High School Basketball
Central Lee swept Holy Trinity Catholic last night with the girls’ team thrashing the Crusaders 52-24, while the Hawks’ boys’ team snuck past with a 43-39 victory. Jack Ragar scored 15 points for the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team.
Central Lee will host Burlington Notre Dame on Friday, December 5th, with game one at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will make the trip to Danville on Friday with game time at 6 pm for the girls’ contest.
Burlington Notre Dame split their contest with Van Buren County last night with the girls falling 44-29 and the boys’ team thundering to a 92-48 drubbing of the Warriors.
Van Buren County will face off against New London on Friday in their home opener with the boys’ game following the girls’ contest at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield was swept by Oskaloosa last night with the girls’ team losing 42-28 on an off-night of shooting, while the boys’ team fell 76-55. Elyse Setterstrom led the girls’ team with 12 points in the loss. The Trojans will open conference play with a road showdown in Fort Madison on Friday with the doubleheader beginning at 6 pm.
The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team attempted to rally back after being outscored 26 to 4 in the first quarter but Louisa-Muscatine proved to be too much as the Wolves fell 58-45. The boys’ team flipped the program’s fortunes as they tallied 28 first quarter points on their way to a dominant 78-40 victory over the Falcons. In his Wolves debut, Isaac Egli netted 26 points, while Cody Milks poured in 25 points and added nine steals.
Winfield-Mt. Union will remain at home on Friday with a matchup against Lone Tree with the girls’ teams starting the night at 6 pm.
The Columbus girls’ team lost to Lone Tree last night 56-48. The Wildcats will head to North Cedar tomorrow, December 4th, with the girls playing first at 6:15 pm.
West Burlington started SEISC-South play with a pair of wins over New London with the girls’ team rolling to a 61-16 victory, while the boys’ team won handily, 51-30. Paige Shull-Collins totaled 12 points for the Tigers in the girls contest.
West Burlington will travel to Mediapolis on Friday with the night tipping off at 6 pm.
Mediapolis posted two lopsided scores against Danville last night, as the girls’ team won 74-23 and the boys’ team breezed to an 82-54 final.
Wapello was swept by Pekin last night, 42-36 in the girls’ game and 54-37 in the boys’ game. Wapello will take on Louisa-Muscatine on Friday with the night tipping off at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will start conference play in a road showdown in Burlington on Friday with the girls playing first at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
WACO will face off against Pekin on Friday in a doubleheader with game one at 6 pm.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will duel Washington tomorrow, December 4th.
Fairfield will hit the road to take on Burlington on Friday, December 5th.
High School Wrestling
The Fort Madison girls’ team held their Invitational last night and Van Buren County led our local teams with 130 points and a 6th place finish. Armoney Adams and Brystol Wiley each claimed 1st place for the Warriors in their respective weight classes.
Wapello collected a pair of champions with Clara Ball winning the 120-pound weight class and Kenadee Helscher claiming the 105-pound weight class. Avery Hollingsworth led Mediapolis with a 2nd place finish in the 105-pound weight class, while Jada Moats took 2nd place for Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union.
The Van Buren County and Fairfield girls’ teams will compete in the Bill Rex Invitational on Friday, December 5th.
The Wapello, WACO, and Mt. Pleasant boys’ and girls’ teams will participate in the Willard Howell Tournament on Saturday, December 6th.
The WACO boys’ and girls’ teams competed in the Washington County quad last night and the girls’ team went 1-2, defeating Washington 25-24, while the boys’ team finished 1-2, beating Mid-Prairie 48-30. Deedra Graber tallied 18 points for the girls’ team. Ian Maize and Harley Larrimore went undefeated for the night for the boys’ team.
The Wapello boys’ team was swept at the English Valleys Triangular last night.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will duel Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union on the road tomorrow, December 4th.
Fairfield will host a quad tomorrow.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will wrestle at the Cliff Keen Independence Invitational on Friday.
The New London boys’ team will start their season when they host the Jeremy Fulk Classic on Saturday.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Iowa Central Community College tonight at 5:30 pm.
The men’s basketball team will hit the road to take on Sauk Valley Community College tonight at 7 pm.
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams will duel Ellsworth Community College today at home.
College Football
Iowa and Iowa State will await their bowl destination, which will be announced on Sunday, December 7th.
College Basketball
The #12 Iowa women’s team will make the trip to Rutgers on Saturday, December 6th, at 5 pm for their first Big Ten matchup.
The Iowa men’s team fell to #7 Michigan State last night 71-52. Bennett Stirtz led the effort with 14 points. The Hawkeyes will face off against Maryland on Saturday at 3 pm at home.
The #10 Iowa State women’s team will take on Northern Illinois on Sunday, December 7th, at 1 pm at home.
The #10 Iowa State men’s team will host Alcorn State tonight at 7 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1950 – The Cleveland Browns is the last NFL team with a no-pass game as they beat the Philadelphia Eagles 13-7.
1956 – Wilt Chamberlain makes his much anticipated varsity debut; scores 52 points and grabs 31 rebounds, breaking both all-time Kansas records in an 87–69 win against Northwestern.
2005 – First ACC Championship Game: #22 Florida State beats #5 Virginia Tech, 27-22.