High School Basketball
Columbus will head to North Cedar tonight with the girls playing first at 6:15 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will start conference play in a road showdown in Burlington tomorrow, December 5th, 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. Panther boys’ head coach Eric Rawson will be urging his team to focus as they get ready for the Grayhounds,
“Yeah, I mean, we just gotta come in with a killer attitude every day in practice, and it has been for the most part, our practices have been pretty competitive but when you start to sprinkle in some ones that you may lose some focus and concentration and I get it with Thanksgiving and the holiday and everything, but once you step onto the floor and into the gym, really got to knuckle down and dial in and be ready to go and practice and get after it. Yeah, Burlington’s certainly going to, you know, bring it. It’s on, it’s on their home floor, and it’s a rivalry. And they’ve got a great atmosphere over there. So, we’ve certainly got to be ready.”
Winfield-Mt. Union will remain at home tomorrow with a matchup against Lone Tree with the girls’ teams starting the night at 6 pm.
West Burlington will travel to Mediapolis tomorrow with the night tipping off at 6 pm.
Wapello will take on Louisa-Muscatine at 6 pm tomorrow on the road.
WACO will face off against Pekin tomorrow in a doubleheader with game one at 6 pm.
Central Lee will host Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow with game one at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will make the trip to Danville tomorrow with game time at 6 pm for the girls’ contest.
Van Buren County will face off against New London tomorrow in their home opener with the boys’ game following the girls’ contest at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield will start conference play tomorrow with a road matchup against Fort Madison with the doubleheader beginning at 6 pm.
High School Girls’ Basketball Rankings
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) released their second rankings of the season and southeast Iowa kept their two teams in the top 15.
In Class 3A, Mediapolis returns most of their talent from last year’s 21-2 campaign that saw the Bulldogs drop just one game against a fellow Iowan school. That experience led to a 51-point victory in their season opener and Mediapolis climbing up one spot in the polls to #11. Their defense is still their strong suit as they accumulated 19 steals against Danville.
Despite starting the year 0-2, Burlington kept their position steady in the Class 4A rankings at #11. The Grayhounds started the year with a gauntlet, taking on Class 4A’s #4 Clear Creek Amana and Class 3A’s #2 Williamsburg, both resulting in lopsided losses. The senior tandem of Mylee Stiefel and Daphne Brown have accounted for 71 of the team’s 86 points this season.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will duel Washington today.
Fairfield will hit the road to take on Burlington tomorrow, December 5th.
High School Wrestling
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will duel Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union on the road tonight.
Fairfield will host a quad tonight.
The Van Buren County boys’ and girls’ teams and the Fairfield girls’ team will compete in the Bill Rex Invitational tomorrow, December 5th.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will wrestle at the Cliff Keen Independence Invitational tomorrow.
The Wapello, WACO, and Mt. Pleasant boys’ and girls’ teams and the Mediapolis boys’ team will participate in the Willard Howell Tournament on Saturday, December 6th.
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 fell to Iowa Central Community College last night 91-58. Mia Stokes netted 16 points in the loss. The Blackhawks will face off against Northeast Community College on Saturday, December 6th, at home at 1 pm.
The men’s basketball team dropped their third straight contest last night, losing to Sauk Valley Community College 78-62. Isaiah Hynson led the scoring with 16 points off the bench. The Blackhawks will host Kankakee Community College on Saturday at 3 pm.
The men’s wrestling team fell to Ellsworth Community College last night 35-21. Carter Ball picked up three points with a 17-10 decision victory.
Both teams will participate in the Buena Vista Open with the women’s team wrestling tomorrow, December 5th, and the men’s team starting on Saturday.
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 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 pulverized Alcorn State last night 132-68. The team set school records in three-pointers (22) and points in a game. Three Cyclones finished with 20-plus points as Milan Momcilovic drained eight threes on his way to a game-high 27 points, while Joshua Jefferson dished out 10 assists and scored 24 points for a double-double. Iowa State will travel to #1 Purdue on Saturday with tip-off at 11 am.
This Day in Sports History
1909 – First CFL Grey Cup, Rosedale Field, Toronto: The University of Toronto Blues beat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26-6.
1909 – Oldest still-operating NHL franchise is officially established as J. Ambrose O’Brien and Jack Laviolette create the “Club de Hockey Canadien,” known today as the Montreal Canadiens.
1988 – Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score six NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers.