Area Sports http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thur, Mar. 11, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Thur, Mar. 11, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com It’s #1 Mt. Pleasant vs #7 Pella in a 3A semi final game tonight at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. This is a rematch of a December 5th meeting that Mt. Pleasant won at Pella by a 63-61 score, when Scott Hahn hit a jumper with 4 seconds left in the game. In that game the Panthers were led by Henry Krieger-Coble with 21 points, Scott Hahn had 16 and Darian Cotton 13. Pella was led by Matt Dowie with 19 and Blaine Forsythe with 11. M.P. had 2-3 point field goals, made 22 of 30 field goal attempts and 17 of 20 free throws. Pella made 7-3’s, 22 of 47 from the field and 10-16 free throws. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the game live, the winner will go to Saturday nights championship game against the winner of tonights other semi of Davenport Assumption vs Sioux City Heelan, KILJ will also carry this game live also. Teams that lose in the semis play in the consolation game at noon Saturday. ]]>]]> Advance tickets for tonight’s Panther game are on sale till noon at MPCHS for $8 each. The MPHS competition cheer squad will perform at halftime of both 3A semi final games tonight so you will want to see that as well as the game. Also school districts get to keep 25 cents from every ticket they sell so keep the money here locally, get your ticket in advance. ]]>]]> The #13 Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team 25-7 will be opening against #24 Walsh (Ohio) University 24-9 at 10:15 a.m. this morning in the NAIA Division II National Basketball Championships. The Tigers received a #3 seed in Pool 3 of the bracket and will open on the second day of the championships against the Cavaliers, who finished the regular season with a 24-9. IWC has beaten Walsh once already this season 76-55 in a tournament in Indiana on December 19th. ]]>]]> There is a Ducks Unlimited Banquet Friday March 19th at the Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club. Happy Hour 6-7 p.m. Meal follows. Silent auctions throughout the night and a regular auction conducted by Richard Realty and Auction Inc. after the meal. Tickets on sale now for $55 per couple, $40 for single and $25 for 18 and under. Get tickets from Mike Phillips Junior or Senior, Tim Phillips or Sharon Phillips and Kat Rice. Donations for auction items are appreciated. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 302 Thur, Mar 11, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS boys basketball team advanced onto the semi finals Thursday night with a 60-50 opening round win over Epworth Western Dubuque. Austin Marshall provided the offensive punch with a 28 point performance, and the entire team provided the defensive stops to hold a talented team to just 50 points. Scott Hahn added 14 points, Henry Krieger Coble added 6 but brought the house down with a thundering two hand dunk late in the game on a breakaway. Eric Hahn led the Panthers in rebounding with 6. Pella, who Mt. Pleasant has defeated by a point on the road, will be their semi final opponent. The Little Dutch rolled over Forrest city 85-50 in their first round game. Sioux City Heelan beat Carroll 61-52 to move onto the semis against the winner of the Dallas Center-Grimes vs Davenport Assumption game which will be played at noon today. KILJ-AM will broadcast the daytime tourney games and KILJ-FM will have the evening games on this week during the boys tourney. Advance tickets for the next Panther game are on sale now at MPCHS for $8 each. The MPHS competition cheer squad will perform at halftime of both 3A semi final games Thursday night so you will want to see that as well as the game. Also school districts get to keep 25 cents from every ticket they sell so keep the money here locally, get your ticket in advance. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team will be opening against Walsh (Ohio) University at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 11 in the NAIA Division II National Basketball Championships. The Tigers received a #3 seed in Pool 3 of the bracket and will open on the second day of the championships against the Cavaliers, who finished the regular season with a 24-9. Grandview of Des Moines also got invited to the tournament. They are a #4 seed and will play 5th seeded Minot State N.D. at noon on Wednesday March 10th. Briar Cliff and Morningside of Sioux City and Northwestern of Orange City are three other Iowa schools in the tourney. ]]>]]> Iowa Girls Basketball Coaches Association has named their all state teams for 2009-2010. Taylor Shull a sophomore at Mt. Pleasant was named to the class 3A third team all state. Senior Cassey Sobaski of Washington was named 2nd team. Anna Sweeting of Highland was named second team class 1A and Carissa Nelson of Harmony was named third team all state class 1A. ]]>]]> Southeastern Community College has qualified for the NJCAA National Tournament with a 121-114 triple overtime win over Williston, N.D. SCC faces N.W. Florida State March 16th at 10 a.m. ]]>]]> There is a Ducks Unlimited Banquet Friday March 19th at the Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club. Happy Hour 6-7 p.m. Meal follows. Silent auctions throughout the night and a regular auction conducted by Richard Realty and Auction Inc. after the meal. Tickets on sale now for $55 per couple, $40 for single and $25 for 18 and under. Get tickets from Mike Phillips Junior or Senior, Tim Phillips or Sharon Phillips and Kat Rice. Donations for auction items are appreciated. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 301 Wed, Mar 10, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 First round opponent Epworth Western Dubuque from Dubuque County is 19-5, they play in the WaMac conference. School colors are red-black and white, they are the Bobcats. They are coached by Dennis Geraghty, he returned four letterman this year on a 13-10 from 2008-09. Zach Otting averages 18.7 points per game, he is a 6’3” junior guard. Derrick Pape is 6’8” senior center that averages 12 points a game, he’s the only player over 6’3”. Three of their top eight players are sophomores only Pape is a senior. Both players were named first team all conference. ]]>]]> Tournament notes: 836 t-shirts sold, 850 advance game tickets, 50 member pep band going, 1 student pep bus going, team going up and back today leaving at 10 a.m., 1917 and 1918 was the last time Mt. Pleasant won the State Tournament, it was held in Iowa City and was by invitation. Beat Iowa City both years in the championship game 28-22 in 1917 and 17-16 in 1918. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant modern day state basketball tournament history: 1976 Class AA Quarterfinals Atlantic 63, Central Elkader 55 Forest City 44, Humboldt 32 Maquoketa 57, Knoxville 44 Spencer 60, Mount Pleasant 57 (OT) Semifinals Forest City 69, Atlantic 47 Spencer 56, Maquoketa 54 Consolation Maquoketa 49, Atlantic 33 Championship Forest City 50, Spencer 46 ]]>]]> 1984 Class 2A Quarterfinals Hampton 61, Cherokee 54 Iowa Falls 74, Mount Pleasant 63 Cedar Rapids Regis 73, Ballard, Huxley 62 Maquoketa 61, Denison 48 Semifinals Hampton 59, Iowa Falls 55 (2 OT) Cedar Rapids Regis 53, Maquoketa 33 Consolation Iowa Falls 67, Maquoketa 63 (OT) Championship Cedar Rapids Regis 62, Hampton 50 ]]>]]> 1997 Class 3A Quarterfinals Waukon 65, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 60 Pella 50, Spencer 43 Mount Pleasant 48, Iowa Falls 45 Creston 71, Carroll 61 Semifinals Pella 66, Waukon 47 Creston 75, Mount Pleasant 52 Consolation Waukon 73, Mount Pleasant 61 Championship Creston 74, Pella 57 ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Community High School girls track team will not be participating in the Washington Demon Indoor Track Meet in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 9th,due to the boys basketball team playing in the Iowa State High School Basketball Tournament on that day. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference has named their athletes of the week. Jill Ginder – Iowa Wesleyan (Jr., Guard, Olney, Ill.) Ginder scored 16 points and added four steals, leading the Tigers to an MCC Tournament championship game win last week. ]]>]]> Men’s Track Christian Awah – Ashford (Fr., Willow Springs, Ill.) Awah placed 14th in the 60-meter hurdles at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing in 8.39 seconds. ]]>]]> Men’s Field Steven Hughes – Grand View (Sr., Grimes, Iowa) Javaras Thomas – William Penn (Jr., Miami, Fla.) Hughes finished fifth in the heptathlon at the NAIA Championships to earn All-American status in that event, while Thomas placed fourth in the triple jump to also earn All-America honors. ]]>]]> Women’s Track Obsie Birru – Grand View (So., Des Moines, Iowa) Katie Burnett – William Penn (Jr., Mesa, Ariz.) Birru was second in the 5,000 meters, finishing in 17:27.52 and earning All-American honors at the NAIA Championships. She also helped the Vikings finish 13th in the team competition at the championships. Burnett was second in the 3,000-meter race walk, finishing in 14:35.29, and earned All-American honors for the third straight year. ]]>]]> Women’s Field Lauryn Camp – Grand View (So., Preston, Iowa) Camp placed fourth in the weight throw at the NAIA Championships with a best throw of 16.6 meters, earning All-American status and helping GVU finishing 13th at the team. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team will be opening against Walsh (Ohio) University at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 11 in the NAIA Division II National Basketball Championships. The Tigers received a #3 seed in Pool 3 of the bracket and will open on the second day of the championships against the Cavaliers, who finished the regular season with a 24-9. Grandview of Des Moines also got invited to the tournament. They are a #4 seed and will play 5th seeded Minot State N.D. at noon on Wednesday March 10th. Briar Cliff and Morningside of Sioux City and Northwestern of Orange City are three other Iowa schools in the tourney. ]]>]]> There is a Ducks Unlimited Banquet Friday March 19th at the Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club. Happy Hour 6-7 p.m. Meal follows. Silent auctions throughout the night and a regular auction conducted by Richard Realty and Auction Inc. after the meal. Tickets on sale now for $55 per couple, $40 for single and $25 for 18 and under. Get tickets from Mike Phillips Junior or Senior, Tim Phillips or Sharon Phillips and Kat Rice. Donations for auction items are appreciated. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 300 Tue, Mar 9, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The Mt. Pleasant School Board will approve several coaching positions at their meeting tonight. Jessica Ryan will be named assistant girl’s soccer coach and Daryl Shy boys and girls track volunteer assistant. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Community High School girls track team will not be participating in the Washington Demon Indoor Track Meet in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 9th,due to the boys basketball team playing in the Iowa State High School Basketball Tournament on that day. ]]>]]> Mwale Kapande finished in 4th place at the NAIA National Indoor Meet held Friday in Johnson City, Tennesee. She jumped 18 - 11 1/4 ( in fact she had 4 jumps over 18' ) . The top 6 placewinners at Nationals are designated as All-Americans. Mwale is a Sophomore at Graceland University in Lamoni and a 2008 graduate of MPCHS. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College sprinters Nigel Talton (Fr.Fort Valley, Ga.) and Xavier Shields (Fr.St. Albans, N.Y.) completed their competition at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships on Friday in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash event. Both Talton and Shields were unable to qualify for the final round on Saturday, finishing in the bottom half of the field of 32 runners competing. Talton ran a time of 6.99 seconds in his prelimary race, while Shields timed in at 7.06 in the preliminaries. Talton finished 21st of the 32 sprinters, while Shields checked in 26th. Both were making their first appearances at the national championships. Talton and Shields both qualified for nationals by meeting the NAIA ‘B’ qualifying standard during the indoor season. Talton and Shields are the first two IWC track and field athletes to qualify for national competition since 2007, when Floyd Turner qualified for the NAIA indoor and outdoor national championships and completed a run of four straight championships in the discus in the outdoor season. ]]>]]> ADVANCE TICKET SALES FOR THE MPHS BOYS BASKETBALL GAME IN DES MOINES TUESDAY, WRAPS UP TODAY. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT MPHS FOR $8 EACH STUDENT AND ADULT. HAVING AN ADVANCE TICKET ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER WELLS FARGO ARENA ON THE NORTH SIDE CLOSEST TO THE PARKING LOTS. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team will be opening against Walsh (Ohio) University at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 11 in the NAIA Division II National Basketball Championships. The Tigers received a #3 seed in Pool 3 of the bracket and will open on the second day of the championships against the Cavaliers, who finished the regular season with a 24-9. Grandview of Des Moines also got invited to the tournament. They are a #4 seed and will play 5th seeded Minot State N.D. at noon on Wednesday March 10th. Briar Cliff and Morningside of Sioux City and Northwestern of Orange City are three other Iowa schools in the tourney. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 299 Mon, Mar 8, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 ADVANCE TICKET SALES FOR THE MPHS BOYS BASKETBALL GAME IN DES MOINES TUESDAY IS UNDERWAY. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT MPHS FOR $8 EACH STUDENT AND ADULT. HAVING AN ADVANCE TICKET ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER WELLS FARGO ARENA ON THE NORTH SIDE CLOSEST TO THE PARKING LOTS. TICKETS WILL BE SOLD THURSDAY DURING THE DAY AND TONIGHT DURING PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE, TILL NOON FRIDAY AND ALL DAY MONDAY. ]]>]]> Today is the last day to sign up for the charter bus going to the MPHS boy’s state tournament game Tuesday. Cost is $40 per person and that includes your ticket. Call Mt. Pleasant Travel and reserve your seat at 385-8811. ]]>]]> KILJ Radio, State Farm Insurance and Shottenkirk Mt. Pleasant invite you to the meet the players party at Shottenkirk Saturday morning from 10 a.m. till noon. MPHS boys basketball team and coaches will be there to meet the fans, sign autographs, take pictures and KILJ will be talking to the players and coaches live on radio 105.5, HyVee food store will provide donuts and juice….come and meet the Panther players and coaches. ]]>]]> Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) was named Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year and Head Coach Steve Williamson was named MCC Coach of the Year, highlighting a number of honors received by the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team when the MCC released its all-conference team Wednesday afternoon. Beachey was joined by teammates Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) and Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) on the all-conference first team, while Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) was named Honorable Mention All-MCC. Beachey also swept up the conference Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year honors, while Williamson was honored as Coach of the Year for the third time in five years. In all, four of the Tigers’ five starters received all-conference honors, led by Beachey, the 6-2 junior forward. The transfer from Parkland (Ill.) CC led the MCC in scoring (17.7 points per game) and was second in field goal percentage (58.3%). She also was fourth in the conference in free throw percentage (78.8%) and seventh in blocked shots (0.8 blocks per game). Beachey also averaged 5.8 rebounds per game (13th in MCC) and helped the Tigers to the MCC regular season and tournament championships and a berth in the NAIA Division II National Tournament. She did so while playing with a torn meniscus in her knee since January, missing two games during the season and overall averaging 24.8 minutes per game. “Jessi is without a doubt one of the best players to ever play here at Iowa Wesleyan,” Williamson said. “She has had an amazing season and is a big reason why we have had the success we had. She is very deserving of this honor especially when you think about the stats she put up while playing limited minutes due to her injury. Jessi made a huge impact on our team and in our conference this year.” Jones received all-conference recognition for the first time as a sophomore after averaging 10.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game. The point guard led the MCC in assists and was fourth in steals, eighth in free throw percentage (76.4%) as well as 10th in field goal percentage, 14th in rebounding and 18th in scoring. “Anna had a great sophomore season,” Williamson said. “She can do it all-score, rebound, pass, and defend. She was one of the best point guards in our league and is very important to our team. She is like a coach on the floor and runs the team for us. She makes the players around her better.” McCreight also was named to the all-conference first team after averaging 12.8 points per game while emerging as one of the conference’s best three-point shooters. The junior transfer from Iowa Western CC ranked 11th in the MCC in scoring and was ninth in three-pointers per game and 10th in three-point percentage. McCreight also was the seventh-best free throw shooter in the conference, hitting at a 76.9% clip at the line, and came on late in the year, scoring in double figures in 10 of IWC’s last 11 games. “Mel really came on strong in the second half of conference play,” said Williamson. “She is a very good scorer and can score multiple ways. She can shoot the three, beat you off the dribble, or pull up. She is a great athlete that does a great job in our transistion game getting out and running the floor. She is also a very good defender.” Brown was named to the honorable mention team and did a lot of the Tigers’ dirty work down low, finishing fourth in the conference in rebounding with 9.4 boards per game. She also averaged 7.4 points and 1.5 steals per game and was an efficient shooter, hitting 50.3% from the field. “Sheray is a great rebounder,” Williamson said. “She does a great job of going and getting a rebound. She explodes up in the air and attacks the rebound. She is not the biggest player on the floor, but she is a great athlete and works extremely hard…I’m happy to see her hard work being rewarded.” Williamson was named Coach of the Year for the second year in a row after leading Iowa Wesleyan to the MCC regular season and tournament titles. IWC finished with a 15-1 record in conference play, and at 25-7 overall has tied the school record for wins in a season. The Tigers’ national ranking of 13th to end the season also is the highest ranking in school history. The sixth-year coach picked up his 100th career win early in the season and his program has accumulated five straight 20-win seasons, a first in school history. The Tigers also have now won three MCC regular season titles in the last five years and four conference tourney titles and NAIA D-II national tourney berths in the last five years. Wesleyan now gets ready to face Walsh (Ohio) University on Thursday, March 11 at 10:15 a.m. in the first round of the NAIA Division II National Championships in Sioux City, Iowa. The Tigers are seeded third of eight teams in Pool 3 of the bracket and will look to defeat the Cavaliers for the second time this season. IWC defeated Walsh 76-55 on Dec. 19 in a tournament held in Whiting, Ind. The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team has received its NAIA Division II National Tournament first round assignment and will be opening against Walsh (Ohio) University at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 11. The Tigers received a #3 seed in Pool 3 of the bracket and will open on the second day of the championships against the Cavaliers, who finished the regular season with a 24-9. Grandview of Des Moines also got invited to the tournament. They are a #4 seed and will play 5th seeded Minot State N.D. at noon on Wednesday March 10th. Briar Cliff and Morningside of Sioux City and Northwestern of Orange City are three other Iowa schools in the tourney. ]]>]]> 2009-10 Midwest Collegiate Men’s Basketball All-Conference MCC Player of the Year: Scott Buschman – Viterbo MCC Newcomer of the Year: Justin Tiner – St. Ambrose MCC Coach of the Year: Paul Gavin – Mount Mercy First Team Byron Emerson – Ashford Daniel Joiner – Ashford Grant Burns – Grand View Corey Viet – Grand View Keith Kuenstling – Mount Mercy Mike Kennedy – St. Ambrose Eric Ambrose – Viterbo Scott Buschman – Viterbo Karl Dehesa – Waldorf Kris Miller – William Penn Honorable Mention Team Cory Billingsley – Clarke Greg Schulz – Grand View Jared Callanan – Iowa Wesleyan Jake Carey – Mount Mercy James Henderson – Mount Mercy Alex Burkle – St. Ambrose Chris Donnelly – St Ambrose Justin Tiner – St. Ambrose Nick Stilwell – Viterbo Chris Holloway – Waldorf Jeremy Winters – Waldorf Joel Stout – William Penn ]]>]]> SEI SUPER CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS - 2009-10 ]]>]]> NORTH DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION 1st Team All Conference 1st Team All Conference Taylor Jacobsmeier Sr Wapello Beau Nelson Sr Danville Jacob Holsteen Sr Mediapolis Taylor Fraise Sr Danville Trey Sathoff So Pekin Andrew Schilling Sr Notre Dame Ethan Gingerich Jr IMS Kameron Gray Jr Notre Dame Trevor Massner Sr Wapello Jon Lowell Jr Notre Dame Chance Miller Fr IMS John Vonderharr Sr Holy Trinity Nathan Shelman Sr WACO Ben Harmeyer Sr Holy Trinity Bryan Forbes Fr Lone Tree Brad Vogel Sr Central Lee Truman Shetler Sr IMS Andrew Mathison So Central Lee Trenton Northup Sr Pekin Jordan Hervey Sr Van Buren Kyle Helmerson Jr New London 2nd Team All Conference 2nd Team All Conference Jackson Brokaw Jr IMS Ethan Fullenkamp Sr Danville Danny Jackson Sr Wapello Blake Bonar Sr Danville Brady Lamb Sr Pekin Chris Kottenstette Jr Notre Dame Bryce Shelman Sr WACO Ben Rector Jr Holy Trinity Chad Hasten Sr Mediapolis Zach Boyd So Van Buren Trey Forbes Sr Lone Tree Lucas Sandry Sr Van Buren Grant Fricke Sr Winfield-MU Taylor Newland Jr West Burlington Dexter Bieri Jr L-M Marcus Giltner Jr Cardinal Andrew Villagrana Jr Columbus Pasha Bousquet Sr Maharishi Jacob Yoder Sr IMS Gunner Mills Sr Harmony Lucas Kemp Jr L-M ]]>]]> Honorable Mention Honorable Mention IMS- David Yoder Danville-Michael Soukup, Steven Soukup Wapello- Logan Brockway, Jacob Lafayette Notre Dame- Derek Carlson, Jocob Giertz Mediapolis- Matthew Schulte, Connor Kester Holy Trinity- Justin Menke, Zach Bartlett W-MU- Clayton Robinson, Trent Haines Central Lee- Lance Kramer, Kyle Krauter Lone Tree- Kyle Close Van Buren- Spencer Droz, Caleb Millard L-M- Tug McCleery, Chris Moyers West Burlington- Ed Perkins, Skylar Schmeisar WACO- Ray Fear, Ethan Starr Cardinal- Raymond Booth, Matt Smith Pekin- Dalton Stone, Tater Clubb New London- Steven Meyer, Jade Hobbs Highland- Zach Rozmus, Cody Boyd Maharishi- Joseph Gelfand, Derek Thatcher Columbus- Jacob Hartsock, Rafael Cardenas Harmony- Daniel Vance, Lucas Batten ]]>]]> Coach of the Year Coach of the Year Ken Spielbauer, Wapello Ken Lafoon, Danville ]]>]]> Wartburg College looks to add to its already-large list of NCAA Division III Championships provisional and automatic national qualifiers by sending individuals to UW-Stevens PointÃ,'s last chance qualifying meet Friday, March 5. Action begins at 10:30 a.m. in the field events and 11 a.m. in the running events at UW-Stevens PointÃ,'s Multi-Activity Center. Brittany Melloy, former MPHS athlete is a provisional qualifier for the Nationals and will try and improve her standing at this weekends meet. ]]>]]> Seven honorees of special awards from the IGHSAU will be honored this week during the 2010 State Basketball Tournament. They are Ankeny’s George Tracy, who will be receiving the Jack North Commemorative Award; Beaconsfield native and current NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who will receive the IGHSAU’s First Lady Award; longtime coach Tom Murr, the recipient of the Golden Plaque of Distinction Award; Twin Cedars senior Lindsay Hoehns, winner of the 2010 E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship, and the 2010 Iowa Girls Basketball Hall of Fame inductees: Jennifer Goetz of Keokuk Cardinal Stritch, Molly Tideback of Waterloo Columbus, and Deep River-Millersburg/Montezuma’s Janel Grimm. Astronaut Peggy Whitson is just the ninth recipient of the Athletic Union’s First Lady Award, given to former female athletes that participated in IGHSAU-sponsored activities and translated the skills learned through participation in the Athletic Union’s programs into superlative career achievements. Whitson, a native of Beaconsfield who graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1978, and the Iowa Wesleyan College. Has been an astronaut with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) since 1996. She has been on two missions aboard the International Space Station, performing six career spacewalks and has logged 377 days in space, the most for any U.S astronaut and 20th among all space veterans. She is currently in charge of the astronaut office for NASA. She is the first woman to hold the most senior astronaut position at NASA and the first non-military appointee. The 2010 Inductees into the Iowa Girls High School Basketball Hall of Fame include: Jennifer Goetz was one of the Iowa’s top players in the last 10 years. Playing for tiny Keokuk Cardinal Stritch, she averaged a double-double all four seasons while leading the Lionettes to three state tournament appearances, including a 1A runner-up finish in 2001. A three-time first team all-state selection, Goetz was the first player in the five-player game to score 2,000 career points and pull down 1,000 career rebounds. Her 1,397 career rebounds currently ranks second in the Iowa record books while her 2,433 career points rank fourth. Goetz enjoyed similar success at St. Ambrose, starting all four years. She ended her St. Ambrose career ranking third in school history in career scoring (2,032 points) and rebounding (1,156 rebounds) ]]>]]> Applications for the 2010 Hunting and Conservation Camp for Boys and Outdoor Journey for Girls are now available from Amy Pullis at the Mt. Pleasant Middle School and the guidance counselors at WACO and Winfield schools. The Outdoor Journey for Girls camp runs three sessions each for 3 days and two nights and is limited to about 80 campers per session. The Hunters and Conservation Camp for Boys runs two sessions and is also limited to about 80 campers per session. Both camps are held at Springbrook Conservation Center at Guthrie Center, IA. Boys will experience many activities available in Iowa’s great outdoors. Such activities include wildlife conservation, how to hunt, dog training, archery, muzzleloading, furharvesting, game care and handling, gun cleaning, .22 rifle shooting and turkey hunting. Girls will have the opportunity to gain their Hunter Safety Certificate as well as participate in Canoeing and Water Safety, Camping and Outdoor Survival, Archery, Fish and Wildlife ID, Conservation and Management and Firearms Safety. Camps are for young adults ages 12 – 15. The cost of the camp is $100 and Henry County Pheasants Forever will reimburse 75% of the cost. For more information please contact Ben Moore at 319-986-5216 ext 311. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 298 Fri, Mar 5, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team has received its NAIA Division II National Tournament first round assignment and will be opening against Walsh (Ohio) University at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 11. The Tigers received a #3 seed in Pool 3 of the bracket and will open on the second day of the championships against the Cavaliers, who finished the regular season with a 24-9. Walsh received a bid to the national tourney by winning the American Mideast Conference Tournament championship and is seeded sixth in Pool 3. Wesleyan’s first round opponent is going to be no stranger, as IWC and Walsh met once earlier this season. The two teams faced off Dec. 19th in Whiting, Ind., at the Calumet College Crimson Wave Classic. Wesleyan won that meeting by a 76-55 score, as Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) and Jill Ginder (Jr.-Olney, Ill.) both scored 17 points in that game. The Tigers are making their fourth appearance in the national tourney, all coming in the last five years. IWC is 1-3 in its three previous appearances, with its lone win coming in 2007 in the first round against Menlo (Calif.) College. Last year the Tigers received a #6 seed and lost to #3 seed Concordia (Ore.) University, 70-68 in overtime, coming back from a 17-point first half deficit before being unable to hold a nine-point lead with less than three minutes left in regulation. Walsh will be making just its second-ever appearance in the NAIA D-II tourney, but had great success in its first trip. The Cavaliers won the national championship in 1998, defeating Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) University in the national championship game. The Cavaliers tied for third in the AMC standings in the regular season with a 14-5 league mark. IWC goes into the tourney with a 25-7 overall record and won the Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season and postseason tournament championships while tying the school record for wins in a season. The Tigers have a 4-2 record against this year’s tournament field. In addition to defeating Walsh, the Tigers also knocked off MCC foe Grand View University three times. Wesleyan lost to both College of the Ozarks (Mo.), a #1 seed, and Jamestown (N.D.) College, a second seed in the same pool as the Tigers and a possible second round opponent for IWC. Walsh is 3-4 against teams in this year’s tourney. The Cavaliers defeated Shawnee State (Ohio) University twice and Cedarville (Ohio) University once, while losing one time each Shawnee State, Cedarville and Taylor (Ind.) University as well as Iowa Wesleyan. Walsh and IWC have one common opponent this year, as both teams defeated Marian (Ind.) University in the regular season. Grandview of Des Moines also got invited to the tournament. They are a #4 seed and will play 5th seeded Minot State N.D. at noon on Wednesday March 10th. Briar Cliff and Morningside of Sioux City and Northwestern of Orange City are three other Iowa schools in the tourney. ]]>]]> First round opponent Epworth Western Dubuque from Dubuque county is 19-5, they play in the WaMac conference. School colors are red-black and white, they are the Bobcats. They are coached by Dennis Geraghty, he returned four letterman this year on a 13-10 from 2008-09. Zach Otting averages 18.7 points per game, he is a 6’3” junior guard. Derrick Pape is 6’8” senior center that averages 12 points a game, he’s the only player over 6’3”. Three of their top eight players are sophomores only Pape is a senior. Both players were named first team all conference ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant modern day state basketball tournament history: 1976 Class AA Quarterfinals Atlantic 63, Central Elkader 55 Forest City 44, Humboldt 32 Maquoketa 57, Knoxville 44 Spencer 60, Mount Pleasant 57 (OT) Semifinals Forest City 69, Atlantic 47 Spencer 56, Maquoketa 54 Consolation Maquoketa 49, Atlantic 33 Championship Forest City 50, Spencer 46 ]]>]]> 1984 Class 2A Quarterfinals Hampton 61, Cherokee 54 Iowa Falls 74, Mount Pleasant 63 Cedar Rapids Regis 73, Ballard, Huxley 62 Maquoketa 61, Denison 48 Semifinals Hampton 59, Iowa Falls 55 (2 OT) Cedar Rapids Regis 53, Maquoketa 33 Consolation Iowa Falls 67, Maquoketa 63 (OT) Championship Cedar Rapids Regis 62, Hampton 50 ]]>]]> 1997 Class 3A Quarterfinals Waukon 65, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 60 Pella 50, Spencer 43 Mount Pleasant 48, Iowa Falls 45 Creston 71, Carroll 61 Semifinals Pella 66, Waukon 47 Creston 75, Mount Pleasant 52 Consolation Waukon 73, Mount Pleasant 61 Championship Creston 74, Pella 57 ]]>]]> Seven honorees of special awards from the IGHSAU will be honored this week during the 2010 State Basketball Tournament. They are Ankeny’s George Tracy, who will be receiving the Jack North Commemorative Award; Beaconsfield native and current NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who will receive the IGHSAU’s First Lady Award; longtime coach Tom Murr, the recipient of the Golden Plaque of Distinction Award; Twin Cedars senior Lindsay Hoehns, winner of the 2010 E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship, and the 2010 Iowa Girls Basketball Hall of Fame inductees: Jennifer Goetz of Keokuk Cardinal Stritch, Molly Tideback of Waterloo Columbus, and Deep River-Millersburg/Montezuma’s Janel Grimm. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 297 Thur, Mar 4, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 IWC women’s basketball team will find out this afternoon who they will play in the first round of the NAIA II basketball championships in Sioux City next week. ]]>]]> Girl’s state basketball tournament continues today, class 4A first round games will be played beginning at 10 a.m. on KILJ-AM 1130. Final 4A first round game and 1A semi finals will be on KILJ-FM 105.5 beginning at 5 p.m. The boy’s state tournament field is now complete after the 4A substates were played last night. Large school teams are led by #1 seed and defending state champion Ames, C.R. Washington, C.R. Jefferson, S.C. East, Linn-Mar, Clinton, S.E. Polk, Des Moines Dowling. ]]>]]> First round opponent Epworth Western Dubuque from Dubuque county is 19-5, they play in the WaMac conference. School colors are red-black and white, they are the Bobcats. They are coached by Dennis Geraghty, he returned four letterman this year on a 13-10 from 2008-09. Zach Otting averages 18.7 points per game, he is a 6’3” junior guard. Derrick Pape is 6’8” senior center that averages 12 points a game, he’s the only player over 6’3”. Three of their top eight players are sophomores only Pape is a senior. Both players were named first team all conference ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant modern day state basketball tournament history: 1976 Class AA Quarterfinals Atlantic 63, Central Elkader 55 Forest City 44, Humboldt 32 Maquoketa 57, Knoxville 44 Spencer 60, Mount Pleasant 57 (OT) Semifinals Forest City 69, Atlantic 47 Spencer 56, Maquoketa 54 Consolation Maquoketa 49, Atlantic 33 Championship Forest City 50, Spencer 46 ]]>]]> 1984 Class 2A Quarterfinals Hampton 61, Cherokee 54 Iowa Falls 74, Mount Pleasant 63 Cedar Rapids Regis 73, Ballard, Huxley 62 Maquoketa 61, Denison 48 Semifinals Hampton 59, Iowa Falls 55 (2 OT) Cedar Rapids Regis 53, Maquoketa 33 Consolation Iowa Falls 67, Maquoketa 63 (OT) Championship Cedar Rapids Regis 62, Hampton 50 ]]>]]> 1996 Class 3A Quarterfinals Waukon 65, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 60 Pella 50, Spencer 43 Mount Pleasant 48, Iowa Falls 45 Creston 71, Carroll 61 Semifinals Pella 66, Waukon 47 Creston 75, Mount Pleasant 52 Consolation Waukon 73, Mount Pleasant 61 Championship Creston 74, Pella 57 ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 296 Wed, Mar 3, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 There was going to be no last second shot or late game come back dash Mt. Pleasants hopes of a trip to the boy’s state basketball championships this year, this time in the substate final game they left no doubt that their ticket to Des Moines was a done deal. MPHS rolled over Williamsburg 68-48 at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids Monday night in front of a huge fan backing. The Panthers held a slim 20-18 lead at the end of the first quarter but then out scored the Raiders 20-4 in the second quarter and got control of the game. Williamsburg known for their three point shooting was not allowed too many good looks beyond the arch because of tight Panther defense. Matter of fact Mt. Pleasant hit 7 three pointers to Williamsburg’s 5. Jordon Ashton hit 3, Austin Marshall 2, Scott and Eric Hahn each had 1. Scott Hahn and Henry Krieger-Coble led the scoring with 16 points each, Ashton put up 10. Mt. Pleasant 21-1 back at state for the first time since 1997, will be the #1 seed and will open 3A play against #8 seed Western Dubuque 19-5 at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday March 9th. Other first round matchups include: Forrest City vs Pella, Carroll vs S.C. Heelan, Davenport Assumption came from behind and beat Dubuque Wahlert in the second game in C.R. last night 63-57 and will play Dallas Center Grimes to round out the first round games. ]]>]]> The Southeast Conference has announced their all conference teams for the 2009-2010 season. In girls basketball 1st team all conference honors went to Mt. Pleasants Taylor Shull, Mackenzie Sartorious made second team. All academic honors went to Rebecca Kimzey, Sarah Pieper and Steph Myers. Cassey Sobaski was named the conference MVP, she averaged 16.5 points ,3 rebounds, and 3 steals per game for league champion Washington. The MPHS boy’s basketball team dominated the all conference selections with Scott Hahn, Austin Marshall and Henry Krieger-Coble making first team. Eric Hahn and Darian Cotton second team. Honorable mention went to Nick Lyon. All academic honors were awarded to: Tanner Courtney, Eric and Scott Hahn, Henry Krieger-Coble, Austin Marshall, Brittan Ostby, Braden Shull and Justice Wellington. Isaac Gardner of Washington was named the Player of the Year in the SEC, averaging 18.3 points and 10 rebounds per game, he also averaged 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot per conference game. The MPHS wrestling team had no one make first team all conference, Derek Movall, Kyle Nichting and Skylar Bruggemeyer made second team. Aaron Aplara and Jessica Tone were named all academic. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College raced out to a big lead early in the second half and then turned back a late rally by Grand View University to defeat the Vikings 62-54 and win the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament championship and clinch an automatic berth to the NAIA Division II National Tournament. The 13th ranked and top-seeded Tigers held off the 17th ranked and second-seeded Vikings to win their second straight MCC tourney title and their fourth conference tournament title in the last five years. IWC also is headed to the national tourney for the fourth time in five years and tied a school record with its 25th win of the season. Jill Ginder led the Tigers with 16 points as well as four steals. Jessi Beachey had 14 points and nine rebounds and Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) added 12 points. Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) also grabbed 10 rebounds, helping Wesleyan to a 41-25 rebounding advantage that included just five offensive rebounds for GVU. Anna Jones (Jr.-Cornell, Ill.) also added eight points, six rebounds and a game-high five assists before fouling out with more than six minutes left in the game. The Vikings now will wait for a likely at-large berth to the NAIA Division II national tourney, which takes place next week March 10-16 at the Tyson Events Center and Gateway Arena in Sioux City. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference has named their athletes of the week for last week’s performances. Men’s Basketball Corey Viet – Grand View (Sr., Forward, Ackley, Iowa) Viet averaged 17.7 points and 5.3 rebounds and shot 64.7% from the floor in leading the Vikings to the MCC Tournament championship and an automatic berth in the NAIA Division II National Tournament. ]]>]]> Women’s Basketball Jennifer Jorgensen – Grand View (Fr., Guard, Dayton, Iowa) Jorgensen averaged 24 points, 8.5 rebounds and four assists over two games in leading the Vikings to the MCC championship game Monday night. She also shot 15-for-17 (88.2%), including 6-for-6 on three-pointers, and hit 85.7% from the free throw line as well. ]]>]]> The IHSAA has announced the 2010-2011 football schedule for the MPHS Panthers. Note the Washington Demons are not on the schedule for the next two years as they no longer are in the same district with M.P. nor were they chosen by the IHSAA as a non-district opponent. This is going to be weird! Mount Pleasant 2010 football Schedule: Week 1 Clear Creek-Amana Week 2 @Williamsburg Week 3 Fairfield Week 4 Centerville Week 5 @Fort Madison Week 6 Pella Week 7 @Chariton Week 8 Keokuk Week 9 @Oskaloosa Mount Pleasant 2011 football Schedule: Week 1 @Clear Creek-Amana Week 2 Williamsburg Week 3 @Fairfield Week 4 @Centerville Week 5 Fort Madison Week 6 @Pella Week 7 Chariton Week 8 @Keokuk Week 9 Oskaloosa http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 295 Tue, Mar 2, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The 20-1 MPHS boy’s basketball team will tonight tangle with Williamsburg 17-6 in a class 3A substate championship game at 6:30 p.m.in the US cellular center. M.P. is led by the one-two punch of Scott Hahn 17 points a game and Henry Krieger-Coble 15 points a game. Williamsburg is led by 6’ senior guard Chad Malloy who scores 18 points a game and 6’1” junior guard Kelly O’Rourke who averages 12 points a game. Together they have hit 93 three point field goals, the Raider team has dropped in 151 3’s. MPHS has made 78 3’s while attempting 111 less long distance shots than Williamsburg. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the game live. ]]>]]> Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) hit two go-ahead free throws with 12 seconds left and Iowa Wesleyan College advanced to the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament final by outlasting St. Ambrose University 75-72 Saturday afternoon at Ruble Arena. The top seeded Tigers (#13 ranked in NAIA Division II) got 35 points from Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.), one off the school record, and needed every one to defeat the #4 seeded Queen Bees in the MCC semifinals. IWC now will host #2 seed Grand View University (#17 in NAIA Division II) in the tournament championship game at home Monday night at 7 p.m. Admission for the game is $6 for adults and $2 for students, and a live broadcast will be available at www.iwc.edu/onlinemedia. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will have score updates during the MPHS boy’s broadcast. ]]>]]> The Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders 19-5 fell to a tall Lynnville Sully team Saturday night in Fairfield 52-46 in the substate championship game that sends the Hawks to the state tournament. The Hawks held a 27-11 halftime lead after a slow offensive start by the Crusaders. HTC made a strong run in the third quarter to trail by 3 points going into the final stanza, but Lynnville Sully hit 17 free throws in the fourth quarter to hang onto the win. L.S. 24-1 will be the #2 seed and will play 18-7 Algona Bishop Garrigan Catholic the #7 seed Monday March 8th at 2 p.m. KILJ-AM 1130 will carry the game live. ]]>]]> Danville suffered a 61-32 loss to Solon Saturday night at Bettendorf in the 2A substate championship. The Spartans ran to a 21-6 first quarter lead and 34-11 halftime advantage. Danville was only outscored by six points in the second half but had fallen too far behind in the first 16 minutes. The Bears end the year 22-2 and Solon 23-2 goes to state to try and win their third class 2A state championship in a row before going to class 3A next year. Solon is the #3 seed and will play the #6 seed 19-5 Mid Prairie at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday March 9th and KILJ-AM 1130 will carry the game live. Mid Prairie beat Solon 55-52 December 22nd during the regular season. ]]>]]> New London/WMU wrestled in the State Team Dual Meet Championships Saturday in Cedar Rapids and lost in the first round to Nashua Plainfield 53-21. Winning matches for the Tigers were: Sawyer Farris technical fall, Jake Hopkin fall, Jake Kadel major decision and Dillon price fall. Nashua Plainfield wrestled Don Bosco in the championship match and lost 34-27. Don Bosco won the team dual title for the 6th year in a row. Denver Tripoli beat Davenport Assumption in the 2A title match and Waverly Shell Rock won the 3A title over Iowa City West, to make it an all N.E. Iowa sweep in the dual championships just like last week in the tradition state tournament. ]]>]]> Pheasant Fest was held this past weekend in Des Moines, bringing together hunting and conservation enthusiast to nurture the pheasant population in Iowa. U.S. Sec. of Ag. Tom Vilsack announced at the convention that he guarantees that there will be a new general sign up this year for CRP. This is a very positive move for maintaining wildlife in Iowa. Ben Moore of Mt. Pleasant was honored and inducted into the Iowa Pheasants Forever Hall of Fame. This is a very elite group of individuals who have dedicated a lot of time and effort to PF, as well as habitat, by assisting landowners with conservation efforts. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant little kids wrestling practice for next week will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week at 4:30 p.m. ]]>]]> Seven honorees of special awards from the IGHSAU will be honored this week during the 2010 State Basketb all Tournament. They are Ankeny’s George Tracy, who will be receiving the Jack North Commemorative Award; Beaconsfield native and current NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who will receive the IGHSAU’s First Lady Award; longtime coach Tom Murr, the recipient of the Golden Plaque of Distinction Award; Twin Cedars senior Lindsay Hoehns, winner of the 2010 E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship, and the 2010 Iowa Girls Basketball Hall of Fame inductees: Jennifer Goetz of Keokuk Cardinal Stritch, Molly Tideback of Waterloo Columbus, and Deep River-Millersburg/Montezuma’s Janel Grimm. Astronaut Peggy Whitson is just the ninth recipient of the Athletic Union’s First Lady Award, given to former female athletes that participated in IGHSAU-sponsored activities and translated the skills learned through participation in the Athletic Union’s programs into superlative career achievements. Whitson, a native of Beaconsfield who graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1978, and the Iowa Wesleyan College. Has been an astronaut with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) since 1996. She has been on two missions aboard the International Space Station, performing six career spacewalks and has logged 377 days in space, the most for any U.S astronaut and 20th among all space veterans. She is currently in charge of the astronaut office for NASA. She is the first woman to hold the most senior astronaut position at NASA and the first non-military appointee. ]]>]]> The 2010 recipient of the E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship is Twin Cedars’ senior Lindsay Hoehns. The scholarship, in the name of longtime Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Executive Secretary E. Wayne Cooley, is worth $15,000 over four years to assist the recipient as she attends the Iowa college of her choice. Hoehns is a multi-sport star for Twin Cedars. She earned all-state honors in basketball, volleyball and softball and is the reigning Class 1A champion in the long jump and high jump. She became just one of five Iowa girls to score 2,000 career points with 1,000 career rebounds. She ranks first in her class academically and is active in her community. ]]>]]> The 2010 Inductees into the Iowa Girls High School Basketball Hall of Fame include: Jennifer Goetz was one of the Iowa’s top players in the last 10 years. Playing for tiny Keokuk Cardinal Stritch, she averaged a double-double all four seasons while leading the Lionettes to three state tournament appearances, including a 1A runner-up finish in 2001. A three-time first team all-state selection, Goetz was the first player in the five-player game to score 2,000 career points and pull down 1,000 career rebounds. Her 1,397 career rebounds currently ranks second in the Iowa record books while her 2,433 career points rank fourth. Goetz enjoyed similar success at St. Ambrose, starting all four years. She ended her St. Ambrose career ranking third in school history in career scoring (2,032 points) and rebounding (1,156 rebounds) ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 294 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Third time was a charm for the 20-1 Mt. Pleasant Panther boys basketball team last night as they cruised by their arch rival Washington Demons (16-7) 59-39 in the 3A district championship at Burlington High School. This sets up a substate final match up Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids against Williamsburg who pulled out a 59-56 win over Clear Creek Amana in the district final at Iowa City West. Washington opened in a zone defense and the Panthers were able to shoot and score over it and force Washington to play them man to man. The M.P. defense was stingy again, not letting their opponent get more than 39 points. Scott Hahn hit for 24 points, Henry Krieger-Coble added 11, Austin Marshall 9, Darian Cotton and Eric Hahn 6, Jordon Ashton 5. Last night was the 20th win of the season for Mt. Pleasant and that establishes a new school record for wins in a season, and it was also the 20th win in a row over Southeast Conference schools. ]]>]]> Holy Trinity Catholic 19-4 continues to roll along the tournament trail, the Crusaders last night knocked off 4th ranked 22-3 IMS 60-53 at Mediapolis in a class 1A district final. HTC will now face Lynnville Sully in the substate final at Fairfield Saturday a rematch of last years game that saw L.S. win by a point. The Hawks beat Keota 48-41 in Fairfield last night in the district final. Zach Bartlett scored 16 points, Justin Menke 14, Jon Vonderhaar and Ben Harmeyer 10 to lead the Crusaders in scoring. ]]>]]> Danville pep bus for adults, sign up by Friday noon at Danville State Savings Bank. $12 is the cost, bus leaves at 4 p.m. Game tips off at 7:30 p.m. Go cheer the Bears as they play Solon at Bettendorf in the Substate championship. ]]>]]> Top seeded Iowa Wesleyan College held Viterbo (Wis.) University to 23.5% field goal shooting and just 36 points, defeating the V-Hawks 69-36 in a Midwest Collegiate Conference quarterfinal game Thursday night at Ruble Arena. The Tigers dominated on the defensive end with a trapping defense, forcing 25 turnovers and never trailing in disposing of the #8 seed quickly and advancing to the MCC tourney semifinals. IWC next will square off against #4 seed St. Ambrose University on Saturday after the Queen Bees defeated #5 seed William Penn University 76-49 on Thursday. Wesleyan (23-7 overall) also shot 46.8% in the game and out-rebounded the V-Hawks 39-37 despite giving up 21 offensive rebounds. The Tigers, ranked 13th in NAIA Division II, also were able to rest most of their regulars, with no player on the floor for more than 25 minutes. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) and Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) both scored 14 points to lead IWC offensively. Lindsee Bachicha (Jr.-Brighton, Colo.) added nine points and seven rebounds off the bench, while Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) also had nine points. IWC’s game on Saturday against St. Ambrose will take place at 2 p.m. at Ruble Arena. Admission for the games is $6 for adults and $2 for students. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant High School Boy’s bowling team finished sixth at the State Bowling Tournament Thursday in Des Moines. Dubuque Wahlert won the event with a 3193 score, the panthers rolled a 2952 total. Kevin Wesley rolled a 423 placing 16th individually and Alex Higginbotham rolled a 417. The Keokuk girls bowling team finished 3rd with a 2708 ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant little little kids wrestling practice for next week will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 293 Fri, Feb 26, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Boys district championship basketball games highlight the sports scene tonight. There is a big match up at Burlington High school where the Mt. Pleasant Panthers 20-1 battle the Washington Demons 16-6 for the 3rd time this season. Panthers have won the first two games 48-40 in Mt. pleasant and 64-50 in Washington. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast the game beginning at 7 p.m. Clear Creek Amana plays Williamsburg at Iowa City West in the other half of the substate. ]]>]]> Class 1A HTC and IMS will meet tonight at Mediapolis in a district championship game at 7 p.m. Lynnville Sully plays Keota in a district final at Meskwaki Settlement School tonight ]]>]]> Danville pep bus for adults, sign up by Friday noon at Danville State Savings Bank. $12 is the cost, bus leaves at 4 p.m. Game tips off at 7:30 p.m. Go cheer the Bears as they play Solon at Bettendorf in the Substate championship. ]]>]]> After reviewing a possible move to NCAA Division III, Iowa Wesleyan College has announced it will remain a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as well as the Midwest Collegiate Conference and the Mid-States Football Association. Athletic Director Mike Hampton said factors leading to the decision included the school’s comfort level with the MCC and MSFA as conference partners, as a number of IWC’s long-time rivals being members of both conferences. Another reason for the decision was the possibility of additional travel and budget expenses as a member of NCAA Division III. He also said IWC is committed to the NAIA’s Champions of Character initiative, and that the overall research indicated the NAIA is the best fit for the College. ]]>]]> MCC women’s Tournament Schedule Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 25 #8 Viterbo or #9 Ashford at #1 Iowa Wesleyan (22-7) – 7 p.m. #5 William Penn (17-13) at #4 St. Ambrose (23-7) – 7 p.m. #6 Waldorf (10-19) at #3 Mount Mercy (19-11) – 7 p.m. #7 Clarke (6-24) at #2 Grand View (23-7) – 7 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, Feb. 27 – games start at 2 p.m. WPU/SAU winner vs. VU-AU/IWC winner WC/MMC winner vs. CC/GVU winner Final Monday, March 1-7 p.m. at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College fell behind by 19 points in the first half and never fully recovered, seeing its season end with an 80-59 loss to #1 seed Grand View University in the Midwest Collegiate Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinals. The ninth-seeded Tigers went through an eight-minute span in the first half scoring just one field goal, and the Vikings used an 18-3 run during that time to gain control and eventually advance to the MCC semifinals Friday night. Grand View will face #4 seed Ashford University in a semifinal Friday night, while IWC’s season ends with a 9-20 record. Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) led IWC with 18 points and nine rebounds, including 15 points in the second half. Jared Callanan (Sr.-Bennington, Vt.) added 15 points, following up his career high 36 points and nine three-pointers on Monday with five more three-pointers. Callanan finished his career with 155 three-point baskets made, tying Jesse Hill (2004-07) for ninth on the all-time IWC list in that category. Mike Lowe (Sr.-Panora, Iowa) added six points and three rebounds before fouling out in his final game for the Tigers. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 292 Thur, Feb 25, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Boys tournament basketball. Class 1A Holy Trinity Catholic edged Notre Dame on the Nikes home floor 42-41. Iowa Mennonite defeated Waco in Kalona 68-39. HTC and IMS will meet tomorrow night at Mediapolis in a district championship game at 7 p.m. Central City beat Lone Tree 65-52 and Lisbon downed WMU 49-42, Central City now plays Lisbon in a district final at Solon Thursday night ]]>]]> Class 2A: Danville crushed West Liberty 79-44, Solon beat North Cedar 70-56. Solon and Danville play Saturday night in Bettendorf in the substate championship at 7 p.m. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast. Mid Prairie beat Pekin 55-45, Albia downed Davis County 59-51. Mid Prairie plays Albia at Oskaloosa Saturday night. ]]>]]> Class 3A: Clear Creek Amana42 Fairfield 32, Clear Creek plays Williamsburg at Iowa City West Thursday night. ]]>]]> Girls regional final basketball class 3A: Davenport Assumption 67 Washington 43 ]]>]]> MCC women’s Tournament Schedule Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 25 #8 Viterbo or #9 Ashford at #1 Iowa Wesleyan (22-7) – 7 p.m. #5 William Penn (17-13) at #4 St. Ambrose (23-7) – 7 p.m. #6 Waldorf (10-19) at #3 Mount Mercy (19-11) – 7 p.m. #7 Clarke (6-24) at #2 Grand View (23-7) – 7 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, Feb. 27 – games start at 2 p.m. WPU/SAU winner vs. VU-AU/IWC winner WC/MMC winner vs. CC/GVU winner Final Monday, March 1 - 7 p.m. at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> MCC men’s Tournament Schedule Quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 24 #9 Iowa Wesleyan at #1 Grand View (22-7) – 7 p.m. #5 St. Ambrose (18-12) at #4 Ashford (19-11) – 7 p.m. #6 William Penn (20-10) at #3 Mount Mercy (22-8) – 7 p.m. #7 Waldorf (10-16) at #2 Viterbo (13-14) – 7 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Feb. 26 – games start at 7 p.m. SAU/AU winner vs. CC-IWC/GVU winner WPU/MMC winner vs. WC/VU winner Final Sunday, Feb. 28 - 6 p.m. start at home of higher seeded team. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 291 Wed, Feb 24, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS boy’s basketball team trailed 6-4 at the end of the first quarter in their district opener at home with Ft. Madison last night, by halftime they captured the lead 20-14. Then in the second half they out scored the Hounds 41-19 and advance onto the district finals now against Washington who beat Keokuk 65-57, that final will be at Burlington High School. Scott Hahn scored 20 and Henry Krieger-Coble added 16. Williamsburg beat S. Tama County 77-60. Fairfield vs Clear Creek Amana was postponed until tonight. ]]>]]> Boys class 2A district championship basketball tonight: Danville vs W. Liberty at Mt. Pleasant, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast live at 7 p.m. Solon vs North Cedar at C.R. Jefferson ]]>]]> Boys class 1A district championship basketball tonight: Holy Trinity Catholic at Burlington Notre Dame, Waco at Iowa Mennonite School. KILJ will have score updates on these games during our Danville broadcast. ]]>]]> Girl’s regional championship basketball last night. Class 1A, #1 Martensdale St. Mary’s defeated #11 Harmony at Ottumwa 54-35. Rockets end the year 21-2. Courtney mills and Carrisa Nelson led the scoring for Harmony with 13 and 14 points respectively. St. Marys 25-1 will play in the State Tournament Monday at 5 p.m. against Lynnville Sully 18-6. ]]>]]> Class 2A: #4 Camanche defeated Central Lee 49-36, Kaitlyn Grossman and Krista Hammer each scored 11 points to lead Central’s scoring. Hawks end the year 17-6. Camanche 19-3 opens state tournament play Tuesday March 2ND AT 10 a.m.. against Roland Story 24-1. ]]>]]> MCC women’s Tournament Schedule First Round Monday, Feb. 22 – 7 p.m. #9 Ashford (8-20) at #8 Viterbo (7-23) Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 25 #8 Viterbo or #9 Ashford at #1 Iowa Wesleyan (22-7) – 7 p.m. #5 William Penn (17-13) at #4 St. Ambrose (23-7) – 7 p.m. #6 Waldorf (10-19) at #3 Mount Mercy (19-11) – 7 p.m. #7 Clarke (6-24) at #2 Grand View (23-7) – 7 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, Feb. 27 – games start at 2 p.m. WPU/SAU winner vs. VU-AU/IWC winner WC/MMC winner vs. CC/GVU winner Final Monday, March 1 - 7 p.m. at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> Jared Callanan (Sr.-Bennington, Vt.) scored a career-high 36 points and set an Iowa Wesleyan College record for three-pointers made in a game as the Tigers came back to defeat Clarke College 82-80 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament First Round Monday night. Callanan hit nine three-pointers and Jamal Blackmond (Fr.-Aurora, Ill.) hit the deciding free throws with 25 seconds left as the ninth-seeded Tigers rallied from 16 points down to defeat the #8 seed Crusaders and advance to the MCC tourney quarterfinals. IWC now will get ready to face top-seeded Grand View University on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Des Moines. Wesleyan (9-19 overall) won for the first time in nine games and defeated Clarke on the road for the second time this season. The Tigers had to earn it, coming back from the big first half deficit as well as a double-digit deficit with less than nine minutes remaining in the game. The game was a three-point shootout from the start, with the two teams combining for 26 threes in the game. Clarke hit eight triples in the first half and led by as many as 16 at 29-13 with 11:36 left in the first half. The Crusaders maintained a double-digit lead much of the half until the Tigers scored nine straight points late in the half and cut the deficit to 40-33 at halftime. Callanan finished the game 10-for-19 from the field, including 9 of 17 from three-point range as IWC connected on 14 of 29 three-point tries as a team (48.3%). He also made all seven of his free throws, all coming in the final 4:17 of the game, and the senior also finished with a team-high five assists. Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) added 13 points and seven rebounds and Blackmond also came off the bench to score 11 points, all in the second half. The freshman shot 4-for-6 from the field and also grabbed seven rebounds, and helped the Tigers shoot 68.2% in the second half and 54.0% (27 of 50) from the floor for the game. ]]>]]> MCC men’s Tournament Schedule Quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 24 #9 Iowa Wesleyan at #1 Grand View (22-7) – 7 p.m. #5 St. Ambrose (18-12) at #4 Ashford (19-11) – 7 p.m. #6 William Penn (20-10) at #3 Mount Mercy (22-8) – 7 p.m. #7 Waldorf (10-16) at #2 Viterbo (13-14) – 7 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Feb. 26 – games start at 7 p.m. SAU/AU winner vs. CC-IWC/GVU winner WPU/MMC winner vs. WC/VU winner Final Sunday, Feb. 28 - 6 p.m. start at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference has named their athletes of the week. Men’s Basketball Keith Kuenstling – Mount Mercy (Sr., Forward, Dunkerton, Iowa) Kuenstling averaged 18 points, seven rebounds and 1.5 blocks and shot 61.5% from the field in Mustang wins over Grand View and Ashford last week. He also hit 3 of 4 three-point tries against Grand View. Women’s Basketball Ali Dolphin – St. Ambrose (Jr., Forward, Marshalltown, Iowa) Dolphin averaged 24 points, 15.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.5 steals last week in a pair of Queen Bee wins. She also shot 55.2% from the field and 80% from the free throw line. Men’s Indoor Track John Darmody – St. Ambrose (Soph. from Everett, Wash.) Darmody met the NAIA ‘A’ standard for qualification to the national championships by finishing the mile in 4:17.34 on Saturday at the Iowa Invitational. Men’s Indoor Field Danny Rufus – St. Ambrose (Soph. from Chillicothe, Ill.) Rufus hit the NAIA ‘A’ standard with a throw of 16.19 meters in the weight throw to finish second in the event at the University of Dubuque Spartan Invitational. Women’s Indoor Track Ebonie Butler – St. Ambrose (Fr. from Davenport, Iowa) Butler won the 55-meter dash at the Dubuque Invitational with a school record and NAIA ‘A’ standard time of 7.29 seconds. Women’s Indoor Field Mandy Streu – St. Ambrose (Soph. from Rolling Meadows, Ill.) Streu set a new school record and posted the top throw in the NAIA this year with a mark of 14.45 meters (47 ft, 5 in.) at the Iowa Invitational. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 290 Tue, Feb 23, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The 2010 State Wrestling Championships wrapped up Saturday in Des Moines. Area champs: Class 2A Seth Noble of Columbus Community and Stewart Holloway of W. Burlington-Notre Dame. Runners up: Kody Krenz L-M, Jake Kadel New London-WMU, Brode Hills L-M, Jake Keller Columbus Community. Third place finishes: Sawyer Farris New London-WMU, Phillip Laux Pekin, Ethan Cooper Keokuk. ]]>]]> The opening night of tournament action for the class 3A boy’s basketball teams is tonight. The MPHS Panthers will host Ft. Madison in the first round of the tourney at 7 p.m. The winner of that game plays in Burlington on Thursday February 25th against the winner of the Keokuk at Washington game. The other district that makes up the sub state M.P. is in has S. Tama Playing at Williamsburg and Fairfield at Clear Creek Amana tonight, winners play at I.C. West 2/25/10. The sub state championship is Monday March 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the U S Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. ]]>]]> Girls regional championship basketball will be played tonight in class 1A and 2A. The #11 Harmony Rockets will play #1 ranked Martensdale St. Marys at Ottumwa Evans Jr. High at 7 P.M. tonight. Central Lee plays in the 2A regional final at Tipton vs #4 ranked Camanche at 7 p.m. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will have score updates on the girls regional as we broadcast the MPHS boy’s game ]]>]]> Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) made 9 of 10 shots on her way to 20 points and the #14 ranked Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team finished the regular season with an 83-51 win over Waldorf College Saturday afternoon on Senior Day. The Tigers forced 31 Waldorf turnovers and overcame a hot start by the Warriors to win their 11th straight game and improve to 22-7 overall. Wesleyan also finished the Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season schedule with a 15-1 record, winning the conference regular season title by two games over second-place Grand View University. Tournament Schedule First Round Monday, Feb. 22 – 7 p.m. #9 Ashford (8-20) at #8 Viterbo (7-23) Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 25 #8 Viterbo or #9 Ashford at #1 Iowa Wesleyan (22-7) – 7 p.m. #5 William Penn (17-13) at #4 St. Ambrose (23-7) – 7 p.m. #6 Waldorf (10-19) at #3 Mount Mercy (19-11) – 7 p.m. #7 Clarke (6-24) at #2 Grand View (23-7) – 7 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, Feb. 27 – games start at 2 p.m. WPU/SAU winner vs. VU-AU/IWC winner WC/MMC winner vs. CC/GVU winner Final Monday, March 1 - 7 p.m. at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> Waldorf College came back from an 11-point deficit in the second half and Iowa Wesleyan College dropped lost to the Warriors 77-69 in the Tigers’ final home game of the season at Ruble Arena on Saturday. The Tigers dropped their eighth straight game and finished the regular season with an 8-19 record, 3-13 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference. IWC tied Clarke College for eighth in the conference but loses a tiebreaker with the Crusaders and will travel to Dubuque on Monday to face Clarke in the MCC Tournament First Round Game. Tournament Schedule First Round Monday, Feb. 22 – 7 p.m. #9 Iowa Wesleyan (8-19) at #8 Clarke (6-24) Quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 24 #8 Clarke or #9 Iowa Wesleyan at #1 Grand View (22-7) – 7 p.m. #5 St. Ambrose (18-12) at #4 Ashford (19-11) – 7 p.m. #6 William Penn (20-10) at #3 Mount Mercy (22-8) – 7 p.m. #7 Waldorf (10-16) at #2 Viterbo (13-14) – 7 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Feb. 26 – games start at 7 p.m. SAU/AU winner vs. CC-IWC/GVU winner WPU/MMC winner vs. WC/VU winner Final Sunday, Feb. 28 - 6 p.m. start at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> The MPHS bowling team won the bowling class 1A sub state tournament that MPHS hosted at the Iris Bowling Center Saturday. Panthers qualified for the first sanctioned state bowling tournament Thursday in Des Moines at the Plaza Lanes. Leading the Panthers, Alex Higginbotham rolled a 412. The Panther girl’s team finished third with a 2290 score. Keokuk won with 2588 and L-M was second 2448. Leading MPHS with a 346 Nikole Hummell. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 289 Mon, Feb 22, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Class 1A wrestling quarter finals start the day out today at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Sawyer Farris and Jake Kadel of New London/WMU along with Spencer Shepherd of Waco all are still going for the gold. Class 2A has finished their quarterfinals already, making it to the semis from this area: Jake Keller and Seth Noble of Columbus Community, Class 3A also has their semi final field filled: Ethan Cooper and Julian Feikert of Keokuk are both still going for gold. Trevor Duke of Burlington also is in today’s semis. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will; have reports through out the day and night. ]]>]]> Boy’s class 1A tournament basketball last night: IMS 62 Maharishi 19, Waco 72 Moulton Udell 37, winners meet Tuesday. Notre Dame 82 Harmony 33, Holy Trinity Catholic 61 New London 36, winners play Tuesday night. WMU 59 Highland 39, Lisbon 54 Olin 42, winners play Tuesday. ]]>]]> Class 2A district scores: Danville 49 Central Lee 44, W. Liberty 46 W. Burlington 39, winners play at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday. Solon 47 Iowa City Regina 38, North Cedar 63 Tipton 57, winners play at Clear Creek Tuesday. ]]>]]> The #1 ranked MPHS boys got back on the winning track last night at home against Ottumwa in the regular season finale by winning 49-37. Henry Krieger-Coble scored 19 and had 7 rebounds. Austin Marshall added 15 points. M.P. ended the regular season 18-1 and will begin tournaments at home Monday vs Ft. Madison. The MPJV won 49-29 and the freshman beat the Bulldogs 51-43 to end the year 13-2, Dalton Conrad scored 15 and Conner Shull 13. ]]>]]> Girl’s class 1A regional tournament basketball tonight on KILJ-FM and kilj.com. #11 Harmony plays New London at Mt. Pleasant, airtime is 7 p.m. Twin Cedars vs Martensdale St. Mary at Chariton. Winners play Monday at Ottumwa in regional final. 2A regional: L-M vs Central Lee at W. Burlington, Camanche vs Solon at Tipton, winners meet at Muscatine Monday. 3A regional Saturday night, Keokuk vs Washington @ Mt. Pleasant. Assumption vs Williamsburg @ I.C. Regina. Winners meet at Muscatine Tuesday. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College alum Jill Blake has been hired as the new head coach of the Tigers volleyball program, Athletic Director Mike Hampton announced on Wednesday. Blake will take over as the 14th head coach in the history of IWC volleyball. She replaces Erika Candler, who resigned as coach after the 2009 season after four years of leading the program. The new coach will step into what looks to be a good situation in her first year at Iowa Wesleyan. The Tigers finished 16-14 last season, the program’s first winning record since 2005, and seven seniors are expected to return for the 2010 season for IWC. Along with coaching at IWC, Blake also is a physical education teacher in the Keokuk School District. She resides in Keokuk and will continue teaching there as well as coaching the Tigers. ]]>]]> IWC women will play their final regular season game Saturday when it hosts Waldorf College for Senior Day at 1 p.m. The IWC Tiger men wrap up the regular season Saturday at home against Waldorf College for Senior Day. Game time at Ruble Arena will be 3 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College’s scheduled baseball games this weekend in Lebanon, Tenn., against Cumberland (Tenn.) University and the University of St. Francis (Ind.) have been cancelled due to uncertain weather and field conditions. IWC will re-attempt to open its baseball season next weekend, Feb. 26-28, in Columbia, Ky., against Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) College and Asbury (Ky.) College. ]]>]]> The IHSAA has announced the pairings for the class 3A boy’s basketball teams. The MPHS Panthers will host Ft. Madison in the first round of the tourney Monday February 22nd at 7 p.m. The winner of that game plays in Burlington on Thursday February 25th against the winner of the Keokuk at Washington game. The other district that makes up the sub state M.P. is in has S. Tama Playing at Williamsburg and Fairfield at Clear Creek Amana on 2/22/10, winners play at I.C. West 2/25/10. The substate championship is Monday March 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the U S Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 288 Fri, Feb 19, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 State tournament wrestling class 2A results from Wednesday’s first rounds. Advancing on the championship side were: Dakota Simmons of Fairfield, Jake Keller Columbus Community, Seth Noble Columbus Community, Brady Milder Columbus Community, Marcus Miller W. Burlington-Notre Dame, Stewart Holloway W. Burlington-Notre Dame. Wrestlers still going on the consolation side: Zach Walgren Washington. Denver-Tripoli leads the 2A team scoring after the first day with 28 points, Columbus Community is 12th with 10 points. Note: Jacob Kaska a Jr. at Chariton wrestled in the 189 weight class. He is the son of Tony Kaska former MPHS wrestler and grandson of Ron and Linda Kaska of Mt. Pleasant. Jacob lost both his matches and was eliminated. ]]>]]> 3A area wrestling results. Championship side: Ethan Cooper Keokuk, Julian Feikert Keokuk, Trevor Duke Burlington, Andrew Cartwright Ft. Madison. Still going on the consolation side: Derek Rose Keokuk, Clint Richers Ft. Madison. ]]>]]> 3A girl’s regional action: The Washington Demon girls 17-4 ended the season for the Mt. Pleasant Panthers 7-14 at Washington last night 61-41. Makenzie Sartorious led M.P. with 14 points, Taylor Shull added 13. The Demons were led by Caitlin Fishback with 12. Washington will now play Keokuk Saturday night at Panther Gymnasium in the regional semi finals. The Lady Chiefs beat Ft. Madison 51-31 last night. Davenport Assumption defeated Clear Creek Amana 74-43 and Williamsburg downed Fairfield 65-29, those two winners play at Iowa City Regina Saturday night. ]]>]]> 4A girls regional: Burlington beat Ottumwa 59-54, Burlington Plays at Iowa City West Saturday night, the Women of Troy had a bye in the first round. Davenport North beat Muscatine last night 60-57, play at Pleasant Valley Saturday night in the other regional semi. ]]>]]> The Danville vs Central Lee boy’s class 2A district game tonight has been moved from Danville to Burlington to accommodate the size of crowd expected. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will broadcast live beginning at 7 p.m. Other 2A games: W. Liberty vs W. Burlington, Tipton @ N. Cedar, Iowa City Regina @ Solon. ]]>]]> 1A district games: Moulton Udell @ Waco, Harmony @ Notre Dame, New London @ Holy Trinity Catholic, Highland @ WMU, Alburnett @ Lone Tree. ]]>]]> The #1 ranked MPHS boy’s basketball team 17-1, suffered their first loss of the season at Marion Tuesday night. They will have to bounce right back tonight against 4A Ottumwa who plays in the tough CIML. Ottumwa lost Tuesday night to Ankeny 70-56. KILJ will have reports on this game during our coverage of the Danville vs Central Lee 2A district boy’s game from Burlington. The Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club will be hosting Tailgater Toby’s BBQ meat sandwiches tonight before and during the boy’s basketball games vs. Ottumwa. All proceeds will go to the Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club. ]]>]]> IWC women will play their final regular season game Saturday when it hosts Waldorf College for Senior Day at 1 p.m. The IWC Tiger men wrap up the regular season Saturday at home against Waldorf College for Senior Day. Game time at Ruble Arena will be 3 p.m. ]]>]]> The IHSAA has announced the pairings for the class 3A boys basketball teams. The MPHS Panthers will host Ft. Madison in the first round of the tourney Monday February 22nd at 7 p.m. The winner of that game plays in Burlington on Thursday February 25th against the winner of the Keokuk at Washington game. The other district that makes up the substate M.P. is in has S. Tama Playing at Williamsburg and Fairfield at Clear Creek Amana on 2/22/10, winners play at I.C. West 2/25/10. The substate championship is Monday March 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the U S Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 287 Thur, Feb 18, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The perfect season that the #1 ranked MPHS boys basketball team had going, suffered a set back last night when they lost at #8 ranked Marion 64-60. Missed free throws finally cost the Panthers, they hit 7 of 13 while Marion dropped 14 of 16. The Indians also had one more three point field goal. M.P. led 19-14, 30-27, 47-45 at the end of the first three quarters but were outscored 19-13 in the final stanza. Henry Krieger-Coble scored 20 points and Scott Hahn had 18. Ottumwa comes to Panther Gymnasium tomorrow night to wrap up the regular season for the 17-1 Panthers. Tailgator Toby will be selling their BBQ meat sandwiches in the commons Also Staats Custom Awards has a shipment of foam Panthers #1 foam fingers for sale at $1 each. Panther fans are urged to get these and show your Panther pride during the girls and boys tournament games. ]]>]]> In another area score, Burlington defeated Davenport West 44-41. ]]>]]> The Danville vs Central Lee boys class 2A district game Thursday has been moved from Danville to Burlington to accommodate the size of crowd expected. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will broadcast live beginning at 7 p.m. ]]>]]> Girl’s Regional Tournament Scores from last night. Class 1A Harmony 53 WMU 32, New London 33 Waco 25. New London vs Harmony @ MPHS gym Friday night at 7 p.m. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the game live at 7 p.m. Martensdale St. Marys 78 Melcher Dallas 17, Twin Cedars 61 Moulton Udell 38. Winners meet at Chariton Friday. ]]>]]> Class 2A L-M 42 Mediapolis 41, Central Lee 32 Van Buren 31, winners meet Friday night at W. Burlington. Camanche 45 Tipton 31, Solon 82 Iowa City Regina 78 (ot0. Winners meet Friday at Tipton. ]]>]]> 3A girls regional, MPHS at Washington 7 p.m. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will broadcast at 7 p.m. Keokuk at Ft. Madison, Fairfield at Williamsburg, Clear Creek Amana at Davenport Assumption. ]]>]]> 4A girls regional, Ottumwa at Burlington, Davenport North at Muscatine. ]]>]]> IHSAA 2010 state wrestling tournament, class 2A wrestles beginning at 1 p.m. 3A wrestles at 6:30. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will have reports each hour through out the day and night each day with results. ]]>]]> IWC women will play their final regular season game Saturday when it hosts Waldorf College for Senior Day at 1 p.m. The IWC Tiger men wrap up the regular season Saturday at home against Waldorf College for Senior Day. Game time at Ruble Arena will be 3 p.m. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 286 Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The #1 ranked and 17-0 Mt. Pleasant Panther boy’s basketball team enters into the final week of the regular season by playing at #8 Marion tonight. The Indians are 17-3, losing games to C.R. Kennedy, C.R. Jefferson and Williamsburg. They won their division of the WaMac Conference. Kasey Semler a 6’ Jr. guard leads them in scoring with 16 points a game, 6’4” Sr. Hunter Sade scores 12.9 ppg and 6’1” Sr. Corey Kramer hits for 11 points a game. ]]>]]> Boy’s class 2A District basketball got started last night around Iowa. A game you heard on KILJ last night was Danville rolling over Columbus Community 93-65, Bears had 7 double figure scorers, Wildcats hit 13 three pointers. Central Lee won over Mediapolis 50-42, Brad Vogel surpassed the 1,000 point level with 12 points. Central Lee plays @ Danville Thursday. W. Liberty beat Wapello 60-45, W. Burlington downed L-M, those two winners meet Thursday. North Cedar beat Durant Bennett 70-44, Tipton tipped Camanche 62-52. Those two winners meet Thursday. Solon downed Wilton 64-50 and I.C. Regina rolled over W. Branch 62-44. Running Regals visit Solon Thursday. ]]>]]> Girl’s class 1A regional basketball tonight on KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will have #11 Harmony hosting WMU, airtime is 7 p.m. Other area 1A games: Waco @ New London, Martensdale St. Mary hosting Melcher Dallas, Twin Cedars @ Moulton Udell. ]]>]]> 2A regional basketball tonight: L-M plays at Mediapolis @ 7 p.m. Van Buren plays @ Central Lee at 7 p.m. tonight. Tipton @ Camanche, I.C. Regina @ Solon. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference has named their athletes of the week. Men’s Basketball Keith Kuenstling – Mount Mercy (Sr., Forward, Dunkerton, Iowa) Kuenstling averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds and three assists and shot 52.2% from the field in a pair of Mustang wins last week. The 6-7 forward also hit a pair of three-pointers in an MCC win at William Penn. Women’s Basketball Melanie McCreight – Iowa Wesleyan (Jr., Guard, Winfield, Iowa) McCreight averaged 22.5 points, six rebounds and 2.5 steals over two games last week as the Tigers won twice to clinch the MCC regular season title. She also shot 55.0% from the field and 53.8% from three-point range, hitting seven three-pointers. McCreight scored 21 points in a win at #19 ranked Grand View and then posting a career-high 24 points in a win at Viterbo. Men’s Indoor Track Gabriel Green – William Penn (Fr. from Anniston, Ala.) Green won three events at the MCC Indoor Championships, finishing first in the 55, 200 and 400. He met the NAIA ‘B’ standard for qualification to the national championships in the 55 dash and was named MCC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Men’s Indoor Field Royce Clay – William Penn (Sr. from Miami, Fla.) Clay won the long jump and finished second in the triple jump at the MCC Indoor Championships. He met the NAIA ‘A’ standard in the long jump and was named MCC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. Women’s Indoor Track Obsie Birru – Grand View (Soph. from Des Moines, Iowa) Birru won the 800 meters, mile, 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the MCC Indoor Championships, setting meet records in all four events in being named MCC Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. She met the NAIA ‘A’ standard in the 5,000 and hit the NAIA ‘B’ standard in the mile and 3,000. Women’s Indoor Field Mandy Streu – St. Ambrose (Soph. from Rolling Meadows, Ill.) Streu won the shot put at the MCC Indoor Championships with a top mark of 13.95 meters, second best in the NAIA this year. She also was fifth in the weight throw and was named MCC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. ]]>]]> IWC women will play their final regular season game Saturday when it hosts Waldorf College for Senior Day at 1 p.m. The IWC Tiger men wrap up the regular season Saturday at home against Waldorf College for Senior Day. Game time at Ruble Arena will be 3 p.m. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 285 Tue, Feb 16, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS wrestling team ended their season Saturday at the 3A district wrestling tournament at Burlington. Panthers finished last in the team standings with 56 points and advanced no one onto the state tournament this week. Aaron Aplara, Kyle Nichting and Skylar Bruggemeyer were all 2-1 on the day. Bettendorf won the team title with 297 points and Keokuk was second at 155. Class 2A district action saw Mediapolis advance two wrestlers to state, Taylor Zippe and Stewart Heckenberg. Columbus Community got 4 wrestlers onto state; Ray Quiroz, Jake Keller, Seth Noble and Brady Milder. Class 1A New London /WMU finished second in the team scoring at the Durant Bennett district with 70 points. They advance three wrestlers to state, Sawyer Farris, Jake Kadel and Corey Rowe. Waco advances one wrestler, Spencer Shepherd was the champ at 189. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will bring you wrestling reports Wednesday thru Saturday to keep you informed how area wrestlers perform. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant boy’s basketball team claimed the Southeast Conference title outright Friday night with a 64-50 win at Washington. Game was tied 29 all at halftime then MPHS out scored the Demons 35-21 in the second half. Henry Krieger-Coble hit for 19 points, Scott Hahn had 11 and Nick Lyon 10. Alex Vogel scored 20 points for Washington, 18 of those coming in the first half. The 17-0 Panthers travel to Marion Tuesday night. M.P. freshman beat the Demons 74-36, Panther JV won 59-50 over Washington. ]]>]]> MPHS girls ended the regular season with a 72-55 home loss to Washington, Taylor Shull scored 27 points to lead the Panther scoring, Steph Myers scored 11. Mt. Pleasant ends the regular season 8-12 and will play at Washington Wednesday night in 3A regional first round action. ]]>]]> The S. E. Iowa Super conference had their super shootout night Friday, in the game that pitted the top team of the northern division against the top team in the southern division, Danville ranked #6 in class 2A hosted Class 1A #3 ranked IMS and beat them 60-56. ]]>]]> Girl’s class 2A regional basketball Saturday night. Mediapolis 58 Wapello 38, L-M 66 Columbus Community 26, L-M plays at Mediapolis Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Central Lee 47 W. Burlington 39, Van Buren 41 Davis County 30, Van Buren plays at Central lee Tuesday. ]]>]]> Boys class 2A district basketball tonight: Columbus Community (4-16) @ (19-1) Danville, KILJ-FM and kilj.com will broadcast live at 7 p.m. West Liberty @ Wapello, Mediapolis @ Central Lee. ]]>]]> Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) stayed hot with 24 points and Iowa Wesleyan College clinched the Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season title outright with a 70-44 win over Viterbo (Wis.) University Saturday afternoon on the V-Hawks’ Homecoming weekend. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) also added 17 points and helped the 14th-ranked Tigers win their tenth straight game. IWC also held the V-Hawks to 23.0% shooting, improving to 21-7 overall, 14-1 in the MCC and clinching their third outright conference title in five years. Wesleyan previously clinched the top seed in the upcoming MCC postseason tourney with a win Wednesday at #19 Grand View University. McCreight is averaging 20 points per game over the last seven games and set her career high in scoring for the second time in that stretch. She also led the Tigers with seven rebounds on Saturday as Wesleyan out-rebounded the V-Hawks 46-34. IWC will play its final regular season game next Saturday when it hosts Waldorf College for Senior Day at 1 p.m. ]]>]]> Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) finished with a double-double but Iowa Wesleyan College couldn’t stop five Viterbo (Wis.) University players in double figures in a 74-65 loss to the V-Hawks Saturday evening on Viterbo’s Homecoming. Shipp finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out in the final minute. Jarred Callanan added 18 points and with his four three-pointers moved past Drake Ford (2000-02) for tenth all-time in three-pointers made at Wesleyan. The senior currently has 136 career three-point makes in his two years at IWC. The Tigers wrap up the regular season next Saturday at home against Waldorf College for Senior Day. Game time at Ruble Arena will be 3 p.m. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 284 Mon, Feb 15, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Girl’s tournament basketball got started last night in class 1A. A game you heard on KILJ-FM and kilj.com saw #11 Harmony (19-1) defend their home floor against Holy Trinity Catholic (1-21) in a 50-33 win. Courtney Mills and Steph Thomas each scored 15 points. Winfield Mt. Union (8-15) edged Danville 42-40 (7-13), Kelsey Kofend and Kassidy McLaughlin each had 10 points. WMU now advances on to play Harmony at Harmony Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Waco (9-13) edged Keota 45-42, Kiley Hudson led the Warriors to the win with 15 points, Taylor Reschly had four 3 pointers for 12 points. New London (13-8) defeated Burlington Notre Dame (5-17) 50-34. Kaysee Grogan hit for 23 points, Jessica Lerdal scored 12. New London now hosts Waco Tuesday night in quarterfinal action. Winners in the bottom half of the regional were: #1 Martensdale St. Marys, Melcher Dallas, Twin Cedars and Lineville. ]]>]]> Washington vs Mt. Pleasant, that’s all that needs to be said to get Panther and Demon fans excited. Fans should be really excited tonight when the undefeated Mt. Pleasant boys basketball team travels to Washington to try and win the Southeast Conference title outright. Earlier in the season M.P. beat the Demons by 8 points in Panther Gym. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the game live beginning at 7:30 p.m. To add to the excitement the MPHS girl’s basketball team hosts Washington in Panther Gym to close out the regular season. M.P. fell to the Demons earlier 67-43. KILJ will have score updates during the boys broadcast. ]]>]]> SEI SUPER CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL “SHOOTOUT” GAMES TO BE PLAYED FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 ]]>]]> The SEI Super Conference boy’s basketball “shootout” games will pair up the first place team in the North Division against the first place team in the South Division. Also, the second place teams in each division through the tenth place teams will play each other. All games will be played on Friday, February 12, 2010 at the South Division schools except the Central Lee vs WACO game will be played at WACO. A preliminary game involving the F/S teams of each school will be played beginning at 6:00PM with the varsity game to follow 20 minutes after its completion Following are the pairings for the boys Basketball “Shootout” games on Friday, February 12, 2010 NORTH DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION 1. IMS @ DANVILLE 2. WAPELLO @ NOTRE DAME 3. PEKIN @ HOLY TRINITY 4. CENTRAL LEE (South Division School) @ WACO (North Division School) 5. MEDIAPOLIS @ VAN BUREN 6. LONE TREE @ WEST BURLINGTON 7. WINFIELD-MU @ CARDINAL 8. COLUMBUS @ NEW LONDON 9. LOUISA-MUSCATINE @ MAHARISHI 10. HIGHLAND @ HARMONY]]>]]> District wrestling action will be held Saturday for all three classes of schools, the top two place finishers in each weight class advance on to the state meet Wednesday thru Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Area class 1A wrestlers will be at Durant-Bennett. New London/WMU has seven wrestlers vying for a state tournament bid and Waco has two .Class 2A district action is at Washington. The Mt. Pleasant Panthers will wrestle at Burlington, joined by Bettendorf, Davenport Central, Davenport West, Ft. Madison, Keokuk and Muscatine ]]>]]> The 14th-ranked Iowa Wesleyan College Tiger women wrapped up the top seed in the upcoming MCC Tournament, completing a sweep of the season series with the 19th-ranked Grandview College Vikings with a hard earned win Wednesday night. IWC also won its ninth straight game and clinched its fifth straight season of 20 or more wins, improving to 20-7 overall, 13-1 in the MCC. IWC can clinch its second straight outright regular season conference title and third in five years with a win Saturday at Viterbo (Wis.) University in La Crosse, Wis. Game time will be 4 p.m ]]>]]> IWC men lost their sixth straight game Wednesday at Grandview. Tigers are now 8-17 overall, 3-11 in the MCC and will tangle with Viterbo on the road after the women’s game. ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 283 Fri, Feb 12, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Iowa Wesleyan College roared back from a 13-point second half deficit and clinched a tie for the Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season title by defeating Grand View University 75-73 Wednesday night in a battle of nationally ranked teams fighting for first in the conference. The 14th-ranked Tigers also wrapped up the top seed in the upcoming MCC Tournament, completing a sweep of the season series with the 19th-ranked Vikings with a hard earned win. IWC also won its ninth straight game and clinched its fifth straight season of 20 or more wins, improving to 20-7 overall, 13-1 in the MCC. The Tigers came back after trailing 54-41 with 13:52 left in the game, seemingly set to go quietly until going on a 17-2 run to not only get back into the game but take the lead. Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) and Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) combined for 16 straight points and Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) finished the spurt with a layup to put Wesleyan ahead 58-56 with 9:47 remaining in the game. McCreight and Beachey both scored 21 points, with McCreight scoring 16 of her 21 in the second half and hitting three three-pointers. Jones added 11 points and Ginder had nine early in the game before going down with the injury.. The Tigers also defeated the Vikings 71-57 on Jan. 13 in Mount Pleasant, and with the sweep claimed the tiebreaker for head-to-head play, locking up the number one seed in the conference tournament. IWC can clinch its second straight outright regular season conference title and third in five years with a win Saturday at Viterbo (Wis.) University in La Crosse, Wis. Game time will be 4 p.m ]]>]]> Grand View University shot 50% from the field and used a 15-4 run to close out the game, finally pulling away late to win 74-57 over a stubborn Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team Wednesday night. IWC lost its sixth straight game but once again gave one of the Midwest Collegiate Conference’s top teams a handful, pushing the conference leaders before dropping to 8-17 overall, 3-11 in the MCC. Grand View improved to 21-6 overall and moved to 10-4 in the conference, holding its half game lead in the league standings over Viterbo (Wis.) University. Jarred Callanan finished making 6 of 11 three-point tries and scored 22 points, while Reggie Shipp added 13 points, all in the second half. Brett Azinger (Fr.-Montrose, Iowa) added eight points. ]]>]]> The New London/WMU Tiger wrestling team has qualified for the State Team Dual Meet championships at the U S Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids by winning the regional team dual meet at Pekin last night. N.L./WMU downed Belle Plaine 47-25 in the semis and then beat L-M 39-30 in the championship after the Falcons had downed BGM 50-27 in their semi. Tiger winners were: Sawyer Farris (2), Jake Kadel (2), Dillon Price (2), Kerry Unkrich, Izaak Krieger-Coen (2), Kasey Wade (2). Corey Rowe (2), Jayden Allen (2), Grant McPheron (2). Davenport Assumption won the 2A regional team dual meet at Wilton, the Knights beat Washington 66-3 in the semis and then handed the Columbus Community Wildcats a 67-4 LOSS IN THE FINALS. Columbus had edged Monticello 36-34 in the semis. ]]>]]> The girl’s class 1A region 6 play begins tonight. Here’s a look at area games going on: Keota @ (8-13) Waco, Notre Dame (5-16) @ New London (12-8), Danville (7-12) @ WMU (7-15), Holy Trinity Catholic (1-20) @ #11 (18-1) Harmony. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the HTC @ Harmony game live beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, The quarter finals are 2/16/10, semi finals 2/19/10 @ Mt. Pleasant and the regional final is 2/22/10 @ Ottumwa. #1 ranked Martensdale St. Mary’s is in the bottom bracket of the regional. ]]>]]> Bob Jensen activities director at Mt. Pleasant Community Schools has rescheduled the 7th grade GBB games with James Madison at MP that were postponed on 2/9 to 2/16 at MPMS at 4:30 p.m. They have also rescheduled the 8th grade BBB games vs. James Madison that were postponed on 2/9 to 2/16 at James Madison at 4:30 p.m. ]]>]]> SEI SUPER CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL “SHOOTOUT” GAMES TO BE PLAYED FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 The SEI Super Conference boy’s basketball “shootout” games will pair up the first place team in the North Division against the first place team in the South Division. Also, the second place teams in each division through the tenth place teams will play each other. All games will be played on Friday, February 12, 2010 at the South Division schools except the Central Lee vs WACO game will be played at WACO. A preliminary game involving the F/S teams of each school will be played beginning at 6:00PM with the varsity game to follow 20 minutes after its completion Following are the pairings for the boys Basketball “Shootout” games on Friday, February 12, 2010 NORTH DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION 1. IMS @ DANVILLE 2. WAPELLO @ NOTRE DAME 3. PEKIN @ HOLY TRINITY 4. CENTRAL LEE (South Division School) @ WACO (North Division School) 5. MEDIAPOLIS @ VAN BUREN 6. LONE TREE @ WEST BURLINGTON 7. WINFIELD-MU @ CARDINAL 8. COLUMBUS @ NEW LONDON 9. LOUISA-MUSCATINE @ MAHARISHI 10. HIGHLAND @ HARMONY ]]>]]> The New London Alumni will hold a basketball game March 27th in New London to raise money to fight cancer. The girl’s game is at 4 p.m. and the boy’s at 5:45 p.m. All former New London Tiger players are urged to play and help with a very worthy cause. All proceeds will go to the Henry County Relay for Life. Contact Duane Blint or Curt Watson and get signed up to play in the coaches against cancer game. Free will donation will be accepted at the door as admission to the games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 282 Thur, Feb 11, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The IHSAA has announced the pairings for the class 3A boys basketball teams. The MPHS Panthers will host Ft. Madison in the first round of the tourney Monday February 22nd at 7 p.m. The winner of that game plays in Burlington on Thursday February 25th against the winner of the Keokuk at Washington game. The other district that makes up the substate M.P. is in has S. Tama Playing at Williamsburg and Fairfield at Clear Creek Amana on 2/22/10, winners play at I.C. West 2/25/10. The substate championship is Monday March 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the U S Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. ]]>]]> The 14th-ranked IWC Tiger women’s basketball team 19-7 overall, 12-1 in the MCC plays at Grand View (11-2 in MCC) tonight in a battle for first in the conference. A win for Iowa Wesleyan would clinch at least a tie for the conference regular season title and would mean a regular season sweep of the Vikings, which would give the Tigers the top seed and home court advantage in the upcoming MCC Tournament. IWC men are 8-16 overall, 3-10 in conference play at Grandview in the second game of the double header. ]]>]]> The regional team dual meet wrestling action postponed from last night will be tonight. CLASS 1A AT: PEKIN Semi-Final Round B-G-M, Brooklyn vs. Louisa Muscatine and New London/WMU will tangle Belle Plaine. After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. ]]>]]> The class 2A regional team dual meet at Wilton Semi-Final Round Will have Columbus Community vs Monticello and Washington vs Davenport Assumption After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. ]]>]]> SEI SUPER CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL “SHOOTOUT” GAMES TO BE PLAYED FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 The SEI Super Conference boys basketball “shootout” games will pair up the first place team in the North Division against the first place team in the South Division. Also, the second place teams in each division through the tenth place teams will play each other. All games will be played on Friday, February 12, 2010 at the South Division schools except the Central Lee vs WACO game will be played at WACO. A preliminary game involving the F/S teams of each school will be played beginning at 6:00PM with the varsity game to follow 20 minutes after its completion Following are the pairings for the boys Basketball “Shootout” games on Friday, February 12, 2010 NORTH DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION 1. IMS @ DANVILLE 2. WAPELLO @ NOTRE DAME 3. PEKIN @ HOLY TRINITY 4. CENTRAL LEE (South Division School) @ WACO (North Division School) 5. MEDIAPOLIS @ VAN BUREN 6. LONE TREE @ WEST BURLINGTON 7. WINFIELD-MU @ CARDINAL 8. COLUMBUS @ NEW LONDON 9. LOUISA-MUSCATINE @ MAHARISHI 10. HIGHLAND @ HARMONY ]]>]]> Jessy McMullin a 2008 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School has signed a national letter of intent to play football at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. Jessy has graduated from Iowa Western Community College and is slated to play in the offensive line for S.I. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive lineman from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, perhaps the most sought-after recruit from IWCC’s inaugural football team, verbally committed to Florida International last week only to back out a short time later. By the time he went to bed shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, he seemed set on San Jose State. When he woke up, he had 30 missed calls on his cell phone and began to rethink his decision again. By the time the morning had ended, McMullin had passed up on both NCAA Division I offers, instead signing with Southern Illinois of Division I-AA (now the Football Championship Subdivision). By choosing SIU, McMullin ended up at the school he visited first. However, he said the idea of playing at a higher level led him to choose FIU initially. San Jose State entered the mix later KILJ-FM 105.5 will bring you the UNI vs Drake Missouri Valley Conference game tonight beginning at 6:05 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 281 Wed, Feb 10, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Mother nature should be rated #1 in wrestling and basketball this season. She seems to be the big winner as of late. Last night’s MPHS freshman-JV and varsity basketball games at Mid Prairie were cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Tonight the MPHS boys are scheduled to play host to Iowa City Regina and that game seems to be in doubt because of the weather. ]]>]]> Tonight’s regional team dual meet wrestling in Class 1A at Pekin has been postponed till tomorrow night same time same place. ]]>]]> A couple of former MPHS track athletes did well this past weekend in womens collegiate track. Brittany Melloy Set a new school record in the pentathlon ( 5 events ) at Wartburg's meet Saturday 3166 pt. - provisional national qualifying mark Mwale Kapande - Graceland University , Lamoni 6th in 55 ( 7.58 ) 8th in 400 meters ( 64.34 ) competed at Hilltopper at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College remained steady in the polls this week, holding at 14th in the country in the NAIA Division II women’s basketball top 25 coaches’ poll released Monday afternoon by the NAIA. ]]>]]> The Tigers received 258 points in the most recent poll, 19 more votes than last week when IWC also was ranked #14. Wesleyan is one of two MCC teams in the poll and is joined by Grand View University, which moved up to 19th this week. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan won twice last week in Midwest Collegiate Conference play to stretch its winning streak to eight games and improve to 19-7 overall (12-1 MCC). The Tigers now have won 17 of their last 18 and have been ranked four straight weeks. Grand View won twice last week to improve to 21-6 overall. The Vikings are 11-2 in the MCC, one game behind IWC in the conference standings with a meeting of the two teams coming up on Wednesday. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan continues to hold three wins over teams currently in the top 25. The Tigers have defeated #19 Grand View, #22 Walsh (Ohio) University and #24 Marian (Ind.) University. IWC also has defeated Mount Mercy College, which received eight votes this week to come in at #35, and has two wins over St. Ambrose University, which received three votes this week. The Tigers have a crucial game Wednesday at Grand View and with a win can wrap up at least a tie for the MCC regular season crown as well as the top seed in the MCC Tournament. Game time in Des Moines will be at 5:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference has announced their players of the week for the past week. Men’s Basketball Scott Buschman – Viterbo (Sr., Forward, Naperville, Ill.) Buschman averaged 27.5 points and 11 rebounds last week in a pair of Viterbo wins. He shot 55.9% from the field for the week, and had a season-high 31 points in a win over Mount Mercy. Women’s Basketball Rachel Hannum – Waldorf (Sr., Forward, St. Ansgar, Iowa) Sheray Brown – Iowa Wesleyan (Jr., Forward, Detroit, Mich.) Hannum averaged 21 points and 15 rebounds last week and shot 51.7% from the field and 91.7% from the free throw line as the Warriors split two games last week. Brown averaged 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals as the Tigers defeated St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy. She shot 78.6% from the field and was 3-for-4 from behind the three-point line. ]]>]]> Men’s Indoor Track Xavier Shields – Iowa Wesleyan (Fr. from St. Albans, N.Y.) Shields won the 55-meter dash and hit the NAIA national ‘B’ qualifying standard by running a time of 6.52 seconds at the Cornell College Hilltop Invitational. Men’s Indoor Field Tyler Wells – Grand View (Soph. from Des Moines, Iowa) Wells finished third in the shot put and weight throw at the Cornell Hilltop Invite, hitting the NAIA ‘B’ standard in both events. He posted a best of 15.18 meters in the shot put and 15.92m in the weight throw. ]]>]]> Women’s Indoor Track Jessica Nessan – Clarke (Jr. from Dubuque, Iowa) Nessan won the triple jump at the Cornell Hilltop Invite with a top mark of 10.52 meters. She also lowered her NAIA ‘B’ standard qualifying time in the 55 hurdles, finishing second with a time of 8.67 seconds. Women’s Indoor Field Kelsey Hansen – Mount Mercy (Jr. from Alton, Iowa) Hansen blew away her school record and met the NAIA ‘A’ standard in the weight throw, winning the event at the Hilltop Invitational with a top throw of 15.42 meters. ]]>]]> New Iowa Wesleyan College Head Football Coach Kent Anderson has announced the addition of two new full-time members of his coaching staff, as well as new duties for several returning coaches. Peter Jennings, Joe Stubbs, Brad Linares and David Lukens all have been announced as members of Anderson’s staff. Linares and Lukens are new as full-time coaches, while Jennings and Stubbs both are returnees to the staff. Among the changes in the staff will be new duties for Jennings, who will be taking over as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator in this his third season with the program. Previously the Fort Madison, Iowa native and former Illinois College standout quarterback coached quarterbacks and wide receivers the last two years. “He’s enthusiastic, he has a good offensive mind, and Peter deserves this opportunity,” Anderson said. “He’s done an outstanding job of recruiting, he knows the area and the school and knows our needs.” Lukens is the newest member of the staff and comes to IWC from Davis County High School in Bloomfield, Iowa, where he was the head coach the past 16 years. Lukens took over a struggling Davis County program and made it one of the best in Southeast Iowa and a perennial playoff contender in the state. In all he has taught in high schools for 30 years and has been a head football coach at the high school level for 25 years. “He has a great football mind,” Anderson said. “What I like is his sound approach to defensive football. He has leadership qualities and knows Southeast Iowa high school football inside and out and has been one of the top high school coaches in the state for many years. We are fortunate to have him on board.” Linares will become a full-time member of the staff this year after serving as a volunteer assistant last year. He coached the team’s wide receivers this past season and will take over duties in charge of the offensive line this year. He also is a native of Fort Madison and played football with Jennings at Illinois College. “Peter and Brad are Southeast Iowa guys,” Anderson said. “Brad has done a great job here in the offseason with our weight program, and he’ll give our offensive line the toughness we need at that position. That’s really what I liked about him, that he’s going to instill that toughness in a position where it’s very important.” Stubbs is the senior member of the staff and will be entering his fourth year as an assistant with the program. A former player at IWC from 1998-2002 and a graduate of the college, the Georgia native has made his home in Mount Pleasant and will continue to coach the team’s defensive backs. “I consider Joe another Southeast Iowa guy,” Anderson said. “He’s lived here the past ten years, he knows the school and he’s a great asset to have and also helps us to maintain continuity.” Along with Anderson, who also is a native of Bloomfield, the staff gives IWC a heavy connection with the region east, west and south of the Mount Pleasant. The makeup of the staff also will allow Anderson the freedom to not specialize on one side of the ball, as many IWC head coaches typically have in the past, and instead oversee the entire team during practices and games. “It’s important to have balance in the program,” Anderson said. “Offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, head coach, balance in the team. This staff allows us to do that.” IWC is coming off a 2-9 season in 2009. The Tigers are scheduled to open their 2010 season on Sept. 4 against Coe College at home at Mapleleaf Community Stadium. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 280 Tue, Feb 9, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Sectional wrestling tournament action began for the Class 1A and 2A teams Saturday. The 1A sectional at L-M was won by the host school with 212.5 points, New London/WMU was second with 186.5. The Tigers advanced 7 wrestlers: CHAMPS: Jake Kadel, Cory Rowe and Jayden Allen. RUNERSUP: Grant McPheron, Sawyer Farris, Izaak Krieger-Coen, and Kasey Wade. Waco had two runnersup advance, Ryan Vradenburg and Spencer Shepherd. Columbus Community and New London/WMU will advance onto the regional team dual meet competition on Tuesday February 9th AT: PEKIN Semi-Final Round B-G-M, Brooklyn vs. Louisa Muscatine and New London/WMU will tangle Belle Plaine. After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. ]]>]]> Columbus Community won the 2A sectional team title at Mediapolis with 214 points, Washington was second with 182, Mediapolis 5th with 154. Mepo advances Colten French RU, Chad McCannon CH, Taylor Zippe RU, Stewart Heckenburg RU, Blake Beckman RU. The class 2A regional team dual meet at Wilton Semi-Final Round Will have Columbus Community vs Monticello and Washington vs Davenport Assumption After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. ]]>]]> The MPHS girl’s basketball team split in the two games they played over the weekend. Friday night they went to Oskaloosa and won 62-55. Panthers trailed 16-7 at the end of the first quarter but then had tied the score at 28 by halftime. After building up an 8 point third quarter lead M.P. maintained control in the fourth quarter. Taylor Shull had 24 points and Alissa Maxwell hit for 13 points. The Panthers made 11 three point field goals to set a new school record. Saturday the Panthers went to Iowa City Regina and lost 69-52. M.P. plays at Mid Prairie tonight in the first game of a girl-boy double header. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant boys won their 16th game in a row at Oskaloosa Friday night 66-58. Austin Marshall led five players in double figures with 18 points, Scott Hahn and Henry Krieger Coble scored 12 each. Nick Lyon had 10. Tonight the Panthers play at Mid Prairie, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry this double header live beginning at 6:15 p.m. ]]>]]> Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) scored a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds and Iowa Wesleyan College used another stifling defensive effort to defeat Mount Mercy College 74-58 Saturday afternoon in a key Midwest Collegiate Conference game at Ruble Arena. The 14th-ranked Tigers got even with the only team to beat them in conference play so far, building a 20-point halftime lead and coasting to their eighth straight win and 17th win in 18 games. IWC held the visitors to below 30% shooting for most of the game and led by as many as 28 points in the second half, improving to 19-7 overall, 12-1 in the MCC. Wesleyan also effectively narrowed down the race for the MCC regular season title to two teams, as Mount Mercy dropped 3 ½ games behind the Tigers in the conference standings, falling to 8-4 in league play (16-10 overall). IWC’s win on Saturday, coupled with #21 Grand View University’s win at Ashford University, means Wednesday’s game between the Tigers and Grand View (11-2 in MCC) will be a battle for first in the conference. A win for Iowa Wesleyan would clinch at least a tie for the conference regular season title and would mean a regular season sweep of the Vikings, which would give the Tigers the top seed and home court advantage in the upcoming MCC Tournament. ]]>]]> Mount Mercy College shot 48.1% and out-rebounded Iowa Wesleyan College 55-37, eventually pulling away to defeat the Tigers 97-71 Saturday afternoon at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> The Tigers, with just eight players dressed for the game, hung in for more than a half but eventually fell back behind the Mustangs in the Midwest Collegiate Conference tilt. IWC lost its fifth straight game and dropped to 8-16 overall, 3-10 in conference. Callanan scored a career-high 22 points, in all hitting six three-pointers. Brett Azinger (Fr.-Montrose, Iowa) added 14 points and Patrick Macki (Sr.-London, England) chipped in a season-best 12 points. Mike Lowe (Sr.-Panora, Iowa) paced Wesleyan with 10 rebounds. IWC finished the game shooting 37.1% (26 of 70) and made 11 of 32 from three-point range (34.4%). ]]>]]> MPHS bowlers hosted Keokuk Saturday at the Iris City Bowling Center. Keokuk won the girl’s action 2467-2343, Steph Ford rolled a 388 for the Panthers. M.P. won the boy’s match 3085-2861, D.J. Westercamp rolled a 450 to lead his team to the win. ]]>]]> At the Mt. Pleasant school board meeting tonight they will approve the hiring of Ed Heberling as the head girl’s soccer coach. Caleb Akey and Jess Settles will be approved as volunteer boy’s varsity basketball coaches, and Kelly Scarff as a volunteer assistant for wrestling. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College took the top two spots in the men’s 55-meter dash, one of several highlights for the Tiger indoor track and field teams at the Hilltop Invitational hosted by Cornell College on Saturday. Xavier Shields (Fr.-St. Albans, N.Y.) and Nigel Talton (Fr.-Fort Valley, Ga.) placed first and second, respectively, in the 55 dash finals, emerging from an initial field of 52 contestants. Shields finished in 6.52 seconds, while Talton was second in 6.56 seconds. Both posted their fastest times of the season, and Shields improved on his third-best time in school history while Talton moved into fourth on IWC’s all-time indoor list. Shields also met the NAIA national ‘B’ qualifying standard with his time, meaning he is currently on standby to qualify for the national championships depending on how many athletes nationally meet the ‘A’ standard. Freshman Ridge Hobbs (New London, Iowa) also made his mark on the Wesleyan all-time list on Saturday with his second place finish in the long jump. Hobbs posted a best of 21-8 ¼ (6.61 meters), which ties for the second-best jump in school indoor history. He was just 1 ¼ inches off the top mark of all-time, set by Junior Chukukere in 1989. The Tiger men also got top 10 finishes in the shot put and 200. Richard Silva (Fr.-Kirkland, Wash.) was seventh in the finals of the shot put with a best of 46-5 ¼ (14.15m), and Shields placed ninth in the 200 in 23.67. The IWC women sent a limited team to Cornell and were led by Caitlyn Jones (So, Cornell, Ill) in the 800. Jones finished 13th with a time of 2:34.99. Kate Krzystofiak (Jr.-Mount Pleasant, Iowa) was 25th in the event, clocking in at 2:46.62. Outside of the 800, Wesleyan’s best event was the 55 hurdles, where Mariah Montgomery (Fr.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa) timed in at 9.59 and Serina Reyna (So.-Selma, Calif.) finished in 10.20. Team scores were not kept at the meet. The Tigers now get ready for the Midwest Collegiate Conference indoor championships coming up Saturday, Feb. 13 in Sterling, Ill. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 279 Mon, Feb 8, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 New head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College Kent Anderson and his staff introduced and signed 31 players to letters of intent to attend school and play football for IWC. A balanced blend of size, speed and talent from around the area and around the country highlights the recruiting class of 2010. From the KILJ listening area, Michael Overhulser of Waco, he is a 6’2” 225 lb. defensive end. Ridge Hobbs of New London 6’2” 190 lb. wide receiver, Jeremy Schneden of Burlington 5’10” 180 lb. defensive back. Payton Rupe Cardinal of Eldon 6’ 170 lb kicker. It’s anticipated that more players will be signed during the spring and summer. IWC Football 2010 Recruiting Class as of Feb. 4, 2010 ]]>]]> J.P. Antosh (6-3, 195) QB San Diego, Calif. (Lackawanna JC) Marc Ballatori (6-0, 170) WR Jupiter, Fla. (Jupiter Christian HS) Nate Black (6-6, 340) OL Springfield, Ill. (Lanphier HS) Suave’ Bolden (5-11, 225) DE Folkston, Ga. (Charlton County HS) Robert Brooks (5-11, 160) DB Miami, Fla. (Coral Reef HS) Cole Carlock (5-11, 155) Athl. Beardstown, Ill. (Beardstown HS) Jamarco Clark (6-1, 185) DE/LB Conley, Ga. (Forest Park HS) Joseph Finnegan (6-3, 173) QB Ocala, Fla. (Lake Weir HS) Seth Frey (5-10, 175) DB Crown Point, Ind. (Lake Central HS) Willie Gooden (5-8, 180) RB Chicago, Ill. (College of Dupage) Warren Green (5-10, 180) DB Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) Bobby Hall (5-9, 205) LB Chicago, Ill. (College of Dupage) Ridge Hobbs (6-2, 190) WR New London, Iowa (New London HS) Ashley Hoffman (6-2, 310) OL Detroit, Mich. Jacob Hupp (6-3, 275) DL Springfield, Ill. (Sacred Heart Griffin) Thomas Jackson (5-11, 260) OL Jacksonville, Ill. (Jacksonville, Ill.) Karl Andrew King (6-2, 270) OL Chula Vista, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Drew Lashomb (6-3, 245) OL Franklin, Ga. (Heard County Comprehensive HS) Shaeed Marshall (5-8, 165) RB San Diego, Calif. (San Pascual Academy) Jordan Melindo (5-10, 265) OL Chula Vista, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Lance Mountain (5-10, 175) DB Perry, Ill. (Griggsville-Perry HS) Anthony Neely (5-11, 200) LB Memphis, Tenn. (Westwood HS) Alex Nieves (6-0, 177) WR Ocala, Fla. (Pine Ridge HS) Zach Nixon (6-5, 303) OL Kahoka, Mo. (Clark County HS) Orlando Norman (5-9, 160) DB St. Louis, Mo. (Beaumont HS) Michael Overhulser (6-2, 225) DE Wayland, Iowa (WACO HS) Allen Pryor (6-0, 315) OL Chicago, Ill. (College of Dupage) Payton Rupe (6-0, 170) K Ottumwa, Iowa (Cardinal of Eldon HS) Jeremy Schneden (5-10, 185) RB/DB Burlington, Iowa (Burlington HS) Taylor Simental (5-10, 170) DB Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle HS) Isaac Valdez (5-8, 170) QB San Gabriel, Calif. (San Gabriel HS) Jacob West (5-11, 210) DB St. Louis, Mo. (Rivers of Life Christian HS) ]]>]]> MPHS wrestlers fell twice at home last night during parents night action. Pleasant Valley defeated the Panthers 56-16 and Marion was a 50-20 winner over the home team. Aaron Aplara, Galen Perron and Skylar Bruggemeyer all were 2-0 on the evening. Mt. Pleasant 5-14 is done now until 3A district action takes place at Burlington 2/13/10. OTHER AREA WRESTLING: Keokuk 57 Burlington 21 BASKETBALL SCORES: GIRLS-W. Burlington 63 IMS 35, Ft. Madison 48 Fairfield 39, Burlington JV 49 MPHS JV 28, BOYS: Maharishi 58 Harmony 43, MPHS JV 62 Burlington JV 50. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant will travel to Oskaloosa for girls and boys varsity basketball tonight. The 6-11 MPHS girls will play the Indians at 6:15 p.m. Osky has a record of 2-14, they have beaten Don Bosco and Eddyville Blakesburg. Common opponents with Mt. Pleasant are, Centerville, Fairfield, Pella and Washington. The Panthers have lost to all those teams also except Fairfield who they have beaten twice. Having lost five games in a row and having played ranked teams the last two games, M.P. will work hard to get back on the winning track against the Indians. The undefeated MPHS boys team will tangle with an Oskaloosa team that is 8-7 overall and 5-6 in the Little Hawkeye Conference. The Indians have a tough inside player in Malaki Wills 6’6” who averages 12 points and 7 rebounds. No other Osky player averages in double figures. Scott Hahn continues to lead the scoring for Mt. Pleasant with 18 points a game, Henry Krieger-Coble averages 15 points and 7 rebounds. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast both games live, beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the girls contest. ]]>]]> OTHER AREA GAMES: Burlington @ North Scott g-b, Super Conference g-b double headers Notre Dame at W. Burlington, Harmony at Holy Trinity, Van Buren at new London, Danville at Maharishi, Central Lee at Cardinal, Lone tree at L-M, Pekin at Mediapolis, Columbus Community at WMU, Wapello at Waco. Washington g-b at Ft. Madison. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan continues a difficult stretch of games on Saturday when it hosts Mount Mercy College. Game time at Ruble Arena is 1 p.m. The Mustangs thus far are the only team to defeat the Tigers in MCC play, handing IWC a 58-50 defeat in Cedar Rapids on Jan. 9. The IWC men 8-15 (3-9) will tangle with Mt. Mercy also in the second game of the day. ]]>]]> The tournament trail begins for high school wrestlers Saturday whenthe class 1A and 2a sectionals will be held. L-M high school will host the class 1A sectional in this area with Highland, Lone Tree, New London/WMU. I.C. Regina, Waco and Wapello joining the host school. The top two wrestlers in each weight class will advance onto the district at Durant Bennett the following Saturday. The top two teams in the team scoring will advance onto the regional team dual meet competition on Tuesday February 9th AT: PEKIN Semi-Final Round Sectional Champion from the sectional at B-G-M, Brooklyn vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at Louisa-Muscatine Sectional Champion from the sectional at Louisa-Muscatine vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at B-G-M, Brooklyn After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. Class 2A sectional at Mediapolis will have the Bulldogs joined by Fairfield, Washington, W. Burlington-Notre Dame and West Liberty. Top two place finishers in each weight class advance to the district at Washington February 13th. The top two teams in the team scoring go the regional team dual meet Tuesday February 9th AT: WILTON Semi-Final Round Sectional Champion from the sectional at Mediapolis vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at Assumption, Davenport Sectional Champion from the sectional at Assumption, Davenport vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at Mediapolis After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 278 Fri, Feb 5, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) scored 23 points to lead four starters scoring in double figures and the #14 ranked Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team showed road toughness in an 80-68 win over St. Ambrose University Wednesday night at Lee Lohman Arena. The Tigers out-rebounded the Queen Bees 56-29, led by Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) hauling down 16 boards, and also held SAU to 30.4% shooting. IWC won for the 16th time in its last 17 games and retained its lead in the Midwest Collegiate Conference standings by moving to 18-7 overall, 11-1 in conference. Wesleyan came up with a strong defensive performance for the second time this season against St. Ambrose and swept the season series against the Queen Bees (19-7 overall, 7-5 MCC). IWC held SAU to 32.4% shooting and out-rebounded the Bees 56-36 in the two teams’ first meeting on Jan. 6, and the Tigers did even better in both categories this time. Beachey was 9 of 16 from the field and added eight rebounds. McCreight hit five three-pointers in all and also had seven rebounds and four assists. Jill Ginder (Jr.-Olney, Ill.) added 13 points and also did a terrific job defensively against SAU star Ali Dolphin, who shot just 2-for-19 and scored nine points. Brown also added 11 points with her 16 rebounds and Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) had six assists. Iowa Wesleyan continues a difficult stretch of games on Saturday when it hosts Mount Mercy College. Game time at Ruble Arena is 1 p.m. The Mustangs thus far are the only team to defeat the Tigers in MCC play, handing IWC a 58-50 defeat in Cedar Rapids on Jan. 9. ]]>]]> St. Ambrose University shot 50% from the field and took control of a close game with runs late in the first half and early in the second half, defeating the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team 75-67 on Wednesday. The Tigers lost for the second time this year against the Fighting Bees, falling to 8-15 overall, 3-9 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference. St. Ambrose moved to 16-9 overall, 8-4 in the MCC, and moved into a three-way tie for first in the conference standings. Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) led the Tigers with 15 points off the bench. Mike Lowe (Sr.-Panora, Iowa) also had 12 points off the bench, while Azinger and Weldon Miller (Jr.-San Rafael, Calif.) both added 10 points. Miller led IWC with nine rebounds and Shipp paced the team with four assists. ]]>]]> The MPHS wrestling team celebrates parents night tonight and hopefully will celebrate a couple of dual meet victories when hey host Marion and Pleasant Valley, wrestling begins at 6 p.m. Panthers are coming off a win Monday night over Mediapolis, tonight’s action will end the regular season, 3A district wrestling will be at Burlington February 13th ]]>]]> Congratulations to Exira’s Hallie Christofferson. The senior scored 28 points with 12 rebounds in Exira’s 63-15 victory over Walnut to score her 2000th career point. She becomes just the fifth girl in the five-player era to have 2000 career points with 1,000 career rebounds. Christofferson now has 2,009 points with 1,160 career rebounds. Jennifer Goetz (Cardinal Stritch, 2003), Kelsey Bolte (BCIG, 2007), Jennifer Jorgensen (Southeast Webster-Grand, 2008), and Twin Cedars’ Lindsey Hoehns (2010 senior who scored her 2,000th point January 15) are the other girls to achieve this milestone. ]]>]]> The IHSAA has announced the class 1A and 2A boys basketball tournament pairings. Class 1A begins February 18th. Area games: Highland @ WMU, Moulton-Udell @ Waco, Harmony @ Notre Dame, New London @ Holy Trinity Catholic. Class 2A: 2/15/10 Columbus Community @ Danville, Mediapolis @ Central Lee, L-M @ W. Burlington, West Liberty @ Wapello. ]]>]]> New head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan Kent Anderson will sign his first recruits today at 1 p.m. in the Chapel Auditorium ]]>]]> The tournament trail begins for high school wrestlers Saturday whenthe class 1A and 2a sectionals will be held. L-M high school will host the class 1A sectional in this area with Highland, Lone Tree, New London/WMU. I.C. Regina, Waco and Wapello joining the host school. The top two wrestlers in each weight class will advance onto the district at Durant Bennett the following Saturday. The top two teams in the team scoring will advance onto the regional team dual meet competition on Tuesday February 9th AT: PEKIN Semi-Final Round Sectional Champion from the sectional at B-G-M, Brooklyn vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at Louisa-Muscatine Sectional Champion from the sectional at Louisa-Muscatine vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at B-G-M, Brooklyn After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. Class 2A sectional at Mediapolis will have the Bulldogs joined by Fairfield, Washington, W. Burlington-Notre Dame and West Liberty. Top two place finishers in each weight class advance to the district at Washington February 13th. The top two teams in the team scoring go the regional team dual meet Tuesday February 9th AT: WILTON Semi-Final Round Sectional Champion from the sectional at Mediapolis vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at Assumption, Davenport Sectional Champion from the sectional at Assumption, Davenport vs. the Sectional Runner-up from the sectional at Mediapolis After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 277 Thur, Feb 4, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS girl’s basketball team suffered a big loss last night, actually two losses. The #11 ranked Iowa City West Women of Troy defeated the Panthers in varsity basketball 82-35 for one loss. Junior forward Rebekah Kimzey the teams leading rebounder went down with a knee injury early in the game for the other loss. It’s not know just yet how much action Kimzey will miss. Taylor Shull scored 15 points to lead the M.P. scoring. ICW won the JV game 70-24. The 6-11 Panthers will play more non conference basketball at Oskaloosa Friday night in the first game of a girl-boy double header. AREA SCORES: GIRLS- Harmony 59 Danville 22, Van Buren 51 W. Burlington 41, New London 41 Holy Trinity Catholic 36, Mediapolis 62 Waco 34, Columbus 41 IMS 38, Wapello 55 WMU 47, Keokuk 61 Ottumwa 46, Burlington 50 Davenport Central 42, Central Lee 48 Notre Dame 33. BOYS-Notre Dame 59 Central Lee 46, Danville 102 harmony 30, Davenport Central 73 Burlington 52, Van Buren 76 W. Burlington 41, Holy trinity Catholic 69 new London 27, Mediapolis 51 Waco 42, Wapello 60 WMU 38. ]]>]]> IWC women and men play at St. Ambrose. The Lady tigers are ranked 14th in the nation and have a one game lead in the league race hoping to open up more breathing room with a road win. IWC men need to start getting their offense to going, shooting problems have plagued them as of late. ]]>]]> IHSAA has announced the new football districts for 2010-2011. MPHS will be in district 7 with Centerville, Chariton, Fairfield, Ft. Madison, Keokuk, Oskaloosa and Pella. Washington will be in district 6 with Benton Van Horne, Clear Creek-Amana, Grinnell, Mt. Vernon, Solon, S. Tama County, and Williamsburg. MPHS will more than likely play Washington as one of their two non district games. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 276 Wed, Feb 3, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. pleasant won a wrestling dual meet at Mediapolis last night 48-30. Winning matches for M.P. were: Aaron Aplara, Zach May, Tyler Hill, Jed Edgington, Colton Aplara, Kyle Nichting, Galen Perron, Skylar Bruggemyer and Patrick Gwamna. MPHS is now 5-11 and hosts Marion and Pleasant valley for parents night Thursday. ]]>]]> 11th ranked class 4A Iowa City West 13-4 comes to Panther Gym to the Play the MPHS girls 6-10 tonight. This is the second game in a row M.P. will be tangling with a ranked team, #9 Class 3A Marion came to town last Saturday and won 78-42. JV action begins at 6:15, KILJ-FM and kilj.com will broadcast the varsity game beginning at 7:45 p.m. Other Area GAMES: Central Lee @ Notre Dame g-b, W. Burlington @ Van Buren g-b, New London g-b @ Holy Trinity Catholic, Harmony @ Danville g-b, L-M @ Highland g-b, Waco @ Mediapolis g-b, IMS @ Columbus g-b, WMU @ Wapello g-b, Ottumwa girls @ Keokuk, Keokuk boys @ Ottumwa, Davenport Central girls @ Burlington, Burlington boys @ Davenport Central. ]]>]]> MPHS freshman girls lost both games at Burlington. In the “A” game Burlington won 43-24 and in the “B” game 39-18. MPHS freshman boys beat Burlington last night 54-36. Dalton Conrad and Alex Ita each scored 11. In the “B” half of basketball M.P. won 23-19, Alex Ita had 10 points. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant has added an 8th grade boy’s basketball game at Central Lee tonight at 5:00 p.m. This game will be a “B/C” team game. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College moved up one place to 14th in the country in the latest NAIA Division II women’s basketball top 25 coaches’ poll released Monday afternoon by the NAIA. The Tigers received 239 points in the most recent poll, nine more votes than the week before. It is the third straight week Wesleyan is ranked, and the rating is the highest in school history, one spot higher than the mark set a week earlier. Wesleyan won three times last week in Midwest Collegiate Conference play to improve to 17-7 overall (10-1 MCC), and the Tigers now have wins in 15 of their last 16 games. The top 15 in the poll remained much the same, with little movement other than the University of St. Francis (Ind.) moving up three spots to 11th and Sterling (Kan.) College falling four places to 15th. IWC is one of two MCC teams in the poll, as this week Grand View University replaced St. Ambrose University in the poll. The Tigers face a critical three games coming up with games against St. Ambrose, Mount Mercy and Grand View in succession. The stretch starts on Wednesday when IWC travels to Davenport to face St. Ambrose at 5:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference has named their athletes of the week for last week. Men’s Basketball Grant Burns – Grand View (Sr., Guard, Monroe, Iowa) Burns averaged 13 points, four rebounds, 11 assists and three steals per game last week over three games. He also shot 52% from the field and 76.9% from the foul line. Women’s Basketball Jennifer Jorgensen – Grand View (Fr., Guard, Dayton, Iowa) Jorgensen averaged 21 points, eight rebounds and 4.3 assists per game as the Vikings went 3-0 last week. She also shot 48.7% from the field and 75.9% from the free throw line. Men’s Indoor Track Isaac Mase – Clarke (Soph. from Kapsabet, Kenya) Mase won a pair of events at the University of Dubuque Invitational on Saturday, taking first in the 800 meters (2:00.84) and the mile (4:31.85). Men’s Indoor Field Jordan Adams – Grand View (Sr. from Lamont, Iowa) Adams won the weight throw event at the Wartburg Triangular, meeting the NAIA ‘A’ qualifying standard with a throw of 16.13 meters. Women’s Indoor Track Beth Ripperger – Mount Mercy (Jr. from Knoxville, Iowa) Ripperger won the 1,000 meters in 3:06.61 at the Cornell Quadrangular, setting a new school record and reaching the NAIA ‘B’ qualifying standard. She also was part of the Mustangs’ 4 x 400 relay which set a school record and the top time in the conference at 4:10.53. Women’s Indoor Field Mandy Streu – St. Ambrose (Soph. from Rolling Meadows, Ill.) Streu won both the weight throw and shot put at the Cornell Quadrangular. She set a new school record in the weight throw and reached the NAIA ‘B’ qualifying standard with a mark of 14.78 meters. ]]>]]> The 2009-10 Midwest Collegiate Conference softball preseason poll has been released, and Grand View has been tabbed as a narrow favorite over William Penn and Mount Mercy in the vote of league coaches. The Vikings finished with 72 points to place just ahead of William Penn (70 points) and Mount Mercy (67 points). GVU also finished with four first-place votes and was one of four teams to receive at least one first-place vote. William Penn and Mount Mercy both were named favorites on two ballots, while Waldorf, which came in fourth in the poll with 59 points, also received one first-place vote. Grand View finished 35-19 overall last season and third in the MCC with a 20-8 record. The Vikings return a total of five players who received all-conference recognition last year, including four players who were named First Team All-MCC. MCC Softball Coaches Preseason Poll 1. Grand View – 72 points (4 first-place votes) 2. William Penn – 70 points (2 first-place votes) 3. Mount Mercy – 67 points (2 first-place votes) 4. Waldorf – 59 points (1 first-place vote) 5. St. Ambrose – 43 points 6. Iowa Wesleyan – 30 points 7. Clarke – 27 points 8. Viterbo – 21 points 9. Ashford – 16 points http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 275 Tue, Feb 2, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Not a good weekend for the MPHS girl’s basketball team as they dropped two games. Friday night they lost to Ft. Madison 44-39 in the Hound Dome after leading by 9 points at halftime. Taylor Shull had 19 points, 17 in the first half. Makenzie Sartorious added 10. Saturday Mt. Pleasant hosted #9 Marion Saturday and fell 78-42. Taylor Shull was the only double figure scorer with 16 points. M.P. 6-10 (2-5) hosts Iowa City West Tuesday night. ]]>]]> MPHS boys rolled to their 15th straight win Friday night at home 62-40. Scott Hahn had 18 points, Henry Krieger-Coble 17, Nick Lyon 11. A trip to Oskaloosa Friday night is the next action for M.P. as part of a girls and boys basketball double header. MPHS freshman boys beat Ft. Madison Friday night 47-22, Dalton Conrad scored 12 points and Cameron Frank 11, tonight the freshman play Burlington ]]>]]> When Mediapolis boys defeated WMU 43-39 Friday night, Mepo coach Greg Worrall won his 100th career game. ]]>]]> Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) scored 22 points and Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) just missed a triple-double as the #15 ranked Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team wore down Ashford University for an 88-64 win Saturday afternoon in Midwest Collegiate Conference play. Jones had 15 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists and the Tigers shot 66.7% in the second half, taking control after trailing much of the first half. IWC maintained its lead in the MCC standings by moving to 10-1 in conference (17-7 overall) and won on a special occasion as the team wore pink uniforms for the first time ever. Wesleyan’s pink uniforms were worn as part of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink Zone initiative, which raises money for breast cancer research. The Tiger basketball teams also participated in the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative on Saturday, with coaches wearing sneakers in support of the program sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. McCreight finished with five three-pointers as Wesleyan tied a season high with 10 three-pointers made. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) gave IWC three players in double figures scoring, while Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) came off the bench and grabbed 12 rebounds. Angela Brinkmeyer (Sr.-Hubbard, Iowa) also added nine rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots. ]]>]]> Ashford University put together a 12-0 run late in the second half in sending the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team to a 77-59 loss Saturday afternoon in Midwest Collegiate Conference action at Ruble Arena. The Tigers once again played from behind much of the game and were unable to complete a second half rally, losing for the third time this week and falling to 8-14 overall, 3-8 in the MCC. Wesleyan suffered again from cold shooting, hitting just 32.2% of its shots (19 of 59). The Tigers out-rebounded the Saints 49-41 but committed 19 turnovers while forcing just seven turnovers by the visitors. Iowa Wesleyan also spent much of the first half trailing, though the Tigers did overcome an early deficit to get back in the game. Ashford led by nine points just five minutes into the game, but IWC came back to take the lead twice, the last time after a layup by Weldon Miller (Jr.-San Rafael, Calif.) made it 24-23. The Saints finished the first half strong, though, including a 16-3 run at one point, and led 39-31 at halftime. Miller supplied much of the offense with 20 points and 10 rebounds, including 8 of 12 at the free throw line. Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) added 10 points and Gary Rademaker (Jr.-Emden, Ill.) had four assists. ]]>]]> MPHS wrestlers finished last at the Southern Classic Tournament in Fairfield Saturday. Panthers best finishes were Kyle Nichting at 171 and Skylar Bruggemeyer at 215, they both finished in third place. Eddyville Blakesburg won the team title with 180 points. M.P. hosts Marion and Pleasant Valley Thursday night. ]]>]]> MPHS bowlers hosted Fairfield at the Iris Bowling Center Saturday. Girls fell 2382-2272, Molly Francy rolled a 344. Panther boys won 2837-2573, Kevin Wesley rolled a 401. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 274 Mon, Feb 1, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Burlington out dualed Mt. Pleasant in wrestling last night 49-24. Panther wins were picked up by Kyle Nichting, Skylar Bruggemeyer, Patrick Gwamna, and Zach May, all were pins. M.P. is now 4-12 and wrestles at the Fairfield Invitational tomorrow. JV wrestlers who won matches: Drew Johnson, Colton Aplara, Ben Johnson, Blake Batey, Roger Pross. OTHER WRESTLING SCORES: New London/WMU 40 L-M 26, New London/WMU 60 Waco 24, Mediapolis 54 Wapello 23, Wapello 52 Cardinal 24, Mediapolis 62 Cardinal 18, Keokuk 50 Dubuque Wahlert 14, Iowa City West 57 Keokuk 13. ]]>]]> Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) 23 points 13 rebounds and Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) 20 points and five rebounds combined for 43 points and the 15th-ranked (NAIA Division II) Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team bounced back from a slow start to defeat Clarke College 74-50 Thursday night in Midwest Collegiate Conference play. The Tigers out-rebounded the Crusaders 49-23 and shot 50% in the second half, winning for the 14th time in 15 games and improving to 16-7 overall, 9-1 in the MCC. IWC also swept the regular season series against Clarke, which saw a three-game winning streak end and dropped to 6-18 overall, 3-7 in conference play. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College shot just 14.8% in the first half in falling down 19 points at halftime, and the Tigers never fully recovered in a 75-66 loss to Clarke College at Ruble Arena Thursday night in Midwest Collegiate Conference play. Weldon Miller (Jr.-San Rafael, Calif.) led the Tigers with 17 points off the bench, making 8 of 11 field goals. Brett Azinger (Fr.-Montrose, Iowa) added 11 points while Jamal Blackmond (Fr.-Aurora, Ill.) led IWC with seven rebounds. IWC played from behind all night and lost its third straight game, falling to 8-13 overall, 3-7 in the MCC. The Crusaders salvaged a split of the season series between the two teams and improved to 4-19 overall, 2-8 in conference. ]]>]]> AREA BASKETBALL last night: GIRLS: W. Burlington 38 Columbus 26, #13 Harmony 41 Van Buren 30, Central Lee 62 Wapello 33, Danville 45 Cardinal 39, Notre Dame 49 L-M 43. BOYS: #10 Danville 75 Cardinal 24, ]]>]]> The MPHS girls basketball team 6-8 (2-4) travels to Ft. Madison to play the Bloodhounds 10-6 (1-3). Sophomore Alexis Dobbs leads the FMHS scoring with 11 points per game. Taylor Shull leads the MPHS scoring with 19 points a game, MaKenzie Sartorious averages 10 ppg. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the varsity game live beginning at 7:45 p.m. ]]>]]> The #1 ranked Panther boys basketball team will host Ft. Madison tonight. The Bloodhounds are 1-11 (1-4) while M.P. is 14-0 (6-0) Sophomore Jesse Ross leads the visitors at 10 points per game. For the league leaders Scott Hahn scores 19 points per game, Henry Krieger-Coble 14 and Austin Marshall 10. A win tonight will assure Mt. Pleasant of at least a tie for the conference title. ]]>]]> OTHER AREA GAMES: Washington girls @ Keokuk, Keokuk @ Washington boys, Davenport North g-b @ Burlington, Wapello g-b @ IMS, Mediapolis g-b @ WMU, L-M @ Columbus g-b, Lone Tree g-b @ Waco, Cardinal g-b @ Harmony, Van Buren @ Central Lee g-b, Danville g-b @ New London, Holy Trinity Catholic g-b @ W. Burlington, Notre Dame g-b @ Maharishi. ]]>]]> When the IMS boys basketball team beat Mediapolis 61-51 Tuesday night, Dwight Gingerich the long time IMS coach won his 500th game, he has coached 137 loses. He’s one of the best ever. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 273 Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will bring you Iowa Wesleyan College basketball tonight from Ruble Arena. The 15th ranked Tiger women play host to Clarke College of Dubuque at 5:30 p.m. The men’s teams of the two schools battle after that. The IWC women are trying to stay on top of the Midwest Collegiate Conference race and the men are trying to work their way out of 7th place. ]]>]]> The MPHS wrestling team travels to Burlington tonight for non conference action. The Panthers are 4-11 on the year. ]]>]]> UNI defeated Drake in men’s basketball last night 67-52. UNI is now 18-2 and ranked #25 in the country and with the win last night, are the mythical state champions of basketball in Iowa. ]]>]]> Iowa fell to Ohio State in Carver Hawkeye Arena last night 65-57. Hawks are 8-13 (2-6). ]]>]]> Oklahoma beat Iowa State 89-84. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 272 Thur, Jan 28, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS wrestlers won two matches and lost one at Davis County last night. Panthers beat Central Decatur 51-15, Lost to Davis County 43-32 and beat Albia 48-34. Alec Mathews, Michael Alderson and Patrick Gwamna all were 3-0. Aaron Apalara, Zach May, Jed Edgington, Ben Johnson and Tim Pross all won two matches. Trenton Krebill, Thomas Stodgell, Dillon Norton, Kyle Nichting, and Jacob Dilks all won one match. Panthers wrestle at Burlington tomorrow night. Area wrestling scores: Kirksville, Mo. 47 Ft. Madison 24, Ft. Madison 64 Centerville 16, Mediapolis 37 Sigourney-Keota 36, BGM 41 Mediapolis 33, Columbus 48 Muscatine 26, Columbus 60 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 24, Columbus 42 Pekin 29, Pekin 55 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 18 ]]>]]> Area basketball scores: GIRLS: Highland 47 Waco 29, #13 Harmony 49 Notre Dame 27, Danville 61 W. Burlington 54 (2ot), Pleasant Valley 46 Burlington 44, Mediapolis 73 IMS 25, L-M 52 Wapello 18, Lone tree 45 WMU 35, Ft. Madison 48 Davis County 28, W. Hancock 42 Keokuk 35. ]]>]]> BOYS: Waco 49 Highland 33, Notre Dame 69 Harmony 37, #10 Danville 87 W. Burlington 26, Pleasant Valley 52 Burlington 32, Central Lee 56 Holy Trinity 52, Van Buren 88 Maharishi 47, Wapello 64 L-M 43, Lone Tree 56 WMU 53, #5 IMS 61 Mediapolis 51. ]]>]]> #15 Iowa Wesleyan 72 William Penn 57 Jessi Beachy 24, Melanie McCreight 20 #15 Iowa Wesleyan moves to 15-7 on the year, 8-1 in the MCC William Penn falls to 13-10 on the year, 5-4 in the MCC The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team received the highest ranking in school history when the NAIA Division II coaches’ poll was released this week. The Tigers are ranked 15th in the nation, moving up eight spots from last week when Wesleyan made its first appearance in the poll this season. The ranking is the highest in school history in the NAIA Division II poll, surpassing the Tigers’ position in the 2007-08 preseason poll when IWC was ranked 18th nationally. Previously the program’s best ranking in season was last year, when the Tigers were 22nd in the final poll of the 2008-09 regular season. Wesleyan also made the biggest leap of any team in the polls this week, receiving 230 points to move up from 23rd last week. ]]>]]> William Penn 103 Iowa Wesleyan 78 Jared Callanan 19 Mike Lowe 10. William Penn moves to 17-6 on the year, 6-3 in the MCC Iowa Wesleyan falls to 8-12 on the year, 3-6 in the MCC http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 271 Wed, Jan 27, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 A number of basketball games were called off last night. Here is an update from Activities Director at MPHS Bob Jensen with schedule changes: The 9th girls’ basketball game vs. Ft. Madison at Mt. Pleasant on February 9th has been cancelled. The 9th/JV/V girls’ basketball games at Mid-Prairie that were postponed on Monday, January 25th, have been rescheduled for Monday February 8th and will be a part of a girl/boy double header The 9th/JV/V boy’s basketball games vs. Iowa City Regina that were postponed on Monday, January 25th have been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 9th at MPCHS starting at 4:30 p.m. SCHEDULE FOR G/B BASKETBALL AT MID-PRAIRIE ON FEBRUARY 8TH: AT WELLMAN RECREATION CENTER IN WELLMAN: 3:30 P.M. – 9th grade boy’s basketball 4:45 p.m. – JV boy’s basketball AT MID-PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL: 3:30 p.m. – 9th grade girl’s basketball 4:45 p.m. – JV girl’s basketball 6:00 p.m. – Varsity girl’s basketball 7:45 p.m. – Varsity boy’s basketball ]]>]]> Because the Mt. Pleasant wrestling team was unable to reschedule one of their meets from earlier in the season, they have scheduled a JV/V wrestling meet at Davis Co. tonight at 5:30 p.m. The meet will be held at the Davis Co. Middle School, which is block north of the high school. Mt. Pleasant will wrestle Central Decatur first, followed by Davis County. Other area wrestling: W. Burlington-Notre Dame and Pekin @ Columbus Community, Van Buren and Wapello @ Washington, Centerville and Kirksville, Mo. @ Ft. Madison. ]]>]]> The IWC women and men had their basketball games at William Penn last night postponed until tonight. The Midwest Collegiate Conference players of the week have been announced. Men’s Basketball Eric Ambrose – Viterbo (Sr., Guard, Twin Lakes, Wis.) Ambrose averaged 19 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals last week as the V-Hawks won twice to move into a tie for first in the MCC. He had a season-high 27 points and made 15 of 17 free throws in a win Saturday at nationally ranked William Penn. Women’s Basketball Michelle Jamison – Clarke (Soph., Guard, Martham, Ill.) Jamison averaged 20 points, 9.5 rebounds, four assists, three steals and 2.5 blocks last week as the Crusaders won twice, including a win over nationally ranked St. Ambrose. She also shot 55.6% from the field and made 9 of 15 three-point tries (60%) over the two games. ]]>]]> Men’s Indoor Track Tony Morrison – St. Ambrose (Fr. from Chicago, Ill.) Morrison was second in the 55-meter hurdles at the Illinois College Snow Bird Open, lowering his NAIA Indoor National Championships qualifying time to 7.89 seconds. Men’s Indoor Field Austin Smith – Ashford (Soph. from Port Byron, Ill.) Smith won the high jump with a mark of 1.96 meters at the Illinois College Snow Bird Open. ]]>]]> Women’s Indoor Track Obsie Birru – Grand View (Soph. from Des Moines, Iowa) Birru qualified for the NAIA national meet with times of 5:06.42 in the mile and 17:53.62 in the 5,000 meters, winning the 5,000 and finishing seventh in the mile at the Iowa State Open. She also set a school record while finishing eighth in the 800 with a time of 2:21.75. Women’s Indoor Field Rachel Luehrs – St. Ambrose (Fr. from Chicago, Ill.) Luehrs was a part of two school records last week for the Queen Bees. She competed on SAU’s distance medley relay team on Friday at the Iowa State Open that set a new school mark, then led St. Ambrose to the team title at the Illinois College Snow Bird Open on Saturday. She broke a 13-year school mark in the pentathlon and posted top-five finishes in the 55 hurdles, 800 and long jump. ]]>]]> KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the Highland at Waco girls and boys Super Conference basketball double header tonight beginning at 6 p.m. Other area games: Pleasant Valley girls at Burlington, Burlington boys at Pleasant Valley, Harmony g-b @ Notre Dame, W. Burlington g-b @ Danville, Central Lee g-b @ Holy Trinity Catholic, New London g-b @ Cardinal, L-M g-b @ Wapello, IMS g-b @ Mediapolis, WMU g-b @ Lone Tree, Ft. Madison girls at Davis County, Keokuk g-b @ W. Hancock, Ill. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 270 Tue, Jan 26, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Keokuk handed the MPHS girls a 60-35 loss in Panther Gym Friday night. The Panthers only netted 2 points in the first quarter and could never get going offensively. Taylor Shull led Mt. Pleasant with 21 points to be the only player in double figures for the home team. MPHS is now 6-8 (2-4) and plays at Mid Prairie tonight in a game you’ll hear on KILJ-FM and kilj.com beginning at 7:45 p.m. ]]>]]> The IGHSAU has announced the tournament basketball pairings for 2010. The MPHS girls open the 3A region 6 tournament @ Washington Wednesday February 17th @ 7 p.m. The Panthers would host a semi final game on 2/20/10 and the regional final is 2/23/10 @ Muscatine. The 1A region 6 play begins 2/11/09, Keota @ Waco, Notre Dame @ New London, Danville @ WMU, Holy Trinity Catholic @ Harmony. The quarter finals are 2/16/10, semi finals 2/19/10 @ Mt. Pleasant and the regional final is 2/22/10 @ Ottumwa. #1 ranked Martensdale St. Mary’s is in the bottom bracket of the regional The 2A region 7 action begins 2/13/10. Columbus Community @ L-M, Wapello @ Mediapolis, Davis County @ Van Buren, W. Burlington @ Central Lee. Quarter finals will be 2/16/10 and semi finals 2/19/10 @ W. Burlington, regional final is @ Muscatine 2/22/10. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant boy’s basketball team won at Wright Field House in Keokuk Friday night 47-40 over a very determined Chief team that had upset of the #1 Panthers #1 in their minds. The purple and white led 7-6 at the end of the first quarter in the low scoring affair, but by halftime M.P. was up 22-17 and was able to fight off the upset attempt. Mt. Pleasant who is now 14-0 was led in scoring by Austin Marshall with 15 and Scott Hahn with 14. M.P. won the freshman game 63-56. MPJV won 48-45. A very strong Iowa City Regina team comes to Panther Gym tonight to play in freshman-JV and varsity action beginning at 4:30 p.m. Regina lost to Solon Saturday night. ]]>]]> MPHS wrestling team wrestled at the Williamsburg round robin tournament Saturday. Jacob Dilks at 189 pounds was 3-1 on the day and finished 2nd with 2 pins. Zach May was 3-2 on the day with 3 pins and finished 3rd at 130, Jayton Phillips finished 3rd at 152 pounds, Skylar Bruggemeyer finished third at 215 pounds with 3 pins ]]>]]> Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) scored a career high 31 points and Iowa Wesleyan College shot 64.6% from the field in an 89-53 win over Waldorf College Saturday afternoon at Hanson Fieldhouse. The Tigers, ranked 23rd in the most recent NAIA Division II coaches’ poll, took over late in the first half and dominated the second half to win for the 12th time in 13 games. IWC improved to 14-7 overall, 7-1 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference, and took over sole possession of first place in the conference. The Tigers entered the weekend tied with St. Ambrose University for the top spot but the Queen Bees lost to Clarke College Saturday afternoon to drop one game behind Wesleyan. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College outscored Waldorf College 27-8 over the final 12 minutes of the game, turning a close game for more than 30 minutes into an 85-66 win Saturday in Midwest Collegiate Conference action at Hanson Fieldhouse. The Tigers and Warriors were separated by no more than six points the entire game until IWC took control late, finishing the game strong for its third conference win of the season. Wesleyan improved to 3-5 in the MCC, 8-11 overall, and moved one game ahead of Waldorf (6-12 overall, 2-6 MCC) in the standings. ]]>]]> The ISU open track meet was held in Ames Saturday. Jenna Caffrey of Iowa State a former Burlington High School athlete won the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8.40, that time is good enough to qualify her for the NCAA indoor track championships. Mwale Kapande a former Mt. Pleasant High School athlete and sophomore at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa finished 5th in the long jump going 16’8.5 “, Mallory Henderson another former Panther finished 13th in the long jump for Iowa State University she jumped 16’1”. ]]>]]> Because the Mt. Pleasant wrestling team was unable to reschedule one of their meets from earlier in the season, they have scheduled a JV/V wrestling meet at Davis Co. on Tuesday, Jan. 26th, at 5:30 p.m. The meet will be held at the Davis Co. Middle School, which is block north of the high school. Mt. Pleasant will wrestle Central Decatur first, followed by Davis County. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 269 Mon, Jan 25, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Fairfield rolled over the MPHS wrestling team 58-10 in S.E. Conference action on the road. Alec Mathews won by forfeit at 103 pounds and Zach May won a decision at 130. M.P. is now 2-10 and wrestles at Williamsburg tomorrow. In JV action Tyler Hill won two matches, Thomas Stogil, Drew Johnson, Colton Aplara, Galen Perron, Jed Edgington and Blake Batey also won matches. ]]>]]> Because the Mt. Pleasant wrestling team was unable to reschedule one of their meets from earlier in the season, they have scheduled a JV/V wrestling meet at Davis Co. on Tuesday, Jan. 26th, at 5:30 p.m. The meet will be held at the Davis Co. Middle School, which is block north of the high school. Mt. Pleasant will wrestle Central Decatur first, followed by Davis County. ]]>]]> Other wrestling scores: New London/WMU 54 Wapello 30, New London/WMU 54 W. Burlington/Notre Dame 18, Wapello 48 W. Burlington/Notre Dame 24, Columbus 54 Mediapolis 24, Columbus 72 Lone Tree 18. ]]>]]> Girls scores from last night: WMU 52 IMS 37, Lone tree 39 L-M 38 ]]>]]> The MPHS girl’s basketball team will tonight host Keokuk In S.E. Conference action, Panthers fell to the Chiefs 58-41 back on December 11th, Taylor Shull scored 13 points and MacKenzie Sartorious 10. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will have reports on the game during our boys basketball broadcast from Keokuk. Get ready to shoot for dough Friday night at the MPHS girls basketball game in Panther Gym with Keokuk. Shottenkirk Automotive and the Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster club sponsor the event. Booster club members will be selling $1 chances to have your name drawn out of the hat to shoot for dough at halftime of the varsity game. Make a free throw and you get $10, make a 3 point shot and get $25, hit a shot from half court and you get $500! Cheer on the Panther girls Friday night and shoot for dough courtesy of Shottenkirk Automotive. ]]>]]> The #1 ranked and 13-0 Mt. Pleasant Panthers travel to Keokuk tonight to play the Chiefs. M.P. beat the Chiefs 57-27 earlier in the season, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast live beginning at 7:45 tonight. ]]>]]> Other area games: Burlington girls @ Clinton, Clinton boys @ Burlington. Girls and boys double headers: Holy Trinity Catholic @ Notre Dame, Cardinal @ W. Burlington, Maharishi @ New London, Van Buren @ Danville, Harmony@ Central lee, Highland @ WMU, L-M @ Waco, Mediapolis @ Columbus, Wapello @ Lone Tree. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 268 Fri, Jan 22, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS wrestlers go to Fairfield tonight for a conference dual meet, then Saturday will travel to Williamsburg for their tournament. ]]>]]> Get ready to shoot for dough Friday night at the MPHS girls basketball game in Panther Gym with Keokuk. Shottenkirk Automotive and the Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster club sponsor the event. Booster club members will be selling $1 chances to have your name drawn out of the hat to shoot for dough at halftime of the varsity game. Make a free throw and you get $10, make a 3 point shot and get $25, hit a shot from half court and you get $500! Cheer on the Panther girls Friday night and shoot for dough courtesy of Shottenkirk Automotive. ]]>]]> For the third year in a row, local fly-fisherman, Dan Peterson, has agreed to teach a winter fly-tying class for the Henry County Conservation Department. Classes will begin on Thursday, January 28th, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Conservation Department at Oakland Mills County Park. Participants are required to attend the first night of class. It will be an introduction to the course and participants will begin tying and learning the basics that are crucial for all subsequent classes. New fly patterns will be introduced. This year’s focus will be warm water flies. Pre-registration is required by contacting the Conservation Office at 319-986-5067. Minimum of 5 participants in order to hold the class. Schedule: January 28th 6:00 p.m. Classes last February 4th 6:30 p.m. approximately 1- 1 ½hours February 11th 6:30 p.m. (first night may be longer) February 18th 6:30 p.m. February 25th 6:30 p.m. Cost: $35.00 March 4th weather make-up date includes all supplies and use of equipment http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 267 Thur, Jan 21, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Muscatine gave the #1 ranked Mt. Pleasant Panthers all they wanted last night in Panther Gym before M.P. pulled out a school record 13th straight win, the score was 55-54. Muscatine led by 7 points at halftime and built up a double digit lead in the third period before the Panthers went on a 15-0 run to get back into the game heading into the final stanza. Scott Hahn scored 22 points and had 7 rebounds, Austin Marshall added 11. MPHS JV won 61-41. Other area scores: Danville 66 Central Lee 58, Pekin 62 Waco 56, Notre Dame 53 Van Buren 50, W. Burlington 48 Maharishi 37, Holy Trinity Catholic 71 Cardinal 36, New London 64 Harmony 61, Wapello 84 Columbus 44, Mediapolis 47 Highland 30, Burlington 60 Ft. Madison 48. ]]>]]> Girl’s scores: Ft. Madison 54 Burlington 36, Harmony 53 New London 52, Cardinal 55 Holy trinity 43, L-M 33 WMU 19, Mediapolis 52 Highland 45, Columbus 42 Wapello 35, Pekin 46 Waco 27, Central Lee 48 Danville 37. ]]>]]> Wrestling scores: Highland 41 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 36, Wapello 45 highland 30, Wapello 46 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 21, Mediapolis 40 Davis County 39, Ft. Madison 36 Washington 35. ]]>]]> For the third year in a row, local fly-fisherman, Dan Peterson, has agreed to teach a winter fly-tying class for the Henry County Conservation Department. Classes will begin on Thursday, January 28th, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Conservation Department at Oakland Mills County Park. Participants are required to attend the first night of class. It will be an introduction to the course and participants will begin tying and learning the basics that are crucial for all subsequent classes. New fly patterns will be introduced. This year’s focus will be warm water flies. Pre-registration is required by contacting the Conservation Office at 319-986-5067. Minimum of 5 participants in order to hold the class. Schedule: January 28th 6:00 p.m. Classes last February 4th 6:30 p.m. approximately 1- 1 ½hours February 11th 6:30 p.m. (first night may be longer) February 18th 6:30 p.m. February 25th 6:30 p.m. Cost: $35.00 March 4th weather make-up date includes all supplies and use of equipment http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 266 Wed, Jan 20, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The #1 ranked and undefeated MPHS boy’s basketball team defended that rating for the first time last night on the road at Cedar Rapids Prairie with a 72-60 win. Henry Krieger-Coble led the Panthers with 22 points , Austin Marshall added 21 and Scott Hahn 16. M.P. tonight will host another 4A foe when Muscatine comes to Panther Gymnasium. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the varsity game live at 7:30 p.m. JV teams of the two schools play at 6 p.m. Other boy’s scores: Holy Trinity Catholic 74 Cardinal 46, Wapello 52 Mediapolis 44, Notre Dame 79 New London 39, C.R. Prairie JV 50 MPHS JV 39. ]]>]]> Centerville downed the MPHS girls 56-41, Taylor Shull scored 9 points, Rebecca Kimzey 8, Allisa Maxwell and Steph Myers had 7 each. M.P. will host Keokuk Friday night. Other area girl’s scores: Mediapolis 48 Wapello 19, Keokuk 73 Fairfield 42, Burlington Notre Dame 51 New London 45. ]]>]]> Girls and boys games tonight: Burlington @ Ft. Madison, Notre Dame @ Van Buren, W. Burlington @ Maharishi, Harmony @ New London, Holy Trinity Catholic @ Cardinal, Danville @ Central lee, WMU @ L-M, Highland @ Mediapolis, Columbus @ Wapello, Waco @ Pekin. ]]>]]> The Midwest collegiate conference has named their athletes of the week. Women’s Basketball Anna Jones – Iowa Wesleyan (Soph., Guard, Cornell, Ill.) Jones averaged 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, five assists and four steals as the Tigers won twice last week, including a win over nationally ranked Grand View. She shot 51.9% from the field and led the IWC in scoring and assists in both games. Men’s Basketball Scott Buschman – Viterbo (Sr., Forward, Naperville, Ill.) Buschman averaged 21 points and 16 rebounds as the V-Hawks won a pair of games last week. He recorded his 12th and 13th double-doubles of the season and leads NAIA Division II in that category. In a win against Waldorf on Wednesday Buschman also became the first player in Viterbo history to surpass 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. Men’s Indoor Track Tony Morrison – St. Ambrose (Jr. from Chicago, Ill.) Morrison won the 55-meter hurdles at the Knox College Pentangular with a time of 7.97 seconds, qualifying him for the NAIA Indoor National Championships. Men’s Indoor Field Jordan Adams – Grand View (Sr. from Lamont, Iowa) Adams won the weight throw at the UNI Panther Open with a best of 16.76 meters, meeting the NAIA ‘A’ standard for qualifying for the national championships. Women’s Indoor Track Obsie Birru – Grand View (Soph. from Des Moines, Iowa) Birru finished second in the 3,000 and mile events and was fifth in the 1,000 at the UNI Panther Open. Her time of 10:25.56 in the 3,000 met the NAIA ‘A’ qualifying standard and her time of 3:04.62 in the 1,000 meets the national ‘B’ standard. Women’s Indoor Field Mandy Streu – St. Ambrose (Soph. from Rolling Meadows, Ill.) Streu won the shot put at the Knox Pentangular with a throw of 13.78 meters. Her mark broke her school record, met the NAIA national qualifying standard and currently ranks as the best mark in the NAIA this season. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team has made its first appearance in the national rankings this season, appearing in the most recent NAIA Division II national coaches’ poll released Monday afternoon by the NAIA. The Tigers are ranked 23rd in this week’s poll, receiving 108 points. It is the fourth time in the last five seasons the Wesleyan women have been in the national poll for at least one week, and the first time the team is ranked since coming in 22nd in the final poll of last season. IWC moved into the rankings on the strength of a pair of wins last week. The Tigers defeated then-21st ranked Grand View University as well as Viterbo (Wis.) University and have now won 11 of their last 12 games to improve to 13-7 this season. Wesleyan moved up from being ranked 31st last week, when it received 37 points to ranked sixth among teams outside the top 25 also receiving votes. ]]>]]> Xavier Shields (Fr.-St. Albans, N.Y.) clocked one of the top times in school history in the 55-meter dash as the Iowa Wesleyan College track and field teams opened their indoor season at the Knox College Pentangular on Saturday. Competing in his first meet for the Tigers, Shields won the finals of the dash with a time of 6.58 seconds. His time ranks third all-time on the Wesleyan indoor track performance list and helped the Tigers finish with 36 points, fourth of five teams competing. IWC posted a total of seven top-five finishes at the meet, including five by the men’s team. Shields had two top-five placements, adding a fifth in the 200 with his time of 23.99. Freshman Ridge Hobbs (New London, Iowa) was third in the long jump with a mark of 6.21 meters, while Jason Amy (Sr.-Lake Elsinore, Calif.) was a few steps behind Shields in the 55 dash, finishing fourth in 6.85. The 4 x 200 relay team of Amy, Hobbs, Nigel Talton (Fr.-Fort Valley, Ga.) and Shields also took second with a time of 1:35.58. The Wesleyan women’s team finished fifth with a total of 13 points. IWC was led by Caitlyn Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.), who in her first meet was second in the 400 with a time of 1:06.22. She also placed seventh in the 200 with a time of 29.98. Also scoring points for the Tigers were Mariah Montgomery (Fr.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Serina Reyna (So.-Selma, Calif.) in the 55 hurdles. Montgomery was fourth in the event’s finals with a time of 9.72, while Reyna was two spots back in sixth with a mark of 10.42. Melanie Brambila (Fr.-Berwyn, Ill.) added another top-10 finish, placing eighth with a mark of 8.45m in the long jump. The IWC track teams will be back in action Saturday at the Illinois College Snow Bird Open in Bloomington, Ill. Events will begin at 11 a.m. ]]>]]> For the third year in a row, local fly-fisherman, Dan Peterson, has agreed to teach a winter fly-tying class for the Henry County Conservation Department. Classes will begin on Thursday, January 28th, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. in the basement meeting room of the Conservation Department at Oakland Mills County Park. Participants are required to attend the first night of class. It will be an introduction to the course and participants will begin tying and learning the basics that are crucial for all subsequent classes. New fly patterns will be introduced. This year’s focus will be warm water flies. Pre-registration is required by contacting the Conservation Office at 319-986-5067. Minimum of 5 participants in order to hold the class. Schedule: January 28th 6:00 p.m. Classes last February 4th 6:30 p.m. approximately 1- 1 ½hours February 11th 6:30 p.m. (first night may be longer) February 18th 6:30 p.m. February 25th 6:30 p.m. Cost: $35.00 March 4th weather make-up date includes all supplies and use of equipment ]]>]]> http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 265 Tue, Jan 19, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS girl’s basketball team picked up a conference win at Fairfield Friday night by a 54-44 score. M.P. raced out to a 14 point 30-16 halftime lead, but by the end of the third quarter Fairfield had trimmed that lead to just 4 points 34-30. Taylor Shull then hit for 14 points and Mackenzie Sartorious 5 in the fourth quarter to help lead their team to their 6th win of the season against 6 losses. Heather Mason led Fairfield with 18 points. Mt. Pleasant will travel to Centerville Monday night to play Centerville in non conference basketball, the game was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was changed last week. ]]>]]> The MPHS boys scored their 11th straight win with a home victory over Fairfield 59-40. Panthers got control of the game early leading by ten after the first quarter. Scott Hahn scored 21 points to be the only double figure scorer, Eric Hahn added 9 points. Monday night M.P. goes to C.R. Prairie, then Tuesday night non conference action continues in Panther Gym when Muscatine visits and then a busy week concludes with a road conference game at Keokuk Friday. ]]>]]> MPHS wrestling team went to the Waco Tourney Saturday and finished fourth with 151 points, Alburnette won the title with 226.5. Kyle Nichting at 171 pounds captured the only championship for M.P. Michael Alderson was third at 119 and Zach May was third at 130. Mt. Pleasant also had wrestlers competing on a squad called the JV Blue Team, Ryan Herr finished 2nd at 215, Patrick Gwamna was third at HWT. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College forced Viterbo (Wis.) University into 31 turnovers and relied on its defense in a 64-50 win over the V-Hawks Saturday afternoon at Ruble Arena. The Tigers were battled to a stalemate on the boards, struggled at the free throw line and were outshot by the visitors, but took advantage of 17 steals to win for the 11th time in 12 games and improve to 13-7 overall, 6-1 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference. IWC took sole possession of first place in the MCC standings, ½ game ahead of idle St. Ambrose University. ]]>]]> Viterbo (Wis.) University guard Ryan Ambrose hit two free throws with 20 seconds left and the V-Hawks held off Iowa Wesleyan College 69-67 in a close Midwest Collegiate Conference contest Saturday at Ruble Arena. Despite a strong effort the Tigers were unable to follow up their big win on Wednesday against #11 Grand View and dropped to 7-11 overall, 2-5 in the MCC. Viterbo improved to 6-11 overall, 4-2 in conference play. ]]>]]> Harlan Community football coach Curt Bladt has been chosen as one of 21 high school coaches from across the country as a 2009 National Coach of the Year named by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Coaches Association. It is the second national honor he has received in the last four years. Bladt has served Harlan Community for 42 years. He has been the head football coach for the past 32 seasons after serving as an assistant coach for 10 years. Under Bladt, the school has won an Iowa record of 11 state championships. His impressive career win-loss record of 345-35 is second all-time in Iowa in wins and ranks first in winning percentage (90.8). Moreover, he had led his teams to a state best of 29 playoffs and a post-season record of 83-19, also a state best. Bladt's success goes outside the playing field. In 2008 he received the NFHS Spirit of Sport Award for Section 4 for his efforts in tending to an opposing junior varsity athlete with hospital visits and follow up calls of encouragement. After a 2003 title he won a battle over Miller-Fisher Syndrome to return and coach his team to titles in 2004 and 2005, while also networking and visiting area residents similarly afflicted with the disease. Although several hundred miles removed, he and his staff also organized Harlan Community players to help the community of Parkersburg regroup after a devastating 2008 tornado. He is a past winner of national, state and district coach-of-the-year honors, including the National High School Athletic Coaches' Association football coach-of-the-year in 2006. He has been active with in the Iowa Football Coaches Association as a member of its Board of Directors, and their playoff and hall-of-fame committees. Although now retired as a teacher, he was active in local and state education associations and the Western Iowa Arts Association where for 25 years he played Santa Claus. In addition to his outreach program related to the injured student athlete, individuals with Miller-Fisher Syndrome and the Parkersburg tornado clean-up, he has stayed active as an advocate for community programs for kids. ]]>]]> Dana Holgerson is leaving the University of Houston football staff to take over the offensive coordinator chores at Oklahoma State. Dana Graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School and IWC. Dana’s offense led the nation this year in yards per game at 563 and points per game 42. OSU’s offense was ranked 70th at the completion of the past season. ]]>]]> http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 264 Mon, Jan 18, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The Mt. Pleasant High School wrestling team (2-9) hosted Washington last night and fell 58-18 to the Demons. Picking up pins for the Panthers were: Michael Alderson, Kyle Nichting and Jacob Dilks. MPHS will go to the Waco Tournament Saturday. Other wrestling action: New London/WMU 66 Cardinal 3, N.L./WMU 57 Centerville 24, Eddyville-Blakesburg 49 N.L./WMU 24, Davenport West 34 Burlington 23, Davenport Central 42 Burlington 27. ]]>]]> Area basketball scores: Girls—Pekin 50 Van Buren 40, #13 Washington 80 Central Lee 43, Davenport West 34 Burlington 23, Davenport Central 42 Burlington 27. ]]>]]> Boys—New London 66 Harmony-61 ]]>]]> The MPHS girl’s basketball team 5-6 (1-3) goes on the road tonight to play at conference foe Fairfield 5-5 (0-2). Panthers beat Fairfield earlier in the year 51-38. Heather Mason leads Fairfield in scoring with 13 points a game and grabs 4 rebounds per contest, followed by Meredith Flattery at 12 points a game and also grabs 4 rebounds. The Lady Trojans score 46 points a game. Shoot 36 % from the field and 70% from the free throw line. Mt. Pleasant is lead by Taylor Shull at 19 points a game and grabs five rebounds per game. Mackenzie Sartorious scores 10 points a game and 4 rebounds. Panthers shoot 37% from the field and 70% from free throw line. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the girls game live and have reports on the boy’s game being played between the two schools in M.P. ]]>]]> The undefeated 10-0 (4-0) and #2 ranked MPHS boy’s basketball team hosts Fairfield 1-7 (0-3) tonight. It’s a big night for Panthers fans, the elementary school drill team will entertain and Mike Anderson, manager at Shottenkirk Automotive, Inc. in Mt. Pleasant in conjunction with the Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club will be having a “SHOOT FOR DOUGH” event at the MPHS basketball game Friday night when the Fairfield boys play the undefeated and 2nd ranked Mt. Pleasant Panthers! Booster club members will be selling $1.00 chances to have your name drawn at the end of the first quarter for a chance to “SHOOT FOR DOUGH” at halftime of the varsity game. We will draw two names. The winners will shoot a free throw, a three point shot, and a half court shot. If they make the free throw, they win a $10.00 bill. The three point shot is worth $25.00, and if they make the half court shot, they will win $500.00!!! Fairfield fell to the Panthers 78-39 earlier in the year and theie lone win was a 66-51 decision over Davis County. Grant Curran averages 14 points a game to be their only double figure scorer. For MPHS Scott Hahn leads the scoring at 18 points a game and Henry Krieger-Coble averages 16 points a game and 7 rebounds. ]]>]]> Due to a request from Centerville, the MPHS 9th/JV/V girls basketball games scheduled for Tuesday, January 19th, at Centerville have been moved to Monday, January 18th , same time and place. ]]>]]> There is a couple of little kids wrestling tournaments coming up Sunday. New London is holding theirs with weigh in beginning at 7 a.m. Waco is hosting one also with weigh in beginning at 11:30. Walk in wrestlers are welcome at both events. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 263 Fri, Jan 15, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Sherry Zehner (Sr.-St. Louis, Mo.) posted career highs with 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team stepped up in the absence of two key players to defeat nationally ranked Grand View University 71-57 Wednesday night at Ruble Arena. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.), the top scorer in the MCC, and Lindsee Bachicha (Jr.-Brighton, Colo.), typically the team’s “sixth man”, both were held out of the game due to nagging injuries The Tigers picked up their second home win over a ranked Midwest Collegiate Conference foe in a week, this time defeating a Viking team ranked #21 in the latest NAIA Division II coaches’ poll just seven days after knocking off then #14 St. Ambrose University. IWC won for the 10th time in its last 11 games and improved to 12-7 overall, 5-1 in conference play. The effort was led by Zehner, who stepped into Beachey’s starting spot for the night. Making her first start of the year and just the second start of her two-year career, the senior scored 12 points in the first half as the Tigers took off to a 34-16 halftime lead. She finished the game 6-for-12 from the field and hit a pair of three-pointers in 32 minutes, easily posting career highs in points, rebounds and minutes played. Also handling the load at separate times were Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.), Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) and Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.). Jones posted game highs with 19 points and five assists and also led IWC to an 18-4 edge in fast break points. McCreight had 15 points and a season-high nine rebounds and scored eight straight points in a span of 1:15 late in the game, helping the Tigers end any chances of a final GVU run. Brown added 13 points and nine rebounds and also had six steals, helping Wesleyan clamp down on the Vikings’ strong inside game. ]]>]]> Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) and Jared Callanan (Sr.-Bennington, Vt.) both scored 18 points and Iowa Wesleyan College came back from 11 points down in the second half to shock #11 ranked Grand View University 63-59 in Midwest Collegiate Conference play Wednesday night at Ruble Arena. The Tigers bounced back from the program’s worst loss in over nine years with a win over a Viking team rated just outside the top 10 in the most recent NAIA Division II coaches’ poll. IWC scored 43 second half points against the stingiest defensive team in the conference and made one big play after another down the stretch in a tight game to snap a three-game losing streak and improve to 7-10 overall, 2-4 in the MCC. Grand View built the margin to 31-20 early in the second half before the Tigers suddenly began to heat up. Shooting just 28% from the field to that point, IWC made its next seven shots. Callanan capped a 21-8 run with 11 straight points, and his three-pointer with 12:08 left gave Wesleyan a 41-39 lead, its first lead since being ahead 2-1 in the game’s opening minute. The rest of the game was a nip and tuck affair, but the Tigers would never trail again. IWC led by as many as six and as few as one, but the Tigers continued to come through with big shots and clutch defensive stops against the experienced Grand View team. Brett Azinger (Fr.-Montrose, Iowa) hit a big three-pointer with 5:24 to play for a 51-47 lead, and Shipp scored 10 points in the final eight minutes, including a jumper in the lane with 28 seconds to play to put Wesleyan ahead 59-56. IWC will next face Viterbo (Wis.) University on Saturday at 3 p.m. in another conference game at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> MPHS wrestlers host Washington tonight in Southeast conference wrestling action, also in the league Fairfield is at Ft. Madison. ]]>]]> Due to a request from Centerville, the MPHS 9th/JV/V girls basketball games scheduled for Tuesday, January 19th, at Centerville have been moved to Monday, January 18th , same time AND place. ]]>]]> There is a couple of little kids wrestling tournaments coming up Sunday. New London is holding theirs with weigh in beginning at 7 a.m. Waco is hosting one also with weigh in beginning at 11:30. Walk in wrestlers are welcome at both events. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 262 Thur, Jan 14, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The Danville Bears swept Burlington Notre Dame in girls and boys Super Conference basketball. Danville girls scored a 50-38 win with Rebecca Nelson scoring 25 points. In the boys game Danville came from behind late to score a 48-46 win with Taylor Fraise scored 18. Other girl’s scores: Keokuk 59 Quincy 53, Centerville 42 Ft. Madison 37, Lone tree 43 Columbus 33, Pekin 62 WMU 27, L-M 53 Mediapolis 50 (2 ot), Central Lee 58 New London 39, Harmony 46 W. Burlington 44, Burlington 48 Davenport West 34, Highland 56 Wapello 22, Waco 51 IMS 42 Other boy’s scores: Davenport West 50 Burlington 47, W. Burlington 60 Harmony 45, Central Lee 66 New London 49, Holy Trinity 48 Maharishi 20, Van Buren 65 Cardinal 60, Mediapolis 73 L-M 72 (2 ot), Wapello 59 Highland 49, Pekin 69 WMU 37. ]]>]]> Wrestling: New London/WMU 56 Pekin 21, New London/WMU 63 Van Buren 12, Waco 33 Tri County/Montezuma 29, Waco 40 Cardinal 30. ]]>]]> Bowling: Mt. pleasant girls 2247 Ottumwa 1756, Molly Francy rolled a 335. MPHS boys beat Ottumwa 2786 to 2774, Kevin Wesley rolled a 447 to lead the Panthers. ]]>]]> Tonight KILJ-FM and kilj.com will be broadcasting live the Grandview at Iowa Wesleyan Midwest Collegiate Conference games. Airtime is 5:30 p.m. for the women’s game and the men will follow. Both Tiger teams are coming off losses last Saturday at Mt. Mercy. ]]>]]> College basketball last night saw Iowa beat Tennessee St. 67-62, UNI edged Bradley 52-50, Drake won over Missouri St. 88-77. ]]>]]> There is a couple of little kids wrestling tournaments coming up Sunday. New London is holding theirs with weigh ins beginning at 7 a.m. Waco is hosting one also with weigh ins beginning at 11:30. Walk ins are welcome at both events. ]]>]]> Congratulations to Henry Krieger-Coble of the MPHS boys basketball team, he has been named the Radio Iowa INS class 3-A player of the week. Henry is a 6’4’ junior post player on the second ranked and undefeated MPHS boys team. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 261 Wed, Jan 13, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Area scores from last night: Girls—Van Buren 52 Holy Trinity Catholic 44, Highland 54, Mediapolis 44, Boys—Holy Trinity Catholic 44 Van Buren 43, Mediapolis 71 highland 49. Wrestling—L-M 60 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 21, L-M 55 Mediapolis 21, Mediapolis 60 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 24. ]]>]]> KILJ-FM and kilj.com tonight will be broadcasting a Super conference Super Tuesday match up between Danville and Burlington Notre Dame at Father Minet Gymnasium at Notre Dame. Airtime for this girls and boys double header is 6 p.m. Other area Super Conference games: Harmony at W. Burlington, Maharishi at Holy Trinity Catholic, Van Buren at Cardinal, Central Lee at New London. L-M at Mediapolis, Lone Tree at Columbus, Pekin at WMU, Waco at IMS, Wapello at Highland. Girls action: Davenport West at Burlington, Centerville at Ft. Madison, Keokuk at Quincy. Boys action: Burlington at Davenport West, Ft. Madison at Davis County. ]]>]]> Area wrestling: Cardinal and Tri County at Waco, Fairfield at Wapello, New London/WMU at Pekin. ]]>]]> Bowling: Mt. Pleasant girls and boys at Ottumwa. ]]>]]> The Mt. pleasant High School Athletic Department has announced some schedule adjustments for MPHS sports events: The JV/V Wrestling meet that was postponed on Jan. 7th at Mediapolis, has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 1st at Mediapolis at 6:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The 9th grade girls’ basketball team will play Ft. Madison at Mt. Pleasant Community High School on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 6:30 p.m. as a rescheduled event. ]]>]]> The sites for the 9th grade girls and boys basketball games vs. Burlington on Feb. 1st have been reversed. The 9th grade girls will play at Burlington, and the 9th grade boys will play at Mt. Pleasant Community High School, both at 6:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate conference has named the players of the week for last week. Men’s Basketball Corey Viet – Grand View (Sr., Forward) Viet averaged 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game last week as the Vikings swept home games against Ashford and Waldorf. He shot 57.1% from the field and 86.4% from the free throw line over the two games. Women’s Basketball Catalina de la Quintana – Mount Mercy (Sr., Guard) Quintana averaged 17.5 points, four rebounds and 3.5 steals per game last week as Mount Mercy ran its win streak to five games. She had 28 points, including 21 in the second half, and hit five three-pointers as the Mustangs came back from 15 down to beat Iowa Wesleyan and snap the Tigers’ nine-game win streak. ]]>]]> The New London Tiger Cub wrestling Tournament is scheduled for this Sunday January 17th at NLHS. Weigh-ins are from 7-8:30 a.m. There will be five divisions. Contact Karen Chiri for more details at 367-5124. ]]>]]> CJ Speedway in Columbus Junction, Iowa will hold rules meetings for the 2010 racing season. The meetings will be held, Saturday, January 23 at the Wapello Ambulance Shed (same place as last year) located on Hwy 61 in Wapello, across from the Roy El Motel. Meetings schedule are as follows: 4 Cylinders: Noon Hobby Stocks: 12:45 Modifieds: 1:30 Mod Lites: 2:15 IMCA Stock Cars will not meet as they are run under IMCA rules. You must have your registration form filled out and registration paid to vote on changes to the rules at the meeting. Forms are available on the website at cjspeedway.com or at the meeting. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 260 Tue, Jan 12, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS girl’s basketball team got back into action Friday night with a conference game at Washington. The 13th ranked Demons downed the Panthers in the varsity game 67-43 after leading 32-18 at halftime. Taylor Shull scored 14 points and MacKenzie Sartorious had 12 for M.P. Cassey Sobaski scored 22 for the Demons. Washington won the freshman game 36-10 and the JV game 53-36. Saturday M.P. rolled over West Liberty 67-26, Panthers led 15-0 after the first quarter and cruised from there to win their 5th game against 6 losses. Taylor Shull scored 24 points and MacKenzie Sartorious hit for 18. Mt. Pleasant will play at Fairfield Friday. ]]>]]> The #2 ranked MPHS boys team had a tough game with Washington in Panther Gym winning 48-40, after leading 16-14 at halftime. Henry Krieger-Coble led M.P. with 18 points and 13 rebounds, Scott Hahn added 12 and Austin Marshall hit 11 points. Saturday the Panther went to Waco and defeated the Warriors 79-36. Scott Hahn scored 27 and Henry Krieger-Coble had 19 points. Nathan and Bryce Shellman each scored 9 points for the Warriors. Mt. Pleasant hosts Fairfield Friday night. ]]>]]> The MPHS freshman boy’s team won over Washington Friday night 63-24. Saturday they played in the Burlington tourney, they won over the host school 55-37 and lost to Galesburg 59-42. Top scorers for the weekend were: Connor Shull, Cameron Frank, Dalton Conrad and Ryan Hanna. ]]>]]> MPHS wrestlers were at the Linn-Mar duals Saturday and finished in fourth place with a 1-4 record, the one win was against Cedar Rapids Xavier, Western Dubuque won the event. Aaron Apalara, Zach may and Kyle Nichting were all 3-2 on the day. ]]>]]> MPHS bowling teams hosted a triangular Saturday at Iris Bowling Center. L-M won the girls match with a 2484, M.P. was second rolling a 2294 and Washington third at 2129. Mt. Pleasant won the boys action with a 2990, L-M was second 2685 and Washington third 2265. Danielle Gulseth led the girls team with a 319 and Kevin Wesley led the boys with a 512. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College went through an ice cold second half in which it made just three field goals and saw a substantial lead dissolve in a 58-50 loss to Mount Mercy College Saturday afternoon. The Tigers made just three field goals in the second half, including none during a span of nearly 17 minutes, and the Mustangs handed IWC its first loss in Midwest Collegiate Conference play, Anna Jones led the Tigers with 13 points. Wesleyan also saw its nine-game winning streak snapped and fell to 11-7 overall (4-1 MCC). ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College suffered one of its worst losses in recent memory as Mount Mercy College defeated the Tigers 97-53 in Midwest Collegiate Conference play Saturday afternoon. The Tigers wilted after a good start and dropped their third straight game, falling to 6-10 overall (1-4 in conference). Reggie Shipp scored 14 points. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 259 Mon, Jan 11, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Holiday break is over, high school and IWC teams get back into action this week. If weather permits KILJ broadcast schedule: Friday MPHS girls at Washington airtime on KILJ-FM 7:45 p.m. (reports on Washington @ MPHS boys). Saturday MPHS boys at Waco KILJ-FM airtime 6:30 p.m. (reports on W. Liberty @ MPHS girls). KILJ-AM N. Dakota St. at Iowa State airtime on KILJ-AM 2:30 p.m. MPHS wrestlers go to the Linn-Mar duals Saturday. IWC women and men at Mt. Mercy Saturday. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College baseball program will be hosting a pair of skills clinics coming up in late January. A pitching and catching clinic will be held Saturday, Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon, while a hitting clinic will be conducted Sunday, Jan. 31 from 1-4 p.m. Both will be held at IWC’s Ruble Arena. The clinics will consist of three components. Mini-clinics will feature lectures on various skills, techniques and drills. Demonstrations will include the live execution of drills by staff members to ensure proper technique, and the demonstrations will be followed by group participation in which players perform skills under staff supervision. The sessions are designed to teach proper mechanics and fundamentals in pitching, catching and hitting, with an emphasis on personal instruction in a safe environment. Both clinics will be conducted by Iowa Wesleyan College Head Coach Brett Monaghan and his coaching staff, as well as members of the IWC baseball team and former IWC players who are currently playing professionally. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 6-14. The cost of each clinic individually is $30 or $50 for both. A $5 late registration fee will apply to all registrations received after Jan. 15. Clinic fees are non-refundable without 24 hours advance notice. Campers must bring a cap, tennis shoes, glove and bat. Helmets will be provided. Catchers are also expected to bring catching equipment. All campers will also receive a camp t-shirt. For more information about the clinics contact IWC assistant baseball coach Derek Viveiros at 385-6349 (work), 774-644-9178 (cell) or by email at dviveiros@iwc.edu. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 258 Fri, Jan 8, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 The IWC Tigers hosted St. Ambrose last night in Midwest Collegiate conference action. The Lady Tigers won 88-70 over the 14th ranked Queen Bees. Jesse Beachy scored 26 points and former WMU standout Melanie McCreight scored 21. Wesleyan is 11-6 (4-0) and plays another MCC game Saturday at Mt. Mercy. ]]>]]> IWC men fell to the Bees 72-63, Reggie Shipp scored 20, Jared Callanan added 11, Brett Azinger of Central Lee 10. Tigers are now 6-9 (1-3), they also go to Mt. Mercy Saturday. ]]>]]> Wrestling: Waco 60 English valleys 12, Iowa City Regina 45 Waco 36, Columbus Community 64 Waco 12, Columbus 76 English valleys 0, Columbus 63 Iowa City Regina 14. ]]>]]> The following stats are for the MPHS girls and boys basketball teams as they prepare to battle Washington Friday night, girls on the road and boys at home. Shooting Statistics Player Shooting (FGs to include 3-pointers) # Name Year Points Pts per Game FGM-FGA FG Pct. 3PTM-3PTA Three Pct. FTM-FTA FT Pct. 10/11 Shull, Taylor Soph. 174 19.3 57-137 41.6% 23-60 38.3% 37-45 82.2% 32/33 Sartorius, Makenzie Sr 80 10.0 26-57 45.6% 5-14 35.7% 23-34 67.6% 20/21 Maxwell, Alissa Sr 81 9.0 23-64 35.9% 19-51 37.3% 16-18 88.9% 22/23 Myers, Steph Sr. 41 4.6 13-50 26.0% 9-34 26.5% 6-13 46.2% 12/13 Kimzey, Rebekah Jr. 34 3.8 11-29 37.9% 1-12 8.3% 11-18 61.1% 14/15 Sarah, Pieper Jr. 17 2.1 6-21 28.6% 4-17 23.5% 1-3 33.3% 42/43 Fox, Lindsay Jr. 2 0.7 1-3 33.3% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 44/45 Fry, Katelyn Soph. 1 0.1 0-4 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 14/15 Pieper, Sarah Jr. 0 0.0 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 34/35 Johnson, Brooke Soph. 0 0.0 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 40/41 Haffarnan, Emmily Jr. 0 0.0 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 24/25 Maxwell, Allison Soph. 0 0.0 0-2 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 30/31 Booton, Natalie Soph 0 0.0 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-2 0.0% Team Totals 430 137-368 37.2% 61-188 32.4% 95-135 70.4% ]]>]]> Shooting Statistics Player Shooting (FGs to include 3-pointers) # Name Year Points Pts per Game FGM-FGA FG Pct. 3PTM-3PTA Three Pct. FTM-FTA FT Pct. 12/13 Hahn, Scott Jr 138 17.3 45-68 66.2% 5-8 62.5% 43-51 84.3% 22/23 Kreiger-Coble, Henry Jr 122 15.3 45-57 78.9% 0-0 0.0% 32-47 68.1% 20/21 Marshall, Austin Jr 78 9.8 28-57 49.1% 11-32 34.4% 11-13 84.6% 24/25 Cotton, Darian Jr 51 6.4 18-35 51.4% 4-12 33.3% 11-15 73.3% 34/35 Lyon, Nick Soph 39 4.9 17-23 73.9% 0-0 0.0% 5-13 38.5% 40/41 Shull, Braden Jr 25 3.6 12-15 80.0% 0-1 0.0% 1-6 16.7% 10/11 Hahn, Eric Jr 30 3.8 12-18 66.7% 3-6 50.0% 3-3 100.0% 42/43 Courtney, Tanner Jr 19 2.4 5-14 35.7% 0-5 0.0% 9-11 81.8% 32/33 Vandenberg, Blake Soph 11 1.8 3-4 75.0% 0-0 0.0% 5-6 83.3% 30/31 Ashton, Jordan Soph 12 1.5 2-6 33.3% 1-5 20.0% 7-8 87.5% 4/5 Wellington, Justis Jr 7 1.2 2-4 50.0% 1-1 100.0% 2-5 40.0% 14/15 Hoyle, Tylor Jr 4 0.7 1-1 100.0% 0-1 0.0% 2-2 100.0% Team Totals 536 190-302 62.9% 25-71 35.2% 131-180 72.8% ]]>]]> Holiday break is over, high school and IWC teams get back into action this week. KILJ broadcast schedule: Friday MPHS girls at Washington airtime on KILJ-FM 7:45 p.m. (reports on Washington @ MPHS boys). Saturday MPHS boys at Waco KILJ-FM airtime 6:30 p.m. (reports on W. Liberty @ MPHS girls). KILJ-AM N. Dakota St. at Iowa State airtime on KILJ-AM 2:30 p.m. MPHS wrestlers go to Mediapolis Thursday and the Linn-Mar duals Saturday. IWC women and men at Mt. Mercy Saturday. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College baseball program will be hosting a pair of skills clinics coming up in late January. A pitching and catching clinic will be held Saturday, Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon, while a hitting clinic will be conducted Sunday, Jan. 31 from 1-4 p.m. Both will be held at IWC’s Ruble Arena. The clinics will consist of three components. Mini-clinics will feature lectures on various skills, techniques and drills. Demonstrations will include the live execution of drills by staff members to ensure proper technique, and the demonstrations will be followed by group participation in which players perform skills under staff supervision. The sessions are designed to teach proper mechanics and fundamentals in pitching, catching and hitting, with an emphasis on personal instruction in a safe environment. Both clinics will be conducted by Iowa Wesleyan College Head Coach Brett Monaghan and his coaching staff, as well as members of the IWC baseball team and former IWC players who are currently playing professionally. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 6-14. The cost of each clinic individually is $30 or $50 for both. A $5 late registration fee will apply to all registrations received after Jan. 15. Clinic fees are non-refundable without 24 hours advance notice. Campers must bring a cap, tennis shoes, glove and bat. Helmets will be provided. Catchers are also expected to bring catching equipment. All campers will also receive a camp t-shirt. For more information about the clinics contact IWC assistant baseball coach Derek Viveiros at 385-6349 (work), 774-644-9178 (cell) or by email at dviveiros@iwc.edu. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 257 Thur, Jan 7, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Area high school scores from Tuesday night: GIRLS-Central Lee 49 Cardinal 48, Highland 59 IMS 29, New London 46 Van Buren 44, WMU 31 Columbus 20. ]]>]]> BOYS-#5 Bettendorf 64 Burlington 27, #10 Danville 78 Maharishi 31, Van Buren 77 New London 54, Central Lee 67 Cardinal 51, WMU 65 Columbus 44. ]]>]]> Holiday break is over, high school and IWC teams get back into action this week. KILJ broadcast schedule: Tonight St. Ambrose at IWC women and men on KILJ-FM airtime is 5:30 p.m. KILJ-AM Iowa St. at Duke 7:30 p.m. Friday MPHS girls at Washington airtime on KILJ-FM 7:45 p.m. (reports on Washington @ MPHS boys). Saturday MPHS boys at Waco KILJ-FM airtime 6:30 p.m. (reports on W. Liberty @ MPHS girls). KILJ-AM N. Dakota St. at Iowa State airtime on KILJ-AM 2:30 p.m. MPHS wrestlers go to Mediapolis Thursday and the Linn-Mar duals Saturday. IWC women and men at Mt. Mercy Saturday. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 256 Wed, Jan 6, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Area scores last night: Girls-#15 Bettendorf 41 Burlington 36, Harmony 59 WMU 29, Pekin 43 Mediapolis 41, Waco 44 Wapello 38, #15 Washington 54 Ft. Madison 41, W. Burlington 35 Notre Dame 20. ]]>]]>Boys- Bettendorf 41 Burlington 36, Waco 47 Wapello 45, Notre Dame 69 W. Burlington 43. ]]>]]>Wrestling- W. Burlington Notre Dame 30 Lone Tree 30 (sixth criteria), Cardinal 36 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 30. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College is hosting a softball camp on Sunday January 17th and Sunday January 24th. On the 17th it is a pitching camp with advanced from 2-3:30 p.m., intermediate 3;30-5 p.m. and beginners 5-6:30 p.m. A catching clinic will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. January 24th is hitting, 9th grade and up from 2-3:30 p.m. 6-8th grade 3;30-5 p.m. and 3rd thru 5th 5-6:30 p.m. Register for these camps by January 10th with Mike Hampton 385-6303. A youth basketball tournament for girls will be held January 23rd and 24th at Cotrell Gym in Mt. Pleasant for 4th thru 8th grade girls. Contact Ronnie Ashton 931-2896 and get your team signed up. The Midwest Collegiate conference named their athletes of the week for last week. Men’s Basketball Kris Miller – William Penn (Sr., Guard) Miller averaged 17.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game over three games as the Statesmen went 3-0 last week. He shot 47.6% from the field and made 3.0 three-pointers per game while shooting 47.4% from beyond the arc.Women’s Basketball Ali Dolphin – St. Ambrose (Jr., Forward) Dolphin averaged 19.7 points, eight rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.7 steals over three games last week as the nationally ranked Queen Bees won two of three. She was named to the all-tournament team at the St. Xavier Holiday Tournament and also scored 26 points in leading a St. Ambrose comeback from 17 points down to defeat Waldorf in MCC play on Saturday. Waukon girls basketball coach Gene Klinge became Iowa girls high school basketball's career victory leader in the Indians' 48-38 victory over MFL-Mar-Mac Saturday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. Waukon's victory gives Klinge a career coaching record of 939-218 in 48 seasons. He spent 41 seasons at West Central of Maynard and the last seven at Waukon. He passes Bob Mullen, who posted a 938-420 record in 54 seasons. Klinge's first career victory was also against MFL, a 56-45 victory on November 16, 1962. In his 48 year career, Klinge has taken 15 teams to the Iowa Girls State Basketball Tournament (12 appearances at West Central, three at Waukon), winning the Class 3A championship at Waukon in 2004. Waukon, a state semifinalist in Class 3A last season, is currently ranked second in Class 3A and owns an 8-1 record. ]]>]]> Holiday break is over, high school and IWC teams get back into action this week. KILJ broadcast schedule: Tonight Orange Bowl game Iowa vs Georgia Tech airtime is 5 p.m. on KILJ-FM 105.5. Wednesday St. Ambrose at IWC women and men on KILJ-FM airtime is 5:30 p.m. KILJ-AM Iowa St. at Duke 7:30 p.m. Friday MPHS girls at Washington airtime on KILJ-FM 7:45 p.m. (reports on Washington @ MPHS boys). Saturday MPHS boys at Waco KILJ-FM airtime 6:30 p.m. (reports on W. Liberty @ MPHS girls). KILJ-AM N. Dakota St. at Iowa State airtime on KILJ-AM 2:30 p.m. MPHS wrestlers go to Mediapolis Thursday and the Linn-Mar duals Saturday. IWC women and men at Mt. Mercy Saturday. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 255 Tue, Jan 5, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Holiday break is over, high school and IWC teams get back into action this week. KILJ broadcast schedule: Tuesday night Orange Bowl game Iowa vs Georgia Tech airtime is 5 p.m. on KILJ-FM 105.5. Wednesday St. Ambrose at IWC women and men on KILJ-FM airtime is 5:30 p.m. KILJ-AM Iowa St. at Duke 7:30 p.m. Friday MPHS girls at Washington airtime on KILJ-FM 7:45 p.m. (reports on Washington @ MPHS boys). Saturday MPHS boys at Waco KILJ-FM airtime 6:30 p.m. (reports on W. Liberty @ MPHS girls). KILJ-AM N. Dakota St. at Iowa State airtime on KILJ-AM 2:30 p.m. MPHS wrestlers go to Mediapolis Thursday and the Linn-Mar duals Saturday. IWC women and men at Mt. Mercy Saturday. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 254 Mon. Jan. 4, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 Friday Sports, January 1st, 2010 – Happy New Year! ]]>]]> TEMPE, Ariz.—Iowa State made it count when it mattered. After suffering four turnovers, the resilient Cyclones forced a key turnover of its own late in the game to stop a Minnesota rally and claim the 2009 Insight Bowl Thursday night, 14-13 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. The Cyclones received a stellar effort from running back Alexander Robinson, who rambled for 137 yards, his sixth 100-yard game of the season, to help control the game. Robinson, who earned Insight Bowl Offensive Player of the Game honors, was aided by a career-high 83 yards receiving from Jake Williams, as the Cyclones improve to 7-6 on the season and 3-7 all-time in bowl games. First-year head coach Paul Rhoads became the first Cyclone skipper to record a winning mark in his initial season since George Veenker went 5-3 in 1931. It was the first Cyclone victory over a Minnesota team since 1898. "Our football team showed a lot of grit to overcome four turnovers to win this game," Rhoads said. "We took advantage of a couple of their turnovers and we had some great efforts from both the offense and defense tonight. We improved and that was our No. 1 goal this year. We have improved in every aspect of our program. We have made some people happy by getting here, but by winning this game and finishing it off with a bowl trophy, we now have a program that is on its way. Our program has credibility now and I owe that to all to the kids who work so hard for this program." The first quarter ended at 3-0 in favor of Minnesota. The only scoring was a 36-yard field goal from Eric Ellestad. ISU’s only shot at a score was in its first drive when it marched 48 yards down the field to the Minnesota 26-yard line. But the drive stalled when Robinson was stuffed on a 4th-and-1 situation. ISU took the lead with 4:35 left in the first half on a 9-yard option touchdown run from Austen Arnaud, his eighth of the season, to make it 7-3 Iowa State. The scoring drive went for 71 yards on 10 plays and was set up by two key 3-and-14 conversions. Arnaud hit Williams for 15 yards on the first one and Arnaud later scrambled for 18 yards up the middle to pick up the second long conversion. David Sims then came up with a huge play for the Cyclones by intercepting an Adam Weber pass at the ISU goal line. The Cyclones then promptly produced their longest scoring drive of the season with an 89-yard, six-play march in one minute that was capped off by a Williams 38-yard touchdown grab from Arnaud. Williams’ fifth touchdown snare put ISU up 14-3 going into the break. The Gophers trimmed the lead to 14-10 with 5:22 left in the third quarter when Weber hit Nick Tow-Arnett from 23 yards out. The touchdown drive was kept alive by a UM fake punt pass that went for 40 yards. ISU’s fourth turnover of the game, a fumble by Arnaud, proved costly, as the Gophers capitalized on another Cyclone mistake with a 21-yard field goal by Ellestad to cut the lead to 14-13 in the closing moments of the third quarter. After Mike Brandtner pinned the Gophers at the 1-yard line in the fourth quarter, UM quickly moved down the field in a matter moments to the ISU 15-yard line. However, MarQueis Gray fumbled on the next play where it was recovered by Ter’ran Benton to help the Cyclones avoid losing the lead with 4:04 left in the game. ISU proceeded to run out the clock with strong carries by Robinson and Arnaud to finish off the game. Arnaud ended the game with 216 yards passing on 19-of-26 attempts. He also ran for 76 yards. Christopher Lyle was named the defensive player of the game with his strong effort on the defensive line. Lyle had one sack. Robinson’s 137-yard rushing effort is the sixth by a Cyclone in a bowl game, ranking fourth all-time. "I can’t say enough about the support of the Iowa State fans," Rhoads added. "It’s amazing how many of them made the trip down here. It certainly felt like Jack Trice Stadium." ]]>]]> Hawkeye football bowl action comes to KILJ-FM January 5th. Iowa plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl at 7 p.m. in Miami, KILJ-FM will carry the game beginning at 5 p.m., January 5th, courtesy of Morning Sun Farm Implement. ]]>]]> Tonight on KILJ-FM, join us for UNI Panther Basketball, as the Panthers go up against Evansville. You’ll hear it live on 105.5FM, starting at 6:05pm. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 253 Fri. Jan. 1, 2010 7:33:59 -0500 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW SPORTS 4TH QUARTER ]]>]]> #9 class 2A Mediapolis defeated #10 class 1A New London to win the 2009 S.E. Iowa Super Conference volleyball tournament at the SCC Agri Sports Arena. Bullettes won 25-14, 25-14. W. Burlington won over Pekin 2-0 in the consolation match. ]]>]]> THE IGHSAU is going to make effective with the summer 2010 softball season. The pitching distance for junior high and high school softball in Iowa will be increased from 40 feet to 43 feet from the tip of home plate to the pitcher's plate. This rules change has been considered by the NFHS Softball Rules Committee for the past 10 years and has steadily gained support. Last week the IGHSAU Softball Advisory Committee, made up of coaches from around the state, voted to support the change, and the IGHSAU Board of Directors voted unanimously in favor of the change at their Ocotober 6th meeting. States experimenting with the 43-feet distance found more pitched balls were batted into play creating a better balance between offense and defense as well as involving more girls in playing action. Although there will be a learning curve for pitchers and batters, we believe this is a long-term positive change for Iowa softball. ]]>]]> During the 2009-10 varsity basketball season, varsity teams may play two 16-minute halves during non-conference games with mutual agreement by both schools. Conferences may also agree to play two 16-minute halves in all conference games if the conference adopts the policy for the season. Please note that this experimental rule applies only to VARSITY contests and is NOT mandatory. However, if a conference votes to adopt the rule for its conference games, ALL conference schools must participate. ]]>]]> The Southeast Conference cross country meet was hosted by Mt. Pleasant Thursday evening. In the girls division Ft. Madison won the team title with a 26 score, and Mt. Pleasant was 4TH with 94. In the boys class Ft. Madison also won, Mt. Pleasant had an all conference performer Jonathan Lee who was 7th individually. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Middle School girl’s cross country team ran in the State middle School Cross Country Meet in Des Moines. The Jean Caboth coached crew brought home a second place team finish. Decorah won the meet with a score of 28, MPMS was second with 31 points. Chloe Haffarnan had the fastest time for Mt. Pleasant runners with a 14:04 timing good enough for 7th place overall. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Panther ended the football season 5-4 overall and 4-3 in the district. Class 3A District 5 All District Football honors were handed out to a number of Mt. Pleasant football players, making first team all district were: Drew Johnson, Cody Vaughn, Evan Franzen, Darian Cotton, Brayton Meeker, Henry Krieger-Coble. Honorable mention: Kyle Nichting, Braden Roth, Tanner Liechty, Korbin Taylor, Skylar Bruggemeyer, Leonard Wester. Darian Cotton was nominated for all state honors. All academic honors: Dylan Hofstad, Henry Krieger-Coble, Austin Marshall, Brayton Meeker, Justis Wellington, Leonard Wester, Sam Bell, Ryan Chabal, Tanner Liechty. ]]>]]> WACO FOOTBALL TEAM MADE IT TO THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE PLAYOFFS AND LOST TO #1 RANKED TRAER NORTH TAMA. WARRIORS ENDED THE YEAR 8-4. ]]>]]> IWC football team finished their season with a 2-9 record, 1-6 in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League. Jason Smelser was let go as head coach and replaced by 47 year old Kent Anderson. He prepped at Davis county in Bloomfield, played for the Iowa State Cyclones and has been coaching football in Germany. Senior Jaren Maybin (Baltimore, Md.) leads seven Iowa Wesleyan College players who received Mid-States Football Association All-Midwest League recognition in awards announced by the MSFA. Maybin was named Second Team All-MSFA Midwest at the running back position, the lone Tiger to receive first or second team recognition from the vote of league coaches. Those receiving honorable mention recognition from the league included offensive linemen Eric Davis (Fr.-Clemons, Iowa) and Tyler Stewart (So.-Merritt Island, Fla.), linebacker Scott Baldwin (Sr.-Penn Valley, Calif.) and defensive backs Darious Watson (Jr.-Bellwood, Ill.), Deevonte Browning (Fr.-Deland, Fla.) and Nate Washington (Fr.-Stone Mountain, Ga.). ]]>]]> MPHS girls and boys cross country teams ran at the Regional/District meet at Knoxville. Panther girls were 12th out of 13 teams, Kaitlin Jones was the best finisher coming in 52nd. Pella won the girls title, followed by Williamsburg and Ballard, those teams all qualified for the state meet. The Panther boys were 11th out of 13 teams. the state meet. Jonathan Lee was the top M.P. finisher coming in 28th. ]]>]]> The Southeast Conference volleyball coaches have announced their all conference selections for the fall of 2009. Mt. Pleasant who finished second in the league race placed two players on the first team, Andrea Pieper and Emily Prellwitz. Hannah Sinclair and Rebecca Kimzey were named to the second team, while Lisa Moeller and Steph Myers are honorable mention winners. Meredith Flattery of Fairfield was named player of the year. Academic all conference honors went to: Hannah Sinclair, Kim Scarbrough, Emily Prellwitz, Andy Pieper, Steph Myers, Lisa Moeller, Adriana Sanchez, Haley Overton, Rebekah Kimzey, Shaina Keomanivong and Abby Eakes. ]]>]]> COACHES OF THE YEAR in the SEISC Dennis Jandrey, Mediapolis Melissa Freesmeier, Holy Trinity Catholic. New London made it to the state tournament for the fifth straight year, they lost in the first round. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College saw its volleyball season end with a three-set loss to Viterbo (Wis.) University in the quarterfinals of the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament. The Tigers finish the season with a 16-14 record, the team’s best mark since a 22-13 mark in 2005 that included MCC regular season and tournament titles and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. ]]>]]> Steve Williamson picked up his 100th coaching victory as Iowa Wesleyan women’s basketball coach in Des Moines at the Grandview Tournament when the Tigers beat Dana, Nebraska 78-71. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer team placed three players on the MCC all conference honorable mention team Fanny Koloko-Green – Iowa Wesleyan Jillian Sulcer – Iowa Wesleyan Karly York – Iowa Wesleyan The men’s team landed two players on the MCC honorable mention squad. Troy Osborne – Iowa Wesleyan Michael Roberts – Iowa Wesleyan ]]>]]> Midwest Collegiate conference named their all conference volleyball teams. IWC’S Kendra Zimmerman was named first team and Megan McVey was honorable mention. ]]>]]> M. Doraine Lauer 86 of Mt. Union passed away on December 2nd. Doraine was one of the pioneers in girl’s basketball in the state of Iowa. She graduated from Wyman high School where she played the game and then attended Iowa Wesleyan College where she was a member of their first women’s basketball team. She then became one of two women to coach high school basketball at that time. ]]>]]> Bob Jensen Athletic Director at Mt. Pleasant High School has been named the Southeast District Athletic Director of the Year. Bob will be honored at the 2010 IHSADA State Convention on March 28th. Jensen is being recognized for his dedication and leadership for the benefit of young athletes and coaches in the Mt. Pleasant School District and also in the Southeast conference and Class 3A District Five of football. ]]>]]> The Iowa Track Coaches and Officials Association named their coaches of the year at their annual clinic and banquet. Scot Lamm, head boys’ track coach at Mt. Pleasant Community High School, was named an At-Large Coach of the Year for the 2009 season. He has been head boys track coach at Mt. Pleasant for six years, having a runner-up finish in the state meet in 2007, and a third place finish in 2008. Under Coach Lamm, Mt. Pleasant has won the Southeast Conference Championship and the District championship the last four years. ]]>]]> At the holiday break the MPHS wrestlers are battling tough with a young team. They have been taking a few lumps from more veteran teams. If the young guys stick with it and work hard by the end of the year they will be wrestling tough. ]]>]]> The MPHS girl’s basketball team is 4-5 overall and 1-2 in the conference. Big game coming up with rival Washington right away in the 2nd half of the season. ]]>]]> MPHS boy’s basketball team is ranked in the top 3 teams in 3A polls around the state. Panthers are 8-0 overall and 3-0 in the league. They are a fun team to watch and a must see in 2010. ]]>]]> The IWC women are 10-6 overall and 3-0 in the MCC. They are on an 8 game winning streak and have a big conference home game with St. Ambrose January 6th. The Tiger men are 11-6 overall and 2-1 in the league. Their lack of height has hurt them but great hustle and improving outside shooting is making them tough to beat. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami, KILJ-FM will carry the game beginning at 5 p.m. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve KILJ-AM 1130 will air the game at 3 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 252 Thurs. Dec. 31, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW SPORTS 3rd QUARTER ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant High School baseball team won the Southeast Conference baseball title out right. Head coach Brent Broker won his 100th career game against Ft. Madison. Mphs ended the year 22-16 losing in the first round of the district tournament to Keokuk. Southeast Conference all conference baseball teams. First team selections for the Mt. Pleasant Panthers: Henry Krieger-Coble and Braden Shull (pitchers) Blake Heitmeier (infield), Cody Vaughn (outfield), Tyler Spenner (utility). Second team selections: Cameron Engberg (pitcher), Darke Koontz (infield), Korbin Taylor (outfield), Brayton Meeker (dh). ]]>]]> The 2009 softball season for Mt. Pleasant saw them end the year with an 18-22 won-loss record and a third place finish in the Southeast Conference race. The S. E conference named their all conference softball teams for the summer of 2009. Making first team all conference for the MPHS Panthers: Sammi Goble, Brooklyn Schrader and Emily Prellwitz. Rebekah Kimzey made second team, Sydney Burden and Steph Myers were honorable mention. All District Softball Players: 1A Logan Chiri, Kaci Wagner and Bria Mears New London, Arial Davis and Angela Davis Waco. 3A Emily Prellwitz Mt. Pleasant. Several Henry County athletes were honored by the IGHSAU on all state softball teams. Emily Prellwitz of Mt. Pleasant High School was named third team all state class 3A. First team All state class 1A honors went to Logan Chiri of New London. Second team honors went to Bria Mears of new London. Honorable mention honors went to Kaysee Grogan, Kaci Wagner and Ashley Blint of New London as well as Arial and Angela Davis of Waco. ]]>]]> The 10 year old Mt.Pleasant Panther All-Star Baseball team has won the State Tournament!!! This means they are headed to the Regional tournament in Liberal, Kansas. ]]>]]> Three Iowa Wesleyan College athletic teams were named recipients of the NAIA Scholar Team award for the 2008-09 school year, it was announced Friday by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Receiving the award were the IWC women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams as well as the Tiger men’s basketball team. The teams were three of the record total of more than 800 teams to receive the award. Wesleyan’s men’s basketball program posted a team grade point average of 3.10 for the 2008-09 school year. The Tiger women’s track and field teams both posted a team GPA of 3.02 in 2008-09. For a team to be considered for the NAIA Scholar Team award, they must have a 3.0 minimum GPA (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the institution. The team grade point average must include all varsity athletes certified as eligible. This year’s total of 837 teams receiving the award represented a 12% increase over last year, and more than 15% of the schools receiving the award had a GPA of 3.5 or higher. ]]>]]> Trace White of Mt. Pleasant won the pee wee 7-9 year old golf title at the Iowa Games in Ames, shooting a 48 score. Tim Greist of Mt. Pleasant won the male 30-49 year old par3 competition at the Iowa Games shooting a 32. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant area people that placed first or second at the Iowa games in a variety of events. Dan Bell won the 35-39 year old 200 meter dash in 25.67, second in the 400 dash 66.37, 2nd in long jump 16’ 8 ¾”. Bill Porter won the 70-74 year old 400 meter dash in 1:44.2, the 800 meter run in 4:19.2, 2nd in the 200 meter dash 45.8, John Feehan 2nd in the 400 dash 45-49 year olds 69.69. Jim and Ardie Carson 2nd in mixed doubles tennis 55 and over. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami, KILJ-FM will carry the game beginning at 5 p.m. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve KILJ-AM 1130 will air the game at 3 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 251 Wed. Dec. 30, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW SPORTS 2ND QUARTER ]]>]]> JAMY BALL RESIGNED AS HEAD WRESTLING COACH AT MPHS. ONE OF HIS ASSISTANT COACHES ANTHONY BLINT WAS NAMED AS HIS REPLACEMENT. ]]>]]> Jordon Cotton finished second in the 100 meter dash and second in the 400 meter hurdles at the Drake Relays. Lindsey Boldt former Panther athlete was on the second place University of Missouri women's shuttle hurdle relay team. Floyd Turner four time NAIA national champion discus thrower for IWC was fourth in the discus, competing unattached. ]]>]]> Adam Lindsay (Sr.-Aberdeenshire, Scotland), Melissa Petersen (Fr.-Wilton, Iowa) and Head Coach Ted Peetz all received honors from the Midwest Collegiate Conference as the league announced its postseason awards and all-conference teams today. Lindsay was named to the men's all-conference first team for the second straight year, while Petersen was named honorable mention all-conference on the women's side. In addition, Peetz was named the MCC's Men's Coach of the Year for the second straight season. IWC golf coach Ted Peetz stepped down from coaching after six years to get his doctorate at UNLV. Under his direction the Tiger men's golf program has gained national recognition and the women's program has shown promise also. Local Browns Shoe Fit owner Kurt Moon was named as his replacement on the men’s team and Kim Jennings wife of football assistant Peter Jennings was named the women’s coach. She teaches in the Highland School district. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan ended their softball season 21-30 overall. ]]>]]> IWC ended its baseball season with a 29-22 record. Fanny Cruz was named the MCC player of the year and honorable mention all american. Iowa Wesleyan's 29 wins this season will go down as the fourth-most in a season in school history. The Tigers' 82 wins over the past three seasons under Head Coach Brett Monaghan also is the second-winningest three-year stretch in school history, behind only the 1993-95 Wesleyan teams that combined to win 88 games over those three years. ]]>]]> Corrie Wagner (Sr.-Iowa City, Iowa) posted two top-three finishes and was named Midwest Collegiate Conference champion in the heptathlon event, leading the Iowa Wesleyan College track and field teams at the MCC Outdoor Championships held Thursday and Friday on the campus of the University of Dubuque. Wagner placed second in the shot put and third in the javelin for the best two finishes by a member of the Tiger women's team. She also was named conference champion in the heptathlon based on her performances during the outdoor season, when she posted the top mark in the conference in the event. Wagner's heptathlon title is the fourth conference title of her career and comes after winning the MCC title in the pentathlon in the indoor season. She also won the conference title in the shot put last year in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Former MPHS golf standout mark Hankins took his Iowa Hawkeye team to the NCAA Championships at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. When Mark took over the Hawk golf team they were ranked 152nd out of 300 teams. They now are one of the top 30 to qualify to play for a national championship. ]]>]]> MPHS GIRL’S TRACK TEAM FINISHED 33RD AT STATE WITH 4 POINTS AND BOYS TRACK TEAM 12TH WITH 20 POINTS. BOYS HAD HIGH HOPES OF CONTENDING FOR THE TEAM TITLE BUT JORDON COTTON INJURED A HAM STRING EARLY IN THE MEET. ]]>]]> Emily Prellwitz qualified for the state medalist golf championships at the Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown June 1st and 2nd. New London advanced to the 1A state team golf championships at the American Legion Course in Marshalltown. Emily Prellwitz tied for 11th in the medalist competition at the 2009 class 3A state golf tournament shooting 89-94-183. The winner was Ballard sophomore Susan Kirschenmen 79-83-162. Class 3A team champion was Carroll winning over Ballard in a card back of the fifth players second round total. New London finished third and Wapello finished last in the 1A team championship. Tigers shot 743, Arrows scored an 831 total. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball coach Alan Magnani was selected as one of six collegiate coaches from the nation who to serve as court coaches for the 2009 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Championship and World University Games team trials. ]]>]]> Holy Trinity Catholic (7-10) ended their boy’s soccer season losing a hard fought 1-0 match to #1 ranked Iowa City Regina (19-2)in the first round of the state class 1A soccer championships . Keokuk tangled with Dallas Center Grimes in class 2A first round play and fell 2-0. ]]>]]> Two Mt. Pleasant athletes, Leslie Taylor and Chloe Haffarnan, qualified for the National Jr. Olympic Track and Field Meet that was run in Des Moines, neither placed in the top ten in the finals. ]]>]]> MPHS GIRLS TENNIS TEAM FINISHED THE SEASON UNDEFEATED. ALYSSA DYALL WON #4 SINGLES IN THE CONFERENCE. SHE JOINED FORCES WITH LACEY MILLER TO WIN #2 DOUBLES, KIRSTEN SNYDER AND LEEAH FULLER WON #3 DOUBLES. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami, KILJ-FM will carry the game beginning at 5 p.m. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve KILJ-AM 1130 will air the game at 3 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 250 Tue. Dec. 29, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW SPORTS 1ST QUARTER DR. JOHN ROEDERER, MT. PLEASANT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT AND WARREN WOEPKING LONG TIME COACH AND ADMINISTRATOR AT COLUMBUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WERE HONORED AT THE 2009 STATE TOURNAMENT WITH THE OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATOR AWARDS. ]]>]]> JAY HACKETT OF THE MPHS WRESTLING TEAM FINISHED 6TH AT 215 POUNDS IN CLASS 3A AT THE STATE WRESTLING MEET. SAWYER FERRIS OF NEW LONDON/WMU WON THE 103 LB. CLASS 1A WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP. HIS TEAMMATES JAKE KADEL FINISHED THIRD AT 112 LBS., JAKE HOPKINS WAS 8TH AT 125 LBS. NEW LONDON AS A TEAM FINISHED 7TH IN THE TEAM SCORING. ]]>]]> HENRY KRIEGER-COBLE 6’4” SOPHOMORE WAS NAMED THE SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR 2008-2009. HE OBVIOUSLY ALSO MADE FIRST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE ALONG WITH BLAKE HEITMEIER AND JORDON COTTON. SCOTT HAHN AND AUSTIN MARSHALL MADE 2ND TEAM. ]]>]]> THE MPHS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM HAD SENIOR MELANIE PHIPPS AND FRESHMAN TAYLOR SHULL MAKE FIRST TEAM ALL SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE. JANEL BARNES MADE 2ND TEAM AND AMANDA DUNN AND JOSLYN HAFFARNAN HONORABLE MENTION. ]]>]]> MPHS WRESTLERS CODY APLARA, JAY HACKETT AND DANNY KELLEY WERE NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE WRESTLING. ]]>]]> JORDON COTTON WHO SCORED 51 CAREER TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE MPHS PANTHER FOOTBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED HE WOULD SIGN WITH THE IOWA HAWKEYE FOOTBALL TEAM. JORDON RED SGHIRTED DURING HIS FRESHMAN SEASON AND IS WITH THE TEAM AT THE ORANGE BOWL THIS WEEK. ]]>]]> DWIGHT GINGERICH OF IMS AND CLAY VASS OF CENTRAL LEE WERE NAMED THE SOUTHEAST SUPER CONFERENCE COACHES OF THE YEAR. IMS AND CENTRAL LEE BOTH MADE IT TO THE BOYS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. HAWKS LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND TO STATE CHAMP SOLON, IMS FINISHED THIRD. BRETT AZINGER OFF THE CENTRAL LEE TEAM SIGNED WITH THE IWC TIGERS AND HAS BEEN A STARTER IN HIS FRESHMAN YEAR. ]]>]]> NEW LONDON GIRLS MADE IT TO THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND TO EVENTUAL CHAMPION AGWSR. ]]>]]> IWC TIGER WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL NAIA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. LADY TIGERS LOST IN OVERTIME TO CONCORDIA, OREGON. STEVE WILLIAMSON, COACH OF THE TIGERS WAS NAMED THE MCC COACH OF THE YEAR. MAKING ALL CONFERENCE WERE: ALI DEVRIES AND RACHEL MITCHELL FIRST TEAM, HEATHER LARSON HONORABLE MENTION. ]]>]]> IWC MEN MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT AND LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND to OREGON TECH. TIGER SENIOR GUARD BRETT HUMPAL WAS NAMED THE MCC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WAS FIRST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE AS WELL AS FIRST TEAM ALL AMERICAN. DAKARI SHELBY ALSO WAS FIRST TEAM MCC. JASON GARBER AND KEENAN STANBRIDGE MADE HONORABLE MENTION. A six on six girl's basketball jamboree with teams from Mt. Pleasant, Waco, WMU, New London and Mediapolis was played at Mt. Pleasant High School. The event was well attended and a few of the players limped out, but the fun they had renewing friendships with former teammates and oppononets from years gone buy, more than made up for the sore muslces they woke up with the next day. The Mt. Pleasant Park and Rec Department and Main Street Mt. Pleasant promoted the event. ]]>]]> Here’s a couple of stories that will show you that the world isn’t so bad!! Hampton Basketball Official Awarded the Iowa/NFHS Award of Excellence It is often said that the mark of a well-officiated athletic contest is when the fans don't notice the official. Well, official Brian Miller of Hampton unselfishly put a new spin on that age old philosophy. As a result he is the most recent recipient of the Iowa/NFHS Award of Excellence which honors exemplary displays of sportsmanship, ethics and integrity. On December 15, Miller was one of the officials that worked the West Fork-Saint Ansgar girl-boy doubleheader. In two tight games, some fans may have been hasty in their comments on the judgment of the officials. Miller is one who understands that when the striped shirt is put on and the lanyard and whistle goes around their neck, that somehow, to some fans, a good person may hear some unflattering remarks. Officials are trained not to listen and to keep their focus. In Miller's case, he did just that and after the game some outspoken fans, much to their chagrin, learned about his personal side. The people in the Saint Ansgar community and school district have been rallying to the assistance of seventh grade athlete Connor Gordon who is battling leukemia. They have supported fund raisers in the past two years to support Connor and his parents Char and Dan of Grafton as they have coped with the illness and the accompanying financial burden. His cancer went into remission last year, but has returned this fall. When Miller arrived at Saint Ansgar for the game, he had heard of Connor's struggle and visited with Merlyn Thorson, Saint Ansgar athletic director and IHSAA Hall of Fame coach about Gordon. The youngster is taking treatments but has not been able to attend class since late October. Without prompting Miller requested that his game fee check be donated to Gordon and his family. That deed may very well change how fans view officials in the future. Saint Ansgar's principal W. Scott Dryer, who shared Miller's action with IHSAA Executive Director Richard Wulkow, was impressed with Miller's character and generosity. "I do not know Mr. Miller. He is not from our community or even in our conference, but his donation speaks to his human kindness and the character he has as an ambassador through officiating." In announcing the award, Mr. Wulkow noted, "Brian Miller's concern and kindness exemplifies the character of many of Iowa's athletic officials. He models the passion officials have for educational activities and the student participants. It is a character trait that keeps the values and results of these activities in proper perspective." The IHSAA/NFHS Award of Excellence is conferred by the Association when school administrators alert the IHSAA of the unique action or deeds that occur in their community. ]]>]]> Winning by Losing Note: Except for changing the names of the individuals involved, we are leaving the following in the words of the coach who sent the following E-mail to his athletics director. As you read it, please know that when goals are reached we will, with the appropriate permission releases, share the names of the students, athletes, and coaches as well as the school involved. I thought I would drop a note to leave you in good spirits today…and let me preface this by saying humbly that I have hardly anything to do with this story besides telling it and being a coach to witness it. It needs to be shared. Let me take you back to the beginning of last year. My office is located in between two biology rooms. Every morning, two young gentlemen would come into my room practically every day to talk of the Vikings and baseball and occasionally our team. We would usually exchange a ‘good-morning’ and then part with a “high-five” or two (one of them had to have a secret handshake). One of these boys was Tommy. He loved the Vikings and was going to be playing baseball for me last summer. He can tell you about any WWF wrestling event in history – who wrestled who, who won, what move they used, if it was for a title belt, etc… To say he was pumped for baseball was an understatement. I was pumped as well. Let me describe him. He is about 5’10 and about 290 pounds, and full of joy. He was a little timid at first, but joking around sure opened him up and now he’s a ball of fire. I was a little heart-wretched in that I knew he wouldn’t be my everyday starter but I knew he just wanted to be around the game. Now fast-forward to the summer. I was a little worried on how our guys would take Tommy with his weight and, to be frank, awkwardness on the field. He was not very fast and struggled in many areas. I was worried on how to make sure he was included in everything but not singled out to embarrassment – a tough job, especially knowing the very good team that I had. I told him, in front of the team, that we needed someone to do the “sweep dance” after every team we swept (beat twice) during the season. It involved a little dancing in the middle of the huddle in celebration. Tommy was all over it! And the other players just embraced it, owned it and loved it! Tommy was at every practice and got better each day. He went from a lot of misses in batting practice to hitting balls out of the infield sometimes. He was fitting in and the kids (I don’t know why), but they just surprised me with how they were accepting and encouraging him. The first game came and went. Yes, a sweep for us. Who was in the middle?? ‘Big Tone’ of course – dancing away to the chant of “sweep, sweep, sweep” It became regular protocol as our team won the Freshman Conference. Tommy got in several at-bats towards the end of games and ended up ‘cranking one’, only to have it caught deep by an outfielder. The other at-bats were strikeouts and walks. He did end up scoring his first run in a game in I don’t know how long….so that was a huge success for him. During the season in the weight room coach pulled me aside and asked who Tommy was. I could tell he saw a challenge and wanted a piece of it. I called Tommy over and we challenged him to stick with the coach's program this next year. He told us he was already signed up for his class. We weren’t sure if he’d stick with it, but he seemed to anticipate and look forward to the challenge of losing some weight. Fast forward again to the middle of the first semester: Tommy is sticking to the plan as he’s lost about 25 pounds. All our players from last year are coming in and telling each other about it. They are excited for him. Lots of people are rallying around him. His mom is buying Lean Cuisine meals and Tommy isn’t touching a bad food item in the lunch line. Twenty-five pounds now becomes 35 and he’s looking thinner. He stops in to have me feel his muscles and reassure me that we are going to win a state baseball title when his class becomes seniors. Thirty-five pounds becomes 50. His clothes are all drooping on him and his face is thinner. The kids are pumped. The weight room coach is doing a fantastic job and he is seeing results. This is where it gets a little emotional. Just yesterday, I heard that 10-12 of our baseball players from last year – ON THEIR OWN – all pitched in about 10 dollars of their own money and bought him a new baseball glove for Christmas. On top of that, they gave him the extra money with a card telling him to get some new clothes because the present ones are too big. From what I hear, he went in to one of his teachers' room and told her, “This is the best day ever!” I’m not sure I need to tell anymore…our kids are second to none. To take a kid who could easily become an outcast and embrace and encourage him is absolutely heart-warming. I’m not sure who the teachers are anymore. I learned a lesson that is priceless and I hope this touches your heart as it did mine. Oh, and by the way, Tommy is down over 70 pounds to date – last report the weight room coach told me he was in the ‘teens’. His goal is 100 pounds Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 248 Mon. Dec. 28, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant dropped both duals last night as they hosted Keokuk and Bettendorf. Chiefs beat the Panthers 41-34 and Bulldogs downed the home team 45-24. M.P. done wrestling till 2010 now. Hear coach Blint talk about the matches on kilj.com sports. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant rolled over Centerville 78-35 in boy’s basketball on the road last night to chalk up their 8th win in a row heading into the Christmas break. All five MPHS starters were in double figures with Henry Krieger-Coble scoring 14 to lead the way, Scott Hahn had 9 rebounds and 5 assists. M>P> won the JV game 44-37. Other scores: Burlington girls 44 Davenport West 42. Iowa City High boys 53 Burlington 47 (ot) ]]>]]> Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) scored 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Iowa Wesleyan College held Ashford University to 28.3% shooting in a 77-43 win over the Saints in a Midwest Collegiate Conference game Tuesday night. IWC never trailed and dominated play inside against yet another opponent, out-rebounding the Saints 59-22, including 26 offensive rebounds, and outscoring the hosts 36-18 in the paint. The Tigers won their eighth straight game to improve to 10-6 overall, 3-0 in conference play. Jill Ginder (Jr.-Olney, Ill.) joined Beachey in double figures scoring with 13 points. Ginder also was one of four players to finish with seven rebounds, along with Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.), Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) and Angela Brinkmeyer (Sr.-Hubbard, Iowa). Ginder and Jones both also had game highs with five assists each. Wesleyan now will have a two-week break before its next game, a big one against nationally ranked St. Ambrose University. The Tigers will take on the Queen Bees on Jan. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in Ruble Arena in a game matching the top two teams in the conference standings early in the season. ]]>]]> Ashford University shot over 50% and Iowa Wesleyan College played from behind all night in a 93-75 loss to the Saints in Midwest Collegiate Conference play Tuesday night. Daniel Joiner led four Saints in double figures with 24 points and the Tigers lost in their first game after a 10-day layoff. IWC dropped to 6-8 overall, 1-2 in conference, while Ashford is now 11-6 overall, 2-1 in the MCC. The Tigers shot 40% from the field and never led as the Saints were hot from the field all night. Ashford made 35 of 68 field goals (51.5%) and shot at least 50% in both halves while also making 10 of 25 three-point tries. Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) led Wesleyan with 16 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, pacing the Tigers in all three categories. Lowe and Brett Azinger (Fr.-Montrose, Iowa) both added 15 points apiece as well, with Lowe scoring his points off the bench and Azinger adding seven rebounds as well. IWC shot 28 of 70 for the game, making 14 of 35 shots in both halves. The Tigers also were out-rebounded 41-33. Wesleyan now will have a two-week break before its next game when it takes on St. Ambrose University on Wed., Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 247 Wed. Dec. 23, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The #2 ranked and undefeated (7-0) Mt. Pleasant Pleasant Panther boy’s basketball team travels to Centerville 4-1 for non conference action tonight. JV game begins at 5:15, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the varsity game beginning at 7 p.m. Centerville suffered their first loss of the season Saturday falling to Ottumwa 55-53, they have wins over Ft. Madison, Scotland County, Mo., Davis county and Eddyville Blakesburg. A.P. poll has MPHS boys ranked #3 behind Carroll and Harlan. IMS still #4 in class 1A. ]]>]]> Basketball last night: (girls) Mediapolis 48 Notre Dame 21, WMU 36 Wapello 24, Fairfield 64 Holy Trinity Catholic 52. (boys) Notre Dame 50 Mediapolis 32, Wapello 68 WMU 53 (college) Iowa 82 S. Carolina St. 69 ]]>]]> The MPHS wrestling team will host a double dual meet tonight against conference foe Keokuk and nonconference opponent Bettendorf. The first dual will begin at 6 p.m. MPHS wrestled Saturday at the Pella Tournament and finished 8th place with no champions. The JV/V wrestling meet at Mediapolis scheduled for Tuesday, January 5th, has been moved to Thursday, January 7th. The meet will be a double dual with Mediapolis and Van Buren and will start at 6:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant girls and boys bowling teams swept the Trojans Saturday at the Flamingo Lanes in Fairfield. The Panthers’ girls picked up a 3 pin win over Fairfield 2,202 to 2,199 to improve to 3-2 on the season. Amanda Francy’s 330 individual score led the Panthers, while Danielle Gulseth posted a 326. Nikole Hummell also broke 300 with a 303 score. . The Mt. Pleasant boys took the individual round against Fairfield 1,737 to 1,666, Chris Overton rolled a 399 for the Panthers, Alex and Dustin Higginbotham rolled 365 and 329 scores respectively. ]]>]]> The IWC women and men will play basketball on the road at Ashford University tonight. This MCC double header will begin at 5:30 with the women’s game. This wraps up the 2009 portion of the Tiger schedule. The Midwest Collegiate Conference has named their athletes of the week for last week. Men’s Basketball Chris Holloway – Waldorf (Sr., Guard) Holloway scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the Warriors’ win over Ave Maria last week. He made 8 of 10 field goal attempts including 5-for-6 from beyond the three-point arc. He also converted 6 of 7 from the free throw line. Women’s Basketball Jenny Clark – St. Ambrose (Sr., Guard) Clark averaged 23.0 points, four rebounds, 4.5 assists and 4.5 steals in leading SAU to a pair of wins at the Las Vegas Hoopla tourney this weekend. She also tied her own school record with eight three-pointers in scoring 25 points in a win over Fresno Pacific. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 246 Tue. Dec. 22, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS girls lost Friday night at home to Ft Madison 54-53, Taylor Shull scored 21, Mackenzie Sartorious 16. M.P. hit 10 3 point field goals. Saturday the Panthers bounced back with a 49-45 win over Burlington in Panther Gym. Taylor Shull had 22 points, Alissa Maxwell 12 and MacKenzie Sartorious added 10. MP ends the 2009 portion of the season 4-5 (1-2) ]]>]]> #2 ranked MPHS boys team rolled over Ft. Madison in the Hound Dome Friday night 72-43, Scott Hahn 21, Braden Shull off the bench with 13, Henry Krieger-Coble 10. Saturday the Panthers rolled over Burlington 53-29, Grayhounds led 11-9 at the end of the first quarter but then M.P. got to rolling. Henry Krieger-Coble scored 21, Austin Marshall 15. Mt. Pleasant is 7-0 and will play at Centerville Tuesday night to end the 2009 portion of the season. ]]>]]> MPHS wrestlers went to the Pella Tournament Saturday and finished 8th with 78 points, Eddyville Blakesburg won the event with 191. Best finishes for the Panthers: Derek Movall and Kyle Nichting each finished 3rd. The JV wrestlers went to the Wilton Tournament and had nine champs. Alec Mathews, Sully Dameron, Drew Johnson, Jayton Phillips, Blake Batey, Gaylon Perron, Dylan Norton, Ryan Herr and Skylar Bruggemeyer. The Panthers have a home double dual meet with Keokuk and Bettendorf Tuesday night at 6 p.m. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team stretched its winning streak to seven games with two wins in the Crimson Wave Holiday Classic hosted by Calumet (Ind.) College this weekend. The Tigers defeated Marian (Ind.) University and Walsh (Ohio) University on back-to-back days, finishing the tourney as the only team to win both of its games. IWC also improved its record to 9-6 this season in its final games before diving into Midwest Collegiate Conference play. Wesleyan opened the two-day invitational with a 77-57 win over Marian. The Tigers never trailed in the game, opening up a double-digit lead early on and shooting 56.5% from the field, making 26 of 46 field goal attempts. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) had 23 points and made 10 of 14 from the field. Jill Ginder (Jr.-Olney, Ill.) also added 15 points as well as a game-high six steals. IWC also forced Marian (7-6) into 19 turnovers. The Tigers came back Saturday afternoon with a 76-55 win over Walsh, a team lurking just outside the top 25 in the most recent NAIA Division II coaches’ poll. Wesleyan committed a season-low 12 turnovers and held the Cavaliers to 34.6% shooting in the second half. Beachey and Ginder both scored 17 points against the Cavaliers (8-4), and both were named to the all-tournament team. Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) also added 13 points, and Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) had eight points, four rebounds, five assists and six steals. Beachey also led the team with eight rebounds as the Tigers won the rebounding battle 38-35. IWC will play its final game of 2009 on Tuesday when it travels to Clinton to face Ashford University in conference play. Game time will be 5:30 p.m. ]]>]]> Sites for the 2010 Co-Ed District/Regional Track and Field Meets May 14 have been selected. 2010 DISTRICT/REGIONAL TRACK AND FIELD SITES 4A NORTH SCOTT--ELDRIDGE 3A MOUNT PLEASANT 2A EDDYVILLE-BLAKESBURG 1A WACO—WAYLAND ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 245 Mon. Dec. 21, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Ft. Madison defeated the Mt. Pleasant Panthers wrestlers at the Hounddome 54-26. Panthers winning matches were: Zach May, Derek Movall, Kyle Nichting, Jacob Dilks, Aaron Aplara. M.P. beat West Hancock, Ill. 69-10. M.P. wrestles in the Pella Tournament Saturday. Other area scores: Waco 60 Van Buren 18, Waco 36 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 30, W. Burlington-Notre Dame 36 Van Buren 24. New London-WMU 55 Mediapolis 18, New London-WMU 54 Highland 30, Mediapolis 48 Highland 36. Columbus Community 54 Wapello 27, Columbus 42 L-M 31, L-M 51 Wapello 27, Keokuk 42 Washington 40. Class 2A team rankings have Columbus Community #9. Class 1A New London-WMU 3rd and L-M 6th. ]]>]]> The MPHS bowling teams tangled with Ottumwa yesterday on the road. M.P. boys won 2859 to 2814 over the Bulldogs. Jordon Miyoshi rolled a 442 series. The Ottumwa girls won 2191 to 2112, Amanda Francy rolled a 304 for the Panthers. Mt. Pleasant bowls at Fairfield Saturday. ]]>]]> The MPHS girl’s basketball team 3-4 (1-1) will host Ft. Madison tonight in Southeast Conference action. JV teams play at 6:15 and varsity will follow, no freshman game for the girls because of illness and injury at F.M. The #2 ranked and undefeated MPHS boy’s basketball team goes to Ft. Madison for conference play. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the varsity game live beginning at 7:45 p.m. Saturday the M.P. girls and boys host Burlington for varsity games beginning at 1;30 p.m. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will broadcast both games live. ]]>]]> Area basketball tonight: Girls and Boys—N. Scott @ Burlington, Maharishi @ Notre Dame, W. Burlington @ Holy Trinity Catholic, New London @ Danville, Central Lee @ Van Buren, Harmony @ Cardinal, Columbus @ L-M, WMU @ Mediapolis, Waco @ Lone Tree, Wapello @ IMS. Girls: Keokuk @ Washington Boys: Washington @ Keokuk ]]>]]> IWC women play in a tournament at Calumet College in Whiting, Indiana this weekend. They play Marian, Indiana tonight and Walsh, Ohio Saturday. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 244 Fri. Dec. 18, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS and Warsaw, Ill. wrestlers at Ft. Madison it has been awhile since the Panther wrestlers have been on the mat, December 5th they had a fourth place finish at the Wapello tournament and then had a couple of meets weathered out. So the Panthers are anxious to get on the mat and get going again, they will wrap up the first half of the season at the Pella Tournament Saturday. Other area wrestling: W. Burlington-Notre Dame and Van Buren @ Waco, Columbus and L-M @ Wapello, Mediapolis and New London-WMU @ Highland, Washington @ Keokuk. ]]>]]> MPHS girls and boys bowling teams at Ottumwa today. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 243 Thur. Dec. 17, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Central Lee defeated Holy Trinity Catholic in girls basketball last night 62-35, Kaitlyn Grossman had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Nikki Fraise had a double-double also with 12 points and 14 rebounds for HTC. Other area scores: Lone Tree 47 WMU 44, L-M 66 Wapello 16, Pekin 61 Columbus 36, Mediapolis 57 IMS 20, New London 57 Cardinal 49 (ot), Harmony 62 Notre Dame 15, Davenport Central 59 Burlington 56. W. Burlington 44 Danville 40. ]]>]]> Holy Trinity defeated Central Lee 47-44, Justin Menke had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Crusaders. Brad Vogel paced Central lee with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. Orther area scores: Danville 84 W. Burlington 30, Notre Dame 86 Harmony 20, Burlington 56 Davenport Central 55, Van Buren 80 Maharishi 44, New London 41 Cardinal 40, Wapello 61 L-M 51, WMU 66 Lone Tree 63. ]]>]]> Wrestling scores: Keokuk 69 Mediapolis 3, Keokuk 39 Muscatine 37, Ft. Madison 48 Muscatine 31, Ft. Madison 60 Mediapolis 24. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 242 Wed. Dec. 16, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Iowa Wesleyan College has named Kent Anderson as the new head coach of its football program, Athletic Director Mike Hampton announced Monday. The 47-year-old Anderson becomes the 45th head coach in the 120-year history of Iowa Wesleyan’s football program. He replaces Jason Smelser, who left the Tiger program at the conclusion of the 2009 season. Anderson comes to IWC with a unique background, having spent the past 15 years as a head coach in Germany. As a coach in the German Football League professional ranks, Anderson posted a 182-62-5 record and won eight national championships. He won titles with three different teams and was a six-time national coach of the year. Though he spent many years coaching in Germany, Anderson is hardly a stranger to southern Iowa. He is a native of Bloomfield, Iowa, and a graduate of Davis County High School, where he was all-state in football and basketball as well as a state champion in track and field. The son of Dennis and Barbara Anderson, he comes from a family with a background in coaching and administration. His father Dennis is well-known throughout Iowa as a long-time head coach and athletic director at Davis County High. Anderson is also a 1985 graduate of Iowa State University, where he received a degree in general studies and was a wide receiver and special teams player and a three-year letter winner on the football team. Upon his graduation from Iowa State, Anderson worked in the private sector for six years in sales. He then spent two years at the University of North Carolina working as a graduate assistant in the football program coached by Mack Brown, who is now the head coach at the University of Texas. Anderson coached wide receivers and the offensive line and was part of a UNC team that won the 1993 Peach Bowl, the Tar Heels’ first bowl win in nine years. He completed a masters degree from UNC in athletic administration in 1993. Anderson also spent one year as an assistant coach at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, coaching wide receivers and coordinating the team’s passing game. In 1994 he took over as head coach of the Braunschweig Lions in Braunschweig, Germany, and became the first coach in GFL history to take his team to the playoffs in his first year as coach. Anderson is married to Friederike, an elementary school teacher, she will be moving to the states early next year. ]]>]]> Bob Jensen Athletic Director at Mt. Pleasant High School has been named the Southeast District Athletic Director of the Year. Bob will be honored at the 2010 IHSADA State Convention on March 28th. Jensen is being recognized for his dedication and leadership for the benefit of young athletes and coaches in the Mt. Pleasant School District and also in the Southeast conference and Class 3A District Five of football. ]]>]]> The Iowa Track Coaches and Officials Association named their coaches of the year at their annual clinic and banquet on Saturday, December 12th in Ames. Scot Lamm, head boys’ track coach at Mt. Pleasant Community High School, was named an At-Large Coach of the Year for the 2009 season. He has been head boys track coach at Mt. Pleasant for six years, having a runner-up finish in the state meet in 2007, and a third place finish in 2008. Under Coach Lamm, Mt. Pleasant has won the Southeast Conference Championship and the District championship the last four years. ]]>]]> Last night in Super Conference basketball, the L-M girls beat WMU 45-25. In the boys game the Falcons beat the Wolves 57-50. Tonight’s Super Conference games: Holy Trinity Catholic @ Central Lee (KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast girls and boys), Notre Dame @ Harmony, Danville @ W. Burlington, Cardinal @ New London, Wapello @ L-M, Lone Tree @ WMU, Mediapolis @ IMS, Columbus @ Pekin, Waco @ Highland. Girls: Burlington @ Davenport Central Boys: Davenport Central @ Burlington Wrestling: Ft. Madison, Keokuk and Muscatine @ Mediapolis. English Valleys and Sigourney @ Waco. ]]>]]> The undefeated Mt. Pleasant boys basketball team is getting noticed by basketball polls in the state. The Radio Iowa Poll has the Panthers ranked 2nd behind #1 Harlan. The Associated Press Poll ranks MPHS third behind #2 Harlan and #1 Carroll. The only other S.E. Iowa school ranked is IMS #4 in class 1A. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference has named their players of the week. Men’s Basketball Reggie Shipp – Iowa Wesleyan (Jr., Guard) Shipp scored a career-high 27 points and added 11 rebounds as the Tigers came back in the second half to defeat Hannibal-LaGrange. He made 8 of 16 field goals, including four three-pointers, and was 7-for-10 at the free throw line. Women’s Basketball Catalina Quintana – Mount Mercy (Sr., Guard) Quintana was nearly perfect shooting on Saturday, scoring 21 points on 7-for-7 shooting from the floor and 5-for-6 shooting at the free throw line in the Mustangs’ win over Central College. She also led her team with six rebounds and six assists in the game. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 241 Tue. Dec. 15, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Keokuk rolled over Mt. Pleasant in Southeast Conference action Friday night in Wright Field House by a score of 58-41. Taylor Shull scored 13 points and MaKenzie Sartorious 10. Keokuk also won the JV and Freshman games also. Saturday Mt. Pleasant defeated Central Lee 52-41 Taylor Shull hit for 21. ]]>]]> The MPHS boys kept their record perfect with a 57-27 win over Keokuk in Panther Gym. Scott Hahn scored 18 points, Henry Krieger-Coble hit for 16. M.P. won the JV game and Keokuk won the Freshman game 54-45. Saturday the 7th ranked Panther boys beat Central Lee 71-36, Scott Hahn 26 points. Freshman boys Saturday defeated Iowa City West 53-35, Cameron Frank scored 15 points. ]]>]]> MPHS bowlers beat Washington in bowling Saturday at Iris City Bowling. Girls won 2170-2015 Nikole Hummel 327. Boys won 3046-2058, Kevin Wesley rolled a perfect game on his way to a 517 score. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College posted a 51-23 rebounding advantage and owned a big advantage scoring in the paint in a 70-50 win over the College of St. Mary (Neb.) Friday night at Ruble Arena. The Tigers outscored the Flames 47-6 in the paint and never trailed in winning their fourth straight game to improve to 6-6 on the season. IWC also did a terrific defensive job against one of the top three-point shooting teams in the NAIA in dropping St. Mary to 4-9 this year. Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) led the Tigers with 20 points, including 10 of 11 shooting at the free throw line. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) added 16 points in just 16 minutes of play and Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) had 10 points and 16 rebounds, her second straight game with at least 15 rebounds. Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) led the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team in scoring for the second straight game and the Tiger dominated play in the paint for the third straight game in defeating Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College 83-65 Saturday evening. McCreight scored 15 points and the Tigers shot 54.2% from the field in winning their fifth straight game to improve to 7-6 this season. IWC also out-rebounded the Trojans 44-20, dominating the boards for the third straight game and winning the rebounding battle for the 10th time in 13 games. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team limited Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College to 32.4% shooting in the second half, erasing a halftime deficit in a 76-69 win Saturday afternoon at Ruble Arena. The Tigers came back after trailing by as many as ten points in the first half, working through a large size disadvantage to win their second straight game and improve to 5-7 this year. Wesleyan also gained a split of the season series against HLG, avenging a 73-61 loss to the Trojans on Nov. 10. ]]>]]> The 8th grade girls and 7th grade boys basketball games vs. Fairfield that were postponed on Thursday, Dec. 10th, have been cancelled as we could not find ant dates to play these games before the Christmas break. ]]>]]> The MPHS 9th , JV, and Varsity boys basketball games at Mid-Prairie have been moved from Jan. 4th to February 8th starting at 4:30 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 240 Mon. Dec. 14, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The 2-3 (1-0) MPHS girl’s basketball team travels to Keokuk tonight for freshman-JV and varsity basketball. Keokuk 2-0 (1-0) has wins over Ft. Madison and Burlington. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the girls varsity game live beginning at 7:45 p.m. The 3-0 (1-0) MPHS boy’s basketball team plays host to Keokuk in freshman-JV and varsity action. Panthers are coming off a close win at home last Saturday over Pella, their game that was scheduled at C.R. Prairie Tuesday night was weathered out and moved to January 18th. The Panther girls and boys host Central Lee Saturday for a varsity double header beginning at 3 p.m., KILJ-FM and kilj.com will have the action. ]]>]]> Other Girls and Boys games: Burlington @ Davenport North, Notre Dame @ Holy Trinity Catholic, W. Burlington @ Cardinal, Danville @ Van Buren, Central lee @ Harmony, Waco @ L-M, Columbus @ Mediapolis, Lone Tree @ Wapello, WMU @ Highland. ]]>]]> Saturday: MPHS JV wrestling at Keokuk Saturday, MPHS girls and boys bowling teams host Washington, IWC women at Hannibal LaGrange, IWC men host Hannibal LaGrange. ]]>]]> Iowa State vs Iowa in men’s basketball on KILJ-AM 1130 @ 6:30 tonight. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> The Parks and Recreation Department has extended the deadline for 3rd and 4th grade basketball to December 11th. This program is for boys and girls to learn fundamentals and team work. Cost is $20 residents and $25 non residents. Practice begins in January. Call the REC office to sign up at 385-1475. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 239 Fri. Dec. 11, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The IWC women’s basketball game at Culver Stockton last night was weathered out. ]]>]]> The MPHS boys basketball game that was weathered out at C.R. Prairie Tuesday has been moved to December 21st. Scott Hahn junior point guard for the Panthers is a finalist for the KCRG Athlete of the Week honor, go to kcrg.com and vote for Scott!! ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant High School has postponed their JV/V wrestling meet that was to be held tonight, it will be Tuesday, December 22nd at 6:00 p.m. The MPMS wrestling meet at Mt. Pleasant that was postponed on Tuesday, Dec. 8th, will be made up on Friday, Dec. 18th at 4:30 p.m. ]]>]]> Faron Kelly former Danville resident and now working in the Disney Sports Promotion department will be on ESPN tonight at 6 p.m. presenting the Disney Spirit award at the ESPN College awards show. He be assisted by Tim Tebow last years recipient. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> The Parks and Recreation Department has extended the deadline for 3rd and 4th grade basketball to December 11th. This program is for boys and girls to learn fundamentals and team work. Cost is $20 residents and $25 non residents. Practice begins in January. Call the REC office to sign up at 385-1475. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 238 Thur. Dec. 10, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 All area high school sporting events were called off last night. Mt. pleasant boys basketball at C.R. Prairie and MPHS wrestling from last night has not been rescheduled as of this time. ]]>]]> IWC women’s basketball team is to travel to Culver Stockton College IN Canton, Mo. tonight. ]]>]]> UNI men defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes in Cedar Falls last night 67-50. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College is interviewing candidates for the head football coaches position this week. Four coaches will come to campus to apply for the job. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> The Parks and Recreation Department has extended the deadline for 3rd and 4th grade basketball to December 11th. This program is for boys and girls to learn fundamentals and team work. Cost is $20 residents and $25 non residents. Practice begins in January. Call the REC office to sign up at 385-1475. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 237 Wed. Dec. 9, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS boy’s basketball team 3-0 (1-0) is on the road tonight to play at Cedar Rapids Prairie 0-3. The Hawks have lost to Davenport West 56-32, North Scott 62-36, Muscatine 58-43. M.P. has won over Xavier, Fairfield and Pella. Scott Hahn leads the scoring with 18.7 points per game, Henry Krieger-Coble 16.3 and Austin Marshall 11.7. Krieger-Coble is averaging almost 8 rebounds per game and Hahn averages 4 assists. Tonight’s game will have an interesting twist to it. The varsity game will be played at 6 p.m. Then the Prairie girls will play a game. The Prairie JV girls will play at 6 p.m. in the secondary gym, followed by the MPJV boy’s game against the Hawks. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will carry the varsity game beginning at 6 p.m. ]]>]]> The MPHS wrestlers are hosting Pekin and L-M tonight in Panther gymnasium. M.P. wrestled in the Willard Howell Tournament at Wapello Saturday and had one champion Jacob Dilks. Action begins at 6 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New Years Eve at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College ranked among the leaders nationally in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) when the governing body released its list of Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athletes recently. A total of six IWC volleyball players were named national NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Receiving the award were seniors Katie Leidl (Esterhazy, Saskatchewan) and Brittany Richardson (Benton, Ill.) and juniors Elizabeth Hemman (St. Peters, Mo.), Katie Jammer (Green Bay, Wis.), B.J. Wagy (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Kendra Zimmerman (Green Bay, Wis.). Nominated by each institution’s head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify for the award. A total of 303 volleyball players across the NAIA received the award this year, including 26 from the Midwest Collegiate Conference. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate conference has named their athletes of the week. Men’s Basketball Jesse DeGeest – William Penn (Sr., Guard) DeGeest averaged 20.5 points, four rebounds, four assists and 3.5 steals per game last week as the nationally ranked Statesmen opened MCC with two wins, including a victory over #7 ranked Grand View. He also shot 63.6% from the field (14-for-22), 50% from three-point range (6 of 12) and 77.8% from the free throw line (7-for-9). Women’s Basketball Ali Dolphin – St. Ambrose (Jr., Forward) Dolphin averaged 18.5 points, nine rebounds, 4.5 assists and two steals per game last week as the Queen Bees began MCC play with a pair of wins, including a road win at #16 Grand View. She shot 47.8% from the field (11-for-23) and 15 of 20 at the foul line (75%) on the week. The Parks and Recreation Department has extended the deadline for 3rd and 4th grade basketball to December 11th. This program is for boys and girls to learn fundamentals and team work. Cost is $20 residents and $25 non residents. Practice begins in January. Call the REC office to sign up at 385-1475. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 236 Tue. Dec. 8, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS girl’s basketball team won their Southeast Conference opener Friday night at Panther Gym over Fairfield 51-38. Taylor Shull scored 18 and MaKenzie Sartorious added 14. Saturday the Panthers traveled to Pella and were defeated 72-36. This week the girls travel to Keokuk Friday night and host Central Lee Saturday. ]]>]]> MPHS boy’s basketball team won their conference opener on the road Friday at Fairfield 78-39. Scott Hahn had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Austin Marshall scored 17. M.P. hosted Pella Saturday and won an exciting 63-61 game, Scott Hahn hit the game winning shot with 4 seconds left on his way to a 16 point day. Henry Krieger Coble had 21 points to lead the scoring, Darian Cotton hit 13. This week the boys go to Cedar Rapids Prairie Tuesday, host Keokuk Friday and Central Lee Saturday. ]]>]]> MPHS wrestlers wrestled in the Willard Howell Tournament at Wapello Saturday and had one champion Jacob Dilks at 189. Aaron ApLara was 2nd at 119, Zach May 2nd at 130 and Kyle Nichting 2nd at 171. Columbus won the team title with 199 points, MPHS was fourth with 138. Dusty Scarff, Ben Johnson, Drew Johnson, Patrick Gwamna, Skylar Bruggemeyer, Dylan Norton, Gaylon Perron and Mario Bottger finished 1st in the JV tournament at Wapello Friday night, This week they host L-M and Pekin Tuesday and Keokuk Thursday. ]]>]]> IWC women beat Clarke College on the road Saturday 78-44. Jessi Beachy 22 points, Melanie McCreight 6. Tigers go to Culver Stockton Wednesday. IWC men won at Clarke 83-81, Reggie Shipp 26, Jamal Blackmond 17. Saturday IWC men host Hannibal LaGrange. ]]>]]> Iowa wrestlers beat Iowa State 18-16 in Ames Sunday night. ]]>]]> Iowa football team plays Georgia tech in the Orange Bowl January 5th at 7 p.m. in Miami. Iowa State vs Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, Tempe, Arizona New years Eve at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> The Parks and Recreation Department has extended the deadline for 3rd and 4th grade basketball to December 11th. This program is for boys and girls to learn fundamentals and team work. Cost is $20 residents and $25 non residents. Practice begins in January. Call the REC office to sign up at 385-1475. ]]>]]> M. Doraine Lauer 86 of Mt. Union passed away on December 2nd. Doraine was one of the pioneers in girl’s basketball in the state of Iowa. She graduated from Wyman high School where she played the game and then attended Iowa Wesleyan College where she was a member of their first women’s basketball team. She then became one of two women to coach high school basketball at that time. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 235 Mon. Dec. 7, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Columbus Community handed Mt. Pleasant a 48-28 defeat in high school wrestling on the Wildcats mat last night. Picking up wins for the 0-1 Panthers were: Aaron Aplara, Michael Alderson, Derek Movall, Kyle Nichting, Jacob Dilks. Both teams go to the Wapello tournament Saturday. Other area scores: New London/WMU 63 W. Hancock, Ill. 12, Burlington 41 N.L.-WMU 39, Burlington 78 W. Hancock 0, Ft. Madison 53 Quincy 23, Keokuk 48 Centerville 26, Keokuk 60 Davis county 24. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Panther boy’s basketball team 1-0 will travel to Fairfield tonight for freshman-JV and varsity Southeast Conference action. M.P. is coming off an impressive opening win over C.R. Xavier by a score of 63-46. Fairfield is 0-1 after losing to Oskaloosa 59-45 on November 30th. The girl’s teams of the two schools meet also tonight in Panther gymnasium for freshman-JV and varsity action. Panthers are 1-2, Fairfield is 1-1, losing to Iowa City West 91-31 and beating Oskaloosa 52-49. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the boys action live and have reports on the girl’s action. ]]>]]> Last night: W. Burlington (g) defeated Notre Dame 44-33. ]]>]]> Tonight: girls and boys…Cardinal @ Notre Dame, W. Burlington @ Notre Dame, Holy Trinity @ Danville, Harmony @ Van Buren, Maharishi @ Central Lee, L-M @ IMS, Mediapolis @ Lone Tree, Highland @ Columbus, WMU @ Waco, Wapello @ Pekin. Girls: Davenport Assumption @ Burlington, Keokuk @ Ft, Madison. Boys: Burlington @ C.R. Kennedy, Ft. Madison @ Keokuk. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 234 Fri. Dec. 4, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS wrestlers open the 2009-2010 season on the road at Columbus community tonight under direction of new head coach Anthony Blint who takes over for Jamy Ball who resigned the position at the end of last season. JV matches begin at 6:30 p.m. Other wrestling tonight: Burlington and W. Hancock vs New London/WMU at Winfield, Albia and Eddyville Blakesburg at Van Buren, L-M and Washington at Highland, Keokuk, Davis County and Centerville at Fairfield, Quincy at Ft. Madison. ]]>]]> Jill Ginder (Jr.-Olney, Ill.) scored 22 points and Iowa Wesleyan College shot 54.9% from the field in a 77-62 win over William Penn University in both teams’ Midwest Collegiate Conference opener at Ruble Arena. The Tigers built a big lead in the second half but had to withstand a Penn rally before finally putting the game away in the final minutes. IWC won its second straight game and improved to 4-6 overall, while the Lady Statesmen dropped to 7-6 overall. The Tigers committed 29 turnovers, though, a big part of William Penn’s 41-19 advantage in points off turnovers. Wesleyan also allowed 18 offensive rebounds, in all resulting in the visitors taking 19 more shots than the Tigers. IWC used a 12-0 run late in the first half to break open a close game just before halftime. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) and Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) combined for all of the points in the run as the Tigers took a 32-19 lead just before halftime, en route to a 36-24 lead at the break. Ginder scored 16 of her 22 points in the second half, making eight of 14 field goals in the game. Beachey scored 15 points and Angela Brinkmeyer (Sr.-Hubbard, Iowa) provided a boost off the bench with 11 points, including three three-pointers. Jones led the team in rebounds (eight) and assists (nine), while Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) added seven rebounds. IWC continues an early season break into conference play when it travels to Dubuque on Saturday to face Clarke College. Game time will be 1 p.m., and a live audio broadcast will be available at www.iwc.edu/onlinemedia. ]]>]]> William Penn University shot 52.1% from the field and owned play inside, defeating the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team 93-62 Wednesday night at Ruble Arena. The Statesmen out-rebounded IWC 48-30 and scored 52 points in the paint, opening it up in the second half to win the Midwest Collegiate Conference opener for both teams. William Penn, ranked 24th in the most recent NAIA Division II national coaches’ poll, improved to 10-3 this year while the Tigers fell to 4-7 overall. ]]>]]> The Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union has entered a three-year agreement with River Valley Golf Course in Adel to host the 2010 Class 1A/2A Iowa Girls’ State Golf Meet. River Valley will be one of two courses hosting the two-day state event June 1-2. The recently renovated Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny will serve as host for the Class 3A/4A state meet. The par 72, River Valley Golf Course, is open to the public and offers 18 challenging holes overlooking the Raccoon River Valley. The course is fully irrigated with two lakes that come into play. There is also a 300-yard driving range available to golfers. Lee Wahlert is the course general manager and Josh Barnes is the course pro. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 233 Thur. Dec. 3, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant boys opened their season at home with an impressive 63-46 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier last night. Scott Hahn had 21 points and grabbed six rebounds, Henry Krieger-Coble added 20 points and 10 rebounds, Austin Marshall had 10 points. M.P. won the JV game also 56-44. Panthers go to Fairfield Friday night to open the Southeast conference competition. Other boys scores: Mediapolis 55 L-M 41, IMS 55 Waco 48, Wapello 69 Highland 66, Holy Trinity Catholic 62 Maharishi 43, Van Buren 62 Cardinal 43, Central Lee 76 New London 26, W. Burlington 47 Harmony 33, Danville 54 Notre Dame 50, Burlington 61 Keokuk 49. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant girl’s basketball team fell to Ottumwa on the road last night 77-49, Steph Myers lead the Panther scoring with 14 points, Taylor Shull and Allisa Maxwell added 12. Mt. Pleasant couldn’t penetrate the Bulldog defense and had to go to the three point field goal, they hit 10 of 23 tying the school record for threes made in a game . M.P. is now 1-2 and plays host to Fairfield Friday night. Ottumwa won the JV game 48-22. Other area scores: Central lee 52 New London 26, Danville 54 Burlington Notre Dame 16, Highland 61 Wapello 34, Keokuk 55 Burlington 51, Lone tree 49 Columbus 45, L-M 40 Mediapolis 38, Pekin 41 WMU 17, Van Buren 32 Cardinal 31, Waco 56 IMS 30, Washington 69 Mid Prairie 15. ]]>]]> Area wrestling: New London/WMU split in a double dual they hosted last night, Tigers beat Lisbon 44-27, lost to W. Liberty 47-30. Wapello beat Mid prairie 54-24 and won over English Valleys 60-3. The man who started Wapello wrestling and coached for 30 years, Willard Howell will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum ]]>]]> Midwest Collegiate conference play begins for the IWC Tiger women and men tonight when they host William Penn at Ruble Arena, women’s game at 5:30 and the men’s game will follow. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 232 Wed. Dec. 2, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Girl’s basketball Monday night, L-M 38 W. Liberty 24,Mediapolis 60 Holy Trinity Catholic 24, Ft. Madison 44 Centerville 41 (ot). Boys basketball Monday: L-M 51 W. Liberty 49. The Mt. Pleasant Panther boy’s basketball team opens the 2009-2010 season tonight at home against Cedar Rapids Xavier the JV game will be at 6:15 and the Varsity game will follow. The Saints lost five players to graduation off last years team. While the Panthers are missing seven players off last years team. Back are starters Scott Hahn at point guard a 6’4’ Jr., Austin Marshall a 6’4” junior forward and Henry Krieger-Coble a 6’4’ junior center. Finding two more starters and bench strength has been the emphasis so far in the pre season practices. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast the varsity game beginning at 7:45 p.m. The 1-1 Mt. pleasant girl’s team will tonight travel to Ottumwa to play the Bulldogs in non conference basketball action, M.P. is coming off a 46-44 win over Cedar Rapids Prairie last Friday night in Panther Gym, while Ottumwa took a sound 69-55 beating at the hands of Washington. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will have score updates on the girls game during our boys broadcast. ]]>]]> Other area games: Keokuk at Burlington boys, Burlington @ Keokuk girls. Girls and boys games: Notre Dame @ Danville, W. Burlington @ Harmony, New London @ Central lee, Holy Trinity Catholic @ Maharishi, Cardinal @ Van Buren, Mediapolis @ L-M, Columbus @ Lone Tree, IMS @ Waco, Highland @ Wapello, WMU @ Pekin, Wrestling: Lisbon and W. Liberty at N.L./WMU, Wapello @ Mid Prairie. ]]>]]> Jessi Beachey – Iowa Wesleyan (Jr., Forward)was named the Midwest conference women’s basketball player of the week. Beachey averaged 20.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game last week over three games, shooting 64.7% from the field (24 of 37) and 82.4% from the free throw line (14-for-17). She scored a career high 31 points in a six-point loss to Jamestown, the #6 ranked team in NAIA Division II. Beachey then scored 21 points, all in the second half, as the Tigers came back from a 15-point deficit to defeat Valley City State. Men’s Basketball Kris Miller – William Penn (Sr., Guard) Miller set a career high for points in back to back games, scoring 32 points in a win over Valley City State and following with 39 points against Jamestown. For the week he averaged 32.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game. He also shot 50% from the field (35-for-70) and averaged 5.7 three-pointers per game, in all making 47.2% of his three-point tries (17 of 36). ]]>]]> Virginia Tech plays at Iowa tonight at 8:35 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 231 Tue. Dec. 1, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS girl’s basketball team (1-1) captured their first win of the season at home Friday night against Cedar Rapids Prairie (1-1) 46-44. Taylor Shull hit for 23 points and Alissa Maxwell added 11 points. Prairie won the JV game 46-25. Panthers travel to Ottumwa Tuesday for more non conference action, Washington beat Ottumwa Friday night 69-55. ]]>]]> #6 ranked Jamestown N.D. defeated the IWC Tiger women (2-6) in Ruble Arena Friday night 83-77, Jeesi Beachy led IWC with 31 points and former WMU star Melanie McCreight 15. A day after nearly coming back from a 22-point second half deficit, Iowa Wesleyan College closed the deal on a big comeback to defeat Valley City State (N.D.) University 82-74 Saturday afternoon at Ruble Arena. Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) scored 21 points, all in the second half, and the Tigers hit 78.3% of their shots in the second half. IWC fought back from a 15-point second half deficit to defeat the Vikings and snap a six-game losing streak while improving to 3-6 this season. ]]>]]> IWC men (4-5) won 72-69 over Jamestown in the match up between the men’s teams of the two schools after trailing 33-27 at halftime. Gary Rademaker had 16 points, Brett Azinger (central Lee) and Reggie Shipp 14 each, Jared Callanan 13. The Valley City State N.D. University team downed the IWC men Saturday 60-50. Tigers are now 4-6. Wesleyan women and men open Midwest Collegiate conference play at home against William Penn Wednesday night. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 230 Mon. Nov. 30, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS girl’s basketball team 0-1, will host Cedar Rapids Prairie in non conference action tonight in Panther Gym. M.P. lost to Muscatine Tuesday night 61-53, Prairie beat Muscatine 43-40 a week ago. JV game begins at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast the varsity game beginning at 6:30 p.m. ]]>]]> Predicament wrestling magazine has released their wrestling rankings of teams and individuals. Sawyer Ferris of New London-WMU 2009 103 pound champion in ranked #1 in class 1A at 112 pounds, Grant McPheron is 9th at 103, Jake Hopkins 6th at 125, Jake Kadel 3rd at 130 and Jayden Allen 7th at 189. New London/WMU as a team is ranked 2nd in class 1A, Columbus Community is 9th in class 2A. In class 3A Mt. Pleasant High School has no ranked wrestlers. Keokuk has three ranked wrestlers: Julian Fiekert 6th at 140, Ethan Cooper 4th at 119, Chris Hoskins 7th at 125. Ft. Madison’s Andrew Cartwright is 7th at 152. ]]>]]> The IWC women and men will host Jamestown North Dakota in a double header beginning at 5:30 tonight in Ruble arena. ]]>]]> Iowa State plays St. Louis on KILJ-AM at 4:30 today. ]]>]]> Tune to KILJ-FM Saturday for the Iowa vs North Carolina men’s basketball game beginning at 11:30 a.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 229 Fri. Nov. 27, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS girl’s basketball team hosted Muscatine last night in their season opener in Panther Gym and fell to the Muskies 61-53. Taylor Shull scored 31 to lead M.P. in scoring as she hit a school record 6 three pointers. A school record for three point field goals as a team was set last night at 10, Sarah Pieper (2), Alissa Maxwell and Steph Myers also hit 3’s. Mt. Pleasant will host Cedar Rapids Prairie Friday night, the Hawks beat Muscatine last Saturday night 43-40. Muscatine won the JV game 24-19. Other area scores: New London 34 Notre Dame 28 Kaysee Grogan 19, Central Lee 62 W. Burlington 44 Krista Hammer had 29 for C.L., Van Buren 44 holy Trinity 27 Deanna Knustrom 9 pts. And 9 rebounds for HTC, Ft. Madison 52 Davis County 25, Highland 59 Lone tree 50, Mediapolis 72 Wapello 26, Pekin 53 L-M 51, Waco 58 Columbus 30 Kiley Hudson 14. WMU 51 IMS 38 Kelsey Kofend 13. ]]>]]> IWC Tiger women played NCAA I S. Dakota in non conference action on the road and lost 71-56. Lindsee Bachicha scored 14 for the Tigers and Jessi Beachy added 10. Wesleyan who is 2-5 will host #6 NAIA II foe Jamestown N.D. Friday night at 5:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The Iowa Hawkeye men battled Witchita St. last night and lost 74-57. Hawks tangle with North Carolina Saturday. ]]>]]> Iowa State Cyclone men played Tennesee St. last night and won their fifth straight game by a score of 84-53. Clones go to Chicago for a weekend series, they open with St. Louis Friday night. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 228 Wed. Nov. 25, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS girls basketball team opens the 2009-2010 season at home tonight against Muscatine. Panthers last week played to a 23-23 tie against Mediapolis in the IWC girl’s basketball jamboree. Muscatine fell to C.R. Prairie Saturday night 43-40 in their season opener. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the varsity game live beginning at 7:30 p.m. Other area games: Notre Dame @ New London, Central lee @ W. Burlington, Van Buren @ Holy trinity, Danville @ Cardinal, IMS @ WMU, L-M @ Pekin, Wapello @ Mediapolis, Columbus @ Waco, Davis county @ Ft. Madison. Last night Ft. Madison defeated Harmony 49-44. ]]>]]> IWC tiger women play at the University of S. Dakota. ]]>]]> Iowa Hawkeye men played Texas last night in the first round of the CBE Classic and fell to the Longhorns 85-60, game was tied at halftime At 38 all. Hawks will play Wichita St. tonight in the consolation game. ]]>]]> The undefeated Iowa State Cyclones play Tennessee State tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Chicago Invitational Tourney. ]]>]]> Senior Jaren Maybin (Baltimore, Md.) leads seven Iowa Wesleyan College players who received Mid-States Football Association All-Midwest League recognition in awards announced Friday by the MSFA. Maybin was named Second Team All-MSFA Midwest at the running back position, the lone Tiger to receive first or second team recognition from the vote of league coaches. Six other IWC players were named honorable mention all-league after the team finished 2-9 this season, 1-6 in league play. Maybin received honors after a season in which he rushed for 680 yards and six touchdowns. He also had 16 receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown, and in all accounted for seven of Wesleyan’s 12 touchdowns this year. The senior’s season comes on the heels of a junior season when he was named First Team All-MSFA Midwest, and marked the conclusion of one of the most prolific careers for a Tiger running back. Maybin finished his career at IWC with 1,860 yards rushing, finishing fifth on the school’s all-time rushing list. Those receiving honorable mention recognition from the league included offensive linemen Eric Davis (Fr.-Clemons, Iowa) and Tyler Stewart (So.-Merritt Island, Fla.), linebacker Scott Baldwin (Sr.-Penn Valley, Calif.) and defensive backs Darious Watson (Jr.-Bellwood, Ill.), Deevonte Browning (Fr.-Deland, Fla.) and Nate Washington (Fr.-Stone Mountain, Ga.). ]]>]]> 2009 Midwest Collegiate Cross Country All-Conference Women’s Harrier of the Year: Obsie Birru – Grand View Men’s Harrier of the Year: John Darmody – St. Ambrose Women’s Coach of the Year: Ryan Scheckel – Mount Mercy Men’s Coach of the Year: Dan Zeimet – St. Ambrose http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 227 Tue. Nov. 24, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Boys basketball jamboree in Winfield tonight, four area boys teams will be playing two halves of basketball beginning at 7 p.m. WMU, WACO, New London and Columbus community make up the field. Mt. Pleasant is not participating this year. ]]>]]> In girl’s basketball Friday night WMU defeated West Liberty 37-34. Saturday Burlington beat Iowa City High 55-48 ]]>]]> IWC women’s basketball team went 0-2 in the Quincy University Tournament. Friday they lost to the host school who is ranked 24th in the NCAA II poll 106-99 in overtime and then fell Saturday to Maryville Missouri University 85-82 when a three point field goal fell at the buzzer for the winners. Tomorrow night the Lady Tigers go to the University of South Dakota a NCAA I team. Then Friday they host #6 ranked NAIA II Jamestown North Dakota at 5:30 p.m. ]]>]]> IWC Tiger men split in their games they played in the Kiwanis Classic they hosted over the weekend, they beat Logan College of Chiropractic Friday night 118-33. Saturday the Tigers fell to Central Methodist 78-62. Wesleyan will play the second game of a women’s-men’s double header Friday hosting Jamestown N.D. at 7:30 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 226 Mon. Nov. 23, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Ninth Annual Kiwanis Classic IWC Men’s Basketball Tournament Friday, Nov. 20 5:30pm Central Methodist (Mo.) vs. Mount Mercy (Cedar Rapids) 7:30 pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic Sat. Nov. 21 1:00pm Mount Mercy(Cedar Rapids) vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic 3:00pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Central Methodist (Mo.) ]]>]]> IWC women play at Quincy College tournament tonight and play the host school at 7 p.m. ]]>]]> IWC girl’s basketball jamboree was held last night. Danville 24 Wapello 13 freshman Kayla Spears had 9 points for Danville. Harmony 28 L-M 22 Carissa Nelson 10 points and Courtney Mills 9 to lead the Rockettes. Holy Trinity Catholic 19 Columbus 8, Nikki Fraise of HTC only double figure scorer. MPHS 23 Mediapolis 23, Taylor Shull 14. WMU 12 W. Burlington 10, Elaina Loyd 3 points for the Lady Wolves. Waco 30 New London 14 Kaysee Grogan 7 for New London and Taylor Reschly 9 for Waco. ]]>]]> Area girl’s games tonight: Davenport Central at Ft. Madison, West Liberty at WMU. ]]>]]> The IGHSAU has released their preseason rankings of girl’s basketball teams in Iowa. Class 1A has North Butler ranked #1 no S.E. Iowa teams are in the top 15. Class 2A Cascade is #1, again no S.E. Iowa teams in top 15. Class 3A S.C. Bishop Heelan Catholic is #1 and Washington is #9. Class 4A Cedar Rapids Kennedy is #1, no S.E. Iowa teams are in the top 15. Iowa Iowa State wrestling head coach Kevin Jackson has announced the signing of eight prep wrestlers for the 2010-11 season. An influx of talent is set to join the Cyclones for their next campaign. Several of the future Cyclones are in-state talents and a few of the signees sport familiar names to Iowa State wrestling faithful. Joining the ISU squad next year will be Joey Cozart (Brandon, Fla.), Mikey England (Centerville, Iowa), Ryak Finch (Safford, Ariz.), Kyven Gadson (Waterloo, Iowa), Luke Goettl (Clarksdale, Ariz.), Brandon Jones (West Des Moines, Iowa), Michael Moreno (Urbandale, Iowa) and Trevor Voelker (Adel, Iowa) College football regular season games come to an end this weekend. KILJ-FM 105.5 will carry the Minnesota at Iowa game with pre game show at 10 a.m. kickoff at 11. On KILJ-AM 1130 hear the Iowa State at Missouri game beginning at 11 a.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 225 Fri. Nov. 20, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The 3rd annual Iowa Wesleyan College High School Girls basketball Jamboree is tonight. The schedule: 6 p.m. Danville vs Wapello, 6:40 Harmony vs L-M, 7:20 Columbus community vs Holy Trinity Catholic, 8 p.m. MPHS vs Mediapolis, 8:40 WMU vs W. Burlington, 9:20 New London vs Waco. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students. ]]>]]> Ninth Annual Kiwanis Classic IWC Men’s Basketball Tournament Friday, Nov. 20 5:30pm Central Methodist (Mo.) vs. Mount Mercy (Cedar Rapids) 7:30 pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic Sat. Nov. 21 1:00pm Mount Mercy(Cedar Rapids) vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic 3:00pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Central Methodist (Mo.) ]]>]]> College wrestling Wednesday night, Coe beat Central College 35-3. Two Ko-Hawk wrestlers Johnny Siegel former New London-WMU wrestler sat out with a knee injury, should be back next weekend, Seth Pugh former Columbus Community Wildcat also missed the meet with knee issues. Former Burlington High School wrestler A. J. Crone was out of the Central line up with a shoulder injury. ]]>]]> 19TH ranked Kansas beat the Iowa Hawkeye women 66-55 in basketball Wednesday night. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 224 Thur. Nov. 19, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Iowa Wesleyan College is making changes in it’s football program. 4th year Head coach Jason Smelser who also coordinated the defense and 3rd year offensive coordinator Ross Grall were let go yesterday. The Tigers finished up the 2009 season this past Saturday losing to St. Ambrose 42-0. Wesleyan was 2-9 overall and 1-6 in the mid State Football Association. ]]>]]> Justin Kulwicki scored 30 points and Midland Lutheran (Neb.) College pulled away with an 18-2 run late in the second half to knock off the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team 76-64 in the Tigers’ home opener Tuesday night at Ruble Arena. The visiting Warriors controlled the second half after a back and forth first 20 minutes, getting their second win of the season to improve to 2-5. IWC played for the first time in a week and dropped its second straight, falling to 2-4. Reggie Shipp finished with 22 points to lead Iowa Wesleyan. Weldon Miller added 13 points and MikeLowe paced the Tigers with eight rebounds off the bench. IWC shot 34.9% (22-for-63), including 32.1% from three-point range (32.1%). Wesleyan now gets ready to host its annual Kiwanis Classic this weekend at Ruble Arena. The tourney starts Friday with Central Methodist (Mo.) University facing Mount Mercy College at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Tigers taking on Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games include Mount Mercy against Logan at 1 p.m. and IWC hosting Central Methodist at 3 p.m. Other college basketball: Duquesn 52 Iowa 50, Iowa State 90 Drake 70 ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals right-handed pitcher Zack Greinke was the overwhelming choice as the 2009 American League Cy Young Award winner in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Greinke’s Cy Young season is the fourth in Royals history as he becomes the third pitcher to win the award, joining two-time winner Bret Saberhagen (1985, 1989) and David Cone (1994). The 26-year old Greinke was named first on 25 ballots and second on three ballots of the 28 total ballots cast by two writers in each American League city. He received a total of 134 points, based on the 5-3-1 tabulations system for first, second and third-place votes. The Mariners’ Felix Hernandez was the runner-up to Greinke, with 80 points and two first-place votes. The Tigers’ Justin Verlander picked up the other first-place vote. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 223 Wed. Nov. 18, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The IWC Tiger men’s basketball team will finally get to play at home tonight when they play host to Midland Lutheran of Nebraska. Tip off for the 2-3 Tigers will be at 7 p.m. in Ruble Arena. Coming up this weekend will be the Ninth Annual Kiwanis Classic IWC Men’s Basketball Tournament Friday, Nov. 20 5:30pm Central Methodist (Mo.) vs. Mount Mercy (Cedar Rapids) 7:30 pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic Sat. Nov. 21 1:00pm Mount Mercy(Cedar Rapids) vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic 3:00pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Central Methodist (Mo.) ]]>]]> Midwest Collegiate conference has named their all conference volleyball teams. IWC’S Kendra Zimmerman was named first team and Megan McVey was honorable mention. Player of the year was Devon Jensen of Grand View and coach of the year was Tina Carter of Grand View. ]]>]]> Solon crushed North Fayette in one of the class 2A semi final games Monday 35-0, Boyden-Hull-Rock Valley downed IKM-Manning 35-7. 3A semi final play, Harlan romped over Carroll 42-7 and Pella edged New Hampton 30-21. ]]>]]> The Iowa State volleyball team and head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch announced the signing of three prep standouts for the 2010 season. Joining the Cyclones next fall will be defensive specialist Kristen Hahn (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), middle blocker Tenisha Matlock (North Platte, Neb.) and outside hitter Hannah Willms (Waterloo, Iowa). Willms, an explosive 6-0 outside hitter, was ranked the No. 37 player in the country by PrepVolleyball.com after a standout career at Dike-New Hartford High School. One of the top high jumpers in the country, Willms brings a bevy of accolades to Iowa State. Willms is also one of the elite high school track athletes in the country as a two-time state champion in the high jump. Her jump of 6-0 ¼ was the top jump in the nation in high school last year. She also won the 400M, 200M and was a member of the sprint medley relay championship team. Hahn, a 5-6 defensive specialist/libero from Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, is expected to bolster the Cyclones’ defense and help continue a tradition of outstanding back row play at Iowa State. Hahn joined Willms on the Des Moines Register’s All-State Elite Team after averaging 6.09 digs per set. In the Cougars’ state tournament semifinal loss Iowa City West, Hahn notched 50 digs. The final signee of the class is Tenisha Matlock, a 6-2 middle blocker from North Platte High School. Matlock, a late addition to the class, had 483 kills as a senior and led Class A with six kills per set. She was an honorable mention all-state selection as a junior with senior class awards yet to be announced. ]]>]]> http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 222 Tue. Nov. 17, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 St. Ambrose University passed for 458 yards and Iowa Wesleyan College ended its season with a 42-0 loss to the Fighting Bees Saturday afternoon at Brady Street Stadium. The Tigers had just 117 yards of offense and never seriously threatened to score against the Bees. IWC finished its season with a 2-9 record, 1-6 in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College ran into some stout competition this weekend and lost a pair of games at the College of the Ozarks Coke Classic held near Branson, Mo. The Tigers lost to NAIA Division I John Brown (Ark.) University 61-59 in their tourney opener on Friday. IWC then faced the host Bobcats and lost 74-57 as the Ozarks extended their homecourt winning streak to 74 games. Wesleyan nearly came back from a 12-point halftime deficit in the opener, falling two points short despite a strong second half rally against a John Brown team from the tough Sooner Athletic Conference, one of the premier NAIA basketball conferences. The Tigers shot just 24% in the first half, but Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) scored 18 points in the second half and IWC hit six three-pointers over the final 20 minutes. Jones finished with 20 points against the Golden Eagles and also had five rebounds and a game-high six assists. . Jones was named to the all-tournament team for the weekend as Wesleyan dropped to 2-2 on the season. The Tigers have another tough assignment next weekend with the Quincy (Ill.) University Tournament scheduled for Friday and Saturday. IWC opens against nationally ranked Quincy on Friday at 7 p.m. The Hawks are rated 24th in NCAA Division II. The Tigers then will face SW Baptist (Mo.) University or Maryville (Mo.) University on Saturday. ]]>]]> Women’s College Volleyball At Lee Lohman Arena (Davenport, Iowa) Saturday, Nov. 14 Midwest Collegiate Conference championship St. Ambrose 3, Viterbo 1 (18-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-16) SAU (34-7) receives an automatic berth into the NAIA National Championships ]]>]]> State volleyball championships were decided Saturday. Ankeny won the 4A, Waverly Shellrock won 3A, Mt. Vernon won 2A and Tripoli won class 1A over Schaller Crestland the team that defeated New London in the first round. ]]>]]> IHSAA semi final football continues today with class 2A NORTH FAYETTE, WEST UNION VS SOLON - 10:30 AM BOYDEN-HULL/ROCK VALLEY VS IKM-MANNING - 1:30 PM In class 3A HARLAN COMMUNITY VS CARROLL - 4:30 PM NEW HAMPTON VS PELLA - 7:30 PM ]]>]]> Texas San Antonio defeated the Iowa Hawkeye men at Carver Hawkeye arena last night 62-50. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 221 Mon. Nov. 16, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 #3 Schaller-Crestland swept the New London Tigers 25-23, 28-26 and 25-16 in their first round class 1A State Tournament match Thursday. Jessical Lerdal had 11 kills and 2 ace serves, Taylor Delaney 19 assists, 11 digs and 2 blocks. Breanne Dean had 2 blocks for the tigers who end the year 30-10. Schaller-Crestland 32-3 will advance onto the semi finals tonight against Treynor, Tripoli will play Don Bosco in the other semi matchup. Other class semis: 2A Western Christian vs Sheldon, Wapsie valley vs Mt. Vernon. 3A S. C. Heelan vs Marion, Waverly Shellrock vs Williamsburg. 4A Dubuque Hempsted vs Ankeny, Iowa City West vs C.R. Kennedy. Finals in all four classes begin at 11 a.m. Saturday with class 4A going first. Couple of notes: Mt. Pleasant High School grad Robin Madole who teaches and coaches at Valley of Elgin High School officiated the class 1A matches yesterday. Bill Phillips of Mediapolis officiated the class 2A matches last night. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College football team will look to close a tough season on a high note when the Tigers face St. Ambrose University in Mid-States Football Association Midwest League play on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Brady Street Stadium in Davenport. The Tigers should be refreshed for their final game after having a week off last week following ten straight games since the open of the season. IWC’s last game was Oct. 31 when it lost 27-7 to Grand View University. This week Wesleyan will take on St. Ambrose, one of the Tigers’ chief rivals over the years. Normally one of the bullies in the MSFA Midwest, the Bees are having an uncharacteristically rocky season by the program’s lofty standards, sitting fourth in the standings going into the final weekend of league play. Football on KILJ-FM 105.5 Saturday, Iowa at Ohio State12:30 p.m. UNI vs Western Illinois 6:30 p.m. Football on KILJ-AM 1130 Colorado vs Iowa State 11 a.m. ]]>]]> IWC women’s basketball team plays in a tournament at the School of the Ozarks in Branson, Mo. ]]>]]> Midwest Collegiate Conference Men’s Soccer MCC Championship (Final) No. 1 Ashford def. No. 2 Viterbo, 3-2 (2OT) Ashford moves to 19-0-2 overall and goes onto the national tournament. Viterbo finishes season at 13-6-2 overall ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 220 Fri. Nov. 13, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 New London 30-9 and unranked, plays 3rd ranked 31-3 Schaller-Crestland in first round action at the class 1A state volleyball championships at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids at 2:15 today. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast live. The winner advances on to play tomorrow night at 6 p.m. against the winner of the #12 Southern Cal vs #4 Treynor match. 3A winners yesterday: S.C. Heelan, Marion, Waverly-Shellrock, Williamsburg. 4A winners yesterday: Dubuque Hempsted, Ankeny, Iowa City High, C.R. Kennedy. ]]>]]> Women's College Soccer at Davenport Soccer Complex Wednesday, Nov. 11 Midwest Collegiate Conference championship Grand View 1, St. Ambrose 0 Holly Winter scores in the final minute to lead Grand View to the conference title and automatic berth into the NAIA National Championships GVU is 10-9-2; SAU is 18-2-1 ]]>]]> Iowa men’s basketball team signed four players Wednesday. Ben Brust Mundelein, Ohio, Roy Marble Jr Michigan, Cody Larson South Dakota and Zach McCabe of S.C. Heelan. Iowa women signed Jade Rogers of C.R. Kennedy. Iowa State head men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott announced today that Melvin Ejim, a 6-6 wing from Brampton, Ontario, has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Iowa State beginning in the 2010-11 season. Ejim, who will be a freshman next season, averaged 12.3 points and 4.6 rebounds last season at Brewster Academy, one of the nation’s best prep school teams. Brewster made the semifinals of the national prep school championship a year ago. Ejim, who is listed as one of the best prospects out of Canada, played at St. Mary’s Ryken in Brampton, Ontario before transferring to Brewster. The Iowa State women’s basketball team signed a pair of high school seniors and a junior college sophomore to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, head coach Bill Fennelly announced. Hallie Chistofferson, a senior from Exira, is an instate addition to the Cyclone roster for 2010-11. Kelsey Harris is a guard from California and Lauren Mansfield is a sophomore at Midland (Texas) College but is originally from Adelaide, Australia. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 219 Thur. Nov. 12, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Brian Gilbert of Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Iowa Wesleyan College shot just 35.9% in a 73-61 loss Tuesday night at Porter Gymnasium on the HLG campus. The Tigers had trouble with the 6-foot-8 Gilbert and also had trouble hitting from the outside, making just eight of 29 three-point attempts (27.6%). Playing its fifth straight road game to start the season, IWC dropped to 2-3 overall while Hannibal-LaGrange improved to 2-1. IWC got within three several times late in the first half and early in the second half. Jared Callanan (Sr.-Bennington, Vt.) hit a three-pointer at the buzzer before halftime to cut HLG’s lead to 34-31 at the break. The Tigers also got within three twice early in the second half on three-pointers by Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) and Brett Azinger (Fr.-Montrose, Iowa). Shipp led IWC with 20 points and five assists and was the only player to score in double figures. Callanan, Azinger and Mike Lowe (Sr.-Panora, Iowa) also had nine points each. Azinger and Lowe also tied for the team rebounding lead with eight each. ]]>]]> Ninth Annual Kiwanis Classic IWC Men’s Basketball Tournament Friday, Nov. 20 5:30pm Central Methodist (Mo.) vs. Mount Mercy (Cedar Rapids) 7:30 pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic Sat. Nov. 21 1:00pm Mount Mercy(Cedar Rapids) vs. Logan (Mo.) College of Chiropractic 3:00pm Iowa Wesleyan College vs. Central Methodist (Mo.) Sponsors Henry County Health Center - Rehab Services Iowa Wesleyan College – Vince Mahoney Access Energy Press Box Grille and Bar Two Rivers Bank and Trust Eldon Roth Insurance Shottenkirk Brown’s Shoe Fit City Carton Mount Pleasant Tire and Service Hy-Vee Gamrath-Doyle-Vens Olson Powell Memorial Mackay Envelope TD and T Wayland State Bank Pep Stop Quality Equipment Staats Breadeaux Pizza Rodeway Inn KILJ A portion of the proceeds from the Kiwanis Classic helps to support projects of the local Kiwanis Club. During this past year, the Kiwanis Club has given over $9000 to youth projects in our local community. ]]>]]> Sioux City Bishop Heelan’s Kim Edwards, Katie Koehnen of Dubuque Wahlert and Tripoli’s Megan Wittenburg are the newest members of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s Volleyball Hall-of-Fame. The hall-of-famers will be inducted between the Class 2A and 3A championship matches Saturday, November 14. Kim Edwards was a three-time elite all-state selection for Bishop Heelan as a setter, leading the Crusaders to four state tournament appearances, winning the state crown in 1999 while finishing second in 2001. She was a two-time all-tournament selection. She among the state leaders in assists for three seasons and was the State Co-Player of the Year in 2001. She went on to a successful collegiate career at Emporia State, where she holds the school record for career assists and assists average (13.29). She was an all-conference performer and four-year starter. Kohnen was a two-time State Player of the Year for Dubuque Wahlert. She helped the Golden Eagles to two Class 3A state crowns and was a two-time all-tournament selection. As a senior, she averaged 11 assists and 2.6 digs a game. Kohnen spent one year at Wisconsin before transferring to Central Florida, where she was a three-year letterwinner. Wittenburg, a three-time first team all-state selection, led Tripoli to three Class 1A state championships. She was the Class 1A Player-of-the –Year for the Panthers in 2001 and was the captain of the 2001 all-Tournament team. As a senior, she averaged 3.5 kills a contest. She was a junior college all-American at Metro State as her team won the National Junior College Tournament in 2003, where she was an all-tournament selection. She was later a two-year starter for Metro State, where she was a two-year starter and a two time honorable mention Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all-conference honorable mention selection in 2005 and 2006. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 218 Wed. Nov. 11, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team is 2-2 on the season so far and tonight will be playing on the road at Hannibal-LaGrange Missouri, tip off is at 7 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer team placed three players on the MCC all conference honorable mention team Fanny Koloko-Green – Iowa Wesleyan Jillian Sulcer – Iowa Wesleyan Karly York – Iowa Wesleyan The men’s team landed two players on the MCC honorable mention squad. Troy Osborne – Iowa Wesleyan Michael Roberts – Iowa Wesleyan ]]>]]> The WMU jr. high girls' bb game that was scheduled for Thursday vs. New London has been moved to Tuesday, December 1st and will be played in the high school gym at 4:30. ]]>]]> RIDE THE PEP BUS NEW LONDON VOLLEYBALL FANS TO CEDAR RAPIDS! If you are interested in riding the pep bus to the State Volleyball Tournament in Cedar Rapids, stop by the Superintendent's office to sign up. Cost is $5.00 per person to ride plus $8.00 for the ticket, payable at time of sign-up. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WILL RIDE WHEN YOU SIGN UP AS THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND. The deadline is noon on Wednesday, November 11th, and we need a minimum of 25 people for the bus to go. *PEP BUS IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY AT THIS TIME* Tickets are on sale for the Thursday, November 12th game. Game begins at 2:15 p.m. and tickets can be purchased in advance for $8.00 in the Superintendent's office. ]]>]]> Six former football greats and four coaches will be honored at this year's State Championships in the UNI Dome. The Hall-of-fame players and coaches will be introduced at the halftime of the Class 4A Championship, Friday, November 20. The new inductees to the player's hall-of-fame include the late Bill Reichardt of Iowa City; the late Reggie Roby of Waterloo East; Sioux City North standout John Arnaud; Jeff Dole of Grundy Center; Matt Whitaker of Ankeny; and West Bend-Mallard's Mark Kacmarynski. Coaches being honored in the ceremonies by the Iowa Football Coaches Association are Mike Dirksen, Newman Catholic, Mason City; Rick Pogemiller of Bellevue; and former Norwalk coach Dave Mineart. Darrell Schumacher of Oskaloosa will receive the IFCA's Walt Fiegel Coaching with Character Award. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 217 Tue. Nov. 10, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Traer North Tama demonstrated Friday night in the class “A” quarterfinal football playoff game why they are undefeated, ranked number one and have allowed only 18 points in 12 games. Unfortunately that demonstration was against the Waco Warriors. N. Tama rolled over Waco 39-0 at the UNI Dome. The Redhawks rolled up 428 yards of total offense and held the potent Waco attack to just 100. Chad Edeker’s team ends the year 8-4, N. Tama 12-0 plays in the semi finals Friday at 10:30 against Newman Mason City Catholic 11-1. ]]>]]> Steve Williamson picked up his 100th coaching victory as Iowa Wesleyan women’s basketball coach Friday night in Des Moines at the Grandview Tournament when the Tigers beat Dana, Nebraska 78-71. Sheray Brown (Jr.-Detroit, Mich.) and Jessi Beachey (Jr.-Fisher, Ill.) dominated play inside and Iowa Wesleyan College held Midland Lutheran (Neb.) College to 28.3% shooting in a 71-43 win Saturday afternoon at the Grand View Classic. Brown had 18 points and nine rebounds and Beachey added 16 points and seven rebounds as the Tigers improved to 2-0 and finished with a sweep of two games at the tourney. Midland Lutheran lost its fourth straight game to start the year, falling to 0-4. The Tigers will hit the road again next weekend, traveling to Point Lookout, Mo., for a tourney hosted by the College of the Ozarks. IWC will open play on Friday against John Brown (Ark.) University at 5:30 p.m. ]]>]]> The IWC men’s basketball team gave up 60 points in the first half of their game Friday night against Judson University of Illinois and fell by a final of 85-74 at the Bosch Financial shootout at Mt. Mercy College in Cedar Rapids. Iowa Wesleyan College raced out to a big halftime lead and then had to hold off several comeback attempts by Trinity International (Ill.) University in the second half before prevailing for a 98-84 win over the Trojans Saturday afternoon at the Bosch Financial Shootout hosted by Mount Mercy College. Wesleyan shot a sizzling 65.6% in the first half in building a 52-34 halftime lead. Jared Callanan (Sr.-Bennington, Vt.) hit five three-pointers and Weldon Miller (Jr.-San Rafael, Calif.) hit seven of his first eight shots, scoring 14 points in the first 20 minutes. The Tigers were in control with a double-digit lead much of the half and led by as many as 20 points. Callanan led Wesleyan with a career-high 21 points, in all hitting 7 of 12 three-point attempts. Miller finished with 19 points and added a game-high 11 rebounds for his third straight double-double, while Reggie Shipp (Jr.-Aurora, Ill.) also had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Rademaker finished with 15 points, all in the second half, and Blake Smith (Fr.-Sydney, Australia) added 12 points. Wesleyan finished the game making 34 of 61 shots (55.7%) including 50% of its three-point tries (12-for-24). IWC will be on the road again Tuesday when it travels to Hannibal, Mo., to face Hannibal-LaGrange College at 7 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College saw its volleyball season end quickly Saturday night with a three-set loss to Viterbo (Wis.) University in the quarterfinals of the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament. The #3 seed V-Hawks defeated the sixth-seeded Tigers 25-19, 25-18 and 25-15, making much quicker work of IWC than in the regular season match between the teams ten days earlier, when the teams went five long sets. This time Viterbo was in control from the start and advances to a semifinal match against second-seeded Grand View University on Wednesday. Megan McVey (So.-Fort Worth, Texas) led Wesleyan with 10 kills while Kendra Zimmerman (Jr.-Green Bay, Wis.) had 25 assists. Katie Leidl (Sr.-Esterhazy, Saskatchewan) led the team with 14 digs and finished her career with 1,892 digs, number one all-time at IWC. The match was the final collegiate match for Leidl and Brittany Richardson (Sr.-Benton, Ill.). The Tigers finish the season with a 16-14 record, the team’s best mark since a 22-13 mark in 2005 that included MCC regular season and tournament titles and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College fielded its largest contingents of runners this season but had a disappointing ending to its cross country season at the Midwest Collegiate Conference Championships Saturday morning at the Lacey Sports Complex. The Tiger women fielded a full team for the first time this season and finished eighth of eight teams at the conference invite. The IWC men’s team fielded five runners but finished with just four as Kennedy Kiprop (Fr.-Iten, Kenya) had to withdraw from the men’s race due to injury. Kiprop was one of the individual favorites on the men’s side and was a candidate for one of the five individual berths available to the NAIA National Championships, having been competitive with the top runners in the conference all season and defeating John Darmody of St. Ambrose at a meet hosted by the Bees two weeks earlier. Darmody finished as the individual champion on Saturday with a time of 26:52 over the 8-kilometer course. Leading the Tigers individually was Kyle Neff (Fr.-New London, Iowa), who was 53rd with a time of 32:57. C.J. Earnest (Fr.-Wapello, Iowa) placed 64th with a time of 36:30, Aaron Gatlin (Fr.-Chicago, Ill.) was 67th finishing in 39:25, and Xavier Shields (Fr.-St. Albans, N.Y.) placed 68th with a time of 40:11. The Wesleyan women’s team was led by Caitlyn Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.), who placed 47th individually with a time of 24:20 on the 5K course in her first collegiate cross country race. Kate Krzystofiak (Jr.-Mount Pleasant, Iowa) and Trisha Phelps (Sr.-Winfield, Iowa) followed finishing 66th and 67th, respectively, with times of 29:28 and 29:57. Mariah Montgomery (Fr.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa) was 71st in 35:28 and Melanie Brambila (Fr.-Berwyn, Ill.) took 72nd with a time of 35:31. ]]>]]> RIDE THE PEP BUS NEW LONDON VOLLEYBALL FANS TO CEDAR RAPIDS! If you are interested in riding the pep bus to the State Volleyball Tournament in Cedar Rapids, stop by the Superintendent's office to sign up. Cost is $5.00 per person to ride plus $8.00 for the ticket, payable at time of sign-up. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WILL RIDE WHEN YOU SIGN UP AS THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND. The deadline is noon on Wednesday, November 11th, and we need a minimum of 25 people for the bus to go. *PEP BUS IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY AT THIS TIME* Tickets are on sale for the Thursday, November 12th game. Game begins at 2:15 p.m. and tickets can be purchased in advance for $8.00 in the Superintendent's office. ]]>]]> The SCC Blackhawk Men’s Basketball team invites area veterans to attend the November 10 game at a reduced price. Veterans pay only $2 admission at the door. Game time is 7:00 PM at the Loren Walker Arena in West Burlington. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 217 Mon. Nov. 9, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The Waco Warriors 8-3 are set to battle #1 ranked Traer North Tama 11-0 tonight at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls with a 6:15 p.m. kickoff. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast the game starting at 5:45 with our pregame show. ]]>]]> The IWC tigers have this weekend off from football, they wrap up the season next Saturday at St. Ambrose. ]]>]]> The IWC men’s basketball team is playing in the Mt. Mercy Classic tournament this weekend. ]]>]]> Reloaded with a number of new faces to replace some of the more accomplished players in school history, the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team begins its journey towards a hopeful fifth straight 20-win season this weekend when it travels to Des Moines for the Grand View University Classic. The Tigers open their season Friday against Midland Lutheran (Neb.) College with a game at 6 p.m. IWC then plays again on Saturday when it faces Dana (Neb.) College at 2 p.m. Both games will be at a familiar location in Sisam Arena on the Grand View campus, a place the team visits every season in Midwest Collegiate Conference play. The lineup will feature a number of newcomers, but the expectations will not change much. The Tigers have won 20 or more games in four straight seasons under sixth year Head Coach Steve Williamson, who has presided over the winningest four-year period (89 wins) in the school’s rich history in women’s basketball and is one win from his 100th career win. This year’s team features a total of seven returnees, including five seniors. Of the returnees, 5-7 guards Megan Couch (Sr.-Mooresville, Ind.) and Anna Jones (So.-Cornell, Ill.) played the biggest role last year. Couch started 28 games last year, averaging 5.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Jones was typically the first player off the bench as a freshman and averaged 7.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Her 75 steals ranked third in the conference. Returning in the frontcourt are 6-0 senior Sherry Zehner (St. Louis, Mo.) and 5-11 senior Angela Brinkmeyer (Hubbard, Iowa). Zehner played in all 32 games last year and averaged 4.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game, while Brinkmeyer played in 29 games, averaging 2.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in 8.2 minutes per game off the bench. Rounding out the returnees are 5-8 guard Susie Francescon (So.-Moline, Ill.), 5-11 forward Erin Karlsgodt (Sr.-Brainerd, Minn.) and 5-6 guard Jessica Young (Sr.-Mount Vernon, Ill.). All three saw limited action last year, and Karlsgodt and Young both missed much of last season with injuries. The incoming class of newcomers features size and talent, starting in the backcourt. Junior college transfers Jill Ginder (Jr.-Olney, Ill.) and Melanie McCreight (Jr.-Winfield, Iowa) and freshman Danielle Des Jardins (Peoria, Ill.) are joined by Lindsee Bachicha (Jr.-Brighton, Colo.) and Apiphany Asberry (Jr.-Brooklyn Park, Minn.) in the backcourt. McCreight transferred in from Iowa Western CC and played in high school at nearby Winfield-Mount Union HS. Ginder and Des Jardins are both 5-7 guards, while Bachicha and Asberry add size in the backcourt at 5-9 and 5-10, respectively. Frontcourt newcomers include 6-2 Jessi Beachey (Fisher, Ill.) and 5-10 Sheray Brown (Detroit, Mich.) as well as 5-10 sophomore JC transfer Kristen Lutz (Morris, Ill.). All three are also junior college transfers and the Tigers’ frontcourt group as a whole gives the team more size up front than it has had in recent years. ]]>]]> Hall of Fame inductees for the Iowa High School Athletic Association in wrestling and basketball have been released. Wrestling inductees will be introduced in a special Awards Ceremony that preceded the Grand March and championship matches on Saturday, February 20. Basketball honorees will be introduced at the halftime of the Class 4A Championship game on March 13. Going into the basketball hall of fame will be Klay Edwards, Winfield-Mt. Union (1994) - named-all-state twice and is one of six players in the history of the State Tournament to be named All-Tourney three years (1992-93-94) . . . Scored 1,974 career points and was a strong rebounder throughout his career . . . He played four seasons at Iowa State under three different coaches . . . Currently is a banker in Winfield. ]]>]]> St. Ambrose will be looking to back up a perfect MCC regular season showing as part of the MCC Volleyball Tournament, which gets underway this week. Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 7 #8 Waldorf or #9 Clarke at #1 St. Ambrose – 7 p.m. #5 Mount Mercy at #4 Ashford – 6 p.m. #6 Iowa Wesleyan at #3 Viterbo – 7 p.m. #7 William Penn at #2 Grand View – 7 p.m. Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 11 – matches at time TBA at home of higher seeded team MMC/AU winner vs. WC-CC/SAU winner IWC/VU winner vs. WPU/GVU winner Final Saturday, Nov. 14 - time TBA at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> NEW LONDON VOLLEYBALL FANS GET YOUR STATE VOLLEYBALL T-SHIRT! Shirts are $10 each for sizes youth medium through XL. Add $1 for XXL and $2 for XXXL. They are black and the design is posted throughout the buildings. Payment is due at time of order and ALL orders are due in the Superintendent's office by NOON on Friday, November 6th. Even though there is no school on Friday, Chris and Jessica will be the office to take your order. RIDE THE PEP BUS TO CEDAR RAPIDS! If you are interested in riding the pep bus to the State Volleyball Tournament in Cedar Rapids, stop by the Superintendent's office to sign up. Cost is $5.00 per person to ride plus $8.00 for the ticket, payable at time of sign-up. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WILL RIDE WHEN YOU SIGN UP AS THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND. The deadline is noon on Wednesday, November 11th, and we need a minimum of 25 people for the bus to go. *PEP BUS IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY AT THIS TIME* Tickets are on sale for the Thursday, November 12th game. Game begins at 2:15 p.m. and tickets can be purchased in advance for $8.00 in the Superintendent's office. ]]>]]> The SCC Blackhawk Men’s Basketball team invites area veterans to attend the November 10 game at a reduced price. Veterans pay only $2 admission at the door. Game time is 7:00 PM at the Loren Walker Arena in West Burlington. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 216 Fri. Nov. 6, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The Southeast Conference volleyball coaches have announced their all conference selections for the fall of 2009. Mt. Pleasant who finished second in the league race placed two players on the first team, Andrea Pieper and Emily Prellwitz. Hannah Sinclair and Rebecca Kimzey were named to the second team, while Lisa Moeller and Steph Myers are honorable mention winners. Meredith Flattery of Fairfield was named player of the year. Academic all conference honors went to: Hannah Sinclair, Kim Scarbrough, Emily Prellwitz, Andy Pieper, Steph Myers, Lisa Moeller, Adriana Sanchez, Haley Overton, Rebekah Kimzey, Shaina Keomanivong and Abby Eakes. ]]>]]> St. Ambrose will be looking to back up a perfect MCC regular season showing as part of the MCC Volleyball Tournament, which gets underway this week. Eighth seed Waldorf will host ninth seeded Clarke in the tourney’s opening round match Thursday night. The winner will advance to a quarterfinal date with regular season champion St. Ambrose on Saturday in one of four quarterfinal matches to be played that day, as part of the conference moving toward crowning a tournament champion and the winner of an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championships. Tournament Schedule First Round Thursday, Nov. 5 – 7 p.m. #9 Clarke at #8 Waldorf Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 7 #8 Waldorf or #9 Clarke at #1 St. Ambrose – 7 p.m. #5 Mount Mercy at #4 Ashford – 6 p.m. #6 Iowa Wesleyan at #3 Viterbo – 7 p.m. #7 William Penn at #2 Grand View – 7 p.m. Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 11 – matches at time TBA at home of higher seeded team MMC/AU winner vs. WC-CC/SAU winner IWC/VU winner vs. WPU/GVU winner Final Saturday, Nov. 14 - time TBA at home of higher seeded team ]]>]]> NEW LONDON VOLLEYBALL FANS GET YOUR STATE VOLLEYBALL T-SHIRT! Shirts are $10 each for sizes youth medium through XL. Add $1 for XXL and $2 for XXXL. They are black and the design is posted throughout the buildings. Payment is due at time of order and ALL orders are due in the Superintendent's office by NOON on Friday, November 6th. Even though there is no school on Friday, Chris and Jessica will be the office to take your order. RIDE THE PEP BUS TO CEDAR RAPIDS! If you are interested in riding the pep bus to the State Volleyball Tournament in Cedar Rapids, stop by the Superintendent's office to sign up. Cost is $5.00 per person to ride plus $8.00 for the ticket, payable at time of sign-up. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WILL RIDE WHEN YOU SIGN UP AS THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND. The deadline is noon on Wednesday, November 11th, and we need a minimum of 25 people for the bus to go. *PEP BUS IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY AT THIS TIME* Tickets are on sale for the Thursday, November 12th game. Game begins at 2:15 p.m. and tickets can be purchased in advance for $8.00 in the Superintendent's office. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 215 Thur. Nov. 5, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Holy Trinity Catholic had swept New London in every meeting this season on the volleyball court. That was until last night at Notre Dame High School in the class 1A Regional final when the Tigers swept the Crusaders 25-11, 26-24, 29-27 to capture a spot in the State Tournament for the third year in a row. Holy Trinity was never really in game one, game two they woke up a little and then in game three they fought hard but New London had built up too much momentum and confidence and were just not going to be denied in front of a nearly packed house of screaming fans. New London will now advance onto state with a 30-9 record and will face #3 Schaller-Crestland 31-3 on Thursday November 11th at 2:15 p.m. They are in the upper bracket with #4Treynor and #12 Southern Cal. The bottom bracket has #6 LeMars Gehlen, #5 Don Bosco, Grandview Park Baptist and #1 Tripoli. In class 2A Pella Christian swept #8 Mediapolis 25-16, 25-12, 25-16 at Washington. In class 3A Williamsburg swept Fairfield 25-14, 25-16, 25-14. ]]>]]> SEI SUPER CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL TEAMS - 2009 FIRST TEAM POSITIONS NORTH DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION Libero: Emily Eberhardt, Jr, Mediapolis Stephanie Schulte, Sr, Holy Trinity Catholic Kassidy Guihan, So, West Burlington Utility Players: Karla Hester, Sr, WMU Jamie Johnson, So, West Burlington Kalyn Ertz, So, Mediapolis Jessica Hunold, Sr, Central Lee Aaren Wright, Jr, New London Hitters: Kelsi Rowe, Sr, Mediapolis Jessica Lerdal, Sr, New London Meridyth Bates, Jr, IMS Deanna Knustrom, Jr, Holy Trinity Catholic Bailey Griffith, Sr, Mediapolis Mariah Young, Jr, West Burlington Brooke Wade, Jr, WMU Bailie Bryant, Sr, Central Lee Erin Mosinski, Sr, Pekin Colby Hoyer, Jr, Holy Trinity Cathholic Setters: Sarah Calderwood, Jr, Mediapolis Kaitlyn Caston, Jr, West Burlington Kara Schlabaugh, Jr, IMS Ashley Tinguely, So, Holy Trinity Catholic SECOND TEAM Libero: Whitney Wagler, Sr, WMU Shawna Wilson, Sr, Central Lee Utility Players: Gretchen Geyer, Jr, IMS Katie Gaudian, Sr, West Burlington Mycaela Crouse, Sr, Pekin Emily Lewis, So, Holy Trinity Catholic Hitters: Kelsey Lyon, Sr, Columbus Sasha Noel, Sr, New London Amanda Kalina, Sr, Mediapolis Kaitlyn Grossman, Sr, Central Lee Kara Ropp, Sr, IMS Ariel Bloomberg, Sr, West Burlington Brooke Hammond, Sr, Wapello Jaime Giannettino, Sr, Notre Dame Abbey Roth, Sr, WACO Lindsay Reinhardt, So, Holy Trinity Catholic Setters: Taylor Breon, Jr, WMU Taylor Delany, Sr, New London Jessica Deutsch, Sr, Pekin Rachel Hackenmiller, Jr, Notre Dame HONORABLE MENTION Winfield-MU - Elaina Loyd, Jr Notre Dame - Danielle Case, Sr Anna Kottenstette, Sr Highland - Sammi Covington, Jr Holy Trinity - Jayme Dyer, Sr Chelsea Miller, Sr Jenna Freesmeier, Jr L-M - Jordyn Schaper, Sr Central Lee - Jessica Beam, So Megan Guldenpfennig, Jr Erica Smith, So Lone Tree - Natalie Loan, Sr Danville - Alexa Hogberg, Jr Megan Flemr, Sr Brandy Lowray, Sr WACO - Allison Shantz, Sr Harmony - Courtney Mills, Jr Kelli Miller, Sr Ashley Hoaglin, Sr Mediapolis - Ellie Miller, Jr Cardinal - Andrea Kayser, So Taylor Keitzer, Sr Morgan Benson, Sr Columbus - Alex Edwards, Sr West Burlington - Taylor Johnson, Jr Chelsey Smith, Jr Jade VanRycke, Sr Wapello - None listed Van Buren - Hannah Carter, Sr Makenzie Zeitler, So Pekin - Alex Barnhart, Sr New London - Breanne Dean, Jr Jaime Sterling, Sr Amber Jackson, Jr IMS - Emma Yutzy, Jr Maharishi - Holly Armstrong, Sr Carly Unruh, Jr Sophia Blitz, Sr COACH OF THE YEAR Dennis Jandrey, Mediapolis Melissa Freesmeier, Holy Trinity Catholic ]]>]]> Class 3A District 5 All District Football honors were handed out to a number of Mt. Pleasant football players, making first team all district were: Drew Johnson, Cody Vaughn, Evan Franzen, Darian Cotton, Brayton Meeker, Henry Krieger-Coble. Honorable mention: Kyle Nichting, Braden Roth, Tanner Liechty, Korbin Taylor, Skylar Bruggemeyer, Leonard Wester. Darian Cotton was nominated for all state honors. All academic honors: Dylan Hofstad, Henry Krieger-Coble, Austin Marshall, Brayton Meeker, Justis Wellington, Leonard Wester, Sam Bell, Ryan Chabal, Tanner Liechty. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant youth in grades K-6 are invited to join the Mt. Pleasant Wrestling Club. Cost is $30 for one and $15 for each additional family member. Program starts 11/16/09 and runs thru March of 2010. Contact head wrestling coach at MPHS Anthony Blint at 931-5536 for more details. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 214 Wed. Nov. 4, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 First round football playoff action took place last night. The Waco Warriors hosted the BGM Bears, WACO chalked up a 21-14 victory and now moves to the quarter finals against Traer North Tama Friday night at 6:15 p.m. at the UNI dome in Cedar Falls. Spencer Shepherd ran wild against the Bears, rushing for over 200 yards and scoring touchdowns of 35 and 62 yards. Tad Morrow scored the other WACO TD. Defensively the Warriors played tremendous team defense holding BGM to 3 touchdowns below their scoring average. North Tama beat N. Mahaska last night 45-0. Other class “A” winners: Mason City Newman, NUH Cedar Falls, AHST, Madrid, Southern Cal and LeMars Gehlen. ]]>]]> Regional championship volleyball takes place tonight. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will be covering the class 1A match at Burlington Notre Dame between Holy Trinity Catholic and New London at 7 p.m. We’ll be giving you updates also on the class 2A match Mediapolis vs Pella Christian from Washington High School. In class 3A Fairfield will play Williamsburg @Oskaloosa, this match was moved from the Fairfield gym. Tonight’s winners move onto State Tournament action beginning November 11th at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids. The teams will be seeded this year for the first time ever. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College once again threw a scare into one of the Midwest Collegiate Conference’s top teams, but Grand View University pulled through for a four-set win over the Tigers Monday night at Ruble Arena. IWC dropped its final regular season match of the season and also its Senior Night game. The Vikings prevailed 25-12, 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, sending Wesleyan to 16-13 overall and 3-5 in the MCC. ]]>]]> Midwest Collegiate Conference Men's Soccer MCC Tournament Quarterfinals November 1, 2009, in Des Moines, Iowa James W. Cownie Complex No. 3 Grand View 4 No. 6 Iowa Wesleyan 0 Grand View is 12-5-2. Iowa Wesleyan ends its season 5-14. ]]>]]> Lee County Boxing Club is pleased to announce that it will host a boxing show on Saturday, November 7th, located at Fort Madison's Comfort Inn (Hwy. 61 South). The doors will open at 5:00pm and the event will begin at 6:00pm. Tickets prices will be $10 per adult and $5 per child under 12 years old. Note: Ring-side seats are limited and available at the door. Contenders are traveling from Des Moines, Waterloo, Ottumwa, Davenport, Galesburg, Hannibal, and Minnesota. Boxers will be evaluated between 12:00pm -3:00pm. Upon completion, area coaches will 'pair' the contenders. Former coach, George Viorel (age 96) of Hannibal, will be honored during the opening ceremony prior to the matches. Head Coach and Founder of Lee County Boxing Club, Jack Eaves, encourages all interested spectators to arrive timely, preparing for a large audience. Lee County Boxing Club is pleased to be an agency funded by the United Way." http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 213 Tue. Nov. 3, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The State Cross Country meet was held Saturday in Ft. Dodge. Burlington won the class 4A boys title with 106 points and had the individual champion Marshall Moyer. IMS won the class 1A boys race with 71 points. Other area boys, Glen Morgan of WMU 8th, Jacob Griffin Danville-New London 36th, Cody Mehmert and Sean Conrad of Holy Trinity Catholic were 23rd and 64th, Jake Keller of Columbus 11th, Chase Moser of Wapello 5th. Area girls who placed high in the standings: Madison Roth of Waco 53rd, Cassandra Stuflick of Danville-New London 42nd., Katie Hocker of Central Lee 38th. ]]>]]> Playoff football in the state of Iowa begins tonight. Waco 7-3 on a 7 game winning streak who won over HLV 35-10 in the substate game last week will tonight host BGM 9-1 who has won their last 8 games. Bears are making their second playoff appearance, last year they beat New London in the substate and then lost to HLV in the first round of playoffs. Waco is in the playoffs for the 16th time, they have a 3-15 mark. Both teams like to run the football, Waco’s passing game shows more balance in the team stats. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the game live with the pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College moved the ball as well as it has all season, but committed nine turnovers in a 27-7 loss to Grand View University Saturday afternoon at Mapleleaf Stadium. The Tigers had a season-high 25 first downs and ran a staggering total of 98 offensive plays, but it wasn’t enough against the Vikings, ranked 22nd in the most recent NAIA national coaches’ poll. IWC was thwarted time and again by mistakes and dropped to 2-8 this season, 1-5 in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League. In addition to the nine turnovers, Wesleyan also had 14 penalties and five dropped passes, undoing a lot of good work throughout the day by the offense, defense and special teams. The Tigers out gained the Vikings 337-330, had a 25-20 advantage in first downs, converted five of six fourth downs, won the field position battle and generally moved the ball well against a Grand View team that came into the game ranked fourth in the MSFA in total defense. The Tigers have this week off and will finish their season Nov. 14 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport. Game time is 1 p.m. ]]>]]>The IWC Tiger men’s basketball team opened their schedule against Dana (Neb.) College Friday on the first day of the Grace tourney. Dana won 85-71, IWC then turned around Saturday and defeated Grace, Nebraska 92-77 . Wesleyan will play its first five games on the road before its home opener against Midland Lutheran (Neb.) College on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> The following story was gathered from the Cleveland browns website, it deals with a very special happening for a young Mt. pleasant boy, his brother and his mother. (Read this near the Kleenex box) It took 9 hours and 28 minutes for Jennifer Kohorst to drive nearly 575 miles from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to the Browns training facility in Berea, but every stop to refuel the car, every pothole and every traffic jam was worth it.Kohorst accompanied her seven-year old son, Keegan, to Berea on Thursday after he was chosen as the Cleveland Browns Kids Club TOP DAWG Jr. Reporter of the Day. All TOP DAWGS were asked to write an essay about who their favorite Browns player was and why or why they love the Browns.In his essay, Keegan wrote of his father's love of Notre Dame football and Browns quarterback Brady Quinn. Not too long after the Browns drafted Quinn, Keegan's father passed away. Now when the boy watches Quinn and the Browns, he feels a close bond with his father, who was a sports reporter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. It was Keegan's wish to interview Quinn, in honor of his father. Browns Head Coach Eric Mangini concluded Thursday's press conference by welcoming Keegan to Berea. The Jr. Reporter was then surprised with a special opportunity to interview Quinn one-on-one. The interview included questions like "What is your favorite color?" and "What do you like to eat on game day?". Quinn autographed Keegan's hat and football and then Keegan presented Quinn with a hand-made belated birthday card, which Quinn told Keegan he would hang in his locker. "This the best gift I've ever received," Quinn told Keegan. "I kind of heard them rumbling in the back saying that he might be coming," Jennifer said of Quinn. "It was overwhelming. Of course, we hoped we would get to see Brady Quinn. To actually have it happen, it's incredible." "This is my best uniform," said Keegan, who donned a white No. 10 Quinn jersey. "I can't believe I got my hat signed. I didn't even know it was going to be this fun, but it was." Finally, Keegan's day in Berea came to a special finish when he was invited by Mangini to watch practice with members of the Browns media. Keegan and his brother were given gift bags, media guides, and finally given a tour of Cleveland Browns Stadium. "It's amazing," a tearful Jennifer said. "There's no joy like seeing your kids happy. This has been definitely a joy full day. It's been a great experience. I can't imagine another franchise caring as much about a little seven-year old as this franchise has." http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 212 Mon. Nov. 2, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Volleyball Regional semi final play in class 3A took place last night, Williamsburg swept Mt. Pleasant 25-8, 25-12, 25-20 to move onto the Regional final Tuesday night against Fairfield at Fairfield. Trojans defeated Centerville last night 23-25, 25-20, 25-9 and 25-14 at Fairfield. 4A Regional semi final action saw Pleasant Valley defeat Burlington 3-0. ]]>]]> Class 2A and 1A Regional semi final play takes place tonight. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will be covering the Davis County vs Mediapolis 2A semi at Mt. Pleasant High School. The other half of that Regional has Clarke playing at Pella Christian. KILJ will be reporting on the New London vs IMS match at Washington and Holy Trinity Catholic vs Fairfield Maharishi at Van Buren. ]]>]]> It may still be October, but the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s basketball team is going to get an early start on reloading as it opens its 2009-10 season on Friday at the Grace (Neb.) University Classic in Omaha. The Tigers open their schedule against Dana (Neb.) College at 6 p.m. on Friday on the first day of the Grace tourney. IWC then will face the host Royals on Saturday at 4 p.m. to conclude the weekend. The Tigers will face a tall task in duplicating last year’s run, which included a 20-11 record, a Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament championship and a trip to the NAIA Division II National Tournament. All five starters from last year’s team will need to be replaced for Head Coach Alan Magnani, entering his 14th season with a career record of 207-192. Four senior starters are gone from the team, including three-time All-American Brett Humpal and two more (Da’kari Shelby and Jason Garber) who received All-MCC recognition. As if that wasn’t enough, the lone returning starter, Keenan Stanbridge (Sr.-Quincy, Ill.), another Honorable Mention All-MCC player, tore knee ligaments in the summer and will redshirt this year. Guards Michael Coons and Josh Hogue and center Matt Lafrenz also are departed, and in all just three players return who played on last year’s team, players who started a combined 13 games. The leading returning scorer is Jared Callanan (Sr.-Bennington, Vt.), who averaged 6.7 points per game last season, and in all IWC lost over 86% of its scoring and 83% of its rebounding from 2008-09. This year’s Wesleyan team features an interesting mix of players from a number of backgrounds. Included in a guard-heavy roster are three returnees, two returning redshirts, a transfer from a conference rival, several junior college transfers, and five freshmen, including two from high schools in southeast Iowa. Callanan and Patrick Macki (Sr.-London, England) are the two lone returnees in the backcourt. Callanan shot 39.3% on three-pointers last year to rank among the MCC leaders in that category, and he will have the green light to shoot even more this year with a larger share of the minutes. Macki started seven games last year at point guard and averaged 2.9 points and one assist per game. The third returnee is 6-5 senior Mike Lowe (Panora, Iowa), who started five games last year and averaged 1.6 points and 1.4 rebounds per game. Also returning to the program are a pair of redshirts, 6-5 freshman Blake Smith (Sydney, Australia) and 6-5 junior college transfer Weldon Miller (San Rafael, Calif.). Together the three will be counted on heavily in the frontcourt, as they are the only players on the Wesleyan roster who stand taller than 6-3. The rest of the roster is loaded with guards. One most interesting prospect is 6-1 junior Reggie Shipp (Aurora, Ill.), who comes to IWC from MCC rival St. Ambrose University. Shipp started 22 games for the Fighting Bees last year, tied for the team lead in minutes played (30.9 mpg) and averaged 9.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Shipp lit up the Tigers several times in the past two years, including 18 points last year in SAU’s 83-81 overtime win over Wesleyan. Another transfer is 6-0 junior Gary Rademaker (Emden, Ill.), who will see action at point guard. Rademaker is a transfer from Carl Sandburg (Ill.) College and followed the same path to IWC as Garber, who also is from Emden and played at Carl Sandburg. The freshman class is led by 6-2 guard Brett Azinger (Montrose, Iowa), who comes to the program after a stellar career at Central Lee High School just down the road in Donnellson. Azinger led the Hawks to their first-ever state tournament appearance last year and was second team all-state last year, averaging nearly 20 points and six rebounds per game. Along with Azinger, another area freshman is 6-2 Josh Beaird (Keokuk, Iowa), who comes from Keokuk High School, where he was Second Team All-Southeast Conference last year while averaging 12 points and three assists per game for the Chiefs. Rounding out the active roster for this year are three more freshman guards, 6-3 Dan Missey (Pacific, Mo.), 5-11 Austin Burns (Belvidere, Ill.) and 5-11 Jamal Blackmond (Aurora, Ill.). With the heavy number of guards on the roster there is little doubt this year’s team will be guard-oriented. The Tigers will go with a number of three- and four-guard lineups and it’s very possible the team could break the school record of 750 three-point attempts established last year. The lack of frontcourt depth is also going to make it imperative that the Wesleyan big men are able to stay on the court and out of foul trouble. Last year the Tigers finished with a sterling run of 12 wins in 13 games, including a dramatic 91-90 win over Grand View University in the MCC Tournament final, before losing to powerful Oregon Tech in the national tourney. Grand View is a heavy favorite in the MCC this year and enters the season ranked #8 in the initial NAIA Division II top 25 coaches’ poll. Based on the preseason poll of conference coaches, little is expected of the Tigers this year after such heavy losses from last year. After finishing second in the MCC in the regular season with a 13-3 mark last year, IWC was picked seventh in this year’s conference preseason poll, ahead of only Waldorf College and Clarke College in the standings. Wesleyan will play its first five games on the road before its home opener against Midland Lutheran (Neb.) College on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College will get one final chance to play well in front of the home crowd and will hope to play holiday tricks on Grand View University when the Tigers host the Vikings at 1 p.m. at Mapleleaf Stadium on Halloween Saturday. IWC will play its fourth ranked team this season in the Vikings, currently ranked #22 in the NAIA national coaches’ poll. The Tigers also are playing their final home game of the season, as ten seniors will be honored before the game. ]]>]]> The State Cross Country Championships will be run Saturday in Ft. Dodge. Several KILJ area athletes will be running for the gold. Madison Roth of Waco will run in the girls class 1A race, Cassandra Stuflick of Danville-New London will be in the girl’s 2A race. Mekenzie Coppage Ft. Madison and Jessica Lamb Fairfield will run in the girls 3A race. For the boys, Glen Morgan of WMU, Sean Conrad and Cody Mehmert of Holy Trinity Catholic, Bennett Moser of Wapello, and Ben Moews of Van Buren will run in class 1A. Class 2A Jacob Griffin of Danville-New London will run. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 211 Fri. Oct. 30, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Substate football was played in Iowa last night. Area results: Waco defeated HLV 35-13, Spencer Shepherd and Tad Morrow each scored twice. Warriors now host BGM Monday who won over Cardinal of Eldon last night 42-6, the game will be played in Wayland at 7 p.m. and heard live on KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com. North Mahaska beat Danville 25-0, North Tama 56 Highland 0. Class 1A: Clayton Ridge 21 Wapello 6. Class 2A: Solon 48 Mediapolis 12, Iowa City Regina 28 W. Burlington-Notre Dame 5. Class 3A: Centerville 40 Washington 8, Grinnell 27 Fairfield 7, Pella 31 Williamsburg 24, Clear Creek Amana 38 Carlisle 3. Class 4A Linn Mar 37 Burlington 14. 8 man football: Grandview Park Baptist 24 Harmony 22. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Panther volleyball team plays in the Regional Semi final tonight against Williamsburg at Washington, match time is 7 p.m. KILJ-FM and kilj.com will broadcast live. The other semi final has Fairfield hosting Centerville, the winners meet Tuesday November 3rd at Fairfield in the Regional final. ]]>]]> Megan McVey (So.-Fort Worth, Tex.) had 16 kills and B.J. Wagy (Jr.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa) added 14 kills but Viterbo (Wis.) University came back to win the final two sets to defeat the Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team in five sets Wednesday night at Ruble Arena. The V-Hawks outlasted IWC 25-21, 29-25, 24-26, 26-24, 15-10 in the matchup of Midwest Collegiate Conference teams. The Tigers gave the visitors all they could handle and played possibly their strongest home match of the season, but a soft spot early in the fifth set was the main difference between the two teams on this evening. IWC concludes its regular season on Monday when it hosts Grand View University, currently the second-place team in the MCC standings. The Tigers will face the Vikings at 7 p.m. and the team’s two seniors, Katie Leidl (Esterhazy, Saskatchewan) and Brittany Richardson (Benton, Ill.) will be honored before the match. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College will get one final chance to play well in front of the home crowd and will hope to play holiday tricks on Grand View University when the Tigers host the Vikings at 1 p.m. at Mapleleaf Stadium on Halloween Saturday. IWC will play its fourth ranked team this season in the Vikings, currently ranked #22 in the NAIA national coaches’ poll. The Tigers also are playing their final home game of the season, as ten seniors will be honored before the game. ]]>]]> Mount Mercy College scored a pair of goals in the first half and Iowa Wesleyan College saw its season end with a 2-0 loss to the Mustangs in the first round of the Midwest Collegiate Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament. ]]>]]> Fresh off the first regular season conference championship in school history, Ashford will lead what should be a wide-open field as the MCC Men’s Soccer Tournament gets underway this week. Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 1 #8 St. Ambrose or #9 Waldorf at #1 Ashford – Time TBA #5 Clarke at #4 Mount Mercy – Noon #6 Iowa Wesleyan at #3 Grand View – 3 p.m. #7 William Penn at #2 Viterbo – 2 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 210 Thur. Oct. 29, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The action was hot and heavy on the volleyball courts around S.E. Iowa last night. A class 1A district clash last night in New London saw the Tigers have to go all five games to protect their home court from WMU. First two games New London breezed to wins of 25-20 and 25-19, then WMU caught fire and won the next two 25-20 and 25-23. That set the scene for the fifth and final game, Lady Wolves got out to a lead but a late game rally gave the Tigers a 17-15 victory in that game and earned them the match. New London advances on now with a 28-9 record and plays at Washington Friday night against IMS who beat English Valleys last night 3-1. Burlington Notre Dame visited #10 Holy Trinity Catholic, the Crusaders cruised to a 25-13, 25-18, 25-21 sweep. HTC now plays Maharishi at Van Buren Friday night, the Pioneers beat Seymour 3-1 last night. A big Class 2A battle took place at W. Burlington where #8 ranked Mediapolis swept the Falcons 25-19, 25-18 and 25-20. Mepo now advances onto the Regional semis at Mt. Pleasant Friday night to play Davis County who was a winner over Sigourney 3-0 in the quarterfinals. ]]>]]> Substate football action begins tonight, KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast live the HLV 5-4 (3-3) at WACO 6-3 (6-0) football game beginning at 7 p.m. Waco is champion of class “A” district five and HLV finished fourth in district six. Waco is currently riding a five game winning streak after getting off to a slow 1-3 start to the year. Warriors have been averaging 40 points and 314 yards of offense per game. Other area games: North Mahaska at Danville, Burlington at Linn Mar, Mediapolis at Solon, W. Burlington Notre Dame at Iowa City Regina, Wapello at Clayton Ridge in Guttenberg, Grandview Park Baptist at Harmony. All the scores on KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com during the statewide scoreboard from 10-11:30 p.m. tonight. ]]>]]> The 2009-10 Midwest Collegiate Conference women’s basketball preseason poll has been released, and St. Ambrose has been predicted as the top team in the conference based on the vote of league coaches. The Queen Bees finished first in a close race at the top, receiving 74 points and three first-place votes. SAU edged out Mount Mercy for the top spot, as the Mustangs received 73 points and four first-place votes. Grand View was third with 67 points and two first-place votes, while defending regular season and tournament champion Iowa Wesleyan was fourth with 48 points. St. Ambrose finished 20-11 last year, including an 11-5 mark in the MCC good for fourth place. The Queen Bees lost in the MCC Tournament Semifinals last year and return the past two MCC Player of the Year award winners in Jenny Clark (2007-08 winner) and Ali Dolphin (2008-09). MCC Women’s Basketball Coaches Preseason Poll 1. St. Ambrose – 74 points (3 first-place votes) 2. Mount Mercy – 73 points (4 first-place votes) 3. Grand View – 67 points (2 first-place votes) 4. Iowa Wesleyan – 48 points 5. Waldorf – 41 points 6. Viterbo – 35 points 7. William Penn – 29 points 8. Ashford – 26 points 9. Clarke – 12 points ]]>]]> The 2009-10 Midwest Collegiate Conference men’s basketball preseason poll has been released, and the vote of league coaches has projected Grand View as a heavy favorite in the conference this season. The Vikings received eight of nine first-place votes and with 79 points overall easily outdistanced second-place William Penn. The Statesmen finished with 62 points and the other first-place vote in the poll. Grand View finished 26-9 last season and won the MCC regular season title with a 14-2 league mark. The Vikings advanced to the second round of the NAIA Division II national tourney, where they gave top seed Oklahoma Wesleyan a battle before losing 74-68 to the eventual national champions. MCC Men’s Basketball Coaches Preseason Poll 1. Grand View – 79 points (8 first-place votes) 2. William Penn – 62 points (1 first-place vote) 3. Mount Mercy – 55 points 4. Viterbo – 53 points 5. St. Ambrose – 52 points 6. Ashford – 40 points 7. Iowa Wesleyan – 35 points 8. Waldorf – 15 points 9. Clarke – 14 points, ]]>]]> Regular season champion St. Ambrose will again be the favorite when the MCC Women’s Soccer Tournament gets underway this week, starting today with the tourney’s first round game. Eighth seed Mount Mercy will host #9 seed Iowa Wesleyan on Wednesday in the MCC Tournament’s opening round match. The winner advances to the quarterfinals where it will face top seed St. Ambrose on Saturday, one of four quarterfinal matches to be played that day as the conference moves toward crowning a tourney champion and the winner of an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championships beginning Nov. 21. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 209 Wed. Oct. 28, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS girls and boys cross country teams ran at the Regional/District meet at Knoxville. Panther girls were 12th out of 13 teams, Kaitlin Jones was the best finisher coming in 52nd. Pella won the girls title, followed by Williamsburg and Ballard, those teams all qualified for the state meet. The Panther boys were 11th out of 13 teams. Jonathan Lee was the top M.P. finisher coming in 28th. Pella won the team title, they will be joined at state by second place Grinnell and third place Knoxville. The State Cross Country Championships are this Saturday in Ft. Dodge. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team opened up Regional tournament play against the Washington Demons Last night with a three game sweep 25-23, 25-18, 25-18. Andy Pieper had 11 kills, Taylor Shull and Kim Scarbrough added 8 and Hanna Sinclair had 7 kills. Rebecca Kimzey had 18 assists, Lisa Moeller 4 ace serves, Taylor Shull had 4 blocks, Steph Myers picked up 17 digs. M.P. 16-15 will now play Williamsburg at Washington Thursday, the Raiders beat Clear Creek Amana last night 25-14, 25-14, 25-18. Centerville and Fairfield were winners on the other half of the Regional. ]]>]]> Tonight the class 1A volleyball Districts move to quarterfinal play. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast the WMU at New London match beginning at 7 p.m. We’ll have reports on the Notre Dame at #10 Holy Trinity Catholic. Class 2A District quarterfinals also will be played and KILJ-FM 105.5 will keep you updated on #8 Mediapolis at W. Burlington. ]]>]]> The Midwest Collegiate Conference named their athletes of the week, IWC had an athlete honored. In men’s Cross Country Kennedy Kiprop – Iowa Wesleyan (Fr.) Kiprop earned his first collegiate individual title by winning the St. Ambrose Fighting Bee Invitational with a time of 27:18 over the 8K course. ]]>]]> A young athlete with Mt. Pleasant ties is going to be featured in this weeks Sports Illustrated Magazine. Charlie Caris a former Des Moines Roosevelt High School tennis standout will be in the “faces in the crowd” section. His high school tennis prowess as a three time state singles champion will be written about and how he teamed up with his sister to win a coed doubles title. Charlie now plays for Georgetown University and is 12-0 in his freshman year. His Father is Dave Caris who was a standout athlete at MPHS and the grandson of Crane and Helen Caris who were teachers in the Mt. Pleasant School District and now are retired in Florida. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 208 Tue. Oct. 27, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Fairfield put an end to the Mt. Pleasant Panther football season on the Trojans home field Friday night when they put two defensive touchdowns on the board in a 20-0 win. The score at halftime was 7-0. M.P. ends the year 5-4 overall and 4-3 in the district. Fairfield will enter the substate Wednesday night when they travel to Grinnell to play the Tigers who finished second in district 6. Washington finished fourth in district 5 and will travel to Centerville to play the district 6 champs. Pella will play at Williamsburg and Carlisle is at Clear Creek Amana. Other area teams making the substate: Class “A”: Waco hosts HLV (KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast live), Danville will host North Mahaska. Class 1A: Wapello goes to Clayton Ridge in Guttenberg. Class 2A: Mediapolis at #1 and defending state champion Solon, West Burlington-Notre Dame plays at Iowa City Regina. Class 4A: Burlington travels to Linn-Mar Marion. 8 man: Grandview Park Baptist plays at Harmony. ]]>]]> Seventh-ranked Saint Xavier University scored on eight of its first nine possessions and topped the 50-point mark for the seventh time in its nine games as it defeated Iowa Wesleyan College 66-6 Saturday afternoon at Denton Memorial Stadium. The Tigers ran into one of the hottest teams in the NAIA as the Cougars picked up 475 yards of offense in improving to 9-0 this season. IWC dropped to 2-7. Wesleyan controlled the time of possession in the game, holding the ball for more than 36 minutes. IWC also ran 81 offensive plays, 19 more than the Cougars, and had 15 first downs, just five less than SXU. The Tigers had seven drives stall in Saint Xavier territory without coming away with points, though, with four of those drives ending on downs and three others ending in turnovers. Iowa Wesleyan scored its lone touchdown in the fourth quarter when freshman Eduardo Garcia (San Diego, Calif.) picked up a fumble and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown for his first collegiate score. IWC will play their last home game of the season this Saturday hosting #25 ranked Grandview at 1 p.m. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team opens tournament play tonight at home against Washington a team that M.P. defeated on the road October 19th. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the match live at 7 p.m. ]]>]]> Cross country Regional/Districts that were postponed from last Thursday will be run tonight. Mt. Pleasant goes to Knoxville for 3A action, the class 2A meet will be hosted by Columbus Community and the class 1A meet is at Wapello. Top 3 teams and top 10 individuals advance to the state meet this Saturday. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College freshman Kennedy Kiprop (Iten, Kenya) won the individual title in the men’s race as the Tiger cross country teams competed at the St. Ambrose University Invitational at Crow Creek Park Saturday. Kiprop finished the eight-kilometer race in 27:18, topping a field of 47 runners and finishing 15 seconds ahead of John Darmody of St. Ambrose for the individual championship. It was Kiprop’s first collegiate win at a meet and came two weeks after he finished behind Darmody at the William Penn University Invitational in Oskaloosa. IWC did not field a complete men’s team, with four runners competing on Saturday. Finishing closest behind Kiprop was Kyle Neff (Fr.-New London, Iowa), who placed 42nd with a time of 33:57. C.J. Earnest (Fr.-Wapello, Iowa) was 46th with a time of 39:33, while Aaron Gatlin (Fr.-Chicago, Ill.) was 47th with a mark of 41:03. Illinois Institute of Technology won the men’s team title with 21 total points. IIT placed five runners in the top seven to easily outdistance St. Ambrose (42 points) for the title. Wesleyan had one competitor in the women’s race, as Kate Krzystofiak (Jr.-Mount Pleasant, Iowa) was 59th of 65 runners with a time of 27:43. Illinois Tech also won the women’s individual and team championships. The Tigers now get ready for the Midwest Collegiate Conference Championships to be held Nov. 7 at the Lacey Sports Complex in Oskaloosa. Kiprop and Darmody will be among the individual favorites in the men’s race. ]]>]]> Megan McVey (So.-Fort Worth, Tex.) had 40 kills over two matches and the Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team finished 2-0 at the Monmouth College Triangular Saturday afternoon. The Tigers opened the day with a four-set win over Principia (Ill.) College (20-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-15) and then defeated the host Fighting Scots in five sets (25-27, 25-14, 25-22, 22-25, 16-14) to cap the tourney. With the two wins the Tigers improved to 16-11 overall this year and clinched a winning record for the first time since 2005. IWC has two regular season matches remaining, plus the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament in November. ]]>]]> St. Ambrose University showed why it is the Midwest Collegiate Conference regular season champions, controlling play in a 4-0 win over the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer team Saturday afternoon at East Lake Park ]]>]]> St. Ambrose University defeated the IWC men’s soccer team 4-2. SAU is now 3-14 overall, 2-5-1 in MCC ,IWC is now 5-13 overall, 3-5 MCC. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 207 Mon. Oct. 26, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team finished their regular season with a road win at Keokuk. The 5 game battle had scores of: Game 1: 20-25 Game2: 25-13 Game 3: 18-25 Game 4: 25-22 Game 5: 15-9 Stats for the night are: Emily Prellwitz had: 71 digs 3 ace serves Lisa Moeller had: 10 kills 5 digs 5 solo blocks Hannah Sinclair had: 18 Kills Andy Pieper had: 11 Kills 16 digs 2 ace serves Rebekah Kimzey had: 23 assists 15 digs Steph Myers had: 1 ace serve 29 digs The Panthers end conference play 5-3 in the Southeast conference and 15-15 overall. Monday they open District play against Washington in Panther Gym. ]]>]]> Regional/district girls and boys cross country meets were scheduled for yesterday. Mt. Pleasant was to run at Knoxville but that event was postponed until Monday at 4 p.m. because of rain and wet conditions. The 2A meet at Columbus and the 1A meet at Wapello also were moved to Monday. Burlington went ahead with their 4A regional/district yesterday, Iowa City West won the girls division with 40 points, Bettendorf was second 64 and Pleasant valley third with 73, Burlington was fourth at 97. On the boys side Burlington won with a 35 score, Pleasant Valley second with 43 points and Bettendorf third at 91. The top three teams and top 10 individuals advance to the state meet October 31st in Ft. Dodge. ]]>]]> Week nine of the 2009 high school football season is here. Mt. Pleasant 5-3 (4-2) plays at Fairfield 6-2 (4-2) to wrap up district play. A Panther win gets them into the substate, a loss more than likely would end their season if Washington wins at Ft. Madison. Fairfield is already into the post season. Oskaloosa is at Keokuk, Clear Creek at Williamsburg, Class 2A: Columbus Community at Central Lee, Davis County at Sigourney Keota, Mediapolis (win puts them into sub state) at L-M, W. Burlington-Notre Dame at Mid Prairie. Class 1A: Durant at Pekin, Eddyville Blakesburg at Belle Plaine, Van Buren at West Branch, Wapello (win puts them into substate) at Iowa valley. Class “A”: HLV at New London, Highland at Cardinal, Waco at Lone Tree, Danville at WMU, Harmony at Ankeny Christian. Last night Burlington defeated Davenport West on the road 7-0, to capture a sub state berth next week. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 206 Fri. Oct. 23, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Class 1A volleyball district action from last night: #10 Holy Trinity Catholic defeated Harmony 25-13, 25-12, 25-15 (HTC Coach Melissa Freesmeier won her 200th match at the school , nearing the 600 win mark for her career) Crusaders will host Notre Dame Tuesday night in quarterfinal action as the Nikes beat Danville 3-0. New London protected their home court last night with a 3-0 win over WACO 25-18, 26-24, 25-9. Tigers will host WMU Tuesday, Lady Wolves went to Highland and won 25-17, 25-12, 25-17. Other match results: IMS 3 Keota 1, English Valleys 3 Lone Tree 0, Maharishi 3 Moravia 1, Seymour 3 Moulton Udell 0, In regular season volleyball tonight the MPHS Panthers go to Keokuk to wrap up the regular season. ]]>]]> Midwest Collegiate Conference Women’s Volleyball Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 Hennessey Recreation Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mount Mercy def. Iowa Wesleyan, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25, 25-19. Mount Mercy 14-14 (2-4 MCC), Iowa Wesleyan 14-11 (3-3 MCC) ]]>]]> Regional/District girls and boys cross country meets will be run tonight to establish qualifiers for the state cross country meet in Ft. Dodge on Halloween. Mt. Pleasant runs at Knoxville in a 3A district. The top three teams and top ten individuals at each regional/district advance onto state. ]]>]]> Week nine of the 2009 high school football season is here. Mt. Pleasant 5-3 (4-2) plays at Fairfield 6-2 (4-2) to wrap up district play. A Panther win gets them into the substate, a loss more than likely would end their season if Washington wins at Ft. Madison. Fairfield is already into the post season. Oskaloosa is at Keokuk, Clear Creek at Williamsburg, Class 2A: Columbus Community at Central Lee, Davis County at Sigourney Keota, Mediapolis (win puts them into sub state) at L-M, W. Burlington-Notre Dame at Mid Prairie. Class 1A: Durant at Pekin, Eddyville Blakesburg at Belle Plaine, Van Buren at West Branch, Wapello (win puts them into substate) at Iowa valley. Class “A”: Highland at Cardinal, Waco at Lone Tree, WMU at Danville. Harmony at Ankeny Christian, Burlington @ Davenport West tonight (win puts them in). ]]>]]> Message: Makenzie Kauffman, a junior at Mt. Pleasant, won 3 events and placed second in another as the Fairfield swim team defeated Tipton in a dual meet at Fairfield Monday night. Kauffman won the 100 Yard Backstroke in 1:06.62, the 200 Individual Medley in 2:37.74, and swam the backstoke on the winning 200 Medley Relay Team. She was second on 200 Yard Freestyle Relay team. Rachel Krug, also a junior at Mt. Pleasant, came away with two second place finishes, those being in the 100 Yard Breaststroke in 1:20.35 and the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, as well as two third place finishes in the 200 Yard Medley Relay and the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay. The two swimmers, competing with the Fairfield Trojans, will be in action again this tonight in Burlington swimming against the Grayhounds and the Keokuk Chiefs. ]]>]]> Burlington Bees and Friends of Community Field will hold their annual banquet Friday January 15th in the Pzazz convention center. Bill Buckner will be the featured speaker. Tickets are $50 each. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 205 Thur. Oct. 22, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Class 2A volleyball tournament play began last night. In a match you heard on KILJ Mediapolis swept Central Lee 25-13, 25-17, 25-13. W. Burlington swept Van Buren 25-9, 25-9, 25-13. Mediapolis plays @ W. Burlington 10/27/09 @ 7 p.m. Other area results: Wapello 3 L-M 0,Sigourney swept pekin 3-0, Davis County over Cardinal 3-2, Eddyville Blakesburg 3-2 over Albia. Pella Christian swept Pleasantville 3-0, Clarke 3 Wayne 0 and Interstate 35 won over Central Deacatur 3-1. Tonight KILJ-FM and kilj.com invites you to listen for the live broadcast of the Harmony at Holy Trinity Catholic 1A district opener with reports on the Waco at New London and WMU at Highland matches. Mt. Pleasant will open 3A play on the 26th hosting Washington. Regular season volleyball from last night: Ft. Madison 3-1 over Washington, Fairfield 3-0 over Keokuk. ]]>]]> Viterbo University scored twice in the second half, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a tie against the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer team Tuesday afternoon in a Midwest Collegiate Conference match. The Tigers controlled the first 60 minutes, but a few breakdowns in the final 30 minutes of regulation allowed the V-Hawks back in. The tie left IWC at 7-8-2 overall, 1-5-1 in the MCC with one regular season match to play. ]]>]]> Viterbo University scored three times in the first half and the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s soccer team lost to the V-Hawks 4-2 on Tuesday in Midwest Collegiate Conference play at the Viterbo Outdoor Athletics Complex. The Tigers got a pair of goals in the second half but never were closer than two goals behind after the host V-Hawks built a 3-0 lead in the first 40 minutes of the match. Wesleyan dropped to 5-12 overall, 3-4 in the MCC heading into its regular season finale on Saturday against St. Ambrose University. ]]>]]> Thursday is an important day for area cross country teams, it’s the day the girl’s regional and boy’s district meets are run. Mt. Pleasant girls and boys travel to Knoxville to try and qualify for state. Teams joining them there will be: Ballard, Camanche, Centerville, Chariton, Clarke, Fairfield, Ft. Madison, Grinnell, Keokuk, Oskaloosa, Pella, Williamsburg and of course the host school Knoxville. Area class 1A schools will run at Wapello and 2A schools at Columbus Community. The state meet is at Ft. Dodge on October 31st. ]]>]]> Big game for the Mt. Pleasant Panther football team Friday night at Fairfield. With a win M.P. goes into substate play October 28th. Williamsburg plays host to Clear Creek Amana. If Williamsburg and Mt. Pleasant win then the Panthers finish second in the district and would host the loser of the Grinnell at Carlisle game to determine the third place finisher in district six the sister district for district 5. If Clear Creek Amana upsets Williamsburg and Mt. Pleasant wins, then they would travel to the winner of the Grinnell vs Carlisle battle on 10/28. Other area teams substate situation: Class 2A Mediapolis can get in with a win over L-M and a Sigourney-Keota loss vs Davis County. Class 1A Wapello can get in with a win at Iowa Valley. Class “A”: Waco has already qualified for the substate and will most likely host HLV, Danville is also into the substate after going winless last year. They will host either North Mahaska or BGM. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 204 Wed. Oct. 21, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS volleyball team traveled to Washington last night for a make up match postponed from the Panther homecoming week. Mt. Pleasant won 3-1 over the Demons. Game 1: 25-13 Game 2: 21-25 Game 3: 25-14 Game 4: 25-22 Stats for the night: Alissa Maxwell had: 2 kills 1 dig Steph Myers had: 1 Assist 2 Kills 18 digs 1 ace serve Kim Scarbrough had: 1 Solo Block 7 Kills 3 Digs Emily Prellwitz had: 20 Digs 1 ace serve Hannah Sinclair had: 9 Kills 12 digs 1 ace serve Andy Pieper had: 6 kills 12 digs 1 ace serve Taylor Shull had: 1 solo block 6 kills 1 dig Rebekah Kimzey had: 11 assist sets 6 digs 4 ace serves Lisa Moellor had: 5 Solo Blocks 9 kills 10 Digs 2 ace serves ]]>]]> Tournament volleyball action begins for Iowa high school teams this week. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will broadcast the Central Lee at Mediapolis 2A district opener tonight beginning at 7 p.m. Other area matches: Van Buren @ W. Burlington, Pekin @ Sigourney and Davis County @ Cardinal. Winners tonight will play in the quarter finals a week from tonight. Wednesday listen for the live broadcast of the Harmony at Holy Trinity Catholic 1A district opener with reports on the Waco at New London and WMU at Highland matches. Mt. Pleasant will open 3A play on the 26th hosting Washington. ]]>]]> Senior setter Sara Graf moved into the No. 1 spot in career assists at Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday against Concordia University, St. Paul, passing Sarah Rittenhouse's career mark of 4,245. Graf finished the match with 14 assists and now has 4,250 career assists. A native of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Graf is no stranger to the Mustang record book. She currently holds the record for assists in a season (1,671 in 2007), assists per set in a season (13.48 in 2007) and assists in a single-match (73 vs. Minnesota State Moorhead on Oct. 3, 2008). Graf has tallied a team-best 763 assists (11.22/set) so far this season. SMSU (18-6, 8-4 NSIC) is on the road this weekend, traveling to Augustana and Wayne State for a pair of conference matches. Southwest Minnesota State University, located in Marshall, Minn., is a member of NCAA Division II and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. ]]>]]> Oskaloosa handed Mt. Pleasant a 39-19 loss in JV football action on Evans Field Monday night. The Indians led 33-6 at halftime. Donnie Johnson led the M.P. rushing effort with 77 yards on 7 carries, Jordon Ashton was 5 of 13 passing with 70 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Tylor Hoyle caught 4 balls for 63 yards and 2 touchdowns. Brandon Moorman caught a 44 yard touchdown pass thrown by Ross Heitmeier. Nick Lyon had 9 tackles, Mathew Whaley had 9 tackles and Jacob Brauman 6. The Panther JV ends the season with a 3-3 record. ]]>]]> Big game for the Mt. Pleasant Panther football team Friday night at Fairfield. With a win M.P. goes into substate play October 28th. Williamsburg plays host to Clear Creek Amana. If Williamsburg and Mt. Pleasant win then the Panthers finish second in the district and would host the loser of the Grinnell at Carlisle game to determine the third place finisher in district six the sister district for district 5. If Clear Creek Amana upsets Williamsburg and Mt. Pleasant wins, then they would travel to the winner of the Grinnell vs Carlisle battle on 10/28. Other area teams substate situation: Class 2A Mediapolis can get in with a win over L-M and a Sigourney-Keota loss vs Davis County. Class 1A Wapello can get in with a win at Iowa Valley. Class “A”: Waco has already qualified for the substate and will most likely host HLV, Danville is also into the substate after going winless last year. They will host either North Mahaska or BGM. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 203 Tue. Oct. 20, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant High School football team improved to 4-2 in the district and 5-3 overall with 35-19 road win over Oskaloosa Friday. Darian Cotton scored the first of his two touchdowns by returning the opening kickoff 80 yards to get MPHS out of the blocks quick, Cody Vaughn added two touchdowns and threw a touchdown pass to Evan Franzen. Brayton Meeker, Brayden Roth, Drew Johnson, Darian Cotton, Austin Marshall and Korbin Taylor all played well on defense. Mt. Pleasant plays at Fairfield this Friday night a win secures a spot in the sub state game on Wednesday October 28th on Evans Field. Oskaloosa won the freshman game 15-14. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Middle School girl’s cross country team ran in the State middle School Cross Country Meet near Des Moines Saturday. The Jean Caboth coached crew brought home a second place team finish. Decorah won the meet with a score of 28, MPMS was second with 31 points. Chloe Haffarnan had the fastest time for Mt. Pleasant runners with a 14:04 timing good enough for 7th place overall. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College was held to 132 yards of offense and Quincy (Ill.) University played on a short field much of the day in defeating the Tigers 31-0 in Wesleyan’s Homecoming game Saturday at Mapleleaf Stadium. The Hawks opened their drives with an average starting position of their own 45-yard line and used it to their advantage to break through with three touchdowns in the second half against an overworked Tiger defense. Quincy got its first win in Mid-States Football Association Midwest League play (2-5 overall, 1-2 MSFA Midwest) while IWC dropped to 2-6 overall, 1-5 in league play. Jaren Maybin (Sr.-Baltimore, Md.) rushed for 59 yards on 16 carries to lead the IWC offense. T.J. Tolliver (Jr.-Bellwood, Ill.) came off the bench to complete seven of 12 passes for 107 yards, while Lawrence Moore (Jr.-Country Club Hills, Ill.) had six catches for 59 yards to lead the receivers. Chris Owens (Jr.-Greer, S.C.) led the defense with 10 tackles, his second straight game with double-digit tackles. Kris Fleming (Sr.-Chicago, Ill.) and Darious Watson (Jr.-Bellwood, Ill.) both added six tackles each. Defensive tackle Richard Silva (Fr.-Kirkland, Wash.) had his first career interception and Matthew Palmer-Newton (So.-Camarillo, Calif.) had IWC’s lone sack in the game. The IWC defense allowed 351 yards, with 192 of those yards in the first three quarters. Quincy held the ball for more than 33 minutes and was able to keep drives going by making 7 of 17 third down tries, but the Tigers got four fourth-down stops as the Hawks turned the ball over on downs four times. The Tigers next will face nationally ranked St. Xavier University next Saturday at 1 p.m. in Chicago. ]]>]]> Tournament volleyball action begins for Iowa high school teams this week. KILJ will broadcast the Central Lee at Mediapolis 2A district opener Tuesday night beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday listen for the live broadcast of the Harmony at holy Trinity Catholic 1A district opener with reports on the Waco at New London and WMU at Highland matches. Mt. Pleasant will open 3A play on the 26th hosting Washington, 1A and 2A second round action resumes on Tuesday the 27th. ]]>]]> Brittney Moss (So.-Genoa, Ill.) scored the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute and the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer team defeated William Woods (Mo.) University 2-1 on Saturday in a non-conference match at East Lake Park. The Tigers snapped a six-match losing streak and at last tied the school single-season record for wins with their seventh win of the season. IWC also defeated William Woods for the first time in school history and improved to 7-8-1 overall this season. Wesleyan opened the scoring 19:46 into the match when Jennie Mitchell (Sr.-LaGrange, Ga.) scored her fourth goal of the season. The scored stayed that way through halftime until the Owls (1-10 overall) tied it in the 55th minute when Kristen Pelley scored to make it 1-1. The score remained that way until Moss scored at the 79:10 mark with her fifth goal of the year and what ended up being her first game-winning goal of the season. The unassisted goal stood up and Wesleyan won for the first time since Sept. 26. Cara Arnold (So.-Davis Junction, Ill.) made three saves to get the win for IWC. Fanny Koloko-Green (Jr.-Fremont, Calif.) had four shots to lead the Tigers, while Mitchell added three shots. Wesleyan outshot the Owls 10-7 in the match and defeated William Woods for the first time in five meetings all-time between the two schools. IWC returns to Midwest Collegiate Conference play on Tuesday when it travels to La Crosse, Wis., to face Viterbo (Wis.) University. Match time is 3 p.m., with the women’s match following the match between the two schools’ men’s teams at 1 p.m. ]]>]]> William Woods (Mo.) University defeated Iowa Wesleyan College 1-0 in a men’s soccer match Saturday afternoon at East Lake Park. The Owls shut out the Tigers in the non-conference match by posting a 6-1 advantage in shots in the first half and then holding off several furious attacks by Wesleyan in the late going. IWC dropped to 5-11 this season, while William Woods is now 6-4-1. Troy Osborne (So.-Sydney, Australia) made four saves in the match for Wesleyan but was beaten by Fox for the lone goal at the 42:57 mark of the first half. Both teams had a few chances in the second half, including a bicycle kick just off goal by Scott Ballingall (Fr.-Perth, Scotland). Emil Yazdani (Sr.-Buenos Aires, Argentina) led the Tigers with two of the team’s five shots. William Woods outshot Iowa Wesleyan 10-5, including a 6-3 edge in shots on goal. Robert Thibodeaux picked up the shutout win for the Owls. IWC gets back into Midwest Collegiate Conference play on Tuesday when it faces Viterbo (Wis.) University in La Crosse, Wis., at 1 p.m. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 202 Mon. Oct. 19, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The Mt. Pleasant Panther volleyball team protected their home court last night with a 3 games to 1 win over Ft. Madison. Game 1: 25-16 Game 2: 27-25 Game 3: 21-25 Game 4: 25-8 Top Stats for the Evening are: Hannah Sinclair had: 10 Kills 4 Digs 1 Ace Serve Kim Scarbrough had: 10 Kills 2 Digs Emily Prellwitz had: 37 Digs 1 Kill 2 Ace Serves Lisa Moeller Had: 7 Kills 2 Digs 2 Solo blocks Andy Pieper had: 4 ace serves 5 kills 4 Digs Steph Myers Had: 22 digs 1 ace serve Taylor Shull had: 3 Kills 1 solo block Elinor Krieger-Coble had: 4 kills Rebekah Kimzey had: 18 assists 3 ace serves 13 digs Alissa Maxwell had: 16 assist 1 solo block 1 kill 1 dig Shiana Keomanivong had: 10 Digs ]]>]]> Other area volleyball: #8 Mediapolis won their invitational last night going 5-0 defeating Holy Trinity Catholic, Muscatine, Martensdale St. Marys, Eddyville Bblakesburg, and Notre Dame. #10 Holy Trinity was 3-2 in the tourney. Keokuk defeated Washington 3-2. ]]>]]> The Southeast Conference cross country meet was hosted by Mt. Pleasant Thursday evening. In the girls division Ft. Madison won the team title with a 26 score, and Mt. Pleasant was 4TH with 94. In the boys class Ft. Madison also won, Mt. Pleasant had an all conference performer Jonathan Lee who was 7th individually. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club food sale delivery will take place at the Mt. Pleasant Community Middle School cafeteria Saturday morning, October 17th. Students that sold food products need to there between 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., or have someone else there to pick up their ordered products. They will then deliver the products and collect the money from their customers to be turned in at the middle school or the high school. ]]>]]> Football Friday night: MPHS 4-3 (3-2) @ Oskaloosa 1-6 (1-4), Fairfield @ Washington, Ft. Madison @ Clear Creek, Keokuk @ Williamsburg. Central Lee @ L-M, Mid Prairie @ Davis County, Sigourney Keota @ Mediapolis, W. Burlington-Notre Dame @ Columbus Community, Belle Plaine @ Van Buren, Eddyville Blakesburg @ Wapello, Iowa Valley at Pekin, W. Branch @ Durant, Cardinal @ Waco, New London @ Highland, WMU @ Lone Tree, Tri County @ Harmony. Burlington at Bettendorf. ]]>]]> Makenzie Kauffman swam a personal best time of 1:06.16 to win the 100 yard backstroke at the Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational Monday night. Kauffman also came away with two second place finishes in the 200 Individual Medley and the 200 Yard Medley Relay, as well as a third place finish in the 200 Freestyle Relay. Rachel Krug had a good night in the pool, picking up a third place finish in the 100 Yard Breaststroke in 1:22.09. She also had two fourth place finishes in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay and 200 Yard Medley Relay. Teams competing in the meet were Fairfield, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Williamsburg, Vinton-Shellsburg, and Tipton. ]]>]]> http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 201 Fri. Oct. 16, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The Southeast Conference cross country meet is coming to Mt. Pleasant this Thursday at the Old Threshers campgrounds. Girls and boys cross country team from middle school through varsity will be running beginning at 4:30 p.m. After you watch the cross country teams run, head to Panther Gymnasium and watch the MPHS volleyball team host Ft. Madison in conference action. ]]>]]> Once again being extended to the limit, the Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team again came through when needed in posting a five-set win over William Penn University Wednesday night in a Midwest Collegiate Conference match at Ruble Arena. The Tigers won the match which included game scores of 25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 20-25 and 15-12. It was Wesleyan’s third straight five-set match win, and also the program’s first time defeating the Lady Statesmen since the 2005 season. IWC also affirmed its status in the top half of the MCC, improving to 3-2 in conference play (14-10 overall) with three league matches remaining in the regular season. The Tigers also distanced themselves in the standings from Penn, which fell to 1-4 in the MCC, 19-12 overall. ]]>]]> Takara Harden scored with 1:45 left in regulation and Clarke College posted a 2-1 win over an Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer team playing with heavy hearts Wednesday afternoon at East Lake Park. After the two teams were tied for nearly 80 minutes, the Crusaders broke the gridlock late and eventually improved to 5-1-1 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference, 7-4-3 overall. Wesleyan dropped its fifth straight match and fell to 1-5 in conference, 6-8-1 overall. ]]>]]> Michael Roberts (Sr.-St. Johns, Antigua) scored three times in the first half and the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s soccer team did its part to bunch up the Midwest Collegiate Conference men’s soccer standings even more with a 3-2 win over Clarke College Wednesday afternoon at East Lake Park. Roberts took over the MCC individual goal scoring lead by scoring three straight goals in the first half, and the Tigers pulled closer to the Crusaders in the conference standings. IWC won for the third time in league play to improve to 3-3 in the MCC, 5-10 overall, while Clarke dropped to 3-3-1 in conference, 5-5-3 overall. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club food sale delivery will take place at the Mt. Pleasant Community Middle School cafeteria Saturday morning, October 17th. Students that sold food products need to there between 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., or have someone else there to pick up their ordered products. They will then deliver the products and collect the money from their customers to be turned in at the middle school or the high school. ]]>]]> Football Friday night: MPHS 4-3 (3-2) @ Oskaloosa 1-6 (1-4), Fairfield @ Washington, Ft. Madison @ Clear Creek, Keokuk @ Williamsburg. Central Lee @ L-M, Mid Prairie @ Davis County, Sigourney Keota @ Mediapolis, W. Burlington-Notre Dame @ Columbus Community, Belle Plaine @ Van Buren, Eddyville Blakesburg @ Wapello, Iowa Valley at Pekin, W. Branch @ Durant, Cardinal @ Waco, New London @ Highland, WMU @ Lone Tree, Tri County @ Harmony. Burlington at Bettendorf. ]]>]]> During the 2009-10 varsity basketball season, varsity teams may play two 16-minute halves during non-conference games with mutual agreement by both schools. Conferences may also agree to play two 16-minute halves in all conference games if the conference adopts the policy for the season. Please note that this experimental rule applies only to VARSITY contests and is NOT mandatory. However, if a conference votes to adopt the rule for its conference games, ALL conference schools must participate. ]]>]]> The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is proud to announce a one-year extension of the NAIA Men’s Golf National Championships to be hosted by St. Ambrose University (Iowa) and the Quad Cities Sports Commission. The 2011 event is scheduled to take place May 24-27 at the TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. The NAIA and these two parties began their agreement in 2009 at the TPC Deere Run when Oklahoma Christian led from start-to-finish to take home its’ first NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship. The 59th annual Championships is scheduled for May 18-21, 2010. The Championships consist of four rounds and one practice round with a maximum of 156 golfers and a minimum of 140 golfers. There are approximately 29-30 teams and 8-10 individual qualifiers. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 200 Thur. Oct. 15, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The Mt. Pleasant Middle School 7th grade football team traveled to Ottumwa to play Tuesday and brought home two wins. In the “A” game MP won 8-6, Tony Cristoforo scored on a 12 yard run, Ben Canby caught the two point conversion pass from Brady Anderson. Tope defensive players were: Tanner Helmich, Taylor Alliman, Cameron Watson and Kenau Rhum. “B” game MP won 22-12, Jayden Mckenzie scored on a 51 yard run and rushed for 90 yards, Drake Patton scored the other two touchdowns on runs of 7 and 1 yards. Ben Canby and Jared Batty caught two point conversion passes from Patton. Top defenders were: Alex Sandeen, Henry Pham, Marcus McKee, Jordon Francy and Eddie Bandera. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant Middle School 8th grade football team hosted Ottumwa Tuesday. In the “A” game Ottumwa won 16-6, Justin Dilks rushed for 82 yards and scored the touchdown. Zach Mulford 6 of 7 passing for 58 yards. Dustin Amos caught 5 balls for 63 yards. Carson Remick (7 tackles) and Cody Bruggemeyer (fumble recovery) were singled out for their defense. In the “B” game it ended in a 0-0 tie. Carlin Sitemeang rushed 11 times for 53 yards and recovered a fumble and had two tackles on defense. Alec Skubal also recovered a fumble, Garrett Carlston had an interception. Blake Knudsen, Alex Lamphier and Mason McDowell each had two tackles. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Middle School 8th grade volleyball team played James Madison yesterday. “A” match JM won 2-1, Alli Dorn 9 of 12 serving for 8 points, “B” match JM won 2-0, Shayleigh Smith 6 of 8 serving for 5 points. “C” match JM won 2-0, Raeanna Crile and Emily Hatfield each had 3 points serving. ]]>]]> Statesmen Fall Classic at Oskaloosa, Iowa on the Oskaloosa Golf Course October 13, 2009 Par 72 Final Results Teams 1. Grand View Red 308 2. AIB CC 313 3. IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE 320 4. William Penn 326 5. Central White 330 5. William Penn Gold 330 7. Central Black 337 Top 5 Individuals 1. NICK JUSKEWYCZ-IWC Ind. 75** 1. Mark Kirschenman-GVU Red 75 2. Geoff Dammann-WPU Gold 75 4. Kyle Menke-GVU Red 76** 4. Justin Livingston-GVU Red 76 **Won tiebreaker ]]>]]> Don’t forget the Southeast Conference cross country meet is coming to Mt. Pleasant this Thursday at the Old Threshers campgrounds. Girls and boys cross country team from middle school through varsity will be running beginning at 4:30 p.m. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 199 Wed. Oct. 14, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant swimmers Rachel Krug and Makenzie Kauffman competing with the Fairfield High School swim team competed in two dual meets last week against Keokuk High School and Des Moines East High School. At Keokuk, the two girls were part of the winning 200 Medley Relay and were second in the 200 Free Style Relay. Kauffman had two second place finishes in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke while Krug placed fourth in the 100 Breaststroke, and fifth in the 200 Individual Medley. Against Des Moines East, Kauffman came away with 4 first place finishes in two individual events, the 100 Backstroke and 200 Individual Medley and 2 relays the 200 Medley Relay in which she swam the backstroke and the 200 freestyle relay. Krug placed third in three events the 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, and 200 Freestyle Relay. She also finished on the fourth place 400 freestyle relay. ]]>]]> The Mt. Pleasant 7th and 8th grade football teams end their seasons today against Ottumwa, 7th graders are on the road and 8th graders playing at home. ]]>]]> The IHSAA will release substate qualifiers in all classes the evening of October 23. While several teams have apparently locked up berths with their performance to date, we will proceed with caution to make sure all the results are valid, that there are no forfeits of previously played games or any reason. While both are rare they have happened. ]]>]]> Don’t forget the Southeast Conference cross country meet is coming to Mt. Pleasant this Thursday at the Old Threshers campgrounds. Girls and boys cross country team from middle school through varsity will be running beginning at 4:30 p.m. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. ]]>]]> http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 198 Tue. Oct. 13, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Williamsburg handed Mt. Pleasant a 45-21 defeat during parents night on Evans Field. Cord Slaymaker scored 4 touchdowns and rushed for 225 yards to lead the Raiders to the win. For M.P. Cody Vaughn carried the offensive load by running for 100 yards with a touchdown and passing for 133 yards. MPHS will go to Oskaloosa for district action this Friday, the Indians lost to Fairfield 55-27 in their last game. ]]>]]> William Penn University rushed for 353 yards and got several big plays in the passing game as Iowa Wesleyan College dropped a 44-14 decision to the Statesmen Saturday afternoon in Mid-States Football Association Midwest League play at a frigid Oskaloosa Community Stadium. The Tigers moved the ball at times, recovered two turnovers and even had good field position for a number of drives thanks to some good play in the kick return game. The Statesmen made Wesleyan pay for its turnovers and inconsistency, though, and dropped IWC to 2-5 this season (1-3 in the MSFA Midwest). The IWC offense posted 161 total yards but had just 53 yards rushing on 27 attempts. McConnell rushed for 23 yards on 16 attempts, but Jaren Maybin (Sr.-Baltimore, Md.) was held to three yards on eight carries in the game. McConnell completed 13 of 30 passes for 108 yards and a touchdown, hooking up a game-high six times with Stewart for 67 yards. Defensively the Tigers were led by Chris Owens (Jr.-Greer, S.C.), who was all over the field all day and had 11 tackles. Darious Watson (Jr.-Bellwood, Ill.) and Nate Washington (Fr.-Stone Mountain, Ga.) both added 10 tackles, while Eduardo Garcia (Fr.-San Diego, Calif.) had seven tackles. Matthew Palmer-Newton (So.-Camarillo, Calif.) also added his second fumble recovery of the season in his first start of the year. The Tigers now get ready for their Homecoming game next Saturday against Quincy (Ill.) University. Game time will be 1 p.m. at Mapleleaf Stadium. ]]>]]> Class 2A volleyball power 7th ranked Camanche won the Mt. Pleasant volleyball tournament Saturday defeating Holy Trinity Catholic in the championship match. The Mt. pleasant Panthers finished 2nd in their pool and went 2-2 for the day. M.P. played Highland and won 21-12 and 21-9 against Central Lee the MPHS won 21-12 and 21-6 against Camanche they lost 10-21 and 17-21 and lost to Holy Trinity 27-29 and 18-25 Stats for the day: Hannah Sinclair had: 21Kills 23 good attacks 19 digs 11 good serves 1 assist 2 block assist. Taylor Shull had: 14 Kills 17 good attacks 4 solo blocks 3 assists blocks. Lisa Moeller had: 12 Kills 24 good attacks 10 digs 4 ace serves 15 good serves 1 assist 5 solo blocks 2 assist blocks. Ander Pieper had: 10 Kills 15 good attacks 4 ace serves 23 good serves 2 assist 1 solo block 2 assist block. Emily Prellwitz had: 1 Kill 12 good attacks 48 Digs 4 ace serves 14 good serves 3 assist. Rebekah Kimzey had: 24 Assist 27 good serves 4 good attacks 15 digs ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team had a productive weekend at the Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College Dig Pink Classic, toughing out two five-set wins in finishing 3-1 in the tourney held Friday and Saturday. The Tigers opened with a loss to nationally ranked Carroll (Mont.) College, but finished with three straight wins, including victories in a pair of long matches on Saturday. IWC improved to 13-10 on the season and with the good weekend moved closer to clinching its first winning season since 2005. Wesleyan dropped its tourney opener against Carroll, ranked 19th nationally in the NAIA. The Saints defeated the Tigers 25-19, 25-12, 25-22, but IWC bounced back in its second match of the day when it defeated Stephens (Mo.) College 25-21, 26-24, 26-24. IWC then had to work some overtime in both of its matches on Saturday, going five sets with both Central Methodist (Mo.) University and Peru State (Neb.) College. The Tigers came from behind to defeat Central Methodist. Wesleyan then finished the tourney with another exciting match, a 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-10 win over Peru State. McVey led IWC with 46 kills in the tourney, while Jammer added 31 kills and 51 digs and was named to the all-tournament team. Katie Leidl (Sr.-Esterhazy, Saskatchewan) led the team with 67 digs, Zimmerman had 143 assists, and Allegra Tennis (Jr.-Madison, Wis.) had 24 blocks in the tourney. The Tigers have six matches remaining in the regular season plus the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament, and need to win three more matches for the team’s first winning season in five years. IWC returns to MCC play on Wednesday when it hosts William Penn University at 7 p.m. at Ruble Arena. ]]>]]> Ashford def. Iowa Wesleyan College, 4-2 in women’s soccer Ashford is 9-4 overall, 2-3 in MCC play Iowa Wesleyan is 6-7-1 overall, 1-4 in MCC play. In men’s soccer Ashford def. Iowa Wesleyan, 2-0 Ashford is 11-0-2 overall, 3-0-2 in MCC play Iowa Wesleyan is 4-10 overall, 2-3 in MCC play ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College cross country teams and their opponents all received a surprise Saturday morning, as snow covered the ground for the William Penn University Invitational at the Lacey Sports Complex. Competing in cold temperatures and on a course that includes a 1” wet blanket of snow on the ground, the Tigers showed well at the meet which provided a preview for the Midwest Collegiate Conference championships next month. Eight of the nine MCC schools were on hand for the race, and St. Ambrose University won the men’s title while Mount Mercy College took the women’s championship. The Tiger men finished seventh of seven teams fielding a full team of five runners. IWC’s Kennedy Kiprop (Fr.-Iten, Kenya) was among the leaders and placed third individually with a time of 26:56. He finished 46 seconds behind winner John Darmody of St. Ambrose and was 30 seconds behind Mike Miroux of Mount Mercy for second. Following Kiprop were four runners posting their best times of the season in an eight-kilometer race. Shane Pasanen (Fr.-Petawawa, Ontario) placed 36th with a time of 30:44 and was followed by Kyle Neff (Fr.-New London, Iowa) with a time of 33:16. C.J. Earnest (Fr.-Wapello, Iowa) was 43rd with a time of 36:51, while Aaron Gatlin (Chicago, Ill.) was 44th at 38:28. Before the men’s race the women took the course in the fresh snow, with two IWC runners competing. Kate Krzystofiak (Jr.-Mount Pleasant, Iowa) finished 50th with a time of 23:04 on a course which was scheduled to be 5K but was reduced to 4.6K. Her time was still more than four minutes better than her best time this year in a full five-kilometer race. Also competing for Wesleyan was Trisha Phelps (Sr.-Winfield, Iowa), who finished 54th with a time of 26:49. Obsie Birru of Grand View was the women’s champion, while Mount Mercy finished with three runners in the top five. The Tigers are off next week and will next compete in the St. Ambrose University Fighting Bee Invitational Oct. 24 in Bettendorf. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. ]]>]]> http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 197 Mon. Oct. 12, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Volleyball action Thursday night: #10 Holy Trinity Catholic swept #11 New London @ N.L., 25-21, 25-23,25-23. For HTC Deanna Knustrom had 13 kills, Ashley Tinquely had 40 assists, Stephanie Schulte 20 digs. For New London Jessica Lerdal had 15 kills, Taylor Delaney 24 assists, Amber Jackson 5 blocks and Aaren Wright 29 digs. Central lee defeated Burlington Notre Dame 3-1, Danville 3 Harmony 0, WMU 3 Wapello 1, Keokuk 3 Davis County 2. ]]>]]> The Pekin girl’s cross country team and the Iowa Mennonite School boy’s team won their respective divisions at the Southeast Iowa Superconference corss country meet that IMS hosted Thursday. Pekin scored 18, IMS 53 to record their wins. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant Middle School 7th grade football. Mt. Pleasant 18 Central Lee 0, Tony Christafaro scored all 3 touchdowns. Tyler Ruby, Marcus Moothart, Nathan Hester and Ben Canby played well. Mt. Pleasant Middle School 8th grade football, Mt. Pleasant 26 Central Lee 12. Justin Dilks 135 yards rushing and 1 touchdown, Trisitn Horn TD, Zach Mulford TD, Dustin Amos TD catch. Tackling Carson Remick and Alec Birdsell. Blake Knudson INT Tyler Lamphier fumble recovery. Middle school teams end their season Tuesday playing Ottumwa, 7th on the road and 8th at home. ]]>]]> Area football games for Friday October 9th. 3A district 5: Williamsburg 5-1 (4-0) at Mt. Pleasant 4-2 (3-1). Panthers coming off a 21-20 loss to Washington, Raiders beat Ft. Madison last week 48-12. Last season MPHS won at Williamsburg 37-21. This is parents night as this is the last regular season home game. Oskaloosa at Fairfield, Keokuk at Ft. Madison, Washington at Clear Creek Amana. 2A district 6: Central Lee at Sigourney Keota, Columbus Community at Mid Prairie, Davis County at Mediapolis, L-M at W. Burlington-Notre Dame. 1A district 5: Iowa Valley at W. Branch, Pekin at Eddyville Blakesburg, Van Buren at Durant, Wapello at Belle Plaine. “A” district 5: Cardinal at New London, Lone Tree at highland, Montezuma at WMU, Waco at Danville. Mississippi Athletic : Davenport North at Burlington. 8 man football: Moravia at Harmony. ]]>]]> A week after slowing up one option offense, Iowa Wesleyan College will look to stop another this week when it travels to Oskaloosa to face William Penn University on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. IWC is coming off a 26-14 win over Waldorf College last week, in which the Tigers spoiled the Warriors’ Homecoming game on a muddy, rain-drenched field. Wesleyan owned the first half and then bent at times but didn’t break in the second half. Jaren Maybin scored three touchdowns to lead the offense, and the Tiger defense held the Warriors to 257 yards for the game and had five sacks and three fumble recoveries. Waldorf’s double-slot offense was shut down for most of the game, and the Tigers will face a similar offense this week from William Penn. The Statesmen feature an offense very similar to the triple-option offenses of old, led by quarterback Ryan Van Dalen, who ranks sixth in the Mid-States Football Association in rushing. It will be Homecoming at WPU and is IWC’s second straight week playing as the visiting opponent for a school’s Homecoming. The Tigers will face a Statesmen team that lost last week to Grand View University, 24-17. Penn gave up both a fumble return and a blocked field goal return for touchdowns and committed four turnovers in losing for the first time in MSFA Midwest League play. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 196 Fri. Oct. 9, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Women’s College Volleyball at Lee Lohman Arena (Davenport, Iowa) Wednesday, Oct. 7 St. Ambrose 3, Iowa Wesleyan 0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-20) SAU is 16-6, 5-0 MCC IWC is 10-9, 2-2 MCC ]]>]]> Sporting events going on today, Southeast Iowa Superconference meet at IMS, MPMS 7th and 8th football at home with Central Lee. ]]>]]> Area football games for Friday October 9th. 3A district 5: Williamsburg 5-1 (4-0) at Mt. Pleasant 4-2 (3-1), Oskaloosa at Fairfield, Keokuk at Ft. Madison, Washington at Clear Creek Amana. 2A district 6: Central Lee at Sigourney Keota, Columbus Community at Mid Prairie, Davis County at Mediapolis, L-M at W. Burlington-Notre Dame. 1A district 5: Iowa Valley at W. Branch, Pekin at Eddyville Blakesburg, Van Buren at Durant, Wapello at Belle Plaine. “A” district 5: Cardinal at New London, Lone Tree at Highland, Montezuma at WMU, Waco at Danville. Mississippi Athletic : Davenport North at Burlington. 8 man football: Moravia at Harmony. ]]>]]> Check out this rule change the IGHSAU is going to make effective with the summer 2010 softball season. The pitching distance for junior high and high school softball in Iowa will be increased from 40 feet to 43 feet from the tip of home plate to the pitcher's plate. This rules change has been considered by the NFHS Softball Rules Committee for the past 10 years and has steadily gained support. Last week the IGHSAU Softball Advisory Committee, made up of coaches from around the state, voted to support the change, and the IGHSAU Board of Directors voted unanimously in favor of the change at their Ocotober 6th meeting. States experimenting with the 43-feet distance found more pitched balls were batted into play creating a better balance between offense and defense as well as involving more girls in playing action. Although there will be a learning curve for pitchers and batters, we believe this is a long-term positive change for Iowa softball. ]]>]]> Registrations are now being accepted for the Tiger Trot 5K Run/Walk hosted by Iowa Wesleyan College on Homecoming weekend. The race will take place Saturday, October 17 at 8 a.m. Registration will begin at 7 a.m., and the race will start and finish in front of the Howe Student Activity Center. Course maps will be available on race day or earlier by request. The top three finishers in each age group will receive medals in a short awards ceremony after the race . Age groups will be for men and women and include 13 and under, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70+. Registration fee after Oct. 3 is $20 and includes a T-shirt which will be mailed to runners after race day. Runners can also register for $10 without the T-shirt. For more information contact IWC Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach Anne Dreyer at 319-385-6437 or email her at anne.dreyer@iwc.edu. Registrations forms are available online on the IWC athletics site and can be mailed to: Iowa Wesleyan College, Attn: Anne Dreyer, 601 N. Main St., Mount Pleasant, IA 52641. Race day sign up is also accepted, and the race will end in time for runners to see the Wesleyan Homecoming parade and participate in other Homecoming Day festivities. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 195 Thur. Oct. 8, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant fell to Fairfield in S.E. Conference volleyball in Panther gym last night. The scores were: Game 1: 20-25,Game 2: 25-18,Game 3: 23-25,Game 4: 25-21,Game 5: 10-15. Stats: Emily Prellwitz Had: 11 Ace Serves, 12 good serves 36 Digs Andy Pieper had: 3 Ace Serves, 13 good Serves 7 Kills, 14 good attempts 5 Digs Rebekah Kimzey 22 Assist 14 Digs 2 Ace Serves, 12 good serves Hannah Sinclair had: 11 Kills, 26 good attempts 29 Digs 1 Solo Block, 1 Assist Block 1 Ace, 10 good Serves Taylor Shull had: 12 Kills, 19 good attempts 3 Solo blocks, 1 Assist Block Lisa Moeller 5 Kills, 18 Good Attempts 14 Digs 1 Ace, 14 Good serves 1 Solo Block, 4 Assist blocks Kim Scarbrough had: 5 Kills, 26 good attempts 6 Digs 6 good serves Alissa Maxwell had 11 assist 1 solo block, 1 assist 2 kills, 4 good attempts 4 digs Mandi Whit had: 2 Aces 6 digs Steph Myers. 18 digs 6 good serves The Panthers will host a tournament this Saturday. ]]>]]> MPMS 7th grade football team fell twice to Washington. Demons won 36-0 in the “A” game, Tony Christoforo led the rushing with 25 yards for the Panthers, Marcus Moothart was 3 of 6 passing for 17 yards. Tanner Helmick, Austin Smith, Christoforo and Moothart all recovered fumbles. In the “B” game Washington won 14-6. Matt Pounsavan scored for M.P. Jayden McKenzie led the rushing with 51 yards. Cole Phillips, Josh Stott, Brad Martin and Tyler Smith led the defense MPMS 8th grade football saw Washington defeat the Panthers in the “A” game 44-0. Justin Dilks, Tristen Horn and Dustin Amos led the rushing effort. Defensively Carson Remick had 8 tackles. In the “B” game Washington won 46-6. Karlin Sitemeang rushed for 61 yards, Blake Knudson had the M.P. touchdown. Caleb Kuster, and Sam Buffington led the defense. Central Lee comes to Mt. Pleasant to play 7th and 8th grade football Thursday. ]]>]]> Here are the latest stats on Williamsburg Raiders who play at MPHS Friday night. Rushing: Cord Slaymaker has rushed 111 times for 1,028 yards and 10 touchdowns. Passing: Tanner Bloom has hit 25 of 57 passes for 302 yards, 3 touchdowns and one interception. Receiving: Logan Shephard has caught 6 passes for 118 yards 1 touchdown, Tyler Huedepohl has caught 6 passes for 100 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tackling: Tyler Greiner has 40 tackles 36 unassisted. Kicking: Tim Jones has made 27 of 29 PAT’s, 8 of 10 field goals with his longest 44 yards. Punting: Austin Hillgas has punted 15 times for 35.9 yards per kick. ]]>]]> Forty teams go into week 7 with 6-0 records. The number will shrink by at least five with Friday's games pairing undefeated teams. Eight other 6-0 teams face opponents with 5-1 or 4-2 records. Class 3A feature three of the five head-to-head clashes of undefeated teams with Carroll meeting Ballard in Huxley, Centerville invading Grinnell, and Marion visiting Union Community, La Porte City. Western Christian visits Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley in a Class 2A showdown while Denver and South Winneshiek Calmar in Class 1A square off in the UNI Dome. Nine games involve an unbeaten team facing clubs with either one or two losses. ]]>]]> The 8th grade volleyball games vs. James Madison that were postponed on October 1st, have been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 13th, at James Madison at 4:30 p.m. We were unable to reschedule the 7th grade games. ]]>]]> In women’s Midwest Collegiate Conference soccer: Grand View 3 Iowa Wesleyan 0 Grand View is 6-7-1, 3-0-1 MCC. Iowa Wesleyan is 6-6-1, 1-3 MCC. In the men’s match, Grand View 5 Iowa Wesleyan 1 Grand View is 7-4-1, 3-0-1 MCC. Iowa Wesleyan is 4-9, 2-2 MCC. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 194 Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Washington handed the MPHS JV football team their first loss of the season on Bob Evans Field Monday night 32-27. Panthers led 27-20 at halftime but then gave up 12 fourth quarter points to suffer the loss. Joey Vaughn carried the ball 6 times for 49 yards, Jordon Ashton was 15 of 31 in passing for 248 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. Tylor Hoyle caught 5 balls for 112 yards, Donnie Johnson, Justice Wellington, Ross Heitmeier and Brandon Moorman caught touchdown throws. Defensively Malachi Melville had 11 tackles, Matt Whaley 10 and Kendall Porth 7. The Panther JV next Monday at Williamsburg at 5:30. ]]>]]> Here are the latest stats for the MPHS football team. Rushing: Darian Cotton 84 carries and 515 yards 6 rushing touchdowns, Cody Vaughn has run 59 times for 295 yards and 4 touchdowns. Passing: Vaughn has hit on 62 of 85 passes for 819 yards, 8 touchdowns and 1 interception. Receiving: Henry Krieger-Coble 34 catches 491 yards 6 touchdowns. Darian Cotton and Evan Franzen each have 10 catches. Tackles: Kyle Nichting has 44 plus a fumble recovery, Brayton Meeker has 40 tackles, 1 interception for a touchdown. Brayden Roth has 40 tackles also. Kicking: Jordon Bell has hit 20 of 24 PAT’s, 2 of 2 field goals. Leonard Wester has punted 15 times for an average of 34 yards per kick. Stats on Williamsburg Raiders who play at MPHS Friday night. Rushing: Cord Slaymaker has rushed 111 times for 1,028 yards and 10 touchdowns. Passing: Tanner Bloom has hit 25 of 57 passes for 302 yards, 3 touchdowns and one interception. Receiving: Logan Shephard has caught 6 passes for 118 yards 1 touchdown, Tyler Huedepohl has caught 6 passes for 100 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tackling: Tyler Greiner has 40 tackles 36 unassisted. Kicking: Tim Jones has made 27 of 29 PAT’s, 8 of 10 field goals with his longest 44 yards. Punting: Austin Hillgas has punted 15 times for 35.9 yards per kick. ]]>]]> Area volleyball action last night: New London 23-6 (6-0) swept W. Burlington 28-5 (6-1), 26-24, 25-19, 25-18. Avenging a loss over the weekend to the Falcons during the Tigers own tournament. Holy Trinity Catholic 25-9 (7-1) swept both Van Buren and Harmony at Van Buren last night. The Warriors beat the Rockettes 3-1. ]]>]]> IWC men’s golf team finished 6th in the Ronnie Eastman Golf Invitational in La Crosse, Wisc. Tigers shot a two day total of 638, Wisconsin Eau Claire won the tourney with a 591. Medalist was Derrick Meier of Viterbo shooting 72-72-144. Wesleyan’s best finish was Adam Moyers a senior from Burlington who shot 79-75-154 ]]>]]> Jaren Maybin (Sr.-Baltimore, Md.) and Jean Louis (Fr.-Wilton Manors, Fla.) of Iowa Wesleyan College have both have received Player of the Week awards from the Mid-States Football Association, it was announced Monday by the MSFA. Maybin was named the MSFA Midwest League Offensive Player of the Week, while Louis was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week. Both awards came after IWC defeated Waldorf College 26-14 on Saturday for the Tigers’ second win of the season. Maybin had a big first half and rushed for 160 yards while piling up three touchdowns for the Tiger offense on Saturday. He had runs of 53 and 60 yards from scrimmage, the latter going for a touchdown that gave IWC a lead it would not relinquish. Maybin rushed for two touchdowns and added a touchdown receiving, and his rushing total represented a career high and his sixth career 100-yard game. The senior running back also moved into fifth on the all-time Wesleyan rushing list, passing both Duane Lucas (1975-77) and Derrick Wagoner (1989-90) and moving to 1,645 yards rushing for his career. Louis had a dominating defensive performance in his first game as a starter for the Tigers. He was in on 10 tackles and had one tackle for loss, ½ sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery for the IWC defense. Louis helped the Tiger defense to hold the Warriors to under 200 yards of offense, including just 62 yards in the first half as Wesleyan built a big lead in the game. ]]>]]> The Midwest collegiate conference has named their athletes of the week. Two IWC Tigers received special recognition. Men’s Cross Country Kennedy Kiprop – Iowa Wesleyan (Fr.) Kiprop finished 4th of 77 runners at the Grand View Viking Invitational in Des Moines on Saturday, finishing 8K in 27:15 Men’s Soccer Defensive PlayerTroy Osborne – Iowa Wesleyan (Soph., Goalkeeper) Osborne recorded a pair of shutouts for the Tigers in MCC wins over William Penn and Waldorf, including seven saves in the victory over Waldorf. ]]>]]> 4th thru 6th grade girls and boys basketball teams need to get signed up for a basketball tournament that is being held November 14th and 15th at Cotrell Gym. Contact Ronnie Ashton for more details 931-2896. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 193 Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Members of the Mt. Pleasant football team had been sick all week with the seasonal flu, they felt even sicker when Washington hit their first field goal of the season Friday night at Case Field in Washington. Parker Turner kciked a 30 yard floater through the uprights with 1:02 left in the Demons homecoming game to send Mt. Pleasant home with their first loss in the district 21-20. Darian Cotton scored two touchdowns and Evan Franzen scored one. Ryan Herr and Kyle Nichting recovered fumbles for the M.P. defense. Mt. Pleasant 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the district host Williamsburg 5-1 (4-0) this Friday night in the final regular season home game for M.P. ]]>]]> Jaren Maybin (Sr.-Baltimore, Md.) scored three touchdowns, Gerald Knighten (Sr.-Bellwood, Ill.) returned a punt for a touchdown and Iowa Wesleyan College got contributions from a number of players in a 26-14 win over Waldorf College Saturday afternoon on a muddy David Bolstorff Field. The Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak and ruined the Warriors' Homecoming with a big first half, scoring all 26 of their points in taking a 26-7 halftime lead. IWC then played an efficient second half, allowing an early score to Waldorf before the Tiger defense stiffened and field conditions deteriorated, making footing treacherous and hanging onto the ball a challenge. Maybin carried the load for the offense early, scoring on a five-yard touchdown pass from Kevin McConnell (Fr.-Kansas City, Mo.), the first collegiate touchdown pass for the first-year quarterback. The senior running back then added a 60-yard touchdown run later in the first quarter to give IWC the lead for good, and he then added a seven-yard run for a touchdown in the second quarter to make it 20-7. Wesleyan got its final touchdown late in the second quarter when Knighten caught a punt and then caught the Warriors sleeping, racing 57 yards for the touchdown after Waldorf thought there was a fair catch on the play. After halftime, Waldorf struck quickly when Erskinte Henderson took an option pitch and raced 59 yards for a touchdown less than a minute into the third quarter. That would be the last score of the game, though, and IWC got a number of big defensive stops in the second half. Scott Baldwin (Sr.-Penn Valley, Calif.) had a pair of sacks, Matthew Palmer-Newton (So.-Camarillo, Calif.) had a sack and forced fumble and Jean Louis (Fr.-Wilton Manors, Fla.) had a fumble recovery in his first start at defensive end. The Tigers improved to 2-4 overall, 1-2 in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League. Waldorf fell to 1-3 overall, 0-2 in the MSFA Midwest. Wesleyan next will face William Penn University next Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Oskaloosa in another MSFA Midwest League game. The Tigers then will return home the following weekend for Homecoming against Quincy (Ill.) University at 1 p.m. on Oct. 17. ]]>]]> Other IWC sports results: IWC men’s golf team is in 6th place with a 325 score after the first day of the Ronnie Eastman Golf Invitational at La Crosse, Wisc. IWC women’s soccer team fell to Waldorf 2-1 Saturday, IWC men won 2-0 at Waldorf. ]]>]]> IGHSAU and IHSAA have announced the regional/district cross country sites. The area 1A girls and boys teams will run at Wapello, Columbus Community will host the 2A meet and the 3A southeast Iowa schools will run at Knoxville. District/regional meets will be run on Thursday October 22nd, the state meet is in Ft. Dodge October 31st. ]]>]]> Twins beat the Royals 13-4 to end the 2009 season for the team in blue and white. K.C. ended the season 65-97 and in last place in the American League Central Division 21 games behind the Twins and the Tigers. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 192 Mon. Oct. 5, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Area volleyball from Thursday night: #10 New London over Cardinal 3-0, #9 Holy Trinity Catholic over Central Lee 3-0, #9 2A Mediapolis over IMS 3-0, WACO 3 Highland 1, Notre Dame 3 Harmony 0, WMU 3 Lone tree 0, Wapello 3 L-M 0, Wapello 3 Highland 1, W. Burlington 3 Danville 0. IGHSAU volleyball poll is led by #1 Tripoli, Holy Trinity Catholic is #9 and New London #10. Class 2A is led by #1 Mt. Vernon, Mediapolis is #9. Class 3A led S. C. Heelan #1 by S.E. Iowa teams ranked in top 15. Class 4A led by #1 Ankeny, no area teams in the top 15. ]]>]]> WMU Cross country invitational was run Thursday. Lone tree won the girl’s division with 54 points, Mediapolis was second with 125, WMU did not have enough runners for a team score. Katie Hocker won the girls race in a time of 15:25. Lone tree also won the boy’s race with 60 points, WMU was third with 83, the Wolves Glen Morgan won the race in 15:54. ]]>]]> Week six of high school football is Friday night. The Mt. Pleasant Panthers 4-1 (3-0) will travel to Washington 3-2 (2-1) for the Demons homecoming. Other district action has Williamsburg 4-1 (3-0) at Ft. Madison 2-3 (0-3), Clear Creek Amana at Oskaloosa, Fairfield 3-2 (1-2) at Keokuk 1-4 (0-3). Class 2A Mediapolis 3-2 (1-2) is at Columbus Community 1-4 (0-3), #9Mid Prairie is at Central Lee, L-M at Sigourney-Keota, W. Burlington-Notre Dame at Davis County Class 1ADurant at Wapello, Eddyville Blakesburg at Van Buren, Pekin at W. Branch, Belle Plaine at Iowa Valley. Class “A” New London at Waco, Highland at WMU, Danville at Cardinal, North Tama at Lone Tree. 8 man football has Harmony at Melcher Dallas. Mississippi Athletic Association has Burlington at North Scott. ]]>]]> The 9th grade football game at Washington Friday, October 3rd, has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. ]]>]]> There will be no middle school volleyball, football, or cross country practices Friday. They will resume practices and games on Monday. The sophomore volleyball team will not be participating in the Burlington Sophomore Tournament on Saturday, October, 3rd due to illnesses. ]]>]]> The Iowa Wesleyan College football team tries again to get on track this weekend when it faces Waldorf College in a Mid-States Football Association Midwest League contest at 2 p.m. Saturday in Forest City. The Tigers have faced a tough past four weeks, including last week’s 51-6 loss to the University of St. Francis (Ill.). Wesleyan had just 18 yards of total offense and allowed over 500 to the Fighting Saints, who got their first win of the season. IWC will get a good idea of where it is and where it can go the rest of the season with the game against Waldorf. The Tigers blew out the Warriors 41-0 last year in their season opener, and Waldorf went on to finish 1-10 last year. The Warriors are currently 1-2 this year, with their one win coming against the same Trinity International team that Wesleyan opened its season against with a win. Waldorf comes into the game off a tough loss of its own, a 45-13 defeat by Grand View University last week. Waldorf fell behind 31-0 in the first quarter against the Vikings and committed six turnovers. Waldorf quarterback RocTerrious Hobbs was also sacked six times in the game, and GVU ran for 269 yards against the Warrior defense. ]]>]]> Megan McVey (So.-Fort Worth, Texas) had 17 kills and the Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team snapped a four-match losing streak with a four-set win over Culver-Stockton (Mo.) College on Thursday at Ruble Arena. The Tigers won in just their second home match of the season, defeating the Wildcats 25-20, 19-25, 25-23, 25-23. IWC got back over the .500 mark for the season by improving to 9-8 overall, while Culver-Stockton dropped to 5-13 on the year. Kansas City Royals begin a season ending series at Minnesota tonight. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 191 Fri. Oct. 2, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The IGHSAU has released their volleyball tournament pairings. Class 3A Mt. pleasant will play at home against Washington in the first round at 7 p.m. on October 26th. The winner advances to play #9 Williamsburg or Clear Creek Amana at Washington on October 29th. Ft. Madison, Keokuk, Fairfield and #15 Centerville are in the other half of the regional. Class 1A Waco plays at #10 New London at 7 p.m. on October 21st, the winner plays WMU @ Highland winner @ New London October 27th at 7 p.m. Semi final action is October 30th at Washington and regional final is November 3rd at Notre Dame. The #9 Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders will host Harmony at 7 p.m. on October 21st. The winner plays Danville/Notre Dame winner at HTC October 27th at 7 p.m. Semi final action is Oct. 30th @ Washington. Class 2A Central Lee plays at #9 Mediapolis Oct. 20th @ 7 p.m. Winner plays at W. Burlington October 27th against the winner of the W. Burlington vs Van Buren match. Regional semi final at Mt. Pleasant Oct. 30th and the finals at Washington November 3rd. #13 Pella Christian is in the bottom bracket of the regional involving Mediapolis. ]]>]]> Week six of high school football is Friday night. The Mt. Pleasant Panthers will travel to Washington for the Demons homecoming. Other district action has Williamsburg at Ft. Madison, Clear Creek Amana at Oskaloosa, Fairfield at Keokuk. Class 2A Mediapolis is at Columbus Community, Mid Prairie is at Central Lee, L-M at Sigourney-Keota, W. Burlington-Notre Dame at Davis County Class 1ADurant at Wapello, Eddyville Blakesburg at Van Buren, Pekin at W. Branch, Belle Plaine at Iowa Valley. Class “A” New London at Waco, Highland at WMU, Danville at Cardinal, North Tama at Lone Tree. * man football has Harmony at Melcher Dallas. Mississippi Athletic Association has Burlington at North Scott. ]]>]]> Both Iowa Wesleyan College and Grinnell College took turns gaining the upper hand in the match, but it was the Pioneers who got the last blow in as the Tigers fell in five sets in a non-conference match Wednesday night. The closest sets in the match were the third and fifth ones, both of which were won by Grinnell. IWC actually held a 16-13 lead in the third set before the Pioneers scored 11 straight points to seize control. The final set also was close until Grinnell finished with the final three points of the match, including the final of 19 kills by Claire Reeder, who out-dueled IWC’s Megan McVey (So.-Fort Worth, Texas) for match honors in that category. McVey led the Tigers with a career-high 18 kills, while B.J. Wagy (Jr.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa) added 11 kills and six block assists. Allegra Tennis (Jr.-Madison, Wis.) added nine kills and four blocks, while Kendra Zimmerman (Jr.-Green Bay, Wis.) led the team in assists with 41 and digs with 20. IWC returns to the court again Thursday night for another non-conference match. The Tigers host Culver-Stockton (Mo.) College at 7 p.m. at Ruble Arena for the team’s second home match of the season. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College had many more opportunities but it was William Penn University taking better advantage of its few chances as the Tiger women’s soccer team lost 2-1 on Wednesday afternoon in a Midwest Collegiate Conference match at East Lake Park. ]]>]]> Jesus Soto (So.-Rockton, Ill.) and Emil Yazdani (Sr.-Buenos Aires, Argentina) scored goals and Troy Osborne (So.-Sydney, Australia) had a shutout as the Iowa Wesleyan College men’s soccer team picked up a 2-0 win over William Penn University Saturday afternoon. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals beat the Yankees 4-3 last. Royals have tonight off and then begin a season ending series at Minnesota tomorrow night. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 190 Thur. Oct. 1, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The MPHS boy’s cross country team ran at the Iowa City West meet Tuesday. Because of injury and illness they ran in the JV portion of the meet. Best finish was Tommy Thorne 25th place in 19:52. There was no report on the MPHS girl’s team. Holy Trinity Catholic won the Central Lee invitational boys cross country meet and L-M won the girls. The Washington cross country meet girl’s division was won by Fairfield and Ft. Madison won the boys. ]]>]]> The MPHS volleyball team has been stricken with the seasonal flu bug. Because of that their match at Washington Tuesday night was postponed until October 19th. Area results from Tuesday night: Mediapolis 3-0 over Columbus, Fairfield over Ft. Madison 3-2, W. Hancock over Keokuk 3-1, Burlington over North Scott 3-2, WMU over highland 3-0, #10 New London 3-0 over Maharishi, #9 Holy Trinity Catholic 3-2 over Notre Dame, Van Buren 3-1 over Danville, Wapello beat lone tree 3-0, Central Lee 3 Harmony 0. ]]>]]> MPMS 7th grade “A” team fell to Keokuk in football at Evans Field Tuesday afternoon 32-0. The “B” team won 14-6. 8th grade football saw the Chiefs win the “A” game 40-0, in the “B” game Keokuk won 20-0. ]]>]]> The IWC Fun City Classic golf tournament was played Sunday and Monday at Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington. Hannibal Lagrange won the team title with a 637 score, IWC finished fifth shooting a 667. Medalist for the tourney was Oliver Armour of Hannibal LaGrange with a 72-77-149. Adam Moyers was low for the Tigers shooting 80-81-161 good enough for 10th place, Mark Cleary was 12th for the Tigers shooting 79-84-163. ]]>]]> Two Mt. Pleasant Juniors competing with the Fairfield High School swimming team did well at the Tipton Aquatic Center Monday night. Makenzie Kauffman had 4 first place finishes on the night. She won the 100 Yard Backstroke and 200 Yard Individual Medley and then swam on two first place relays, the 200 Yard Medley Relay and 200 Freestyle Relay. Rachel Krug placed 2nd in two events, the 100 yard Breaststroke and 200 Yard Medley Relay. She also picked up a third place in the 400 yard freestyle relay and a fourth place in the 200 yard freestyle relay. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals fell to the Yankees 4-3 last. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 5:30 p.m. as the Royals continue their series in the Big Apple. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 189 Wed. Sept. 30, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS volleyball team travels to Washington tonight for Southeast Conference action. Panther cross country teams run at Iowa City West, MPMS 7TH grade football hosts Keokuk, MPMS 8th grade football at Keokuk. ]]>]]> Following are some notes form Bud Legg of the IHSAA: THE UNDEFEATED: After this weekend 49 teams are still undefeated. [44 teams had not lost at this time a year ago.] The undefeated teams follow (each is 5-0): Class 4A (6): Iowa City, City; Linn-Mar; Clinton; Dowling Catholic, WDM: Marshalltown; and Urbandale. Class 3A (9): Clear Lake; Marion, Union Community, La Porte City; Maquoketa; Grinnell; Centerville; Ballard; Carroll; and Harlan Community. Class 2A (9): Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley; Western Christian, Hull; Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer; Osage; Cascade; North Fayette, West Union; Solon; Regina, Iowa City; and CMB, Baxter. Class 1A (7): Emmetsburg; South Winneshiek, Calmar; Denver; West Branch; Prairie Valley, Gowrie; Griswold; and St. Albert, Council Bluffs. Class A (9): Clay Central-Everly; Newman Catholic, Mason City; NUH, Cedar Falls; Central Elkader; Cardinal, Eldon; North Tama, Traer; North Mahaska, New Sharon; Madrid; and A-H-S-T, Avoca. 8-Player (9): St. Mary's, Remsen; North Sentral Kossuth; Preston, West Central, Maynard; Tri-County, Thornburg; Lenox; CAM, Anita; Coon-Rapids-Bayard; and Stanton. WINNING COLORS STILL FLYING: Three defending state champions continued to increase the state's current best winning streaks. Solon (2-A) notched its 32nd in succession ran by North Cedar, Stanwood, 41-15. It was also the Spartans' 24th straight regular season and 18th consecutive district triumph. Emmetsburg (1-A) got past St. Edmond, Fort Dodge, 31-17 for its 20th victory in succession. The E-Hawks now have won their last 16 regular season contests. And 8-player Lenox raised their streak to 15 by whipping Grandview Park Baptist, xx-xx. Stanton (8-P) won its 26th straight regular season game, taking care of Farragut, 63-14. The Vikings lead all classes in current regular season triumphs. Meanwhile Harlan Community's 48-3 win over Winterset was a state current leading 45th straight district win for the Cyclones. In Class 4A, Linn-Mar's six game streak is tops while in Class 3A, nine teams have five straight. NUH, Cedar Falls has a six game streak which is the best in Class A. NATIONAL WATCH LIST: Armstrong-Ringsted's Tyler Tonderum and Stanton's Alex Whigham continued to lead their teams and improve on their all-time career bests, which also have earned them a ranking on the NFHS National Top 10. Whigham, who last week became the first Iowa 8-player performer to go over 3,000 yards rushing with over 2,000 yards receiving, had a huge rushing night in a 60-14 win over Farragut, playing slightly more than two quarters.. He carried 11 times for 283 yards and 4 touchdowns. He also had two-point conversions to move his career point total to 678, eighth best nationally. The Stanton senior has 102 career touchdowns, tenth nationally. Tonderum continued to excel even in a 30-28 setback to North Sentral Kossuth in a game of previously undefeated teams. The Mustangs rushed for 179 yards and three touchdowns and also caught a scoring pass. That swelled his Iowa best career rushing total to 4,857, just 95 shy of moving into tenth on the national list. He now has 105 career TDs, eighth best nationally. His career 638 points is second best in Iowa and ranks tenth in the nation. ]]>]]> Bobby Mincer came into Saturday night's Season Championship for the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders with a 13-point lead, and left no doubt who was in charge by the end of the night, sweeping all events. The Burlington, Iowa driver was crowned with his second championship in the series' history, having also won in 2004. After handily winning his heat, Mincer drew the pole for the special Bud Taeger Memorial Dash, then rolled a two to start the 25-lap main event outside of row one. Ryan Jamison entered the night second in points, and won his heat as well. He started fifth in the main after running fourth in the dash. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals fell to the Yankees 8-2 last night to open up that series. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 5:30 p.m. as the Royals continue their series in the Big Apple. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 188 Tue. Sept. 29, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Results from the 30th Annual Grayhound Invitational Volleyball tournament where the MPHS volleyball team played on Saturday, Panthers went 1-2 Match 1 VS. Galesburg, IL M.P. lost 14-21 14-21 Match 2 VS Ft. Madison M.P. won 19-21 21-16 15-12 Match 3 VS Muscatine M.P. lost 13-21 13-21 Top Stats: Emily Prellwitz had 49 digs for the day Hannah Sinclair had 27digs for the day Mandi White had 17 digs for the day Lisa Moeller had 12 digs for the day Andy Pieper had 11 digs for the day Shaina Keomanivong had 10 digs for the day Taylor Shull had 12 Kills for the day Lisa Moeller had 11 Kills for the day Kim Scarbrough had 9 Kills for the day Andy Pieper had 6 kills for the day Hannah Sinclair had 4 kills for the day Rebekah Kimzey had 3 Aces for the day Lisa Moeller had 2 Aces for the day Andy Pieper had 2 aces for the day Mandi White had 1 ace in the day Alissa Maxwell had 17 Assist for the day Rebekah Kimzey had 17 assist for the day Panthers go to Washington on Tuesday! ]]>]]> #9 class 2A Mediapolis defeated #10 class 1A New London to win the 2009 S.E. Iowa Super Conference volleyball tournament Saturday at the SCC Agri Sports Arena. Bullettes won 25-14, 25-14. W. Burlington won over Pekin 2-0 in the consolation match. ]]>]]> Mt. Pleasant won their homecoming football game Friday night over Clear Creek Amana 28-14. Quarterback Cody Vaughn was 19 of 27 passing for 195 yards and 1 touchdown. He also led the rushing effort with 12 carries for 71 yards. Henry Krieger-Coble caught 9 balls for 87 yards and 1 touchdown. Brayton Meeker returned an interception for a touchdown and rushed for one. Darrian Cotton scored the other T.D. Jordon Bell racked up 9 tackles with 8 being unassisted. Brayden Roth returned to the lineup after missing two weeks with a shoulder injury and had 8 tackles. Panthers go to Washington to play the Demons Friday night in their homecoming game. Clear Creek Amana won the freshman game 32-14. The Clippers do not have enough players for a JV team so their will be no MPHS JV game tonight, next Monday they will host Washington. ]]>]]> The University of St. Francis (Ill.) scored 34 first half points and put up over 500 yards of total offense to defeat Iowa Wesleyan College 51-6 Saturday night at Mapleleaf Stadium. The Tigers dropped their fourth straight game, falling to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the Mid-States Football Association. USF got its first win of the season and is now 1-4, 1-1 in the MSFA Midwest. Very little went right for the Tigers, who fell behind 17-0 in the first quarter and had just two first downs on offense in the game. IWC gained 18 yards of total offense and was 0 for 12 on third downs. The Fighting Saints also had their way with the Wesleyan defense with 502 yards, including 315 yards rushing, and held the ball for more than 36 minutes in the game. The Tigers got their lone score in the second quarter after freshman cornerback Deevonte Browning (Deland, Fla.) intercepted a pass and returned it 32 yards to the USF one-yard line. Two plays later, Jaren Maybin (Sr.-Baltimore, Md.) carried it in from one yard out to make the score 31-6. Tigers travel to Waldorf College in Forrest City, Iowa this Saturday. ]]>]]> The 7th grade and 8th grade football teams will play games here vs. Central Lee on Thursday, October 8th. The 7th grade game will start at 4:30 p.m. at Evans Field at Maple Leaf, followed by the 8th grade game. These will be “A” and “B” combined games. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota 4-1 Sunday to wrap up that series and to wrap up the home portion of the 2009 season. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 5:30 p.m. as the Royals start up a series in New York against the Yankees. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 187 Mon. Sept. 28, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The Southeast Iowa Super Conference volleyball tournament got started last night. Here are the teams that will advance onto Saturday night’s finals. From the Wapello pool W. Burlington 4-0 and Pekin 3-1. Mediapolis pool, Mediapolis 4-0 and Danville 3-1. Burlington Notre Dame pool, New London 4-0 and WMU 3-1. Maharishi pool, Holy Trinity Catholic 4-0 and IMS 3-1. Saturday 5 p.m. pairings at SCC Agri Sports Arena. Court #1: Mediapolis vs WMU, followed by Pekin vs Holy Trinity Catholic. Court #2: New London vs Danville followed by W. Burlington vs IMS. IGHSAU has released latest volleyball rankings, class 1A has Holy Trinity Catholic #9 and New London #10. Class 2A Mediapolis #9, no 3A or 4A area teams ranked in the top 15. ]]>]]> Area football schedule for Friday night. Mt. Pleasant 3-1 (2-0) plays their homecoming game against Clear Creek Amana 3-1 (2-0). Only slip up on the Panthers record so far was a loss to undefeated Quincy. The Clippers lost their opener 14-7 to Iowa City Regina a class 2A power. Freshman play at 5 p.m. and the varsity game will follow at 7:30. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the action live beginning at 6 p.m. with the pregame show. Other class 3A district five action: Ft. Madison 2-2 (0-2) at Fairfield 2-2 (0-2), Oskaloosa at Williamsburg, Washington 2-2 (1-1) at Keokuk 1-3 (0-2). Class 2A district six: Columbus Community at L-M, Davis County at Central Lee, Mediapolis at W. Burlington-Notre Dame, Sigourney-Keota AT Mid Prairie. Class 1A district five: Durant at Eddyville Blakesburg, Van Buren at Iowa Valley, Wapello at Pekin, W. Branch at Belle Plaine. Class “A” district five: BGM at Cardinal, Lone Tree at Danville, Waco at Highland, WMU at New London. Mississippi Athletic Association action has Pleasant Valley at Burlington. 8 man football has Harmony with an open week. ]]>]]> The 7th grade and 8th grade football teams will play games here vs. Central Lee on Thursday, October 8th. The 7th grade game will start at 4:30 p.m. at Evans Field at Maple Leaf, followed by the 8th grade game. These will be “A” and “B” combined games. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College will look to recreate a little Saturday night magic and get back on the winning track when it hosts the University of St. Francis (Ill.) in a Mid-States Football Association Midwest League contest at 6 p.m. Saturday night at Mapleleaf Stadium. The Tigers have put together some of their best performances and have also had some of their best home crowds the past two seasons under the lights. IWC is 2-1 at home in night games the past two years and has averaged better than 1,200 fans in those games. Included in those games was a 29-7 win to open this season against Trinity International, in which more than 1,500 were on hand to watch at Mapleleaf. Wesleyan will gladly take the shot in the arm of another night game after a brutal three-game stretch that has left the team searching to regain its form from that opener. In its last three games IWC lost to NCAA Division I-AA Tennessee-Martin and a pair of nationally ranked NAIA schools, including a 40-0 loss to McKendree last week, a team now ranked 16th in the nation. The Tigers got off to a bumpy start against the Bearcats, trailing 14-0 after one quarter, and turned the ball over five times in their third straight loss. IWC now appears to be facing a stretch of more manageable games, starting Saturday against St. Francis (Ill.). After a breakthrough season last year that included a 7-4 record, its first winning season in 17 years, St. Francis has had a rough start to this year. The Fighting Saints have lost their first four games, three of them at home. USF opened with a tough loss to Marian (Ind.) but has since lost three straight games in rather convincing fashion. Last week St. Francis lost to Taylor (Ind.) University 38-23 in the Saints’ Homecoming game. THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT – For the most part, offense has not been a problem for St. Francis. Employing an I-Formation attack that includes some use of the “Pistol” formation, the Saints rank seventh overall in the MSFA in total offense, including fifth in passing offense. Quarterback John Goolsby has thrown for nearly 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns in the team’s first four games. USF has hit on its share of big plays but has struggled some running the ball, averaging 94.5 yards per game to rank next-to-last in the conference. Defense has been a challenge for the Fighting Saints, who describe their base formation as an Attack 3-4. St. Francis is 14th in the MSFA in total defense, allowing over 400 yards per game. The Saints are 10th in the league in passing defense and 14th in rushing defense, allowing nearly 200 yards per game through the air and more than 200 yards per game on the ground. Opponents are averaging 37 points per game against USF and are converting 45% of their third-down plays against the Saints. SERIES HISTORY – St. Francis has won the last three meetings in the series between the teams to take an 8-4 lead all-time. The Saints won last year’s game 31-13 in Joliet, scoring 28 points in the first half and then limiting the Tigers to 90 yards of total offense in the second half. IWC last defeated USF in 2005, when the Tigers defeated the Fighting Saints 37-16. ]]>]]> KILJ-FM 105.5 will bring you the UNI at Missouri State game at 11:30 Saturday followed by the Iowa at Penn State game at 5 p.m. KILJ-AM 1130 brings you the Army at Iowa State game at 4 p.m. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals fell to the Red Sox 10-3 Thursday night to wrap up that series. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 6:35 p.m. as the Royals start up a series at home against the Minnesota Twins. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 186 Fri. Sept. 25, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 The 9th grade volleyball match vs. Burlington on Thursday, September 24th, will be at Mt. Pleasant Community High School, not at Burlington. The games will begin at 6:00 p.m. There will be no admission charge and no concessions. ]]>]]> The S. E. Iowa Super Conference volleyball tournament will be played this Thursday and Saturday. First round pool play Thursday evening will take place at Mediapolis, Wapello, Notre Dame and Maharishi with matches beginning at 5 p.m. The pool winners and runners up will advance onto Saturday’s finals that will be played at SCC Agri Sports Arena beginning at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> Area football schedule for Friday night. Mt. Pleasant 3-1 (2-0) plays their homecoming game against Clear Creek Amana 3-1 (2-0). Only slip up on the Panthers record so far was a loss to undefeated Quincy. The Clippers lost their opener 14-7 to Iowa City Regina a class 2A power. Freshman play at 5 p.m. and the varsity game will follow at 7:30. KILJ-FM 105.5 and kilj.com will carry the action live beginning at 6 p.m. with the pregame show. Other class 3A district five action: Ft. Madison at Fairfield, Oskaloosa at Williamsburg, Washington at Keokuk. Class 2A district six: Columbus Community at L-M, Davis County at Central Lee, Mediapolis at W. Burlington-Notre Dame, Sigourney-Keota AT Mid Prairie. Class 1A district five: Durant at Eddyville Blakesburg, Van Buren at Iowa Valley, Wapello at Pekin, W. Branch at Belle Plaine. Class “A” district five: BGM at Cardinal, Lone Tree at Danville, Waco at Highland, WMU at New London. Mississippi Athletic Association action has Pleasant Valley at Burlington. 8 man football has Harmony with an open week. ]]>]]> Former Mt. Pleasant athlete Melanie Phipps is a freshman women’s basketball player at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Mel is the only Iowan on the roster, her team will be playing in Des Moines November 20th and 21st at a tournament hosted by AIB in Des Moines, the rest of their games are all in the Missouri and Kansas area. The assistant coach of the team, Alicia Roth is married to former Waco High School athlete Landon Roth who is a lawyer in the Kansas City area. ]]>]]> Ashford University took advantage of 31 hitting errors by Iowa Wesleyan College, spoiling the home debut of the Tiger volleyball team with a four-set win Wednesday night at Ruble Arena. The Saints defeated IWC 25-22, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-17, handing the Tigers their first Midwest Collegiate Conference loss of the season. Wesleyan dropped to 7-4 overall (2-1 in conference) while Ashford improved to 9-8 overall, 2-1 in the MCC. The Tigers finished with more kills than the Saints (55-52) but also had 14 more attack errors than the visitors. Ashford had just 17 hitting errors over four sets and posted a .235 hitting percentage for the match. B.J. Wagy (Jr.-Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Megan McVey (So.-Fort Worth, Texas) led Wesleyan with 11 kills each. Jammer and Tennis both had 10 kills and Janz added a career-high nine kills. Kendra Zimmerman (Jr.-Green Bay, Wis.) had 43 assists and Jammer led the team with 16 digs. ]]>]]> Upper Iowa University scored a goal late in the first half and held off Iowa Wesleyan College 1-0 in a men’s soccer match Wednesday afternoon at UIU. Troy Osborne (So.-Sydney, Australia) kept Wesleyan in the match with eight saves, helping his team offset a 21-9 advantage in shots for the Peacocks. Michael Roberts (Sr.-St. John’s, Antigua) led the Tigers with four shots, two on goal. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals fell to the Red Sox 9-2. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 6:35 p.m. as the Royals wrap up a series at home against the Boston Red Sox. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 185 Thur. Sept. 24, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 MPHS girl’s cross country team finished second in the Panther invitational they hosted Tuesday with 64 points, Ft. Madison won the event with 27, Washington was 3rd with 84, the rest of the teams did not have enough runners for a team score. Kaitlin Jones finished 7th individually for Mt. Pleasant’s best finish. In the small school division Lone tree was the winner with 45 points, Mediapolis 2nd 83, Van Buren 103, Columbus 149, L-M 153, Wapello 209. Lone Tree’s Ella Feldman finished first. MPHS boys cross country team finished 4th with 87 points, Ft. Madison won the event with 36 points. West Liberty was second, Keokuk 3rd and Washington 5th. The small school class was won by Columbus Community with 59 points, #1 ranked runner Sam Chaney finished first in a fine time of 15:08. Lone Tree was second, followed by Wapello, Holy Trinity Catholic, WMU, Danville-New London, Van Buren, Mediapolis, L-M. ]]>]]> M.P. Middle school 8th grade volleyball, “A” MP won over Washington 2-1, Alli Dorn led the scoring, “B” Washington won 2-0 Ashley Loving led the scoring, “C” Washington 2-0 Brittany Whalen led the serving. Area volleyball results: Pleasant Valley 3 Burlington 0, #9 Holy Trinity Catholic 3 Cardinal 1, #10 New London 3 Harmony 0, Danville 3 Central Lee 2, Columbus 3 Wapello 2, Waco 3 Pekin 1, WMU 3 L-M 0, Ft. Madison 3 Washington 0, Fairfield 3 Keokuk 2. ]]>]]> M.P. middle school football. MPMS 7th “A” team tied 0-0 at Fairfield, Corbin Chew rushed for 38 yards. Dante Vandenberg, Brady Anderson and Isac Tiana led the defense. MPMS beat Fairfield 6-0 in the “B” game. Meysun Quamna had the touchdown. Jared Baty, Brett Stalder and Drake Patton led the defense. M.P. middle school 8th grade “A” team beat Fairfield 14-7, Justin Dirks rushed for 103 yards. Tyler Horn rushed for a touchdown and Dustin Amos caught a touchdown pass from Zach Mulford. Carson Remick 12 tackles, Cody Bruggemeyer, Tyler horn and Dustin Amos led the defense. “B” game Fairfield won 12-0, Carlin Sitemeang rushed for 11 yards, Brynjar Johnston, Garret Johnston led the defense. ]]>]]> Let’s take a look at some of the stat leaders for this weeks MPHS hosting Clear Creek Amana game. Rushing: Darian Cotton 50 carries 362 yards and 3 touchdowns. Passing: Cody Vaughn 39 of 57 597 yards 7 touchdowns and no interceptions. Receiving: Henry Krieger-Coble 25 catches 404 yards 5 touchdowns. Tackling: Kyle Nichting has 37 tackles 14 solos, Henry Krieger-Coble 34 with 14 being solo. Darian Cotton has 2 interceptions one for a touchdown. Punting: Leonard Wester 5 punts at 36 yards per kick. This guy is the heart and soul of Clear Creek-Amana's football team. Blaze Smith guided the Clippers to a 37-28 victory over Fairfield last Friday night. He connected on 18 of 35 passes for 223 yards and two TDs, while adding two rushing scores. He now has 1,196 aerial yards in the first four games by hitting 100 of 166 passes with 8 touchdowns and five interceptions. He also leads the rushing with 62 carries for 281 yards. Zach Even is the leading tackler with 43, Zac Manders has two interceptions and Drew Cox has two fumble recoveries. Caleb Sedlacek is 15 of 18 on PAT’s, 1 of 2 on FG’s hitting a 20 yarder. ]]>]]> The S. E. Iowa Super Conference volleyball tournament will be played this Thursday and Saturday. First round pool play Thursday evening will take place at Mediapolis, Wapello, Notre Dame and Maharishi with matches beginning at 5 p.m. The pool winners and runners up will advance onto Saturday’s finals that will be played at SCC Agri Sports Arena beginning at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College senior volleyball libero Katie Leidl (Esterhazy, Saskatchewan) recently broke the school’s all-time career record for digs in a tournament over Labor Day weekend in Sioux Falls, S.D. Leidl recorded her 1,408th career dig against Kansas Wesleyan University on Sept. 4, breaking the all-time record of 1,407 digs held by Jamie Strawhacker, who played for the Tigers from 1998-2001. She finished the match with 20 digs and led IWC to a three-set sweep of the Coyotes in both teams’ opening games in the University of Sioux Falls Empire Bowl Classic. A four-year starter, Leidl played as an outside hitter her first three years before moving to the libero position this year. She is averaging 5.67 digs per game this year and is just behind the pace for the school’s single season record of 5.73 dpg set by Dana Gregory in 2007. One of two seniors on this year’s team, she also has led the Tigers to a 7-3 record to start the season, including a 2-0 mark in Midwest Collegiate Conference play, the team’s best start in conference in five years. Leidl currently has 1,527 digs for her career and could put the record far out of reach by the end of the season. The Tigers have 18 regular season matches remaining plus the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament. IWC finally will play its first home match of the season on Wednesday when Ashford University visits for an important MCC match. Game time at Ruble Arena will be 7 p.m. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals beat the Red Sox 5-1. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 6:35 p.m. as the Royals continue a series at home against the Boston Red Sox. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 184 Wed. Sept. 23, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Today is the first of two chances you have to watch the MPHS girls and boys cross country teams run at home. The Panther Invitational is today at the Old Threshers Camp Grounds the rolling terrain of the course will be covered with middle school and high school cross country runners from the area beginning at 4;45 p.m. The Panthers will also host the Conference meet on October 15th on the Old Threshers course. ]]>]]> The MPHS JV football team traveled to Keokuk last night defeated the Chiefs 27-6. Justice Wellington scored two touchdowns, catching scoring strikes from Jordon Ashton of 7 and 34 yards. Tylor Hoyle and Donnie Johnson scored the other two touchdowns. Hoyle caught a 37 yard pass and Johnson a 30 yard pass. Ashton was 13 of 15 passing for 217 yards and 4 touchodnws. Joey Vaughn rushed 12 times for 80 yards. Ross Heitmeier caught 5 passes for 83 yards. Malachi Melville had 12 tackles and a fumble recovery, Tylor Hoyle had an interception and Jacob Brauman a fumble recovery. The JV team will not play Clear Creek Amana as the Clippers lack numbers for a team. The next Panther JV action will be when they host Washington October 5th. ]]>]]> The S. E. Iowa Super Conference volleyball tournament will be played this Thursday and Saturday. First round pool play Thursday evening will take place at Mediapolis, Wapello, Notre Dame and Maharishi with matches beginning at 5 p.m. The pool winners and runners up will advance onto Saturday’s finals that will be played at SCC Agri Sports Arena beginning at 5 p.m. ]]>]]> The IWC men’s golf team finished 10th in the Clarke College Fall golf tourney with a 641 score. St. Ambrose won the event shooting a 569. Medalist for the Tigers was Mark Cleary with a 155, medalist for the tournament was Dusty Drenth of St. Ambrose with a 134. ]]>]]> Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) College scored in the eighth minute of overtime to defeat the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer team 4-3 on Saturday. The Trojans scored when a throw-in was deflected past IWC goalkeeper Cara Arnold (So.-Davis Junction, Ill.), sending the Tigers to their first loss in four matches. Wesleyan dropped to 5-3-1 this season, while Hannibal-LaGrange improved to 3-3 this year. The Tigers now get ready for Midwest Collegiate Conference play, beginning next Saturday against Mount Mercy College. The women play at 1 p.m., while the two schools’ men’s teams will follow with their match at 3 p.m. ]]>]]> Some notes about high school football around the state: PERFECT SQUARED: After Friday night there are 55 undefeated teams remaining with only North Tama, Traer still un-scored upon. The Redhawks have now shut out foes in 19 of their last 30 games. TOEING THE MARK: Mike Meyer set a new Wahlert, Dubuque school record of four field goals in a game as the Golden Eagles soared by Dubuque Senior, 33-6. One of his record kicks was a 56-yarder which ties for the fourth longest in Iowa prep history. VICTORY STREAKS SNAPPED: Two 20+ victory streaks ended Friday. Central Lyon-George-Little Rock had a 23-game district winning streak snapped by Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, 34-14. Bettendorf had a string of 21 regular season and conference victories ruined when Clinton ambushed the Bulldogs, 28-10. Clinton (4-0) had last beaten Bettendorf in 1991. FOUR DOUBLE DIGIT LOSING SKEINS END: Four teams snapped double digit losing streaks. Martensdale-St. Marys awoke from a 22-game slumber in a big way, defeating Lynnville-Sully 48-8, while Waterloo East used two overtimes to edge city rival Waterloo West, 34-33.It marked the first time the Trojans had won the annual city-fest since a 20-12 triumph, Sept. 10, 1999. Albia doused a 14-game doldrums with a 14-8 win over East Marshall, while Davenport West ended a 13-game losing streak by whipping cross town rival Davenport North, 42-7, Thursday. TONDERUM SETS 8-PLAYER CAREER RUSHING MARK: Armstrong-Ringsted's Tyler Tonderum rushed to a new Iowa all-time best in a 62-0 win over Twin River Valley. His 151 yards moved his career total to 4,678 surpassing the old mark of 4, 641 established by Kellen Madison of Sentral, Fenton, 1998-2001. The Mustangs' senior also became the first Iowa 8-player performer to reach the 100 TD mark. He had four rushing touchdowns and caught a pass for a score to up his career total 101, tenth best nationally. His career 612 points is second best in Iowa and ranks eleventh in the nation. 3,000 AND 2,000 CLUB: Stanton's Alex Whigham broke into an elite club Friday as he continued to add to his career point total and pass receiving marks. He carried just four times for 90 yards and two TDS, while gathering in three passes for 49 yards and 2 scores. That gives him 3,038 career rushing yards and 2,374 receiving yards - the first Iowa prep to go over 3,000 yards rushing with over 2,000 yards receiving. His TD receptions now stand at an Iowa best of 38, which ties for seventh on the national listings. His career receiving yards ranks ninth on the national charts. His career point total is now at 650, eighth best nationally. ]]>]]> Jason Frankel, Quincy, Il., ended his 2009 Deery Brothers Summer Series in the same place he started it: 34 Raceway¹s victory lane. Frankel won Saturday¹s Pepsi USA Nationals Deery Brothers Summer Series main event, passing Jeff Aikey, Waterloo and then Mark Burgtorf, Quincy, Il, the last two times around the track to earn $10,000 in the top paying event on the IMCA Late Model tour. Frankel begun the series campaign by winning the opener at West Burlington back in April. The two day show say six qualifying races on Friday night then it was back to the track on Saturday for three last chance races and the main event, 100 lap late model feature. Only Twenty six cars of the 64 cars entered would qualify for the feature event in the ³nationals² eighteenth year. Also competing on Friday night were the stock cars and TQ Midgets. Jeff Mueller, New London took the win in the stock car feature and Bart Andrews, Muscatine won the TQ Midget feature event. Saturday also saw hobby stocks join the action with Dean Kratzer, Fort Madison taking the checkered flag and Dennis Schulte, Keokuk, winning the Louisa Communications-I Wireless 4 cylinder feature. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals opened a home series with the Red Sox with a 12-9 win. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 6:35 p.m. as the Royals continue a series at home against the Boston Red Sox. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 183 Tue. Sept. 22, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant rolled over Keokuk Friday night on Evans Field by a score of 49-14. Quarterback Cody Vaughn ran for two scores and threw for another. Darian Cotton rushed for 107 yards also intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. Henry Krieger-Coble caught 5 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown. Panthers 3-1 (2-0) host Clear Creek Amana 4-0 (2-0) for homecoming this week. Clippers beat Fairfield 37-26 Friday. Keokuk won the freshman game 35-6, Chiefs host M.P. in JV football tonight. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team played in the Ottumwa Tournament Saturday, Panthers were 2-2 on the day. They picked up wins over Davis County and Washington. Lost to Ottumwa and Centerville. ]]>]]> Iowa Wesleyan College committed five turnovers and nationally ranked McKendree (Ill.) University worked a short field on a number of drives to defeat the Tigers 40-0 on Saturday at Mapleleaf Stadium. The 22nd-ranked Bearcats pulled out to a 24-0 halftime lead to win the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League opener for both teams. McKendree improved to 3-1 this season and dropped Wesleyan to 1-3 on the year. The Tigers moved the ball better than in recent weeks and even furnished a 100-yard rusher, as Jaren Maybin (Sr.-Baltimore, Md.) carried the ball 21 times for 103 yards. A combination of turnovers, mistakes and a number of injuries took their toll, though, against one of the favorites to win the MSFA Midwest this year. McKendree had just one scoring drive longer than 46 yards and took advantage of great field position from the start. The Bearcats scored their first touchdown just 53 seconds into the game. The Tigers missed several scoring opportunities early in the fourth quarter. An apparent touchdown after Kevin McConnell (Fr.-Kansas City, Mo.) connected with Lawrence Moore (Jr.-Country Club Hills, Ill.) on a 13-yard scoring pass was called back by a penalty. Wesleyan then missed a 32-yard field goal attempt by Scott Baldwin (Sr.-Penn Valley, Calif.), who was handling kicking duties after regular kicker Josh Feliciano (So.-San Diego, Calif.) was injured on the opening kickoff. Maybin finished with a season high in yards rushing and rushed for 100 yards in a game for the fifth time in his career. The senior also moved into seventh on the all-time IWC rushing yardage list, passing Don Lewis (1957-59) for seventh. Maybin now has 1,459 yards rushing in his career. McConnell completed 19 of 26 passes for 93 yards in his first collegiate start. He found Moore nine times for 56 yards, while Brian Farmer (Sr.-Bronx, N.Y.) added a career-high six catches. The Tigers finished with 198 of total offense. Darious Watson (Jr.-Bellwood, Ill.) played another terrific game on defense and finished with 10 tackles (six solo). Kris Fleming (Sr.-Chicago, Ill.) and Gerald Knighten (Sr.-Bellwood, Ill.) both added seven tackles each. IWC attempts to bounce back next week against the University of St. Francis (Ill.) in another MSFA Midwest League game. Game time at Mapleleaf Stadium will be 6 p.m. ]]>]]> St. Ambrose University placed four golfers in the top 10 as the Queen bees edged Ashford University and St. Francis of Illinois to win the Iowa Wesleyan women’s golf invitational in Muscatine Friday. St. Ambrose shot 341, Ashford 347, St. Francis 348. IWC was last with a 397 the lowest score they have shot this season. Medalist for the tournament was Jordon Davis of Ashford with a five over par 77. Wesleyan’s low score was shot by Melissa Peterson of Wilton with a 93. Jordon Ruschill of Mt. Pleasant playing her first collegiate meet for the Tigers shot 127. Tigers played in the St. Ambrose invitational Saturday and Sunday played on the Glynn’s Creek Course Saturday and Emeis Course on Sunday. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals played a weekend series in Chicago against the White Sox and wrapped up action Sunday with a 2-1 win. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 6:35 p.m. as the Royals begin a series at home against the Boston Red Sox. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 182 Mon. Sept. 21, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 Mt. Pleasant High School cross country teams ran at the Ft. Madison invitational Thursday. The large school girl’s class was won by Burlington with 41 points, MPHS was 6th with 150. Jordon Walker was 22nd for the best individual finish for the Panthers. Small school girl’s class was won by Waco with 80 points, Katie Hocker of Central lee finished first in that race. MPHS boys were 5th in the large school boys class with 128 points, Burlington ran first with 15 points. Zach May paced the Panthers with a 7th place individual finish. Small school boy’s class was won by Columbus with 54 points, #1 ranked Sam Chaney of Columbus finished first. ]]>]]> MPHS volleyball team dropped a home match to Ottumwa last night 3-2. Emily Prellwitz had 12 good serves and 3 aces along with 25 digs, Andy Pieper and Hannah Sinclair 9 kills, Rebecca Kimzey 18 assists, Taylor Shull 6 blocks. Panthers go to the Ottumwa tournament Saturday and play Washington, Ottumwa and Davis County. ]]>]]> Week four of the 2009 high school football season is this Friday night. Mt. Pleasant will take a 2-1 (1-0) record into their home meeting with Keokuk 1-2 (0-1). Other 3A district 5 games: Fairfield at Clear Creek Amana, Ft. Madison at Oskaloosa, Washington at Williamsburg. Class 2A district 6 games: Central Lee at W. Burlington-Notre Dame, Davis County at L-M, Mid Prairie at Mediapolis, Sigourney Keota at Columbus. Class 1A district 5 Belle Plaine at Durant, Iowa Valley at Eddyville Blakesburg, Van Buren at Pekin, W. Branch at Wapello. Class “A” district 5: Cardinal at WMU, Highland at Danville, New London at Lone Tree. Mississippi Athletic Conference: Muscatine at Burlington. 8 man football: Harmony at Twin Cedars. ]]>]]> Makenzie Kauffman and Rachel Krug, two juniors at Mt. Pleasant > High School are members of the varsity swim team at Fairfield High School. > They competed earlier this week in a dual meet against Keokuk. Kauffman > had two first place finishes and 2 second place finishes. She won the 100 > yard backstroke in a personal best 1:07.28, and swam the backstroke on the > winning 200 Medley Relay team. She was second in the 200 Freestyle Relay > and 400 Freestyle Relay. Krug placed fourth in the 100 yard breaststroke > in 1:21.30, and was third in 3 relays, the 200 Medley, 200 Freestyle > Relay, and 400 Freestyle Relay. Kauffman and Krug will travel to > Marshalltown this Saturday to compete at the Marshalltown Invitational. ]]>]]> Ft. Wayne beat the Burlington Bees 4-3 Thursday night to win the Midwest league Championship a title the Bees held last year. ]]>]]> Kansas City Royals beat Detroit 9-2 yesterday afternoon in the motor city. Tune in tonight on KILJ-AM 1130 at 6:35 p.m. as the Royals begin a weekend series in Chicago against the White Sox. http://www.kilj.com/feed/sports.xml 181 Fri. Sept. 18, 2009 7:33:59 -0500 IWC volleyball team defeated Waldorf College 3-1. B.J. Wagy had 11 kills, Kendra Zimmerman 20 assists, Katie Leidl had 3 ace serves and 17 digs. Wesleyan is 7-3 overall and 2-0 in the MCC. ]]>]]> Week four of the 2009 high school football season is this Friday night. Mt. Pleasant will take a 2-1 (1-0) record into their home meeting with Keokuk 1-2 (0-1). Other 3A district 5 games: Fairfield at Clear Creek Amana, Ft. Madison at Oskaloosa, Washington at Williamsburg. Class 2A district 6 games: Central Lee at W. Burlington-Notre Dam