Boys’ Prep Basketball: Mount Pleasant Falters; Winfield, WACO Both Win:
Xavier 47, Mount Pleasant 37
Joe Bean led a balanced Xavier attack with 12 points as the Saints outscored Mount Pleasant by nine in the second half for a 47-37 opening night win last night at Panther Gymnasium.
Bean canned 2-of-3 treys and finished 4-of-6 from the foul line.
Trysten Vazquez had 11 points and eight boards for Xavier, as well.
The Panthers were led by Dewon Trent, who finished with a game-high 16 points collecting eight rebounds, as well.
Payton Hagans chipped in with nine.
Xavier has beaten Mount Pleasant in 12 consecutive matchups.
0-1, the Panthers will travel to Fort Madison Friday.
Winfield-Mount Union 60, Pekin 39
Winfield-Mount Union used a 20-9 second quarter run to pull away from Pekin for a 60-39 win last night in Winfield.
The Wolves outscored Pekin 17-8 in the fourth quarter to prevent any late Panther rally.
Winfield moved to 1-0.
Pekin is 0-1.
WACO 58, Holy Trinity 29
WACO led 32-8 at the end of the first half as the Warriors dominated Holy Trinity for a 58-29 victory last night.
The Warriors were suffocating on the defensive end and got easy looks at the bucket for the majority of the night.
WACO is 1-0, they’ll take on New London on Friday night.
Holy Trinity will travel to Cardinal.
Other area finals:
- Van Buren County 49, Central lee 42
- First win under new head coach and Mount Pleasant graduate Trey Magnani
- Danville 45, West Burlington 43
- Cardinal 45, Notre Dame 42
- Mediapolis 50, Hillcrest Academy 35
- Wapello 58, Columbus 20
Girls’ Prep Basketball: Notre Dame Wins; Winfield Steamrolls; Other Area Finals:
No. 8 (1A) Notre Dame 65, Cardinal 22
Quincy University recruit Megan Harrell finished with 15 points and eight boards as No. 8 Notre Dame dominated their way to a 65-22 win over Cardinal last night.
Reagan Engberg chipped in with 11 points while Abby Korschgen had eight.
Notre Dame led 20-0 at the end of the first quarter and 35-2 at halftime.
The Nikes are now 3-0.
Winfield-Mount Union 54, Pekin 20
Leading by 19 at the end of one quarter, Mitch Wachs’ Winfield-Mount Union Lady Wolves steamrolled to a 54-20 win over Pekin last night.
Winfield went on a 15-2 run in the third quarter to put the game on proverbial ice.
The Lady Wolves stayed unbeaten, they’re 3-0.
Pekin is now 0-2.
Other area finals last night:
- Mediapolis 71, Hillcrest Academy 14
- Wapello 49, Columbus 23
- Central Lee 64, Van Buren County 24
- West Burlington 77, Danville 67
- Holy Trinity 55, WACO 30
Prep Wrestling: Mount Pleasant New London Swept:
The Mount Pleasant wrestling team was swept in their two duals yesterday at Columbus Community.
The Panthers fell to the Wildcats 59-15 while dropping to Cedar Rapids Prairie 63-18.
Bowen Davis earned a fall victory for Mount Pleasant over Columbus, defeating Jonathan Miranda in 1:16.
William Birdsell won via fall for the Panthers in 1:53 against Prairie, as did Gannon McNamee.
Notre Dame finished the dual with a 48-34 win over Prairie. Blaine Frazier earned a fall victory for the Nikes.
Meanwhile, New London lost all three of their home duals.
The Tigers were beaten by Lisbon 62-13, North Mahaska won 47-35, while West Liberty controlled the dual for a 48-29 win.
New London — namely Marcel Lopez — avoided seeing nationally ranked Robert Avila Jr., who transferred before this season from Lisbon to Iowa City West.
Both Marcel and Dominic Lopez were victorious against the top-ranked Lions. Marcel earned a tech fall over Tiernan Boots, while Dominic won by decision over Lincoln Holub.
College Football: UNI’s Day Named to MVFC Newcomer Team:
UNI quarterback Theo Day was among five quarterbacks named to the conference’s All-Newcomer Team.
Day is a transfer from Michigan State.
He played in 11 of the 12 games and made his first start in the Panthers’ home opener against St. Thomas, three games into the season.
Day had 155 completions on 276 passing attempts, for a passing percentage of 56.16%. he threw for 2,316 yards, scoring 16 touchdowns.
UNI saw their season come to a close last Saturday in a 19-9 loss to Eastern Washington in the first round of the FCS Playoffs.
