Area Sports http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 9 July 2008 08:11:11 -0500 Wed, 9 July 2008 08:11:11 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com The IWC basketball teams will be in action tonight at home in the Olan G. Ruble Arena when they host Culver Stockton. The women play at 5:30 and the Men will follow. The Tiger men beat the Wildcats on their home floor ten days ago and hope to do it again tonight. Both Wesleyan teams are coming off losses at tournaments that were held over the weekend. High school football playoff results from last night at the UNI Dome. Class 3A semis, Decorah beat Pella 37-20 and S.C. Heelan downed Clear Lake 27-20. Class 2A semis, Central Lyon 31 IKM-Manning 14, Solon 24 Roland Story 7. Iowa defeated Texas San Antonio in basketball at Carver last night 73-67. Cyrus Tate scored 18, Anthony Tucker 15, Matt Gatens and Jermain Davis 10. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Nov 18, 2008 7:48:59 -0500 Weekend wrap: ]]>]]> The New London Tigers finished out their volleyball season Friday night in the semi-final round the State Volleyball Tournament in Cedar Rapids. The Tigers fell to AGWSR 3 matches to 1. New London ends their year with a 41-2 record. Congratulations to Coach Maureen Heath and the Tiger Volleyball team on an outstanding year. ]]>]]> The Iowa State Cyclone Mens Basketball did well in the World Vision Classic, winning over Loyola-Marymount Saturday 67-55, and posting another W on Sunday over UW-Milwaukee 79-61. Next up, the Cyclones take on Hawaii, November 24th. KILJ AM 1130 will broadcast Cyclone basketball this season, beginning with ISU vs Mississippi Valley November 29th. ]]>]]> The Cyclone Womens Basketball team won their season opener Sunday over UMKC 77-45. The Cyclone women now hit the road for six straight contests. Iowa State will travel to Northern Iowa Thursday to take on the Panthers at 7:05 p.m. The Cyclones will return home on Dec. 11 for a game against Drake. ]]>]]> In ISU Football Saturday, Missouri smoked the 'Clones 52-20 in Ames. The Cyclone football season ends Saturday vs Kansas State. ]]>]]> The Iowa Hawkeye Football team topped Purdue Saturday 22-17 in their last home game of the season. The Hawkeye football season wraps up Saturday at Minnesota. KILJ will be broadcasting live, starting at 4pm. ]]>]]> Hawkeye Basketball coming up tonight, on KILJ 105.5FM. Join us as the Hawks take on Texas San Antonio at 6pm. ]]>]]> The IWC Mens Basketball team fell to Dana College 84-75 Saturday. Then on Sunday afternoon, Brett Humpal and Jared Callanan led the Tigers with a combined 40 points, contributing to a 70-66 win over Midland Lutheran College Sunday afternoon. The Tigers now return home for a game Tuesday against Culver-Stockton (Mo.) College at 7:30 p.m. at Ruble Arena. IWC defeated the Wildcats just over a week ago in overtime in the teams' first meeting this year. Wesleyan also will be home this coming weekend for its annual Kiwanis Classic with games Friday and Saturday. ]]>]]> The IWC Women fell to Concordia College 72-59 in the 9th annual Cattle Classic Tournament Saturday in Seward, Nebraska. ]]>]]> The IWC Football team scored first, but was done in by bad second and third quarters in a 48-3 loss to McKendree University in both teams' season finale. The game was the final one for ten IWC seniors. ]]>]]> The No. 4-ranked University of Northern Iowa football team captured at least a share of its 14th Missouri Valley Football Conference championship, with a 28-0 win on Saturday over Indiana State University. It marks the first time since the 1995 and 1996 seasons that UNI has won or shared back-to-back league championships.UNI will close the regular season next Saturday in Cedar City, Utah, when the Panthers take on the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Nov 17, 2008 7:48:59 -0500 Its been quite a ride for the New London Tiger Volleyball team this year, but the road for the Tigers ended last night in the Semi-final round of the State Volleyball tournament. ]]>]]> Game 1: AGWSR 26 New London 24 Game 2: AGWSR 27 New London 25 Game 3: New London 25 AGWSR 21 Game 4: AGWSR 25 New London 14 ]]>]]> For the Tigers, Jessica Lerdal had 20 kills, 1 block, 8 digs, and was 9 for 12 in serving with 2 aces. Maggie Miller had 13 kills, 17 digs, was 16 and 16 in serving, and had 2 aces. Sasha Noel added 10 kills. Kelsey Riley had 7 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks, and 1 dig. Breanne Dean had 2 kills, 2 assists, and 1 dig. Ashley Blint had a kill, 43 assists, 6 digs, and 3 aces serving Kaci Wagner had 2 assists, 2 aces, and 32 digs. Jackie Meyer had 1 assist, 1 ace, and 32 digs. Logan Chiri had an ace serving, and 6 digs. ]]>]]> New London ends their season with a 41 and 2 record. The senior squad of Blint, Chiri, Miller, Meyer, Riley, and Wagner will have a very memorable volleyball career to reflect on as they end their high school career, and the Tigers Breanne Dean and Sasha Noel will be a great beginning to bolster next year's volleyball crew. Congratulations to the Tiger Volleyball team and Coach Maureen Heath on an outstanding season, and incredible effort this year. Once again, New London fell to AGWSR last night in the semifinal round of the State Volleyball Tournamen in Cedar Rapids. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]]>]]> MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL The Iowa State Cyclones Men's basketball team won over UC Davis 61-58 last night. The Clones are back in action today at noon against Loyola Marymount. KILJ AM 1130 will begin our Iowa State Men's basketball broadcasts coming up on November 29th with Iowa State facing Mississippi Valley State at noon. ]]>]]> In IWC Men's basketball, Doane College, also known as the Tigers, shot 48 percent from the floor and Iowa Wesleyan College couldn't keep up in a 70-56 loss Friday night, Wesleyan's first loss of the season. The Tiger men continue their three games in three days in Nebraska with a game at Dana College in Blair, Neb. on at 3 pm this afternoon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]]>]]> IWC WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Sterling College scored the tying basket with four seconds left in regulation and went on to defeat the Iowa Wesleyan College women's basketball team 53-45 in overtime Friday night in the Concordia University Cattle Classic. The Tigers next will face #7 ranked Concordia (Neb.) University on Saturday on the second day of the Cattle Classic at 3pm this afternoon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]]>]]> MENS COLLEGE FOOTBALL The Iowa Wesleyan College football team has one final chance to defeat one of the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League leaders, when it faces McKendree University Saturday afternoon in the Tigers' season finale. The Tigers will be looking for an improved effort after a 35-13 loss to William Penn last week. This is the third straight year these two teams have finished their seasons by playing each other. McKendree defeated IWC 35-0 in the season finale for both teams last year. The Tigers are winless versus McKendree since the series began in 1998. The Bearcats hold a 10-0 series lead and have posted shutouts the past three years. ]]>]]> In other college football action, join us this morning for Iowa Hawkeye football, with the Hawkeyes facing Purdue. KILJ 105.5FM will be broadcasting live, starting at 10am. And KILJ AM 1130 has Iowa State against Missouri this afternoon starting at 3:30. The UNI Panthers are also in action today against Indiana State with kickoff at 11am. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]]>]]> KILJ BASKETBALL BROADCASTS COMING SOON And KILJ starts our basketball broadcast season next week. It's a full season of roundball, with Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI college hoops, along with MPHS Basketball. The Iowa Hawkeyes start off our basketball season with Texas San Antonio Monday, November 17th at 6pm on 105.5FM. UNI basketball will also air on KILJ FM, beginning on November 23rd, with the Panthers against Texas Southern at 2:05pm. And again, KILJ AM 1130 brings you Cyclone basketball, with Iowa State facing Mississippi Valley State at noon on November 29th. Mt Pleasant Panther high school basketball takes the air on November 25th with the Panther girls at Muscatine on 105.5FM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]]>]]> MP PANTHER VOLLEYBALL BANQUET The Mt Pleasant Volleyball Team held its end of season banquet Thursday night at the high school. Varsity awards went to: Andrea Pieper, Coaches Award The Outstanding Defensive Player award went to Emily Prellwitz Myra Krieger-Coen was named the Outstanding Offensive Player And Rebekah Kimzey was named Most Valuable Player Award This years Rookie of the Year is Hannah Sinclair Cadey Merschman was honored with the Most Improved Player, and Outstanding Offensive Player awards And Steph Myers received the Coaches Award. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Sat, Nov 15, 2008 7:48:59 -0500 The Mt Pleasant Volleyball Team held its end of season banquet last night at the high school. Varsity awards went to: - ]]> - ]]> Andrea Pieper, Coaches Award - ]]> - ]]> The Outstanding Defensive Player award went to Emily Prellwitz Myra Krieger-Coen was named the Outstanding Offensive Player - ]]> - ]]> And Rebekah Kimzey was named Most Valuable Player Award - ]]> - ]]> This years Rookie of the Year is Hannah Sinclair - ]]> - ]]> Cadey Merschman was honored with the Most Improved Player, and Outstanding Offensive Player awards - ]]> - ]]> And Steph Myers received the Coaches Award. - ]]> - ]]> The 3rd ranked New London Tiger Volleyball team advances into the Semifinal round of the State Volleyball Tournament, after a hard fought, back and forth battle with Grandview Park Baptist Thursday afternoon, winning 3 games to 1. New London fell in the first game 25-2, then won games two and three 25-22, before finishing off the Defenders by winning game four 25-13. For the Tigers, Maggie Miller and Kelsi Riley each had 10 kills. Jessica Lerdal added 9, Sasha Noel had 3, and Brianna Dean had 2 kills. Kaci Wagner and Logan Chiri each had 4 ace serves. Maggie Miller added 3 more. The Tigers record is now 41 and 1, and they move on to play the 4th ranked AGWSR Cougars, who won over Schaller-Crestland in 5 matches yesterday. AGWSR comes in with a record of 36 and 4, and has power and height, along with a tough front line. The Tigers will rely on their experience, impressive defense, and precision serving to move them into the Championship on Saturday. So good luck to the New London Tigers tonight!! KILJ will be there to bring you the Semi-final match-up live tonight from Court 1, on 105.5FM, with Jeff Broeg on play-by-play. Once again, due to copyright, the live stream will NOT be heard at kilj.com. KILJ thanks our guest play-by-play announcer on Thursday's match, Doug Broek, for a fine job. - ]]> - ]]> The Mt Pleasant 8th Grade girls basketball team was set to face Keokuk Thursday night, but due to a scheduling error, the Chiefs didn't show up for the game. - ]]> - ]]> In 7th grade boys basketball, Mt Pleasant won 1, and dropped 2 to Keokuk yesterday. In the A game, Keokuk won 30-20. Mt Pleasant topped Keokuk 18-14 in the B game. Kyle Watson led the Panthers with 7. Keokuk won the C game, 18-2. Next up, the Panther 7th graders travel to Ottumwa on Tuesday. - ]]> - ]]> The Iowa State wrestling squad opened the 2008-09 season in strong fashion with a 39-0 win over Utah Valley Thursday night in Hilton Coliseum. Coach Cael Sanderson's squad is coming off of back-to-back Big 12 team championships. ISU's wrestling squad has won 12 straight home opening duals. The Cyclones now stand at 79-12-1 all-time in season openers. Making his 2008-09 debut, junior Chris Pursel toughed out a tight decision against Utah Valley's Bradley Darrington. Pursel broke a 4-4 tie in the third period with a takedown at the 0:27 mark and held on for the victory. Returning two-time NCAA finalist Jake Varner started his junior campaign with a pin against Utah Valley's Adam Fager in 2:34. Varner has moved up to the 197-pound weight class after two seasons at 184 pounds. Nick Fanthorpe, who finished seventh at last year's NCAA Championship, recorded his first technical fall of the season in 6:42 against the Wolverine's Flint Ray. Fanthorpe tallied six takedowns during the match. Returning All-American Cyler Sanderson notched his first victory of the 2008-09 campaign by recording a major decision against Wade Eldredge, 15-5. Sanderson's victory came fueled on a third-period flurry in which he notched a reversal and a two-point nearfall within the first 20 seconds of the final period. Sophomore Tyler Clark matched up against the Wolverine's lone ranked wrestler, No. 18 Ben Kjar. Clark held a 4-2 advantage heading into the third period and that proved to be all he needed as he closed at the third fighting off Kjar's takedown attempts. Nick Gallick, the preseason No. 2 pick in the 141-pound weight class, picked up a 5-3 win by decision against UVU's Jeff Newby. Gallick was tough on his feet and did not give up an offensive point. Fellow junior Mitch Mueller followed suit and showed tough defensive skills by edging his opponent Justin Morrill, 8-4. Cyclone sophomore Jon Reader started his second season in the 165-pound in good fashion by defeating Utah Valley's Jeb Clark, 5-3. Redshirt freshman Jerome Ward made his debut for the Cyclones and came away with a 3-2 decision against Utah Valley's Casen Eldredge. David Zabriskie, the Cyclone heavyweight, received a forfeit. - ]]> - ]]> The 6th Annual Burlington Bees/Friends of Community Field Winter Banquet will be held on Friday, January 16th in the PZAZZ! Convention and Events Center. This year's event will feature former pitching great Lee Smith as the keynote speaker. Smith is considered one of the most dominant closers in baseball history. He held the major league record for most career saves from 1993 until 2006. Smith was drafted by the Cubs in the second round of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft out of Shreveport, Louisiana, and made his major league debut in 1980. He would end up playing eight seasons with the Cubs before being traded to the Red Sox in 1988. Smith would go on to play for a total of eight different teams in his 18-year career. He was named to seven all-star games and finished in the top 10 in Cy Young voting four times. Since his retirement in 1997, Smith has worked as the roving pitching instructor in the Giants minor league system. The Winter Banquet will also include an exciting line of autographed memorabilia and collectible items that can be purchased through auctions or won through a raffle. Tickets for the fundraiser are $50 each or $350 for a table of eight. The festivities start with a cocktail hour and the opening of the silent auction at 6:00. A full dinner of prime rib, chicken, potatoes, and vegetables will be served buffet-style starting at 7:00. Smith will not only address those in attendance, but leave time for a question and answer session as well. The evening will be wrapped up at approximately 9:00 after the conclusion of the live auction. For more information or tickets, please contact the Bees at (319) 754-5705. The Kansas City Royals recently announced that Brian Rupp will return for his second season as manger of the Burlington Bees. Rupp led the Bees to a 73-65 regular season record and their first Midwest League Championship since 1999. The 2009 campaign will be Rupp's sixth season in the Royals organization and ninth as a minor league manager. The Bees will have a new pitching coach and hitting coach in 2009. Jerry Nyman will join the staff as the pitching coach after spending two years in Idaho Falls. Rupp and Nyman previously worked together in 2007 in Idaho Falls. This season will mark Nyman's 22nd year as a professional coach. Pookie Wilson returns to the Royals organization as the hitting coach for the Bees. Wilson previously worked as a hitting coach in the Kansas City system from 2002-2004, including one year under Brian Rupp in Idaho Falls in 2004. Ryan Long, who was the Bees hitting coach the past two seasons, recently accepted a hitting coach position within the Pirates organization. 2008 pitching coach, Doug Henry, will remain in the Royals organization as the new roving pitching coach. 2009 Bees Season Tickets and Mini-Plans are now available. For more information about these opportunities, contact the Bees office at (319) 754-5705. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Fri, Nov 14, 2008 10:34:59 -0500 - The 3rd ranked New London Tiger Volleyball team goes up against unranked Grandview Park Baptist in the Class 1A State Quarterfinal at the State Tournament this afternoon, at 1pm on Court 1 at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. New London, with a record of 40 and 1, hits the tournament for the fourth year in a row, and is on a 38 match winning streak. Six seniors - Ashley Blint, Logan Chiri, Maggie Miller, Jackie Meyer, Kelsey Riley, and Kaci Wagner - will round out their high school, and volleyball career in a memorable fashion - vying for a State Tournament title. Rounding out the Tiger team are juniors Jessica Lerdal, and Sasha Noel. Coach Maureen Heath makes her 6th trip to state, 5 of those with the Tigers. Grandview Park Baptist comes to the tournament with a record of 32 and 11, and will be a tough matchup with New London. The Defenders feature one of the top players in Class 1A in senior outside hitter Victoria Weatherly - a second team all star selection as a sophomore, and and a first team all-state pick last year. Grandview Park Baptist has faced seven class 4A schools this year, and numerous Class 2A and 3A teams. Best of luck to the Tigers, and Coach Heath, as they play this afternoon! KILJ will carry the State Tourney matches live, with Doug Broek calling the play-by-play, today on KILJ 105.5FM, for their first round match against Grandview Park Baptist beginning at 1pm. - ]]> - ]]> In other area volleyball, Fairfield was knocked out of the Class 3A tournament by Marion yesterday in a 3 match sweep. Marion moves on to semifinal against 3rd ranked Sioux City Heelan, Friday at 1pm. The Trojans close out their year at 34 and 6 overall. - ]]> - ]]> The IHSAA has announced the Sectional-District wrestling assignments for 2009. *Sectionals will be held on February 7th, and Districts get underway February 14th. *The 2009 State Meet is set for February 18th through the 21st. *Mt. Pleasant will wrestle in the 3A District at Iowa City West, with Burlington, Ft. Madison, Iowa City High, Keokuk, Oskaloosa and Ottumwa. *Area Class 1A schools will have their sectional at Waco. Joining the Warriors will be Cardinal, Eddyville Blakesburg, New London, Pekin, Van Buren and Wapello. The top two place finishers in each weight class will advance to the district at New London with wrestlers from BGM, Belle Plaine, English Valleys, Highland, Lone tree, Montezuma, I.C. Regina, Tri County. *Mediapolis will host the 2A Sectional with Fairfield, L-M, Washington, and West Burlington. The District will be at West Liberty with schools from Clear Creek Amana, Mid Prairie, Sigourney, Solon, Wilton. *The 3A Regional Team Dual assignments will be set up after the Districts. *Pekin will host a 1A Regional Team Dual meet on February 10th with the Waco and Pleasantville Sectional team champs and runner up battling for a trip to the State Team Dual wrestling. *L-M will host a 2A Team Dual Regional Tourney with the Mediapolis and Davenport Assumption Sectional champs, and runner up teams vying to go to state. - ]]> - ]]> The Mt. Pleasant Club Volleyball Team is selling Panther Christmas ornaments for a fundraiser this year. They are only $5, gift boxed and would make a nice stocking stuffer. Get yours today, at Hy-Vee or at any high school sport events. For questions call Lori at 385-2319, or Deb at 986-5458. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Thu, Nov 13, 2008 7:20:59 -0500 The Iowa Wesleyan College women's basketball team opened it up in the final 15 minutes to grab a 69-45 win over Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College in their season opener Tuesday night at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> The Tigers put away the Trojans with a 28-5 run in the second half, fighting off some cold shooting to win their season opener for the fourth straight year. Hannibal-LaGrange dropped to 0-4 on the season. ]]>]]> IWC never trailed in the game but the lead was anything but comfortable for the Tigers until the final 12 minutes. The scrappy visitors, with just eight players in uniform, hung with the Tigers through the first half, trailing just 30-23 at halftime as both teams shot below 26% in the first 20 minutes. ]]>]]> Hannibal-LaGrange crept even closer early in the second half, whittling the lead down to two points at 33-31 after two free throws by Abby Rankin with 15:27 left. The Tigers heated up over the next eight minutes, though, hitting nine of their next 15 shots, including back-to-back three-pointers by Brittney Wilson (Sr.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa). ]]>]]> IWC also took advantage of foul trouble and the Trojans' lack of depth as the second half went on. The Tigers led by as many as 27 points in the final minute of the game. ]]>]]> Sherry Zehner (Jr.-St. Louis, Mo.) led IWC with 11 points off the bench. Brittany Okland (Sr.-Kelley, Iowa) added 10 points and Heather Larson (Jr.-Canton, Ill.) had nine. Anna Jones (Fr.-Cornell, Ill.) led the Tigers in rebounds (eight) and assists (six) and added six points. Thirteen different Wesleyan players played and twelve players scored. ]]>]]> The Tigers shot 22 of 68 (32.4%) for the game, but held a 56-48 rebound advantage. Hannibal-LaGrange shot 13 of 61 (21.3%), including just 6-for-32 in the second half (18.8%). ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan now gets ready for the Concordia University Cattle Classic this weekend in Seward, Neb. The Tigers will play a pair of ranked teams in the tourney, starting with a game Friday at 7:30 p.m. against Sterling (Kan.) College, which is ranked 11th in the NAIA Division II preseason coaches' poll. ----------------- ]]>]]> The SEI Super Conference All Academic List has been announced for the fall sports season. Over 300 student athletes were named to the list. To earn these honors, a student must be a Jr or Sr athletic team member or support person earning a 3.25 GPA the most recent grading period. Here's the full list: ]]>]]> SEI SUPER CONFERENCE ALL ACADEMIC LIST FALL SPORTS 2008 ]]>]]> BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME - Emily Bohnenkamp, Jerica Skalinski, Lynnae Hillyer, Heather Gray, Brittany Fletcher, Jamie Giannettino, Kelsay Brueck, Jennifer Rucker, Megan Mahoney, Danielle Case, Anna Kottenstette ]]>]]> CENTRAL LEE - Terran Adam, Luke Boeck, Toni Boyer, Ballie Bryant, Brittany Freesmeier, Kaitlyn Grossman, Jessica Hunold, Megan Kramer, Nathan Miner, Andrea Thacher, Jessica Wiggins, Tiana Butler, Rachel Dresser, Taylor Edgar, Brenden Hardy, Kara Johnston, Kalsie Kurtz, Eileen Mulholland, Caitlin Pardall, Paige Weber ]]>]]> COLUMBUS - Cody Boyd, Austin Conaway, Jared Eichelberger, Andres Garcia, Brandon Harris, Jordan Lyon, Ethan Mendenhall, Tyler Parker, Tyler Stewart, Seth Todd, Bret Carlson, Jake Keller, Sam Chaney, Seth Noble, Yeini Sosa, Vanessa Espinoza, Alissa Conaway, Alex Edwards, Stacy Gerling, Kelsey Lyon, Elyssa McFarland, Ali Ryan, Janessa Townsley, Heather Mills, Marisa Leyden, Megan Leyden, Elizabeth Morris, Elena Guerrero ]]>]]> DANVILLE - Pat Mackey, Adam Brown, Chaz Williams, Zach Scott, Deidra Stewart, Maggie Cross, Lindsey Reed, Maria Wagner, Jamie Dockendorff, Brandy Lowary, Kayli Morrison, Eric Alberts, Ethan Fullenkamp, Jacob Griffin, Nyssa Hixson ]]>]]> FAIRFIELD MAHARISHI - Atreya Dey, Sky Nite, Derek Thatcher, Pierre-Andre Bousquet, Eric Caplan, Yale Shaw, Paavani Kar, Jhana Valentine, Pandora Wadsworth, Holly Armstrong, Sophia Blitz, Gabrielle Hathaway, Angela Sickler, Shana Silverman, Nofiya Denbaum, Katie Dinkel, Deena Thiel ]]>]]> FT. MADISON HOLY TRINITY - Sean Conrad, James Kokjohn, Nathan Reinhardt, Stephanie Schulte, Kara Tweedy, Danielle Welding, Abby Abolt, Josie Dyer, Jennifer Merschbrock, Lindsey Vandenberg, Brittany Wellman, Cameron Wilkens ]]>]]> HARMONY - Jeff Vineyard, Goichi Aoki, Rachel Remick, Kelcey Loges, Dana Smith, Jenny Wallingford, Codi McDowell, Ashley Hoaglin, Carissa Nelson ]]>]]> HIGHLAND - Dakoda Flory, Mithchell Elliott, Riley Kleopfer, Ryan Schneider, Aaron Swailes, Cody Schneider, Heather Greiner, Stephaine Doreo, Tara Engel, Kristen Hora, Mollie Kleopfer, Joshalyn Stout, Sarah Strabala, Lexy Rozmus, Sarah Borland, Kelsey Slay ]]>]]> IOWA MENNONITE SCHOOL - Elizabeth Miller, Kara Ropp, Megan Schlabaugh, Kelsey Schrock, Haley Slaubaugh, Hannah Bartel Samantha Beachy, Allison Bontrager, Linnea Slabaugh, Jonathan Koerner, Drew Powell, Ben Wyse, David Yoder, Jacob Yoder ]]>]]> KEOSAUQUA VAN BUREN - Whitney Atwood, Jordan Beeding, Olivia Birch, Michael Boyd, Hannah Carter, Tristan Cesar, Miles Gaston, Abby Golden, Ben Griffith, Dennis Halverson, Kay Hara-Salazar, Kylie Harlan, Kali Johnson, Scott Mast, Kelby McClaran, Ben Moews, David Pedrick, Bryce Philiips, Dakota Zeitler ]]>]]> LOUISA MUSCATINE - Bailie Bonnichsen, Abby Paul, Bryan Reist, Andrew Veal, Adam Anderson, Thomas McCleery, Dustin Porter, Brandon Wachtel, Sandra Dion, Ariel Hohenadel, Meghan Rankin, Jordyn Schaper, Kaitlyn Shoppa, Carly Sprague, Amanda Steahr, Wanda Stubrud ]]>]]> MEDIAPOLIS - Ryan Aamodt, Jordan Delzell, Colin Parry, Jamie Ruschill, Jacob Scheitlin, Jacob Schulz, Jessica Shay, Jacob Burgus, Jacob Holsteen, Jordan Hutcheson, Brock Massner, Skylar Poole, Cody Vantiger, Reed Wagenbach, Derek Beckman, Ashley Sharp, Whitney Wagenbach, Kayla Harbison, Bailey Griffith, Amanda Kalina, Tayler Keitzer, Kelsi Rowe, Kasey Abel, Abby Darbyshire, Carmen Ertz, Bryana Klenk, Taylor Wilkerson ]]>]]> NEW LONDON - Ciara Allen, Clarissa McPheron, Kristen McPheron, Chris Oliver, Elizabeth Rude, Aaron Brown, Kaleb Ebeling, Ben Fry, Jade Hobbs, Ridge Hobbs, Steven Meyer, Jon Swafford, Kersty Garzy, Carissa Styers, Ashley Blint, Logan Chiri, Jackie Meyer, Maggie Miller, Sasha Noel, Kelsey Riley, Kaci Wagner ]]>]]> PEKIN - Cody Millikin, Lea Kruse, Kira Swanson, Sam Smith, Derek Robison, Jesse Wilcox, Jennifer Clubb, Paige Oliver, Jeremy Tosh, Alexi Holmes, Alicia Steele, Jacob Roop Kati Harper, Brenda Fritchen, Beverley Peinke, Mycaela Crouse, Annie Jones, A.J. Neff, Trenton Northup, Jamie Sterling, Brady Lamb, Shelby Blakely, Vanessa Clark, Austin Adam, Alex Barnhart, Dalton Stone, Sabin Sirdoreus, Darin Adam, Chad Giberson, Kristen Freeman ]]>]]> WAPELLO - Dru Burke, Sergio Chavarria, Taylor Jacobsmeier, Jacob Kerr, Josh Kramer, Jacob LaFayette, Logan Lanz, Jay Rudisill, Brock Webb, Mika Dopler, Ashley Fisher, Brooke Hammond, Staci Humiston, Kaylyn Lanz, Hannah Partington, Maria Perez, Josey Putnam, Marlen Salgado, Kelly Smith, Kaitlyn Wagner, Jessica Polley, Karen Castillo, Paige Long, Jenny Schwenker, Tabetha Sterner ]]>]]> WACO - Rebeccca Boshart, Ashley Brooks, Rastislav Copic, Arial Davis, Rachelle Fear, Ray Fear, Justin Graber, Grace Grieser, Kayla Hesseltine, Lidia Hinh, Kiley Hudson, Jami Johnson, Rebekah Kennelly, Allison Martin, Kristin McElhinney, Ryan McGuire, Kelli Miller, Tad Morrow, Trace Nebel, Jennifer Pfeifer, Zesheng Qian, Jill Rich, Lucas Robison, Abbey Roth, Allison Schantz, Bryce Shelman, Colin Shepherd, Ethan Starr ]]>]]> WEST BURLINGTON - Taylor Day, Jacob Deen, Dustin Guihan, Christopher Martin, Jordan Smith, Timothy Brees, Alex Conner, Stewart Holloway, James Hong, Ryan Kelley, DJ Laveine, Marcus Miller, Ariel Bloomberg, Katharine Gaudian, Kelly Gehringer, Samantha Wills, Alicia Jennings, Kalee Mitchell ]]>]]> WINFIELD MOUNT UNION - Karla Hester, Kelsey Koffend, Alex Mullen, Breanne Smith, Kaprice Carlson, Courtney Redlinger, Morgan Nicholson, Grant Fricke, Christian Damerval, Travis Steward, Tim Chaplin, Emery Davis, Mustafa Ametov, Nathan Giese, Jordan Smith, Cory Reynolds, RJ Shoultz, James Smith, Jacob Tolander, Megan Novak, Alysha Dunbar, Kelsey Mangold, Hope Liles, Amanda Thurman ----------------- ]]>]]> IHSAA has announced the Boys Basketball Tournament information for the 2009 Tournament Series. ]]>]]> Class 3A will play their First Round games on February 23rd, with District Finals February 26th in Burlington, and Sub State Finals March 2nd or 3rd at the US Cellular Center. Mt. Pleasant is in a Sub State with Clear Creek Amana, Williamsburg, Marion, Washington, Fairfield, Keokuk and Ft. Madison. ]]>]]> Class 2A First Round begins February 16th, with Semis February 19th, District Final on February 24th in Muscatine, and Sub State on February 28th in Mt Pleasant. ]]>]]> Substate 5 is made up of District 10, including Central lee, Columbus, Danville, Mediapolis, Pekin, Van Buren, Wapello, and West Burlington. ]]>]]> District 9 includes Durant, L-M, Mid Prairie, Iowa City Regina, Tipton, West Branch, West Liberty, and Wilton. ]]>]]> Class 1A First Round begins February 16th, 2nd Round February 19th, District Semis on February 24th, and the District Final on February 26th at Mid Prairie and Ottumwa. Sub State will be held on February 28th, with District 11 and 12 at Oskaloosa. District 12 includes BGM, HLV, English Valley, Keota, Montezuma, New London, Notre Dame, Tri County, and Waco. District 11 includes Cardinal, Harmony, Holy Trinity Catholic, Lynnville Sully, Maharishi, Moravia, Moulton Udell, North Mahaska, and Twin Cedars. ----------------- ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant "Club Volleyball Team" is selling Panther Christmas ornaments for a fundraiser this year. They are only $5, gift boxed and would make a nice stocking stuffer. Get yours today, at Hy-Vee or at any high school sport events. For questions call Lori at 385-2319, or Deb at 986-5458. ----------------- ]]>]]> The New London Tiger Volleyball team is headed to the State Tournament for the fourth year in a row. KILJ will carry the State Tourney matches live, with Doug Broek calling the play-by-play, for their first round match against Grandview Park Baptist beginning at 1pm Thursday. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Wed, Nov 12, 2008 7:40:59 -0500 The Mt Pleasant 7th Grade Boys Basketball teams won 2, and lost 1 to Ft Madison yesterday. "A" game: Mt Pleasant 37 - 18 "B" game: Mt Pleasant 10 - 9 "C" game: Ft Madison 28 - 11 Next up, the 7th graders will be at Keokuk Thursday. ]]>]]> The Mt Pleasant 8th Grade Girls Basketball team split with Ft Madison, winning the "A" game 24 - 16. The "B" team then fell to Ft Madison 32 - 14. The 8th grade girls will be back in action Thursday, hosting Keokuk. ]]>]]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Story courtesy of IWC Athletics) ]]>]]> Coming off of a third straight 20-win season in 2007-08, the Iowa Wesleyan College women's basketball program is certainly scheduling like a team that wants to be among the best in the country. The Tigers are tackling an ambitious early season slate that begins tonight with the team's opener against Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College at 7 pm at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> After facing the Trojans, IWC will play seven of its next eight games on the road, including four of its next five against teams ranked in the NAIA national poll. The Tigers will play the top-rated team in the NAIA Division II preseason top 25 coaches' poll, Morningside College, and also have a game against the #7 team (Concordia University of Nebraska) and two games against the eleventh- ranked team (Sterling College of Kansas). There's also a game against Tabor (Kan.) College, a team that, like IWC, received votes in the preseason coaches' poll. In all, the Tigers will play 11 of their first 14 games away from home, with few games resembling anything close to a light touch. The schedule will let the Tigers find out a lot about themselves in a short amount of time. ]]>]]> Fifth year Head Coach Steve Williamson has another talented team this season, and the goal for the Tigers is to win the Midwest Collegiate Conference and get back to the NAIA Division II National Tournament, something the team was unable to do last year after making the national tourney the two previous years. ]]>]]> Three starters return from last year's squad that finished 20-9 overall, 12-4 in the MCC regular season. IWC made a run in the conference tournament, getting to the championship game before losing a tough 63-60 decision to St. Ambrose University. ]]>]]> The starters, guards Rachel Mitchell (Sr.-Des Moines, Iowa) and Ali DeVries (Jr.-Bellevue, Iowa) and forward Brittany Okland (Sr.-Kelley, Iowa), have been part of the core of the Tigers for the past two seasons. There is little doubt that they will be counted on every bit as much and more this season on a team that will have to blend eight newcomers with seven returnees. ]]>]]> Mitchell and DeVries both were named First Team All-MCC last year. Mitchell is the point guard who makes the Tigers go, whether it be with a rebound, an assist on the fast break, or by blowing past defenders to get to the basket. "Rachel is probably one of the best, if not the best, point guards in the league," Williamson said. "She gets us going, we feed off the energy she creates. (And) she does a lot of little things the stats don't always show." ]]>]]> DeVries is the Tigers' best shooter and led the MCC and ranked among the national leaders in three-point field goals made last season with 81. She also shot 44.8% from three-point land, made 89.4% of her free throws, and led the team with 14.9 points a game while also rarely coming off the court (33.2 minutes per game). "She's extremely competitive and a good leader," Williamson said. "Both her and Rachel are our captains. Ali can shoot the ball, she's a great defender-the best defender we have. Just an outstanding kid." ]]>]]> Okland will be the returning anchor of the IWC frontcourt. The 6-1 post player averaged 8.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game last year and also blocked nearly two shots per game. With honorable mention all-conference forward Brooke Newton completing her eligibility and now a student assistant with the team, Okland is the leading returning rebounder on the roster. Williamson said that she has the potential to be one of the best post players he has ever coached but needs to play with more confidence. ]]>]]> Two other returnees who were among the first players off the bench last year are seniors Jennie Mitchell (LaGrange, Ga.) and Brittney Wilson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa). Both played in all 29 games last year. The 5-11 Mitchell can swing between the backcourt and front court and averaged 5.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while the 5-9 Wilson averaged 3.0 points per game and can play anywhere in the backcourt. ]]>]]> Two other returnees who will also see action are guards Kelli Garrison (Sr.-Johnson, Kan.) and Brittany Janz (So.-Toncia, Ill.). Garrison has played as a back-up point guard the past two years, while Janz is a good athlete who averaged just over a point a game in 17 games last year. ]]>]]> The list of newcomers is led by mostly junior college players, many who should see time in the rotation. Leading the way are 5-7 Megan Couch (Jr.-Mooresville, Ind.) and 5-10 Heather Larson (Jr.-Canton, Ill.), a pair of guards. Couch comes to IWC from Danville (Ill.) Area Community College, where she led the Jaguars in scoring last year and set a school career record in three-pointers. Larson joins the Tigers after being a two-time NJCAA All-American at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Ill. ]]>]]> Other junior college transfers include 5-11 Angela Brinkmeyer (Jr.-Hubbard, Iowa), 6-0 Sherry Zehner (Jr.-St. Louis, Mo.) and 5-6 guard Jessica Young (Jr.-Mount Vernon, Ill.). Brinkmeyer and Zehner both will add punch to the frontcourt, while Young is actually no stranger to the IWC program. She was a member of the 2005-06 IWC team that won MCC regular season and tournament championships, playing in every game that season as a freshman. She rejoins the Tigers after two years at junior colleges. ]]>]]> Junior Erin Karlsgodt (Brainerd, Minn.) also joins the team this year after sitting out last season with knee problems. She transferred to IWC two years ago from Central Lakes (Minn.) College, where she averaged more than 10 points and eight rebounds per game in both seasons there. ]]>]]> Rounding out the roster are freshman guards Anna Jones (Cornell, Ill.) and Susie Francescon (Moline, Ill.). Jones was named first team all-state in Illinois last year and led Flanagan-Woodland High School to the Class 1A championship by scoring a state title game-record 39 points. Francescon played at Moline High School in the Quad Cities and was honorable mention all-state in Illinois. Williamson said both players should also see minutes this season in their first year. ]]>]]> Williamson said the team's depth should be a positive this season, especially in the backcourt. "We feel we can play 9-10 girls easily," he said. "Our guards are our strength, we have 'ones', 'twos', 'threes' and 'fours' who all can shoot well from the perimeter and can put the ball on the floor. We also don't lose a lot off the bench." Unlike last year, IWC does not have the weight of a national ranking going into the season. Last year Wesleyan was ranked 18th in the national preseason poll, but this year the Tigers finished four spots outside the top 25. The Tigers are picked to finish second in the MCC this season in a preseason poll of league coaches. St. Ambrose was again tabbed as the league favorite. "The conference is extremely tough, and this should be one of the most balanced years and the toughest it's been since I've been here," Williamson said. "Grand View is extremely big and talented, St. Ambrose is the returning champs and has people back. It would not surprise me if any of the top four or five teams could finish at the top." ]]>]]> For more information regarding the IWC women's basketball program or any of the Tiger athletic teams, contact sports information director Adam Glatczak (319-385-6306 phone; 319-385-6384 FAX; aglatczak@iwc.edu e-mail) or log on to IWC's athletics web site at www.iwc.edu/athletics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]]>]]> The Class 3A District Five All District Football selections have been announced. Making First Team All District for MPHS were: Jordon Cotton, Jay Hackett, Blake Heitmeier, Danny Kelley, Mitch Moeller, Cody Smith, Evan Franzen, Darian Cotton, and Henry Krieger-Coble. Honorable Mention honors go to Kody Apalara, Aaron Franzen, Shane Henderson and Scott Sammons. All District Academic honors went to: Manager Abby Donnolly, Troy Harrison, Blake Heitmeier, Braden Hill, Scott Sammons, Tyler Spenner, Zach Archer, Sam Bell, Ryan Chabal, Jakob Hood, and Tanner Leichty. Finals team stats for the Mt. Pleasant Panthers: Blake Heitmeier rushed for 579 yards and passed for 1,301 yard, on 92 of 129 in passing for 71%. Heitmeir also had 11 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. Jordon Cotton rushed for 1575 yards and scored 25 touchdowns. Darian Cotton ran for 851 yards and 8 touchdowns. Henry Krieger-Coble caught 34 passes for 661 yards and 5 touchdowns. Cody Smith led the tackling with 154 tackles - 63 unassisted, and 91 assisted. Smith also recovered 4 fumbles and had two interceptions. He also kicked 42 of 46 P.A.T.'s, and was 9 of 13 in field goals, with a longest of 42 yards. Evan Franzen had 4 pass interceptions. Michael McCabe punted for a 30 yard per kick average. ]]>]]> New London Tigers volleyball team is headed to the state tournament for the fourth year in a row. KILJ will carry the state tourney matches live also beginning Thursday at 1 p.m. for their first round match against Grandview Park Baptist. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant K-6 wrestling club is getting ready to begin another season. Monday November 17th is the first night. The program will run thru March. Practices will be Mondays and Tuesdays at the MPHS wrestling room, with K-2nd grade practicing from 6-7 pm. 3rd - 6th graders practice from 6-7:30 p.m. Both groups will practice at the same time. This is made possible by the size of the new wrestling room. For questions contact Jamy Ball at 385-7762 or 385-4526. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Nov 11, 2008 7:40:59 -0500 Pella and mother nature stopped the high powered Mt. Pleasant offense in the quarter final playoff football game Friday night in Pella by a score of 19-5. High winds, snow flurries and temperatures in the low 30's made for a miserable night to play football out doors, especially if you have an offense that relies on passing, and running backs that like to cut on a dime. Then there is the Pella defensive line that is big, quick and strong, they were just as disruptive to the Panther offensive effort that was held to 85 yards, 26 passing and 59 rushing. The Little Dutch go to the UNI Dome to play in the semi finals November 17th at 7:30 p.m. against Decorah who defeated Cresco 21-7 in their quarter final match up. Mt. Pleasant had a very successful year ending up 11-1 overall and were District Five Champions. 23 seniors will graduate off this years team. ]]>]]> New London Tigers volleyball team is headed to the state tournament for the fourth year in a row. Meet the players tonight on KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com at 6 p.m. KILJ will carry the state tourney matches live also beginning Thursday at 1 p.m. for their first round match against Grandview Park Baptist. ]]>]]> IWC football team fell to #25 William Penn 35-13 in the final home game of the season for the Tigers. Bryan Abihider and Jaren Maybin scored touchdowns. ]]>]]> IWC Tiger volleyball team fell to St. Ambrose three games to none in the quarter finals of the Midwest Collegiate Conference tournament. Tigers end the year 12-19. ]]>]]> IWC men improved to 2-0 in basketball as they went on the road to Culver Stockton and beat the Wildcats 79-74 in over time. Brett Humpal and Da'Kari Shelby recorded double doubles. Humpal had 30 points and 14 rebounds, Shelby hit 17 points and 11 rebounds. Tigers play three games in Nebraska this weekend. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Nov 10, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 IWC volleyball team beat Mt. Mercy 3-1 to advance on to the Midwest Collegiate Conference tournament quarter finals. Katie Jammer had 10 kills and 11 digs. Tigers play at top seeded St. Ambrose Saturday. ]]>]]> IWC men's basketball team opened the season with a 77-72 win over Hannibal LaGrange in Olan G. Ruble Arena last night. Brett Humpal hit 24 points, Da Kari Shelby had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Tigers play at Culver Stockton Saturday night at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> The 11-0 Mt. Pleasant Panthers play at the 11-0 Pella little Dutch tonight in the 3A quarter final play off football. Both teams can run the ball, both teams can pass the ball. Weather conditions may well come into play if the winds whip around like they are forecast to do. Kicking games and field position always play big on a windy night. If you look at these two teams on paper and try a pick a winner, it might be helpful to know who will have the ball last, as this game might boil down to that factor. The winner goes to the dome to play the winner of the Decorah vs Cresco Crestwood game in the semi finals Monday November 17th at 7:30 p.m. Advance Tickets for the Mt. Pleasant at Pella playoff game are on sale at the MPHS office for $6 each. They also will be sold during parent teacher conferences also. Pella only has one admission gate so having a ticket in hand would get you into the game much quicker. For those not able to make it to the game KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the game live beginning with the pre game show at 6:30 p.m. kickoff is at 7 p.m. The state wide football playoff scoreboard will run from 10-11:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The 16th annual S.W. Iowa Senior volleyball Classic will be played at Waco Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. ]]>]]> IWC Tiger football team hosts #25 William Penn in the final home game of the season. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. on Evans Field. Penn St. at Iowa KILJ-FM 105.5 has the action at 12:30 p.m. Missouri St. at UNI kickoff at 4;05 p.m. Iowa State at Colorado KILJ-AM has the game at 10:30 a.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Fri, Nov 7, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 IWC volleyball team opens Midwest Collegiate Conference tournament play tonight in Olan G. Ruble Arena against Mt. Mercy at 7 p.m. The winner will then face the number one seed St. Ambrose in the next round. ]]>]]> Prior to the volleyball match the IWC men's basketball team will open their season against Hannibal LaGrange, Coach Al Magnani enters his 13th season as head coach of the Tigers, last season they had an overall record of 13-16 and conference mark of 9-7 in the MCC. Brett Humpal a senior from Decorah, Iowa will lead the team as he has the last two years making second team all American both years. He has been listed as one of the top eight players in the nation in NAIA II basketball. The Tigers will have a good blend of experience and some new recruits and transfers players that should make immediate impacts. It looks like a fun year of basketball ahead for Wesleyan fans. The next four games are on the road, the next home action is November 21 and 22 when the IWC Kiwanis Classic will be held. ]]>]]> Advance Tickets for the Mt. Pleasant at Pella playoff game are on sale at the MPHS office for $6 each. They also will be sold during parent teacher conferences also. Pella only has one admission gate so having a ticket in hand would get you into the game much quicker. For those not able to make it to the game KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the game live beginning with the pre game show at 6:30 p.m. kickoff is at 7 p.m. The state wide football playoff scoreboard will run from 10-11:30 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Thur, Nov 6, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 New London swept Holy Trinity Catholic 25-21, 25-22, 25-4 to capture their fourth straight trip to the state volleyball championships next week at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. Tigers will play Thursday November 13th at 1 p.m. on court one against Grandview Park Baptist who upset 7th ranked Twin Cedars in a sweep. Mediapolis fell to Pella Christian 3-0 in a 2A Regional championship. Fairfield defeated Knoxville 3-1 in a 3A Regional final and will play Marion in the first round at state on Wednesday November 12th at 7:15 p.m. ]]>]]> The IHSAA has announced the Sectional-District wrestling assignments for 2009, Sectionals on February 7th and Districts February 14th. State meet is February 18th thru 21st. Mt. Pleasant will wrestle in the 3A district at Iowa City West, with Burlington, Ft. Madison, Iowa City High, Keokuk, Oskaloosa and Ottumwa. Area class 1A schools will have their sectional at Waco, joining the Warriors will be Cardinal, Eddyville Blakesburg, New London, Pekin, Van Buren and Wapello. The top two place finishers in each weight class will advance to the district at New London with wrestlers from BGM, Belle Plaine, English Valleys, Highland, Lone tree, Montezuma, I.C. Regina, Tri County. Mediapolis will host the 2A sectional with Fairfield, L-M, Washington, and W. Burlington. The district will be at W. Liberty with schools from Clear Creek Amana, Mid Prairie, Sigourney, Solon, Wilton. The 3A regional team dual assignments will be set up after the districts. Pekin will host a 1A regional team dual meet on February 10th with the Waco and Pleasantville sectional team champs and runner up battling for a trip to the state team dual wrestling. L-M will host a 2A team dual regional tourney with the Mediapolis and Davenport Assumption sectional champs and runner up teams vying to go to state. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Wed, Nov 5, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS had to come from behind a couple of times to defeat Centerville 34-21 in 3A playoff football at Evans field last night. M.P. got on the board first with a Cody Smith 39 yard field goal. Then Centerville hit a long scoring run to grab the lead, Jordon cotton erased that lead with a 45 yard scoring run. The big Red then scored two more times to build a 21-10 lead. Then the Panther defense slammed the door and the offense got touchdowns from Jordon cotton ,Darian Cotton and Braden Roth, Cody Smith kicked all the pat's and added a 43 yard field goal to seal the deal. Pella beat Williamsburg 35-14 and will host the Panthers Friday night in a quarter final game at 7 p.m. The winner of that contest will move to the UNI Dome for a semi final clash with the winner of the Decorah vs Cresco Crestwood game. ]]>]]> #3 ranked New London and state runner up from the last two years Holy Trinity Catholic won their class 1A Regional volleyball semi final matches Friday night with sweeps and set up a Regional final tonight in Panther Gym at Mt. Pleasant High School that will determine if New London gets to go to State for the fourth straight year or if HTC gets a chance to see if the third time is a charm. The Tigers swept a young and determined IMS team 3-0 and Holy Trinity Catholic dominated Cardinal of Eldon 3-0. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the match live at 7 p.m. Mediapolis swept West Liberty 3-0 in their class 2A semi final and now play #7 Pella Christian at Washington High School at 7 p.m. Tuesday. #8 ranked Fairfield will play Knoxville at Oskaloosa High School in a 3A regional final that was to be played at Knoxville but was moved by the IGHSAU so the Panthers would not be playing on their home court. ]]>]]> Grandview defeated IWC in MCC volleyball 3-0, Tigers end the season 1-7 in the league and 11-18 overall will now play host to Mt. Mercy Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the MCC tournament. Because of the volleyball tournament the IWC men's basketball game with Hannibal LaGrange will begin at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> The Kansas city Royals have announced that Brian Rupp will return for a second season as the manager of the Burlington Bees. He led the team to a 73-65 regular season record and the Midwest League Championship. This will be his sixth season in the Royals organization. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Nov 4, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 #4 ranked Mt. Pleasant 10-0 hosts Centerville 9-1 in first round playoff football on Evans Field tonight. Panthers won their sub state game 31-14 over Norwalk and Centerville beat Clear Creek Amana 30-16 a team the Panthers shut out 21-0 earlier this season. Game time is 7 p.m. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the game live. The winner of this game will face the winner of Williamsburg at Pella, Friday night. ]]>]]> #3 ranked New London and state runner up from the last two years Holy Trinity Catholic won their class 1A Regional volleyball semi final matches Friday night with sweeps and set up a Regional final Tuesday night in Panther Gym at Mt. Pleasant High School that will determine if New London gets to go to State for the fourth straight year or if HTC gets a chance to see if the third time is a charm. The Tigers swept a young and determined IMS team 3-0 and Holy Trinity Catholic dominated Cardinal of Eldon 3-0. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the match live at 7 p.m. Mediapolis swept West Liberty 3-0 in their class 2A semi final and now play #7 Pella Christian at Washington High School at 7 p.m. Tuesday. #8 ranked Fairfield will play Knoxville at Oskaloosa High School in a 3A regional final that was to be played at Knoxville but was moved by the IGHSAU so the Panthers would not be playing on their home court. ]]>]]> The Southeast conference announced their all conference volleyball selections. Making first team for MPHS was Myra Krieger-Coen. Second Team honors went to Cadey Merschman and Emily Prellwitz. Honorable mention selections were, Rebekah Kimzey, Andrea Pieper and Lisa Moeller. Conference player of the year was Fairfield's Maryn Fulton . Academic all conference selections from MPHS were, Myra Krieger-Coen, Steph Meyers, kim Scarbrough, Emily Prellwitz, Hannah Sinclair, Andrea Pieper and Lisa moeller. ]]>]]> The State Cross Meet was run Saturday at Ft. Dodge. In the 1A girls race Madison Roth of Waco was 27th and Katie Hocker of Central Lee was 22nd in 2A. J.T. McCarthy of Burlington won the 4A, 2A Chris oliver of Danville-new London 22nd and class 1A had Jon Gerling of WMU finish 12th. Former MPHS cross country/track coach Denny White has been selected to coach the S.E. Iowa Senior all star cross country runners this Saturday in Ames. The Iowa Association of Track Coaches host the event featuring the top senior runners from around the state. ]]>]]> The IWC football team fell to St. Ambrose Saturday on the road 49-0. Tigers host Willaim Penn Saturday. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Nov 3, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Fairfield defeated Keokuk in 3A regional semi final volleyball 3-1, #8 Trojans now play in the Regional Championship against Knoxville on the Panthers home court Tuesday night. ]]>]]> 1A Regional semi final volleyball comes your way on KILJ-FM tonight at 7 p.m. from Charles Lorber Gymnasium, #3 New London hosts IMS. Holy Trinity Catholic plays Moravia at Central Lee High School, we'll have reports on that action. Class 2A regional semi final play has Mediapolis hosting West Liberty at 7 p.m. ]]>]]> State girls and boys cross country meet is run in Ft. Dodge Saturday. ]]>]]> Advance tickets for Mt. Pleasant vs Centerville on Evans Field Monday night are $6 each and available at MPHS office today and Monday. ]]>]]> IWC football team goes to St. Ambrose Saturday for Midstates Football Association action. Tigers coming off a 24-14 win at Trinity International last week. ]]>]]> Iowa goes to Illinois and KILJ-FM carries that game beginning at 12:30 p.m. Iowa St. is Oklahoma St. KILJ-AM 1130 has the action at 12:30. ]]>]]> UNI plays at Western Illinois. ]]>]]> Former Mt. Pleasant Panther Sara Graf continues to have an outstanding Jr. season for S.W. Minnesota St. University. She was named as the setter of the week in the Northern Sun Conference. She has surpassed 1,000 assists for the season and now ranks third all time in S.W.M.U. Volleyball history. The Mustangs are currently ranked 3rd in the nation in the latest NCAA II poll. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Fri, Oct 31, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS WON THEIR WAY INTO THE PLAYOFFS WITH A SUBSTATE WIN AT HOME LAST NIGHT AGAINST NORWALK 31-14 in the sub state round. Darian Cotton rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns, Blake Heitmeier was 6 of 9 passing for 47 yards and rushed for another 78. Jordon Cotton added 83 yards rushing on 24 carries, and caught three passes for 26. Panthers now advance on to Monday's first round playoff game at home against Centerville who beat Clear Creek Amana last night 30-16on the Big Reds field. Other play off scores: Dubuque Hempsted 28 Burlington 14 Wilton 32 W. Burlington Notre Dame 21 BGM 34- new London 13 North Mahaska 42 Waco 13 Lenox 57 Harmony 0 (8 Man) ]]>]]> Philadelphia wins the World Series by taking the suspended 5th game 4-3 over the Tampa Bay Rays. ]]>]]> IWC volleyball team lost in the first round of the MCC tournament 3-1 to Viterbo. IWC women's soccer team beat Waldorf 2-0 in the first round of the MCC soccer tourney http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Thur, Oct 30, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 IWC women's soccer team beat Waldorf 2-0 in the first round of the MCC soccer tourney MPHS is in the football playoffs for the first time since 2001. The 9-0 and fourth ranked Panthers will host Norwalk a team that is 5-4 and finished fourth in their district. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. KILJ-FM 105.5 will carry the game live beginning at 6:30 with the Radio Iowa scouting report. You'll also hear the statewide playoff scoreboard with all the scores from all games in all classes and the next round pairings from 10-11:30 p.m. tonight.. With a win MPHS advances to November 3rd round and would host the winner of Clear Creek Amana (6-3) at Centerville (8-1). Advance tickets for the game available at MPHS activities office until 4 p.m. Tickets are $6 for everyone, no reserved seating. Olson Powell Memorial Chapel is offering their parking lot to fans. New London (6-3) is in the class A playoffs and host BGM (5-4), North Mahaska (6-3) goes to Waco (5-4). W. Burlington Notre Dame (8-1) hosts Wilton (7-2), Pekin (5-4) at Maquoketa Valley (7-2), Dubuque Hempstead (5-4) at Burlington (7-2), In 8 man playoff action Harmony (4-5) at Lenox (8-1). ]]>]]> Staats Custom Awards will be giving away white custom printed Panther rally towels today at their office on Iris Road, take your towel to the playoff game tonight and show your Panther Pride. ]]>]]> Class 1A Regional quarterfinal volleyball saw Holy Trinity Catholic sweep Harmony 3-0, Crusaders now play Cardinal of Eldon Friday night at Central Lee, they swept Moravia 3-0 last night. #3 New London advances to the Regional semis Friday night in Charles Lorber Gym after sweeping Keota last night in that facility. IMS will be the next stepping stone for the Tigers to return to State, IMS swept English Valleys in the quarter finals. Class 2A Regional quarter final volleyball saw Mediapolis sweep Central Lee, Mepo will now host West Liberty Friday night in the semis. W.L. swept Wapello to advance. Pella Christian and Albia were the winners in the other half of the Regional and will play Friday night at Albia in the semis. Class 1A and 2A Regional finals are November 4th. ]]>]]> The fifth game of the World Series that was suspended because of rain Monday night will be finished tonight beginning at 7:30 p.m. with the Phillies and Rays tied at two in the sixth inning. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Wed, Oct 29, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 #8 Fairfield ended the 2008 season for the MPHS volleyball team in the first round of the 3A regional at Fairfield last night sweeping the Panthers 25-18, 25-18, 25-15. Cadey Merschman had 10 kills, Rebecca Kimzey 20 assists, Lisa Moeller had two blocks, Emily Prellwitz had 9 digs. Mt. Pleasant ends the season with a 14-18 record, two seniors will graduate off the team, Myra Krieger-Coen and Cadey Merschman. Fairfield now plays host to Keokuk Thursday night in the semi finals. The Chiefs beat Ft. Madison in a sweep last night. Other 3A regional scores, Clarke 3-0 over Centerville, Knoxville 3-1 over Chariton. 1A volleyball on KILJ-FM 105.5 tonight has Harmony at Holy Trinity Catholic, 7 p.m. is match time. Keota visits New London, we'll have reports on that match. IMS vs English Valleys and Moravia plays Cardinal. 2A regional play has Central Lee at Mediapolis, W. Liberty at Wapello. ]]>]]> Ciara Allen of Danville-New London has qualified for the State Cross Country meet this weekend in Ft. Dodge, along with Katie Hocker of Central Lee. They finished in the top 15 individuals at the 2A Regional meet run in Iowa City yesterday. Hocker was 9th and Allan 10th. Sam Chaney of Columbus Community won the District Cross Country Championship in Iowa City yesterday, Chris Oliver of Danville-New London was 4th, Kyle Neff of Danville-new London was 9th. Those three runners will advance on. The Bears as a team were 4th just missing qualifying for State as a team by 12 points, Columbus finished 7th. ]]>]]> Norwalk is 5-4, they beat Winterset, Perry, S. Tama, Chariton and Carlisle. They lost to Grinnell, Knoxville, Centerville and Pella. #47 5'10"160 pound Derek Bixler is their leading rusher with 599 yds. And 4 touchdowns. Passing #2 Jacob Peterson is 43 of 116 for 892 yds, 6 td's and 8 int's. #88 Matt Dermody has caught 27 passes for 730 yds and 5 tds. #19 Justin Coughennower is 13 of 15 in p.a.t.'s and 4 of 7 in field goals with a longest of 37. #24 Adam Seibert has punted 23 times for a 35 yard average, he also leads the defense with 89 tackles. Paul Peterson is the coach of the Warriors, he's in his 11th season, they were 1-8 last year. MPHS is 9-0. Leading the rushing Jordon Cotton with 1372 yds and 22 touchdowns, Passing Blake Heitmeier is 68 of 96 for 1105 yds, 10 tds and 5 interceptions, Henry Krieger-Coble leads the receivers with 26 catches for 545 yds and 5 touchdowns, Michael McCabe punts for a 32.6 ave. Cody Smith has hit 36 of 40 pats and 5 of 7 field goals with 38 his longest. Cody also leads the defense with 116 tackles. Staats Custom Awards will be giving away white custom printed Panther rally towels beginning Monday at their office on Iris Road, take your towel to the playoff game Wednesday night and show your Panther Pride. Also there are still football picture posters available for fans to buy in the Activities office. ]]>]]> Game five of the World Series in Philly last night was suspended because of rain after 5 and a half innings. Score tied 2-2 between Tampa bay and Philadelphia, they will finish tonight at 7:30. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Oct 28, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant (9-0) is into the post season high school football playoffs, Panthers rolled over Fairfield 30-20 Friday night on Evans field. Norwalk (5-4) comes to town Wednesday for substate play at 7 p.m. Winner advances to November 3rd round against the winner of Clear Creek Amana (6-3) at Centerville (8-1). New London (6-3) is in the class A playoffs and host BGM (5-4), North Mahaska (6-3) goes to Waco (5-4). W. Burlington Notre Dame (8-1) hosts Wilton (7-2), Pekin (5-4) at Maquoketa Valley (7-2), Dubuque Hempstead (5-4) at Burlington (7-2), In 8 man playoff action Harmony (4-5) at Lenox (8-1). Staats Custom Awards will be giving away white custom printed Panther rally towels beginning Monday at their office on Iris Road, take your towel to the playoff game Wednesday night and show your Panther Pride. Also there are still football picture posters available for fans to buy in the Activities office. ]]>]]> Jared Maybin rushed for 95 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the IWC Tigers to a 24-14 road win at Trinity International. The win stopped a 19 game conference loss string and improves the Wesleyan record to 3-5 (1-3), they go to St. Ambrose this week. ]]>]]> IWC golf team tied for fourth place in the NAIA preview invitational at the TPC course in Quad Cities, Tigers shot 634 to tie with Indiana Wesleyan. Adam Lindsay and Emery McGraw tied for 13th in Medalist play shooting 157. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team opens tournament play tonight at #8 Fairfield, KILJ-FM 105.5 will carry the match live at 7 p.m. ]]>]]> Makenzie Kauffman and Rachel Krug of Mt. Pleasant who swim for the Fairfield High School team ended their regular season last Thursday. Kauffman was 1st in the 200 yard individual medley. ]]>]]> Philadelphia has the World Series under control, they lead 3 games to one after beating Tampa Bay 10-2 in Philadelphia. The series continues tonight in Philly at 7 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Oct 27, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS girls were 8th in Regional cross country meet at Fairfield, Ameilia Conrad was 18th individually. MPHS boys were 8th in the District, top finisher Daniel Calhoun 21st. Madison Roth of Waco qualified for State, she was 4th at the 1A Regional in Ottumwa, Jon Gerling and Glen Morgan of WMU were 4th and 10th respectively in the 1A District at Ottumwa they go to state also November 1st in Ft. Dodge ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant volleyball team ended the regular season on a winning note by sweeping Keokuk in Panther Gym 25-19, 25-19, 25-18. Myra Krieger Coen 11 kills, Rebecca Kimzey 31 assists, Steph Meyers and Cadey Merschman 3 ace serves, Emily Prellwitz 15 digs, Lisa Moeller, Kimzey and Merschman 2 blocks each. Panthers open tournament play at #8 Fairfield Monday, Trojans swept Ft. Madison last night. ]]>]]> MP JV football team beat Fairfield on the road last night 28-24, Panthers led 21-12 at halftime. Izaak Krieger Coen 106 yds rushing, Austin Marshall 6 of 10 passing for 138 yds and one td, he also ran for two scores., Tylor hoyle 4 catches for 65 yds. Justice Wellington had 7 tackles and a int. JV ends the year 5-2. ]]>]]> Area football games Friday night. Fairfield 3-5 (1-5) at #4 Mt. Pleasant 8-0 (6-0) listen live on KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com. Davenport West at Burlington, Ft. Madison at Washington, Keokuk at Oskaloosa (winner captures 4th in district and playoff spot), Williamsburg at Clear Creek Amana (winner places second in district), Central Lee at Columbus Community, L-M at Mediapolis, Mid Prairie at W. Burlington Notre Dame, Iowa Valley at Wapello, Pekin at Durant, West Branch at Van Buren, Cardinal at Highland, Danville at WMU, Lone Tree at Waco, New London at HLV, Harmony at Ankeny Christian Academy. ]]>]]> Staats Custom Awards will be giving away white custom printed Panther rally towels beginning Monday at their office on Iris Road, take your towel to the playoff game Wednesday night and show your Panther Pride. Also there are still football picture posters available for fans to buy in the Activities office. ]]>]]> IWC 2-7 (0-3) is on the road in football this week to Trinity International 1-6 (0-3) in Deerfield, Ill. Iowa has this weekend off. UNI is at Youngstown St. hear the action on KILJ-FM 105.5 at 1:30. Iowa St. hosts Texas A-M airtime is 4 p.m. on KILJ-AM 1130 ]]>]]> The Rec Center's NEW Group Fitness Session begins October 27th. Come up to the REC Center at 200 East Monroe Street to get registered. Have Fun - Get Fit With Us! (319) 385-2960 ]]>]]> IWC will host John Wood Community College in a men's basketball scrimmage at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to watch. ]]>]]> Soldiers from the 832nd Engineer Company (Mt. Pleasant - Keokuk unit) will play the IWC baseball team at Maple Leaf Field at 1pm on Saturday Oct. 25. Admission will be $2.00. ]]>]]> Iris Bowling Center Sunday Night Mixed League standings, Strothman Racing 19-9 in first place. ]]>]]> Lee County Speedway in Donnellson hosts Shiverfest this Saturday, racing to benefit the renal dialysis units in S.E. Iowa, take the kids there is trick or treating in the pits and hayrides. Races begin at 4 p.m. ]]>]]> World Series is knotted at 1-1 after last nights Tampa Bay 4-2 win over Philadelphia. The series resumes Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Philly. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Fri, Oct 24, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Class 1A regional volleyball action saw #3 New London defeat WMU 3-0, Keota beat Waco 3-0 and plays at New London Tuesday night. Holy Trinity Catholic swept Burlington Notre Dame 3-0 and now plays host Tuesday to Harmony who beat Danville 3-2. IMS beat Lone Tree 3-0, English Valleys over Tri County 3-1, Moravia 3-1 over Moulton, Cardinal downed Maharishi 3-0. ]]>]]> It is tournament time for the MPHS girls and boys cross country teams. The regional/district races will be run at Fairfield tonight at 4:30. Joining the Panthers and the Trojans will be, Davenport Assumption, Dewitt Central, Clear Creek Amana, Ft. Madison, Keokuk, Maquoketa, Marion, Mt. Vernon, Vinton Shellsburg, Washington and Williamsburg. A class 1A regional /district will be run at Ottumwa in Wildwood Park with Waco and WMU running there. Danville-New London runs in the 2A event at the University of Iowa Ashton Course in Iowa City. The top three teams and top ten individuals from each regional/district advance onto the state meet November 1st in Ft. Dodge. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team wraps up the regular season by hosting Keokuk, Lady Chiefs coming off a Tuesday night loss to Fairfield who ends the regular season ranked #8 in the state and conference champions. Mt. Pleasant has captured second place in the conference, and opens regional play at Fairfield Monday. ]]>]]> Area football games Friday night. Fairfield 3-5 (1-5) at #4 Mt. Pleasant 8-0 (6-0), Davenport West at Burlington, Ft. Madison at Washington, Keokuk at Oskaloosa (winner captures 4th in district and playoff spot), Williamsburg at Clear Creek Amana (winner places second in district), Central Lee at Columbus Community, L-M at Mediapolis, Mid Prairie at W. Burlington Notre Dame, Iowa Valley at Wapello, Pekin at Durant, West Branch at Van Buren, Cardinal at Highland, Danville at WMU, Lone Tree at Waco, New London at HLV, Harmony at Ankeny Christian Academy. ]]>]]> Staats Custom Awards will be giving away white custom printed Panther rally towels beginning Monday at their office on Iris Road, take your towel to the playoff game Wednesday night and show your Panther Pride. Hey Panther fans get your football playoff t-shirt or sweatshirt and wear it with pride down the playoff trail. Stop out at MPHS and order up. There are three different choices this year, gold t-shirt for $10, gold long sleeve t-shirt for $15 and gold hoodie for $20. Orders must be paid for in advance and must be in by Friday at 10 a.m. Panther's 1st playoff game is 10/29/08 at 7 p.m. on Evans Field. Also there are still football picture posters available for fans to buy in the Activities office. ]]>]]> IWC won their first MCC match of the season with a 4-1 win over Mt. Mercy Katie Leidl 13 kils and 15 digs. Wesleyan is 1-5 in the league and 11-16 overall ]]>]]> Bellvue, Nebraska University defeated the IWC women in soccer 3-0. ]]>]]> The Rec Center's NEW Group Fitness Session begins October 27th. Come up to the REC Center at 200 East Monroe Street to get registered. Have Fun - Get Fit With Us! (319) 385-2960 ]]>]]> IWC will host John Wood Community College in a men's basketball scrimmage at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to watch. ]]>]]> Soldiers from the 832nd Engineer Company (Mt. Pleasant - Keokuk unit) will play the IWC baseball team at Maple Leaf Field at 1pm on Saturday Oct. 25. Admission will be $2.00. ]]>]]> World Series got underway last night with Philadelphia beating Tampa Bay 3-2, same two teams tonight in Tampa at 7:35. After tonight the series resumes Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Philly. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Thu, Oct 23, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Hey Panther fans get your football playoff t-shirt or sweatshirt and wear it with pride down the playoff trail. Stop out at MPHS and order up. There are three different choices this year, gold t-shirt for $10, gold long sleeve t-shirt for $15 and gold hoodie for $20. Orders must be paid for in advance and must be in by Friday at 10 a.m. Panther's 1st playoff game is 10/29/08 at 7 p.m. on Evans Field. Also there are still football picture posters available for fans to buy in the Activities office. ]]>]]> MPHS JV football team beat Oskaloosa Monday night 7-6, Austin Marshall threw a 30 yard pass to Jordon bell for the score and Ryan Chabal added the kick. Izaak Krieger-Coen had 10 tackles, Kyle Nichting and Ryan Herr each had six. JV close their season tomorrow night at Fairfield. ]]>]]> Class 2A regional results from last night, Mediapolis swept W. Burlington 25-15, 25-11, 25-10. Central Lee beat Van Buren 25-23, 25-13, 25-20. Central Lee plays at Mediapolis next Tuesday in the regional quarter finals at 7 p.m. Other first round winners, West Liberty beat L-M 3-0, Wapello 3-2 over Columbus, Eddyville Blakesburg over Pekin 3-1, Pella Christian 3-0 over Sigourney, Central Decatur beat Corydon Wayne 3-1, Albia 3 Davis county 1. Class 1A play begins tonight, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will bring you WMU (17-12) at #3 New London (36-1). Other matches, Burlington Notre Dame (15-18) at Holy Trinity (38-14), Danville (12-15) at Harmony (1-22), Keota at Waco (18-13). ]]>]]> IWC men beat Rockford College 4-1 in soccer yesterday. ]]>]]> The Rec Center's NEW Group Fitness Session begins October 27th. Come up to the REC Center at 200 East Monroe Street to get registered. Have Fun - Get Fit With Us! (319) 385-2960 ]]>]]> Soldiers from the 832nd Engineer Company (Mt. Pleasant - Keokuk unit) will play the IWC baseball team at Maple Leaf Field at 1pm on Saturday Oct. 25. Admission will be $2.00. ]]>]]> World Series is set to begin tonight Philadelphia and Tampa Bay play in Tampa at 7:35. Thursday in Tampa, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Philly. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant 7th and 8th grade boys basketball tourney November 8th at Cotrell Gym. $75 per team, medals for first and second. All teams will play three games. November 9th a 4-6th grade boys basketball tournament will be played at Cotrell Gym. Six teams, three games each, $75 fee. To register for either tournament call Ronnie Ashton at 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Wed, Oct 22, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 The Midwest Collegiate Conference women's basketball preseason poll as voted on by the coaches has St. Ambrose predicted to be the conference champion and IWC second. Grandview was a close third. The Queen Bees were 29-5 overall last season and 14-2 in the MCC winning the regular season race and post season tourney. For the men William Penn was first, Grand View second, IWC was third. Last season W.P. went 28-6 overall and 13-3 in the MCC to win the regular season conference title and tournament title. ]]>]]> Area football team rankings in Radio Iowa and A.P. polls. MPHS is #4 in both R.I. and A.P. in class 3A, 2A has W. Burlington-Notre Dame #5 in both and Mid Prairie #7 in both (they play at W.B.-N.D. this week) 1A New London is #8 in both. ]]>]]> Tournament volleyball begins this week, Tonight KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com bring you 2A Regional first round action with Mediapolis (33-9) at W. Burlington (13-17) 7 p.m. is match time. Other matches have Columbus at Wapello, Van Buren at Central Lee, Pekin at Eddyville Blakesburg. Class 1A play begins Wednesday night, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will bring you WMU at #3 New London. Other matches, Burlington Notre Dame at Holy Trinity, Danville at Harmony, Keota at Waco. ]]>]]> The Rec Center's NEW Group Fitness Session begins October 27th. Come up to the REC Center at 200 East Monroe Street to get registered. Have Fun , Get Fit With Us! (319) 385-2960 ]]>]]> Soldiers from the 832nd Engineer Company (Mt. Pleasant - Keokuk unit) will play the IWC baseball team at Maple Leaf Field at 1pm on Saturday Oct. 25. Admission will be $2.00. ]]>]]> World Series is set, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay start to play Wednesday in Tampa at 7:35. Thursday in Tampa, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Philly. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant 7th and 8th grade boys basketball tourney November 8th at Cotrell Gym. $75 per team, medals for first and second. All teams will play three games. November 9th a 4-6th grade boys basketball tournament will be played at Cotrell Gym. Six teams, three games each, $75 fee. To register for either tournament call Ronnie Ashton at 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Oct 21, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant football team won 49-42 over Oskaloosa Friday night. Jordon Cotton 4 touch downs, 241 yards rushing. Bruised his right knee but is okay. Blake Heitmeier was 8-10 passing and rushed for over 100 yards. Panthers host Fairfield this week and will be at home for the first round of the playoffs Oct. 29th. ]]>]]> IWC Tigers lost to Quincy University Saturday night 35-28. Wesleyan put up 517 yards of offense but not quite enough to out score the visitors. IWC goes on the road to Trinity international in Deerfield, Ill. this Saturday. ]]>]]> IWC volleyball Invitational wrapped up Saturday, the host school won two matches and lost two. Central Methodist won with a 4-0 record. IWC middle hitter B.J. Wagy made the all tourney team. ]]>]]> Tournament volleyball begins this week, Tuesday night KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com bring you 2A Regional first round action with Mediapolis at W. Burlington 7 p.m. is match time. ]]>]]> World series is set, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay start to play Wednesday in Tampa. Devil Rays beat the defending champs Boston Red Sox 3-1 last night to get to the big show. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant 7th and 8th grade boys basketball tourney November 8th at Cotrell Gym. $75 per team, medals for first and second. All teams will play three games. November 9th a 4-6th grade boys basketball tournament will be played at Cotrell Gym. Six teams, three games each, $75 fee. To register for either tournament call Ronnie Ashton at 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Oct 20, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 The MPHS girls won the Southeast Conference Cross Country meet at Keokuk with 42 points Thursday night, Amelia Conrad was second individually, Joslynn Haffarnan 3rd (on her 18th birthday). For the boys it was a very close battle for first. Fairfield won with 47, Ft. Madison 2nd with 50 and Panthers third with 52. Eric Movall was second individually. The Regional/District meet for the MPHS girls and boys is next Thursday in Fairfield. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball defeated Ft. Madison last night 3-1. Cadey Merschman 16 kills Myra Krieger-Coen 11 kills, Alyssa Maxwell 21 assists, Rebecca Kimzey 21-21 serving 3 aces, Emily Prellwitz 33 digs. ]]>]]> Last rankings of the year of volleyball teams has New London ranked #3 in class 1-A, defending state champion Wapsie Valley is #1. Western Christian is #1 in 2A. Mt. Vernon #1 in 3A, Fairfield is #8 (first round regional opponent for MPHS). Johnston tops the 3A rankings. Post season tournament play begins Tuesday, KILJ will be broadcasting the Mediapolis at W. Burlington match. ]]>]]> Football Friday night in the area. Oskaloosa 3-4 (3-2) at #4 MPHS 7-0 (5-0 Panthers in the playoffs already), #1 Bettendorf at #10 Burlington (playoff bound), Clear Creek Amana at Ft. Madison, Washington at Fairfield, Williamsburg at Keokuk, Columbus at #6 W. Burlington Notre Dame (playoff qualifier), Davis County at #8 Mid Prairie, L-M at Central lee, Mediapolis at Sigourney Keota, Pekin at Iowa Valley, Van Buren at Belle Plaine, Wapello at Eddyville Blakesburg, English Valley at Danville, Highland at New London (playoff qualifier), Lone tree at WMU, Waco at Cardinal, Harmony (playoff qualifier) at Tri County. ]]>]]> Don't forget there are Mt. Pleasant Varsity Football posters for sale at the Activities Office at MPHS. ]]>]]> Doris and her Mt. Pleasant concession stand crew will have piping hot brats and hot chocolate Friday night for your dining enjoyment. ]]>]]> Wisconsin at Iowa on KILJ-FM Saturday 10 a.m. N. Dakota St. at UNI 2:35 p.m. KILJ-FM Nebraska at Iowa St. on KILJ-AM 1130 at 10 a.m. Quincy 3-3 (2-0) at Iowa Wesleyan 2-4 (0-2) 6 p.m. on Evans field ]]>]]> Red Sox recovered from a 7-0 7th inning deficit to beat the Devil Rays 8-7, Tampa bay leads the series 3-2 and hosts game 6 Saturday night. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Fri, Oct 17, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Southeast Conference Cross Country meet at Keokuk. MPHS volleyball at Ft. Madison ]]>]]> Football Friday night in the area. Oskaloosa 3-4 (3-2) at #4 MPHS 7-0 (5-0 Panthers in the playoffs already), #1 Bettendorf at #10 Burlington (playoff bound), Clear Creek Amana at Ft. Madison, Washington at Fairfield, Williamsburg at Keokuk, Columbus at #6 W. Burlington Notre Dame (playoff qualifier), Davis County at #8 Mid Prairie, L-M at Central lee, Mediapolis at Sigourney Keota, Pekin at Iowa Valley, Van Buren at Belle Plaine, Wapello at Eddyville Blakesburg, English Valley at Danville, Highland at New London (playoff qualifier), Lone tree at WMU, Waco at Cardinal, Harmony (playoff qualifier) at Tri County. ]]>]]> Don't forget there are Mt. Pleasant Varsity Football posters for sale at the Activities Office at MPHS. ]]>]]> Doris and her Mt. Pleasant concession stand crew will have piping hot brats and hot chocolate Friday night for your dining enjoyment. ]]>]]> Clarke College defeated IWC in soccer yesterday. Women 3-1 and men 3-0. ]]>]]> Phillies get to the World Series with a 5-1 win over the Dodgers, they will play the winner of the ALCS beginning 10/22/08. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Thur, Oct 16, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 St. Ambrose Bees will head into the winter with the halftime lead after the first two rounds of the Midwest Collegiate Conference men's golf tournament on the Finkbine Course in Iowa City. St. Ambrose shot a two day total of 580, IWC men are in 4th place at 607. The final two rounds of the tournament will be played at the Oskaloosa Golf Course in April. Adam Lindsay is in 6th place in medalist play with a 146, the leader is Adam White of St. Ambrose at 139. ]]>]]> William Penn defeated IWC in Volleyball 3-1. Megan McVey 12 kills on the night, Corrie Wagner 13 digs, Kendra Zimmerman 25 assists and 12 digs, B.J. Wagy 4 blocks. Wesleyan hosts their own invitational Friday and Saturday 8 teams will compete. ]]>]]> MPMS 8th grade football team swept Ottumwa in both the A and B games 27-10. In the A game, Drew Perry, Ryan Phipps, Alex Moore and Landon Stevenson led the Panthers. In the B game Nef Mendoza, Lee Davis, Mike Hennings and Jayton Phillips were the leaders. Coaches John Pullis, Tim Taylor, Tom Koontz and Jim Alderson thank the parents and fans for their support this season. MPHS 7th grade team lost both games. Ottumwa won the A game 24-0, Justin Dilks rushed for 77 yds, Dustin Amos was 9 of 15 passing for 44 yds. Sam Buffington and Trey Magnani recovered fumbles. In the B game Ottumwa won 14-8. Justin Chalupa scored the Panther touchdown and Zach Mulford ran in the two point conversion. Rick carter, Marco Torres and Ricky Mcleland recovered fumbles. Coach Kent Bennett and Coach Jeff Batty want to thank the parents and fans for their support. ]]>]]> Do not forget there are Mt. Pleasant Varsity Football posters for sale at the Activities Office at MPHS. ]]>]]> Iris Bowling Center's Sunday Night Mixed League standings, Smokin' Aces first with an 18-6 record. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant 7th and 8th grade boys basketball tourney November 8th at Cotrell Gym. $75 per team, medals for first and second. All teams will play three games. November 9th a 4-6th grade boys basketball tournament will be played at Cotrell Gym. Six teams, three games each, $75 fee. To register for either tournament call Ronnie Ashton at 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Wed, Oct 15, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Two Mt. Pleasant high school girls are competing in swimming this fall through an agreement with Fairfield High School. Sophomores Makenzie Kauffman and Rachel Krug are part of the 12 girl FHS swim team that has competed in 9 swim meets so far this season. Last Thursday, Oct. 9th, the girls swam at Des Moines East and in that meet, Makenzie Kauffman won 3 events placing 1st in the 200 meter I.M.(individual medley), the 100 meter backstroke, and the 200 meter Medley Relay. She also finished 2nd in the 400 meter Freestyle relay. Rachel Krug placed 3rd in 2 events including the 100 meter breaststroke and the 200 meter Medley Relay. She was 6th in the 50 meter freestyle. The girls swim at Williamsburg on Monday, Oct. 13th, at Tipton on Oct. 20th, and have their final home meet at Fairfield on Thursday, Oct. 23rd. The FHS swim team is coached by Susie Steinbeck. ]]>]]> MPHS JV football team played Williamsburg last night and lost 52-0. Raiders led 38-0 at halftime. Austin Marshall had 63 yards rushing, Izaak Krieger-Coen and kyle nichting each had 7 tackles. Panther JV goes to Oskaloosa next Monday and Fairfield next Thursday. ]]>]]> Several Iowa High School Athletic Association football officials are going "pink" this week as participate in "Calling for a Cure" campaign. Officials will be using a special pink whistle which has the support of the NFHS and many other athletic groups. They have also been asked to contribute, up to 25% of one of their game fees to "Calling for the Cure." All funds raised, including the cost of pink whistle, are donated to the American Cancer Fund in the name of "IHSAA Sports Officials." This week, October 12-18, is National High School Activities Week and Tuesday, October 14 has been designated National Officials' Day. ]]>]]> The IWC women's golf team finished 7th in the Midwest Classic Conference golf tourney held at Thunder hills Course in Dubuque Sunday and Monday shooting a 785. St. Ambrose won the title with a 664. Ashlee Winner shot 188 to tie for 21st in medalist play, Jordon Davis of Ashford won a playoff with Kelly Jansen of St. Ambrose to win medalist honors at 163. ]]>]]> Rankings of area high school football teams in Radio Iowa and A.P. polls.. MPHS #4 R.I. #5 A.P. Burlington #10 in both, W.Burlington-Notre Dame #6 in both, Mid prairie #8 in both, New London is #8 R.I. and #9 A.P. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant 7th and 8th grade boys basketball tourney November 8th at Cotrell Gym. $75 per team, medals for first and second. All teams will play three games. November 9th a 4-6th grade boys basketball tournament will be played at Cotrell Gym. Six teams, three games each, $75 fee. To register for either tournament call Ronnie Ashton at 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Oct 14, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 #4MPHS improved to 7-0 and (5-0) with an impressive road win at #10Williamsburg Friday night 37-21. Third homecoming game this season the Panthers have won including their own and at Clear Creek Amana. This week M.P. hosts Oskaloosa who is coming off a 35-15 win over Fairfield Friday. JV host Williamsburg tonight. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant hosted a volleyball invitational Saturday and it was won by #3 ranked class 1A power New London. Tigers beat #9 ranked class 2A Camanche 2-1. Panthers went 2-1 in pool play beating Central Lee and Highland and lost to Camanche. Then in the semi finals they lost to eventual champion New London 25-12, 25-10. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan lost at St. Francis of Illinois 31-13 Saturday night. Tigers are now 2-4 (0-2). Wesleyan will host Quincy University Saturday night at 6 p.m. ]]>]]> IWC is 7th after the first day of the Midwest Conference women's golf tournament with a 399 score. St. Ambrose leads the field at 326. Kelly Jansen of St. Ambrose is leading medalist play with a 79, Ashley Winner of the Tigers is tied for 23rd with a 94. ]]>]]> IWC men won their soccer match against Ashford University 1-0. The IWC women lost 2-1 to Ashford. ]]>]]> Notes: Zach Johnson won the PGA event in Texas yesterday with a paycheck of $810,000. Dodgers beat the Phillies 7-2 in Dodger stadium last night and tonight will try and even the series at two games each. Boston plays host to the Devil Rays this afternoon in game three of the ALCS. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Oct 13, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Big game tonight for the #4 ranked and undefeated Mt. pleasant Panthers playing the #10 ranked and undefeated Williamsburg Raiders on the road. Panthers feature a running game highlighted by Jordon and Darian Cotton who together have rushed for 1400 yards. Williamsburg has Ross Doehrman who has rushed for over a 1,000 yards. Passing attacks mirror each other also. Both defenses are stingy too. Difference could be turnovers, Williamsburg has taken the ball away from their opponents 9 more times than they have given it up, Mt. pleasant has given it up three more times than they have taken it away. Listen live on KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com. beginning with the pregame at 6 p.m. Other area games have Burlington at Davenport North, Clear Creek Amana at Washington, Fairfield at Oskaloosa, Ft. Madison at Keokuk, Mediapolis at Davis County, Mid prairie at Columbus, Sigourney-Keota at Central lee, W. Burlington Notre Dame at L-M, Belle Plaine at Wapello, Durant at Van Buren, Eddyville Blakesburg at Pekin, Danville at Waco, Highland at Lone Tree, new London at Cardinal, WMU at Montezuma, Harmony at Moravia (8 man) ]]>]]> MPHS cross country teams ran at Muscatine yesterday. Girls were 6th with 131 points, Amelia Conrad ran 12th. Davenport West was the winner with 69 points. Burlington won the boys class with 27, MPHS was 6th with 153, Garret Pittman was 22nd. ]]>]]> #3 ranked New London swept Holy Trinity Catholic in volleyball. Those two teams will be two of the featured schools in the Mt. pleasant volleyball Invitational Saturday. ]]>]]> Sara Graf former MPHS volleyball standout and now a junior setter at S.W. Minnesota St. set a single match record with 73 assists against Minnesota Moorehead St. Sara holds the SWMS record for assists in a season 1,671 and assists per game at 13.48. The Mustangs are 18-2 and ranked #6 in the NCAA II rankings. ]]>]]> IWC Tigers 2-3 (0-1) football team travels to Joliet, Ill. for a 6 p.m. game Saturday night against St. Francis of Illinois in Mid States Football Association action. Iowa at Indiana on KILJ-FM at 10 a.m. Illinois St. at UNI on KILJ-FM 2;35 p.m. ISU at Baylor on KILJ-AM 4 p.m. ]]>]]> IHSAA has announced the boys tournament basketball tournament information for the 2009 tournament series. Class 3A will play their first round games on February 23rd, district finals Feb. 26 (Burlington) and substate finals March 2nd or 3rd (US Cellular Center). Mt. Pleasant is in a sub state with Clear Creek Amana, Williamsburg, Marion, Washington, Fairfield, Keokuk and Ft. Madison. Class 2A 1st round Feb. 16, semis Feb. 19, district final Feb. 24 (Muscatine) and sub state Feb. 28 (Mt. Pleasant). Subbstate #5 is made up of District #10 Central lee, Columbus, Danville, Mediapolis, Pekin, Van Buren, Wapello, W. Burlington. District #9 Durant, L-M, Mid prairie, I.C. Regina, Tipton, W. Branch, W. Liberty, Wilton. Class 1A first round Feb. 16, 2nd round Feb. 19, district semi Feb. 24, district final Feb. 26 (Mid Prairie and Ottumwa), substate Feb 28 (district #11 and 12 at Oskaloosa) #12 BGM, HLV, English Valley, Keota, Montezuma, New London, Notre dame, Tri County, Waco. #11 Cardinal, Harmony, Holy Trinity Catholic, Lynnville Sully, Maharishi, Moravia, Moulton Udell, North Mahaska, Twin Cedars. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club food sale delivery is Saturday Oct. 11th. Students that sold food should pick up their orders at the east locker room at Maple Leaf between 8-9 a.m. and get it delivered to their customers. The booster thank everyone who placed orders, your support is appreciated. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Fri , Oct 10, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Games involving area teams Friday night. #4MPHS 6-0 (4-0) at #10 Williamsburg 6-0 (4-0), Danville at Waco, #8 New London at Cardinal, WMU at Montezuma, Mediapolis at Davis county. ]]>]]> Jordon Cotton, running back for the MPHS Panthers was selected this week as the Iowa Network Services class 3A player of the week. Jordon had 14 carries for 144 yards and four touchdowns giving him 22 for the season. ]]>]]> St. Ambrose beat IWC in Volleyball 3-2. Megan McVey had 17 kills. Grandview swept IWC in soccer yesterday. The women won 6-0 over the Tigers and the men won 4-1. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club food sale delivery is Saturday Oct. 11th. Students that sold food should pick up their orders at the east locker room at Maple Leaf between 8-9 a.m. and get it delivered to their customers. The booster thank everyone who placed orders, your support is appreciated. ]]>]]> IGHSAU has announced the pairings for the Regional Volleyball Tournaments. MPHS will open at Fairfield on 10/27/08 7 p.m., Winner will play 10/30/08 at Fairfield against Ft. Madison/Keokuk winner. #3 New London and #8 Holy Trinity are in the same regional this year and could possibly meet in the finals. NHS opens at home 10/22/08 against WMU, Waco hosts Keota that night. HTC hosts Notre Dame 10/22/08, Harmony hosts Danville that night also and those winners would meet at HTC 10/28/08. Mediapolis opens at W. Burlington on 10/21/08, the winner of that match plays the winner of the Central Lee vs Van Buren match on 10/28/08 at Mediapolis. Regional semi finals will be Oct. 30th or 31st and finals in each class are November 4th. The State Volleyball Championships will be at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids November 12th thru the 15th. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Thur, Oct 9, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS cross country teams ran at Centerville. MPHS cross country girls were 3rd at Centerville meet scoring 103 pts., Amelia Conrad 5th individually. Ottumwa won with 35. M.P. Boys were fourth with 84 points, Daniel Calhoun was 8th individually. Fairfield won with 51. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team played at #9 Fairfield last night and lost in a sweep 20/25, 24/26, 19/25. Cadey Merschman on her birthday had nine kills and three blocks, Rebekah Kimzey 15 assists, Andrea Pieper and Steph Meyers each had four ace serves, Emily Prellwitz had 15 digs. ]]>]]> MPMS 8th football A game Washington 44 MP 15, B game MP 12 Washington 0. MPMS 7th Football A game Washington 42 MP 6, B game Washington 14 MP 0 ]]>]]> Lynn Ubben superintendent at WMU was elected to the S.E. District representative council of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union recently. Dr. Greg Thomas who used to coach and teach at Waco and now is at Marion was elected to the Northeast district board of directors. ]]>]]> Ashlee Winner of the IWC golf team was selected as the Player of the Week in the Midwest Collegiate Conference. She is a senior who tied for 6th place in the Grandview College Invitational. This was her first top ten finish of the season. ]]>]]> Iris Bowling Center's Sunday Night Mixed League standings show the Smokin' Aces in first at 15-5. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club food sale delivery is Saturday Oct. 11th. Students that sold food should pick up their orders at the east locker room at Maple Leaf between 8-9 a.m. and get it delivered to their customers. The booster thank everyone who placed orders, your support is appreciated. ]]>]]> IGHSAU has announced the pairings for the Regional Volleyball Tournaments. MPHS will open at Fairfield on 10/27/08 7 p.m., Winner will play 10/30/08 at Fairfield against Ft. Madison/Keokuk winner. #3 New London and #8 Holy Trinity are in the same regional this year and could possibly meet in the finals. NHS opens at home 10/22/08 against WMU, Waco hosts Keota that night. HTC hosts Notre Dame 10/22/08, Harmony hosts Danville that night also and those winners would meet at HTC 10/28/08. Mediapolis opens at W. Burlington on 10/21/08, the winner of that match plays the winner of the Central Lee vs Van Buren match on 10/28/08 at Mediapolis. Regional semi finals will be Oct. 30th or 31st and finals in each class are November 4th. The State Volleyball Championships will be at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids November 12th thru the 15th. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Wed, Oct 8, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Make sure you attend the big game tonight at Mt. Pleasant High School Gymnasium between the Harlem Ambassadors traveling basketball team and a team of local all stars. Warm ups begin at 6:30 and tip off at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door. ]]>]]> MPHS JV football team lost at Washington last night 20-13, M.P. led 13-0 at halftime. Brayden Roth ran for 58 yds on 8 carries. Austin Marshall was 4 of 10 passing for 65 yds, one touchdown and two interceptions. Jordon Bell caught two passes for 40 yds and one score Korbin Taylor had 4 tackles and two interceptions, Ryan Herr 6 tackles, Izaak Krieger-Coen 5 tackles and a fumble recovery. JV will host Williamsburg next Monday at 5:30. ]]>]]> IWC men finished third as a team in the Viterbo Golf Invitational in Wisconsin shooting 610, they led the team scoring after the first day. Viterbo won with a 607. Adam Lindsay of IWC was medalist with a 146. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team travels to #12 Fairfield for a big match, if they win they would move into a tie for first in the S.E. Conference. Cadey Merschman turns 18 today a Panther win would be a good present. ]]>]]> Rankings of area high school football teams. MPHS is #4 in Radio Iowa Poll and #5 in the A.P. poll New London is #9 R.I. and #8 A.P. West Burlington Notre Dame is #6 in both polls. ]]>]]> Football Notes from the IHSAA after week six. QB news: Johnny Schwaller of Coon Rapids is the current completion leader with 416 which is 4th nationally. Tyler Jones of Cherokee has two Iowa all time bests. 8,471 yards passing (49th nationally) 706 completions. Receivers: Alex Whigham, Stanton (8 man) has 100 career catches to be all time best. Kick returns: Mason Nielson of Central City (8 man) set a national record on September 19th returning three kick offs for scores in a single game, he has one other this season. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club food sale delivery is Saturday Oct. 11th. Students that sold food should pick up their orders at the east locker room at Maple Leaf between 8-9 a.m. and get it delivered to their customers. The booster thank everyone who placed orders, your support is appreciated. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Oct 7, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS football team improved their record to 6-0 over all and 4-0 in District 5 of class 3A with a 50-19 homecoming win over the Washington Demons. Panthers play at Williamsburg 6-0 (4-0) this Friday in a show down to see who will win the district title. Raiders a very physical run oriented team. ]]>]]> IWC Tigers dropped their homecoming game and conference opener to Olivet Nazarene 28-12 Saturday. Tigers scored first on a 49 yard Jaren Maybin run to take a 6-0 lead. O.N. then fired up their offense with Marshall Fraley who ran for 194 yards, and doused the Wesleyan offense, holding them to 185 yards total offense. IWC 2-3 (0-1) plays at #18 St. Francis of Illinois Saturday night at 6 p.m. ]]>]]> IGHSAU has announced the pairings for the Regional Volleyball Tournaments. MPHS will open at Fairfield on 10/27/08 7 p.m., Winner will play 10/30/08 at Fairfield against Ft. Madison/Keokuk winner. #3 New London and #8 Holy Trinity are in the same regional this year and could possibly meet in the finals. NHS opens at home 10/22/08 against WMU, Waco hosts Keota that night. HTC hosts Notre Dame 10/22/08, Harmony hosts Danville that night also and those winners would meet at HTC 10/28/08. Mediapolis opens at W. Burlington on 10/21/08, the winner of that match plays the winner of the Central Lee vs Van Buren match on 10/28/08 at Mediapolis. Regional semi finals will be Oct. 30th or 31st and finals in each class are November 4th. The State Volleyball Championships will be at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids November 12th thru the 15th. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Oct 6, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS 5-0 (3-0) hosts Washington 1-4 (1-2) in the 2008 Panther homecoming game, Listen live at KILJ-FM 105.5 or kilj.com beginning at 6 p.m. with the pre game show. State wide high school football scoreboard at 10 p.m. and Bob Jensen post game show at 11. ]]>]]> IWC Tigers 2-2 hosts Olivet Nazarene Tigers in the 2008 homecoming football game and Midstates Football Association opener for both teams . Wesleyan is coming off a home win last Saturday night over Grandview College 36-24. O.N. is coming off two straight defeats. ]]>]]> Volleyball last night saw Central Lee upset #8 Holy Trinity Catholic 3-1, Mediapolis beat IMS 3-0, #3 New London over Cardinal 3-0, WMU over Lone tree 3-2. Volleyball rankings-Class 1A Wapsie Valley #1, New London #3 and Holy Trinity Catholic #8. Class 2A Western Christian #1, Class 3A Mt. Vernon #1, Fairfield #9 (M.P. plays there Tuesday). Class 4A Valley West Des Moines #1. ]]>]]> UNI Panthers last night defeated Nicholls St. 34-14. Iowa at Michigan St. on KILJ-FM Saturday at 10 a.m. Kansas St. at Iowa State on KILJ-AM 1130 at 10 a.m. Saturday ]]>]]> National League Divisional Series-Dodgers 10 Cubs 3 they play in L.A. Saturday night at 9:07. Devil Rays beat the White Sox 6-4, they play in St. Pete at 5;07 tonight. ]]>]]> Boy Scouts Troop 28 will be selling advance tickets for the "basketball Show" October 7th at Panther Gymnasium featuring the Harlem Ambassadors vs Habitat Hoopsters. The scouts will be selling tickets at Wal Mart 10/4. Tip off on the 7th is at 7 p.m., an autographed basketball will be raffled off to a lucky fan. Some of the players who make up the team that will battle the Harlem Ambassadors are: Amy Krieger-Coble, Jennifer Krieger-Coen, Angie and Tyler Rodgers, Mark Shull, Matt Schimmelpfennig, Paul Rundquist, Mike Wilson, Matt Shull, Pat Coen, Rick Sartorious, Klay Edwards, Pastor Monte Knudsen, Todd Wibben, Rob Mcleland, Ronnie Ashton, Jason Johnson. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Fri, Oct 3, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 Area high school games this week. Washington 1-4 (1-2) at #4 Mt. Pleasant 5-0 (3-0), North Scott at Burlington, Ft. Madison at Williamsburg, Keokuk at Fairfield, Oskaloosa at Clear Creek Amana, Central Lee at Mid Prairie, Columbus at Mediapolis, Davis County at W. Burlington-Notre Dame, Sigourney-Keota at L-M, Van Buren at Eddyville Blakesburg, Wapello at Durant, W. Branch at Pekin, Cardinal at Danville, Waco at New London. WMU at Highland, Melcher Dallas at Harmony. MPHS stats-1986 total offense 1472 rushing 514 passing, ave. 397 yds per game and give up 262 yds. Off. Ave 38 Def ave. 15. Turnover margin (-3) Panthers have 14 fumbles and 3 ints. The opponents have 8 fumbles and six ints. Jordon Cotton has rushed for 797 yds 10.63 per carry, he has caught 10 passes for 203 yds. Jordon has 18 touchdowns. Mike McCabe has punted 9 times for 29 yds per kick. Cody Smith 20 of 28 pat's, 1 for 3 in field goals. Cody Smith 61 tackles. ]]>]]> MPHS boom night festivities begin with supper from 6-7:30 p.m. Powder Puff game at 6:30 p.m., followed by pep rally and announcement of the royalty. Get fired up tonight to demolish the Demons tomorrow night! ]]>]]> William Penn and IWC ended up in a 2-2 overtime tie in women's soccer. W.P. men beat the Tigers 3-0. ]]>]]> Iris Bowling Center Sunday Night Mixed League Standings has the Smokin' Aces in first place at 13-3. ]]>]]> National League Divisional Series-Dodgers 7 Cubs 2 they play at Wrigley at 8:37 tonight. ]]>]]> Boy Scouts Troop 28 will be selling advance tickets for the "basketball Show" October 7th at Panther Gymnasium featuring the Harlem Ambassadors vs Habitat Hoopsters. The scouts will be selling tickets at Wal Mart 10/4. Tip off on the 7th is at 7 p.m., an autographed basketball will be raffled off to a lucky fan. Some of the players who make up the team that will battle the Harlem Ambassadors are: Amy Krieger-Coble, Jennifer Krieger-Coen, Angie and Tyler Rodgers, Mark Shull, Matt Schimmelpfennig, Paul Rundquist, Mike Wilson, Matt Shull, Pat Coen, Rick Sartorious, Klay Edwards, Pastor Monte Knudsen, Todd Wibben, Rob Mcleland, Ronnie Ashton, Jason Johnson. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Thu, Oct 2, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS girls cross country at Iowa City West saw nine of the 12 Mt. Pleasant runners post their fastest times of the season and finish 9th in the team race with 275 points. The host school won with 39. Joslyn Haffarnan ran 49th in a time of 16:59. M.P. boys were 8th with 261 score, Marshalltown won the event with 51. Daniel Calhoun was the fastest Panther running a time of 18:25 to finish in 46th place. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball demolished the Demons last night in S.E. Conference volleyball in Panther Gym. M.P. swept Washington 25-12, 25-22, 25-21. Cadey Merschman 10 kills and 3 blocks, Rebekah Kimzey 15 kills, Andrea Pieper 24 of 25 serving with 6 aces, Lisa Moeller 3 blocks, Emily Prellwitz 24 digs. Mt. Pleasant 11-14 (4-1) has a big showdown coming up with league leader Fairfield on the road Tuesday for a share of the league lead. ]]>]]> Mark Cleary freshman golfer of IWC was named the MCC mens player of the week after tying a school record by shooting a round of 66 and finishing second in medalist play in the Fun City Classic the Tigers hosted last week. ]]>]]> Boy Scouts Troop 28 will be selling advance tickets for the "basketball Show" October 7th at Panther Gymnasium featuring the Harlem Ambassadors vs Habitat Hoopsters. The scouts will be selling tickets at Wal Mart 10/4. Tip off on the 7th is at 7 p.m., an autographed basketball will be raffled off to a lucky fan. Some of the players who make up the team that will battle the Harlem Ambassadors are: Amy Krieger-Coble, Jennifer Krieger-Coen, Angie and Tyler Rodgers, Mark Shull, Matt Schimmelpfennig, Paul Rundquist, Mike Wilson, Matt Shull, Pat Coen, Rick Sartorious, Klay Edwards, Pastor Monte Knudsen, Todd Wibben, Rob Mcleland, Ronnie Ashton, Jason Johnson. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Wed, Oct 1, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS JV team beat Clear Creek Amana 41-14, after leading 34-0 at halftime. Shaun Adair had 186 yards rushing and two touchdowns, Ryan Chabal was 4-5 passing for 65 yds and 2 tds. Sam Bell and Jordon Bell caught touchdown passes. Kyle Nichting blocked two punts, had two recoveries for tds, Korbin Taylor had an int. ]]>]]> Grandview won their own golf invitational with a 591 score, IWC was fourth shooting 607. Adam Lindsay was third in medalist play for the Tigers with a 144, Brett Nymeyer of Waldorf shot 140. Des Moines Area CC won the Grandview golf tourney for women with a 694 score, IWC was 3rd with a 747. Sam Pingle of DMACC was medalist, Ashlee Winner was low for Wesleyan with a 172. ]]>]]> Ratings this week of area high school football teams. MPHS is 4th in the Radio Iowa poll, 5th in A.P. Williamsburg is 10th in R.I. Burlington 7th in both polls. W. Burlington Notre Dame is 6th in both polls and Mid Prairie 8th in each. In class A New London is tied for 9th in the A.P. and is 10th in the R.I. poll. Northern Iowa is ranked 10th they play Thursday night at home against Nicholls St. St. Ambrose is 16th in NAIA poll. ]]>]]> There are 44 undefeated high school football teams in Iowa, that number will drop by three for sure Friday night when three games pit undefeated teams against each other. Pella at Grinnell, Madrid at AHST, Coon Rapids at Cam. North Fayette West Union had their 30 game district win string stopped by Sumner-Fredericksburg. Muscatine's Edwin Arceo had a great night when the Muskies beat Davenport North 41-14. He hit on 13 of 20 passes for 260 yds and a td. Ran for two scores and kicked five pats and two field goals, one a 49 yards. Zach Larew of Lone Tree scored six touchdowns in the Lions 68-28 win over Danville. Get ready Mt. Pleasant, in two weeks we will see Ross Doehrmann run the ball for Wiiliamsburg. He had 309 yds against Oskaloosa on 35 carries, Raiders won 42-28. Taylor Jacobsmeier of Wapello threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns in Wapello's loss to Pekin 62-26 ]]>]]> MPHS cross country at Iowa City West tonight and Washington is at MPHS for Volleyball. ]]>]]> Tiger Trot 5K fun run and walk is this Saturday at 8 a.m. Registration fee before 10/1/08 is $15, $18 after. Race begins and ends at Howe Student Activity Center. Get registration forms at REC center. ]]>]]> STAY IN SCHOOL STAY OFF DRUGS...This is the message of the Harlem Ambassador basketball team who will be speaking to students in Winfield/Mt. Union, New London and WACO Oct. 7. The Ambassadors play the Henry County Habitat Hoopsters at the Mt. Pleasant High School Gym Oct. 7 at 7 pm. Tickets are being sold by Boy Scouts Troop 28 and Browns Shoe Fit in Mt. Pleasant. All proceeds from the game will support Henry County Habitat for Humanity. The Ambassadors will speak with students in Winfield at 10:30 am at the high school gym Oct. 7. This event is sponsored by Pilot Grove Savings Bank. The Ambassadors will then travel to Wayland for a 1:00 assembly for WACO students which is sponsored by People's Savings Bank, Deb Roth Insurance and Investments, Farmers and Merchants Telephone Company, Wayland Lions Club and Jim Renfro. The program will be held at the WACO high school gym. Boy Scouts Troop 28 will be selling advance tickets for the "basketball Show" October 7th at Panther Gymnasium featuring the Harlem Ambassadors vs Habitat Hoopsters. The scouts will be selling tickets at Wal Mart 10/4. Tip off on the 7th is at 7 p.m., an autographed basketball will be raffled off to a lucky fan. Some of the players who make up the team that will battle the Harlem Ambassadors are: Amy Krieger-Coble, Jennifer Krieger-Coen, Angie and Tyler Rodgers, Mark Shull, Matt Schimmelpfennig, Paul Rundquist, Mike Wilson, Matt Shull, Pat Coen, Rick Sartorious, Klay Edwards, Pastor Monte Knudsen, Todd Wibben, Rob Mcleland, Ronnie Ashton, Jason Johnson. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Tue, Sept 30, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 MPHS improved to 5-0 (3-0) with a 21-0 road win at Clear Creek Amana Friday night. Jordon Cotton had 174 yards and two touchdowns. Brayton Meeker had 14 tackles. Panthers have to clean up the ball handling, they had 5 turnovers in the game. Washington comes to town this week for homecoming. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team went 2-1 in pool play in the Burlington Tournament Saturday, beating Galesburg and Keokuk. Burlington downed M.P. in the other pool match and Muscatine beat them in the semi finals. Muskies beat Fairfield for the championship. ]]>]]> S.E. Iowa Super Conference volleyball tournament was won by #3 New London, Mediapolis finished second. ]]>]]> IWC defeated Grandview on Evans Field Saturday night 36-24 to improve their record to 2-2 and get ready for a homecoming match up with Olivet Nazarene Saturday afternoon. Jaren Maybin had 137 yards rushing in 18 carries and scored three touchdowns. Tyler McGuire of Mt. Pleasant hit a 23 yard field goal. Darious Watson had 7 tackles. ]]>]]> IWC Volleyball team went 1-3 in the Wisconsin Whitewater Tourney. Wesleyan beat Aurora Ill., they lost to the host school, Augustana, Ill. and Wisconsin Oshkosh ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan is tied for second after the first day of the Viking Golf Classic in Ft. Dodge. Kirkwood Community College leads with a 298, Wesleyan is tied with Grandview at 300. Emery McGraw of IWC tied for sixth in medalist play with a 72. ]]>]]> Mt. Mercy beat IWC in soccer 4-0 ]]>]]> Tiger Trot 5K fun run and walk is this Saturday at 8 a.m. Registration fee before 10/1/08 is $15, $18 after. Race begins and ends at Howe Student Activity Center. Get registration forms at REC center. ]]>]]> Burlington Bees have announced their 2009 schedule. The Midwest League Champions will play 70 home games April thru September. April 9th will be the home opener against Clinton. ]]>]]> Boy Scouts Troop 28 will be selling advance tickets for the "basketball Show" October 7th at Panther Gymnasium featuring the Harlem Ambassadors vs Habitat Hoopsters. The scouts will be selling tickets at Wal Mart 10/4. Tip off on the 7th is at 7 p.m., an autographed basketball will be raffled off to a lucky fan. Some of the players who make up the team that will battle the Harlem Ambassadors are: Amy Krieger-Coble, Jennifer Krieger-Coen, Angie and Tyler Rogers, Mark Shull, Matt Schimmelpfennig, Paul Rundquist, Mike Wilson, Matt Shull, Pat Coen, Rick Sartorious, Klay Edwards, Pastor Monte Knutsen, Todd Wibben, Rob McCleland, Ronnis Ashton, Jason Johnson. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml F0AEC6DB-31F6-434F-8A52-2D7C7A3A7AB8 Mon, Sept 29, 2008 6:40:59 -0500 S.E. Iowa Super Conference Volleyball Tournament pairings for Saturay's quarterfinals at S.C.C. 5 p.m. #3 New London vs Waco, Notre Dame vs WMU, Mediapolis vs Central Lee, W. Burlington vs #10 Holy Trinity. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball plays in the Burlington tournament Saturday. ]]>]]> Area football games 9/26/08 #4 MPHS 4-0 (2-0) at Clear Creek Amana 3-1 (2-0) REMEMBER NO FRESHMAN GAME THIS WEEK!!!!! Listen live at KILJ-FM 105.5 and KILJ.com beginning at 6 p.m., Fairfield at Ft. Madison, Keokuk at Washington, Williamsburg at Oskaloosa, Central Lee at Davis County, L-M at Columbus, Mid Prairie at Sigourney-Keota, W. Burlington Notre Dame at Mediapolis, Pekin at Wapello, Danville at Lone tree, Highland at Waco, New London at WMU, Harmony has the week off. Burlington at Pleasant Valley. ]]>]]> First year football program Grandview College of Des Moines 1-3 rolls into Mt. Pleasant Saturday night to play the IWC Tigers 1-2 at 6 p.m. on Evans Field. Wesleyan is coming off a heart breaking 21-20 loss to Peru St. at home last Saturday. ]]>]]> IWC women (3-5) beat Knox College 5-1 in soccer. Former Burlington standout Jessica Ryan scored two goals. ]]>]]> Royals wrap up the season with a weekend series at Minnesota beginning tonight at 6:35 on KILJ-AM 1130. ]]>]]> Area 7th grade boys can try out for a tournament basketball team coached by former IWC standout Nathan Lange. Oct. 12th 3-5 p.m. is when tryouts will be held at the IWC Ruble Arena, pre registration runs through Oct. 8th, contact Diane Magnani at 986-5482. ]]>]]> Boy Scouts Troop 28 will be selling advance tickets for the "basketball Show" October 7th at Panther Gymnasium featuring the Harlem Ambassadors vs Habitat Hoopsters. Buy your tickets early from the Boy Scouts at HyVee Saturday the 27th. The scouts will be selling tickets at Wal Mart 9/27 and 10/4. Tip off on the 7th is at 7 p.m., an autographed basketball will be raffle