Boys’ District Basketball
In Class 1A Substate 5 District 9, #4 Burlington Notre Dame squashed a late rally by Holy Trinity Catholic to win the District Championship in consecutive years with a 64-51 final. Griffin Kies knocked down four of the Nikes’ seven three-pointers, as he finished with a team high 22 points, while Shay Stephens managed only 13 points. Crusader head coach John Hellige was proud of the way his team executed the game plan,
“Yeah, just really wanted to kind of try to slow him down as much as we could. Kind of limiting the transition and trying to control the defensive boards and limit our live ball turnovers is really what we tried to do tonight. For the most part, I thought the boys did a good job with the game plan.”
Layne Rung was a one-man wrecking crew for Holy Trinity Catholic, scoring 26 points on the night, as he finished his career with 1,148 points. Coach Hellige commended the senior’s effort,
“Amazing player, amazing player, amazing young man. He did everything this season we needed him to do. He’s kind of played behind a couple guys the last few years, and this year it was his turn to step into the spotlight, and boy did he ever. Had a great senior year, and just super proud of him.”
Holy Trinity Catholic finished the season with a 16-8 record.
In District 10, Hillcrest Academy had a chance late but Calamus-Wheatland made enough free throws to clip the Ravens last night, 48-46, to win the district championship. Hillcrest Academy posted a 20-5 record for the year.
Burlington Notre Dame and Calamus-Wheatland will face off for the Substate 5 championship on Saturday, February 28th, at 4 pm at Iowa City High. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 3:45 pm.
In Class 2A Substate 5 District 9, Central Lee fell to Regina Catholic last night, 66-41. The Hawks collected a 15-8 record for the season.
In Substate 5 District 10, Mid-Prairie rallied late but could not overcome the Northeast offense, losing 75-66. The Golden Hawks take home a 16-7 record for the year.
In Class 3A Substate 5, #5 Washington will travel to #1 Pella tomorrow, February 26th, at 7 pm.
#3 Keokuk will tangle with #2 Center Point-Urbana tomorrow at 7 pm on the road.
Girls’ Postseason Basketball
For the Class 3A state tournament, #7 Mediapolis will square off against #2 Maquoketa for the state quarterfinals on Monday, March 2nd, at 8:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 8:15 pm.
The other Class 3A matchups include #1 Mt. Vernon taking on #8 Cherokee Washington, #4 Wahlert Catholic will face off against #5 Williamsburg, and #3 Des Moines Christian will tangle with #6 Forest City.
High School Bowling
The Class 1A Individual State Tournament was held yesterday and Kaden Zear of Washington finished in 14th place with 681 total pins. Taking home the individual title was Landon Costello of Maquoketa by three pins, as he bowled a 249 in the championship match.
Denison-Schleswig shutout ADM in the Class 2A team championship, winning by at least 27 pins in each of the three games.
Keokuk’s Chase Hemann will compete in the Class 2A individual state tournament today.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will take on Southwestern Community College tonight at home at 5:30 pm.
The men’s basketball team will travel to Marshalltown Community College on Saturday, February 28th, at 7 pm for their regular season finale.
College Basketball
The Iowa State women’s team will square off against Oklahoma State tonight at 6:30 pm at home.
The #9 Iowa women’s team will host Illinois tomorrow, February 26th, at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will contend with Ohio State at home tonight at 8 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
The #4 Iowa State men’s team throttled Utah last night, 75-59. Joshua Jefferson led the team with 21 points, but the night belonged to Milan Momchilovic as he set the single-season three-point record, knocking down four for the night and currently sitting at 104 for the year. The Cyclones will face off against #16 Texas Tech on Saturday, February 28th, at 3 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
This Day in Sports History
1924 – Marie Boyd scored 156 points in a Maryland High School basketball game (163-3 final).
1941 – The Boston Bruins set a then-NHL record of a 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8).
2019 – Caitlin Clark sets the Class 5A state tournament single-game scoring record with 42 points in a game for Dowling Catholic High School against Waukee High School, winning in triple overtime.