Today's Local Sports

The Highland Huskies opened the 2017 season with a tournament championship Monday, going undefeated in Keota.

The volleyball season kicked off last night and WACO hosted a tournament that welcomed area schools Columbus Community and Sigourney.

Winfield-Mt. Union will be hosting their annual meet the players night today for all fall sports at the football field.

The WACO volleyball team will kick off their 2017 campaign today when they host a tournament that also features area schools Columbus Community and Sigourney.

The Keota Eagles are hosting their 2017 season kickoff tournament this afternoon and several area teams are involved.

Mid-Prairie cross country and track standouts Anna and Marie Hostetler brought home divisional titles at the 2017 Bix 7 race in the quad cities.

Coming off of a 14-18 season, the Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team will power through the 2017 campaign with a nucleus of seniors leading the charge.

HLV (1-0) jumped out to an early 25-0 lead on WACO (0-1) Thursday night and never looked back as they cruised to a 67-20 victory to open up the season.

The Mid-Prairie School District hosted their annual fall sports kickoff and Meet the Players night Friday at Mid-Prairie High School.

The Highland Huskies opened the 2017 football season with a big 36-14 win over visiting North Mahaska.

While the scrimmage took less than an hour it might have felt a lot longer for the Muscatine football team as the Demons dominated on both sides of the ball against the 4A group.

It was the Abel Mena show on Friday night as the senior helped the Columbus Community (1-0) football team hold off Winfield-Mt. Union (0-1) 27-13 in the season opener.

Football in southeast Iowa is upon us, and what better way to kick off the 2017 season than two area schools duking it out on the gridiron? Columbus Community will host Winfield-Mt. Union tonight in a week zero matchup.

In a final tune-up before the season officially kicks off the Washington football team will host Muscatine tonight in the annual Gatorade scrimmage.

The Highland Huskies get their football season underway tonight with a week 0 contest when they host North Mahaska.

Lone Tree (1-0) picked up right where they left off last season by winning their opener against Central City (0-1) 26-18 Thursday.

Mid-Prairie girls golf standout Paige Slabaugh participated in the Iowa City Junior Championships at Finkbine Golf Course last week.

The WACO Warriors football team will start their season tonight when they host the HLV Warriors for a week zero game in Wayland.

Lone Tree will kick off their season tonight on the road making a stop at Central City.

This week’s Hedge Above Lawncare Athlete of the Week is Mid-Prairie golfer Noah Schlabaugh. Noah is coming off of two consecutive wins on the Iowa Junior PGA Tour.