills and 11 digs.
Jenna Bentz finished with 29 assists.
The defending state champions, now 14-4, will be off today before hosting Danville on Thursday.
College XC: Wesleyan Announces Fall Schedule:
Under new head coach Hunter Davis, Iowa Wesleyan has announced the upcoming fall schedule for men’s and women’s cross country.
The Tiger cross country teams will open up their season in Decorah, Iowa, at the Luther All-American Cross Country Invitational this weekend, one of the Midwest’s premier meets.
Wesleyan currently has five competition dates scheduled, not including the Continental Athletic Conference (CAC) Conference Championships and other postseason opportunities.
The Tiger women return Allison Morris, a first-team All-Conference selection one year ago.
Prep Football: Radio Iowa Football Poll Week Three Announced:
The third edition of the Radio Iowa Football Poll has been announced.
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1. Montezuma (3-0), LW #1 vs BGM
2. CAM (Anita) (2-0), LW #2 @ West Harrison
3. Easton Valley (2-0), LW #3 @ Midland
4. Audubon (2-0), LW #4 vs Fremont-Mills
5. Remsen St. Mary’s (2-0), LW #5 vs Siouxland Christian
6. Newell-Fonda (2-0), LW #6 vs River Valley
7. Janesville (2-0), LW #7 vs Tripoli
8. WACO (3-0), LW #10 vs #9 English Valleys
9. English Valleys (2-0), LW #9 @ WACO
10.Gladbrook-Reinbeck (2-0), LW (X) vs Dunkerton
Class A
1. West Hancock (2-0), LW #3 vs Lake Mills
2. Woodbury Central (2-0), LW #5 @ IKM-Manning
3. Grundy Center (1-1), LW #1 @ Wapsie Valley
4. North Linn (2-0), LW #7 vs Bellevue
5. Riverside (Oakland) (2-0), LW #8 vs Mt. Ayr
6. Logan-Magnolia (1-1), LW #2 vs Westwood
7. North Tama (2-0), LW (X) @ Hudson
8. Mason City Newman (1-1), LW #4 @ Belmond-Klemme
9. Lawton-Bronson (2-0), LW (X) vs LeMars Gehlen
10.Saint Ansgar (1-1), LW (X) vs North Union
Class 1A
1. Van Meter (2-0), LW #1 vs Winterset
2. West Sioux (2-0), LW #2 vs Central Lyon/GLR
3. Iowa City Regina (2-0), LW #3 @ Mid-Prairie
4. Underwood (2-0), LW #4 @ St. Albert
5. Pella Christian (2-0), LW #6 @ 2A #4 PCM
6. MFL MarMac (2-0), LW #7 vs Osage
7. Dike-New Hartford (2-0), LW #8 vs Clear Lake
8. Sigourney-Keota (2-0), LW #9 @ 2A #10 Centerville
9. Cardinal (Eldon) (2-0), LW (X) vs Davis County
10.Dyersville Beckman (2-0), LW (X) @ Monticello
Class 2A
1. Estherville Lincoln Central (2-0), LW #7 @ 3A #7 Humboldt
2. Southeast Valley (2-0), LW #6 vs Hampton-Dumont-CAL
3. Waukon (1-1), LW #5 vs Crestwood
4. PCM (Monroe) (1-1), LW #3 vs 1A #5 Pella Christian
5, Spirit Lake (2-0), LW (X) @ Western Christian
6. West Lyon (1-1), LW #1 @ Sioux Center
7. Pocahontas Area (2-0), LW (X) vs Sioux Central (Thur)
8. OABCIG (2-0), LW (X) vs East Sac County
9. West Marshall (1-1), LW #4 vs South Hamilton
10.Centerville (2-0), LW (X) vs 1A #8 Sigourney-Keota
Class 3A
1. Harlan (2-0), LW #2 vs #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton
2. Davenport Assumption (2-0), LW #3 @ 4A #1 North Scott
3. West Delaware (1-1), LW #1 vs Decorah
4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (2-0), LW #4 vs Unity Christian
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (2-0), LW #5 @ #1 Harlan
6. Solon (2-0), LW #6 vs Williamsburg
7. Humboldt (2-0), LW #7 vs 2A #1 Estherville-Lincoln Central
8. Nevada (2-0), LW #9 vs Roland-Story
9. Independence (2-0), LW #10 vs West Liberty
10.Algona (2-0), LW (X) vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
Class 4A
1. North Scott (2-0), LW #1 vs 3A #2 Davenport Assumption
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2-0), LW #2 @ Dubuque Wahlert
3. Norwalk (2-0), LW #4 vs #4 Lewis Central
4. Lewis Central (1-1), LW #5 @ #3 Norwalk
5. Indianola (2-0), LW #6 @ #8 Pella
6. Waverly-Shell Rock (2-0), LW #10 @ Webster City
7. Fort Dodge (2-0), LW #8 vs Waterloo East
8. Pella (1-1), LW #9 vs #5 Indianola
9. Cedar Rapids Washington (2-0), LW (X) vs 5A #3 CR Kennedy
10.Bondurant-Farrar (2-0), LW (X) @ Gilbert
Class 5A
1. Southeast Polk (2-0), LW #1 @ Waukee Northwest
2. Dowling Catholic (1-1), LW #3 vs #6 Ankeny
3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (2-0), LW #4 vs 4A #9 CR Washington
4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0), LW #7 vs #10 Cedar Falls
5. Urbandale (2-0), LW #8 vs #7 WDM Valley
6. Ankeny (1-1), LW #2 @ #2 Dowling Catholic
7. WDM Valley (1-1), LW #5 @ #5 Urbandale
8. Iowa City High (2-0), LW (X) vs Ames
9. Johnston (1-1), LW #6 @ Dallas Center-Grimes
10.Cedar Falls (1-1), LW #10 @ #4 CR Prairie
College Football: Iowa, Iowa State Both in Top-10:
This weekend’s Cy-Hawk Rivalry just got a little hotter as the AP Top-25 has moved Iowa into the top-10.
After a 34-6 thrashing of Indiana, the Hawkeyes have been moved up to No. 10.
Iowa State checks in at No. 9, down two spots after a nail-biting 16-10 win over FCS Northern Iowa.
Saturday’s game will kick at 3:30 p.m., you can listen on FM 105.5 for the Hawkeye feed, while the Cyclones feed can be heard on FM 98.5 and AM 1130.