Boys’ District Basketball
In Class 1A Substate 5, #4 Burlington Notre Dame and Calamus-Wheatland will face off for the Substate 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 3A Substate 5, #5 Washington will travel to #1 Pella tonight at 7 pm.
#3 Keokuk will tangle with #2 Center Point-Urbana tonight 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
At the Class 2A State Individual Tournament yesterday, Keokuk’s Chase Hemann snuck into the final eight after totaling 695 pins in his three games, which included a game of 258.
In the finals, he would be bumped to the 7th place match where he would take down Western Dubuque’s Devon Rubner 234-189 for 7th place. ADM’s Cole Darling won the individual title with a game of 237 for the championship match.
Waukee would rally past Waterloo West for the Class 3A team title, winning the best-of-five series, 235-216, in the final game.
College Signing
Mt. Pleasant’s Kynlee White will be sprinting her way to Southeastern Community College after signing her letter of intent to join the women’s track and field program yesterday.
As a member of the Panther program, she is a three-time state qualifier, two-time Drake Relay Qualifier, and helped Mt. Pleasant reclaim their 11th conference title in the past 13 years after winning the last event of the night last season. For White, competing at the next level realized a dream that has been ongoing since middle school,
“Well, growing up, all I ever heard was you’re so fast, like all this, and it all kind of just came to me. Yes, I put in a lot of work to get to where I am today, but I would like to say I was born fast, whatever. So field day in elementary school, I always won those races, and I was like, maybe I should do track in high school, and I did middle school and had great experiences, and fell in love with it, and the team, if you have been on the team, which it’s not too late to join track if you’re listening and you can still go [out], but we just have so much fun, and I’m really glad I chose track.”
The 4×200 meter relay team broke the school record and managed to claim 10th at the state track meet last year. With the season starting on March 12th with the Indoor State Meet at Iowa State University, White is ready to roll into the spring season,
“Just do what Mount Pleasant Track does best, and go kick butt out there, and make it to Drake, make it to state, but that’s anyone’s goals, so just have fun…”
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team finished the regular season with a dominant 68-34 victory over Southwestern Community College last night, snapping an 11-game losing streak.
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 dropped their senior night contest to Oklahoma State last night, 88-77. Jada Williams tabbed a 19 point and 10 assist double-double in the loss. The Cyclones will square off against Kansas State on Sunday, March 1st, on the road at 1 pm.
The #9 Iowa women’s team will host Illinois tonight at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team breezed past Ohio State last night, 74-57. Bennett Stirtz led the charge with 22 points. The Hawkeyes have won 20 games in a year for the first time since the 2020-21 season. Iowa will travel to Penn State on Saturday, February 28th, with tip-off at 11 am.
The #4 Iowa State men’s team will face off against #16 Texas Tech on Saturday at 3 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
This Day in Sports History
1967 – 9th Daytona 500: Mario Andretti wins his first and only NASCAR Grand National event; the only time a driver born outside the US has ever won the Great American Race.
1981 – 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between the NHL’s Minnesota North Stars and the Boston Bruins. Boston won 5-1.
2017 – 59th Daytona 500: Kurt Busch wins after Kyle Larson runs out of gas on the last lap; Jeffrey Earnhardt makes NASCAR history as the first ever 4th generation driver to compete in the Daytona 500.