Wed. Aug 27 KMAQ Sports Update

*Photos credit of Lost Bison Photography*

In Local HS Sports yesterday:

The Central DeWitt volleyball team defeated Muscatine in 3 sets

The Bellevue volleyball team beat Easton Valley in 3 sets

The Northeast volleyball team loses to Fulton in 3 sets

The Maquoketa girls tennis team fell to Marion

The Maquoketa cross country team competed in a Quad at Jones County Central Park with Central DeWitt, Cascade, and Dubuque Wahlert. The Cardinals own Izzy Hardin took first place in the girls race with a time of 20mins 1sec. Central DeWitt’s Ashlyn Appleby finished 4th with a 21.51, and Maquoketa sophomore Riley Buttz finished 7th, running a 23.22, Maquoketa finished with a team score of 80, Central DeWitt with a team score of 64. In the boys race, 11th ranked Central DeWitt went on an absolute tear, with a team score of 15, having all of the top-7 finishers in the race! Maquoketa’s Brendan Gerardy and Gavin Machael finished 16th and 17th, the Cardinals with a team score of 75.  

In St. Louis Cardinals action: the birds fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 last night. Game 3 of the 4-game homestand is tonight, pregame coverage begins at 5:50 on KMAQ.

In NFL news: The Minnesota Vikings have brought back wide receiver Adam Thielen in a trade. After spending the last 2 years with the Carolina Panthers, the 35 year old Minnesota State alum returns to his home team where he spent the first 9 years of his NFL career.