High School Basketball
The New London girls’ team lost to Van Buren County last night, 58-17, as Megan Lee put up eight points for the Tigers; the boys’ team collected their second consecutive victory, defeating the Warriors 65-50.
New London will travel to Burlington Notre Dame on Friday, January 16th, with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
Van Buren County will host Mediapolis on Friday with tip-off at 6 pm for the night.
Burlington Notre Dame split their South showdown with Central Lee last night as the girls’ team fell to the Hawks 65-48, while the #3 Nike boys’ team extended their division lead with a 64-48 final.
Central Lee will take on Danville on Friday with game one at 6 pm at home.
Danville and Holy Trinity Catholic each collected lopsided victories last night with the Bears girls’ team clobbering the Crusaders 59-8 and the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team trouncing Danville 74-30. Alaina Gourley cashed in for 26 points in the girls’ game, while Layne Rung tabbed 33 points in the boys’ game.
Holy Trinity Catholic will make the trip to West Burlington on Friday with the night beginning at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union split the night with Lone Tree with the girls’ team losing a physical contest 57-24 and the boys’ team winning a gritty 44-36 final. Madisen Kellogg scored nine points for the Wolves.
Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Hillcrest Academy on Friday with the night starting at 6 pm.
WACO was swept last night by Pekin 58-40 in the girls’ game and 44-35 in the boys’ game. The Warriors will look to regroup tomorrow, January 15th, in a home showdown with Louisa-Muscatine with the night starting at 6 pm.
Wapello traded their contests with Louisa-Muscatine last night with the boys’ team winning 58-47 and the girls’ team dropping their fourth consecutive game, 52-48, despite an outrageous 25 point/23 rebound double-double from Macey Kuntz.
Wapello will host Lone Tree on Friday with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
Columbus split their night against Hillcrest Academy with the girls’ team winning 47-32 and the boys’ team falling 78-42. The Wildcats get back to action on Friday at home with game one at 6 pm.
The #10 Mediapolis girls’ team clipped West Burlington last night 57-20, while the Falcon boys’ team outscored the Bulldogs 14 to 2 in the fourth quarter for a dramatic 44-41 comeback victory.
Fairfield will take on Pekin at home tomorrow with game one at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will host Burlington on Friday with game one at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
High School Wrestling
The Fairfield boys’ team was shutout at a quad in Oskaloosa, falling to the hosts 67-5, Albia 47-36, and Ottumwa 52-30. Dain Burkhart pinned Trey Parks of Oskaloosa in his lone match of the night. Noah Patel collected a pair of victories by fall. The Trojans will travel to Fort Madison tomorrow, January 15th, for a dual.
The Wapello girls’ team competed in the Lisbon quad last night and was swept, losing 48-30 against Lisbon, 42-24 against North Linn, and 42-11 to West Branch. Kenadee Helscher and Clara Ball finished the night undefeated for the Arrows.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Wapello girls’ teams will compete in the Cascade Tournament tomorrow.
The Van Buren County girls’ team will wrestle at a tournament in Centerville tomorrow.
The New London boys’ team will host a triangular with WACO and Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union in attendance tomorrow.
Mt. Pleasant will duel Washington at home tomorrow.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will hold a triangular tomorrow with Wapello joining the fray.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will travel to Pekin for a triangular tomorrow.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will square off against Highland tomorrow at home.
The WACO and Mediapolis girls’ teams will compete at the Mid-Prairie Invitational on Friday, January 16th.
High School Bowling
Fairfield will face off against Davis County at home tomorrow, January 15th.
Mt. Pleasant will take on Burlington at home tomorrow.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Southwestern Community College tonight at 5:30 pm.
The men’s basketball team will host Harry S. Truman College tonight at 7 pm.
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams will dual Iowa Central Community College tomorrow, January 15th, on the road.
College Basketball
The #19 Iowa State women’s team will play tonight on the road against Colorado at 8 pm.
The #11 Iowa women’s team will host Oregon tomorrow, January 15th, at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will look to regroup on the road against Purdue with tip-off at 5:30 pm tonight.
The #2 Iowa State men’s team was routed by an unranked Kansas squad last night 63-44 to end the bid for a perfect season. The Cyclones shot just 24% from the field in the first half last night, as Joshua Jefferson led the team with 12 points. Iowa State will look to restart the streak in a road showdown against Cincinnati on Saturday, January 17th, at 1 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1943 – Montreal Canadiens’ left wing Alex Smart becomes the first NHL rookie to score a hat trick in his first NHL game, a 5-1 win at home over the Chicago Blackhawks.
1951 – First NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: the American Conference beats the National Conference, 28-27; MVP: Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns, QB.
1993 – Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks two shots in a 96-89 win over the Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only the second player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks.