High School Basketball
Mt. Pleasant was swept by Burlington last night with the girls’ team losing 56-39 and the boys’ team falling 67-51. Paityn Ensminger led the girls’ team with 15 points, while Noah Lange and Aiden Humble each put up 14 points for the boys’ squad.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to Danville on Monday, January 19th, at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will take on Oskaloosa on Tuesday, January 20th, with tip-off at 7:30 pm on the road. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 7:15 pm.
Fairfield dropped both games to Fort Madison last night with the girls’ team getting clobbered 62-30 and the boys’ team allowing the Bloodhounds to collect their first win of the season in a 62-52 final.
The Fairfield girls’ team will host Grinnell on Monday at 7:30 pm, while the boys’ team will face off against Pella Christian at home on Tuesday at the same time.
Burlington Notre Dame handed New London two lopsided losses with a 59-20 final in the girls’ game and a 79-45 thumping in the boys’ contest.
New London will compete against Central Lee on Tuesday at home with game one at 6 pm.
Central Lee split their matchup against Danville last night with the girls’ team losing 47-41 and the boys’ team running away with a 55-41 victory. Alaina Gourley cashed in for 26 points for the Bears in the win.
Burlington Notre Dame will celebrate their senior night on Monday against Wapello with the night starting at 6 pm.
The Wapello girls’ team knocked off Lone Tree 56-48 as Annaka Greiner collected a 17 point/11 rebound double-double in the effort, while the boys’ team fell 68-60 to the Lions in overtime.
The Van Buren County defense was no match for Mediapolis as the girls’ team fell to the Bulldogs 73-22 and the boys’ team lost 72-37.
Van Buren County will head to Davis County today at 4 pm for the Fox River Rivalry showdown.
Mediapolis will tangle with Burlington Notre Dame on Tuesday at home with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
The Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ team defeated West Burlington last night 59-51 behind Layne Rung’s 25 points, while the Falcon girls’ team flew away with a 60-26 victory over the Crusaders.
Holy Trinity Catholic will compete against Fort Madison today with the girls’ playing first at 2:30 pm.
West Burlington will host Keokuk today with the afternoon tipping-off at 3 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union was swept by Hillcrest Academy last night, as the girls’ team lost a 43-40 nailbiter and the boys’ team was outdone in a 62-42 final. Suttyn Schlee led the Wolves with 14 points. Girls’ head coach Mendy McCreight was pleased with the effort shown by her squad.
Winfield-Mt. Union will welcome Highland on Tuesday with the night beginning at 6 pm.
The Columbus girls’ team fell to Highland last night 54-30. The Wildcats will face off against Van Buren County on Monday with the girls’ playing at 6 pm.
The WACO girls’ team will travel to Iowa Valley on Monday at 5:15 pm.
High School Wrestling
The WACO and Mediapolis girls’ teams competed at the Mid-Prairie Invitational last night and the Bulldogs snatched 12th place with 42 points, while the Warriors finished with 40 points for 14th place. Annabelle Hedges claimed 3rd place for Mediapolis, while Emory Davis and Makayla Morrison led the Warriors with each taking 4th place.
The WACO, Fairfield, Wapello, and Mediapolis girls’ teams will compete at the Louisa-Muscatine Invite on January 24th.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Mt. Pleasant girls’ teams will travel to Pella Invitational today.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will wrestle at the Cascade Invitational today.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, Mediapolis, Fairfield, and Van Buren County boys’ teams will compete in the Big Red Invite today.
The WACO boys’ team will host the Warrior Invitational today with Mt. Pleasant, New London, and Wapello making the trip.
The Wapello girls’ team will host a triangular on Monday, January 19th.
High School Bowling
Fairfield will head over to the Ottumwa Invitational today.
Mt. Pleasant will host Fairfield on Thursday, January 22nd.
The State Qualifying Meet sites and assignments were released yesterday and here’s where our local teams will be heading on Monday, February 2nd.
Central Lee and Fairfield will bowl at King Pins at West Burlington for Class 1A. Over in Class 2A, Mt. Pleasant and Burlington will make the trip to Clinton, while Keokuk will head to Ballard.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Kirkwood Community College today at 1 pm.
The men’s basketball team will play Triton College today at 3 pm on the road.
College Basketball
The #19 Iowa State women’s team will travel to Oklahoma State tomorrow, January 18th, at noon.
The #11 Iowa women’s team will square off against #15 Michigan State tomorrow at home at 7 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will tangle with Indiana today at 1 pm on the road. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
The #2 Iowa State men’s team will look to restart their win streak with a road showdown against Cincinnati today at 1 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1970 – Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s.
1988 – AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns, 38-33; features infamous “The Fumble”, Browns’ Earnest Byner fumbles at the Denver 3-yard line with 1:12 remaining resulting in the loss.
2012 – LeBron James becomes youngest player in NBA history to record 20,000 career points during the Miami Heat’s 92-75 victory over Golden State; James, 28 years, 17 days old, passed Kobe Bryant, 29 years, 122 days old.