Mount Pleasant — Caelen Shannon of Iowa Wesleyan has earned his first Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Wrestler of the Week award after a terrific showing at the Buena Vista University Open.
Women’s College Basketball: Wesleyan Falls to DII Quincy
Quincy (Ill.) — Breanna Wendland finished with 20 points and nine boards while Kyla Moore had 18 and seven but it was not enough as the Wesleyan women were beaten 56-53 by Division II Quincy.
Trailing by just three at half, the Tigers kept the game close until the waning moments.
Brittany West chipped in with 10 points and six boards.
Beth Martin-Matas paced the Hawks with 13 points.
Wesleyan, now 9-3, will enjoy a two-week hiatus before coming back to take on Cottey College on December 30th at Ruble Arena.
The game is set to start at 1:00 p.m.
It will also be broadcast on FM 105.5 and kilj.com.
Nathan Bloechl and Kent Bennett will have the action.
Men’s College Basketball: Quincy Bests Wesleyan in Rout
Quincy (Ill.) — Quincy jumped out to a 49-21 lead after one half and never looked back as the Hawks raced to a 99-51 win over Iowa Wesleyan last night.
Joey Brown led Wesleyan with 13 points and three rebounds while Victor Munoz added eight.
Jalen Stamps was the high-point man for Quincy, pouring in 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting.
The Tigers fell to 5-9 with the loss.
Wesleyan will return to regular season play this Saturday, December 18th as they take on Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The game is set to start at 4:00 pm.
Prep Wrestling: Busy Thursday of Action
KILJ — It will be a busy night of wrestling tonight with several area programs returning to the mat.
Starting in Fort Madison, the Bloodhounds will host Mount Pleasant and Mid-Prairie in a triangular.
Wrestling will get underway at 6:00 p.m. at the HoundDome.
In the Super Conference, No. 4 Notre Dame will travel to Wapello along with Columbus Community/Winfield-Mount Union for a conference triangular.
They’ll begin grappling at 6:00 p.m.
WACO will be on the road as well.
The Warriors, off to a nice start in 2021, will bus to Keosauqua for a Super Conference quadrangular with Louisa-Muscatine and Pekin and of course host Van Buren County.
Meanwhile in Mediapolis, New London and Cardinal will travel over for a Super Conference triangular.
If things break right, there could be a showdown of top-ranked wrestlers there tonight with Mediapolis No. 3 Quinten Aney and New London’s No. 1 Marcel Lopez, a recent commit to SIU-Edwardsville.
Similar to other sites, they’ll start at 6:00 p.m. this evening.
Sports, Thursday, December 16th
Women’s College Wrestling: Sunlin Named HoC Wrestler of the Week:
Iowa Wesleyan sophomore Alaina Sunlin has been named the Heart of America women’s wrestler of the week.
This is the second time this season Sunlin has won the award.
Last Saturday, the Monticello, Iowa native kept her perfect record in tact, as she improved to 11-0 on the year at the William Jewell Duals.
She won all four of her bouts in the 101-pound weight class, with wins over No. 9 Baker, No. 13 Missouri Baptist, No. 15 William Jewell and (RV) University of St. Mary.
She won via Fall in 1:18, Tech Fall 10-0, Tech Fall 10-0 and Tech Fall 10-0.
Sunlin and the Tigers will wrestle next on December 30th at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships.
Men’s College Wrestling: Wesleyan Sweeps Weekly Awards:
Prep Boys’ Basketball: New London Survives in OT, Other Area Finals
New London 50, West Burlington 47 (OT)
New London stayed unbeaten, but needed overtime to do it as they withstood West Burlington 50-47.
It was the debut for Blaise Porter after missing the team’s first three games.
Porter had 17 points, while Kade Benjamin chipped in with 14 points and nine boards.
West Burlington took a 39-30 lead into the fourth quarter behind a huge 20-8 third quarter run.
Parker Lau had 12 points to pace the Falcons while Brady Martin chipped in with 10.
New London, 4-0, will take on Danville Friday.
West Burlington will scrap with WACO.
Winfield-Mount Union 37, Mediapolis 23
Carter Loyd scored a game-high 13 points as Winfield-Mount Union outslugged Mediapolis 37-23 last night in Mediapolis.
Cam Buffington had 10 points, while Abram Edwards chipped in with six.
Winfield-Mount Union led 14-12 at halftime, before running out to a 23-11 run in the second half.
Elijah Grier and Jackson Hutcheson each scored six points to lead Mediapolis. Ryan Ensminger added five.
Winfield remained undefeated at 5-0.
Mediapolis fell to 5-1.
WACO 64, Van Buren County 29
Mason Miller had 15 points while Hunter Hughes chipped in with 10 as WACO rolled to an easy win over Van Buren County, 64-29.
11 different players got into the scorer’s column for the Warriors.
Jackson Manning led Van Buren with 13 points.
WACO stayed hot, they’re now 5-1.
Van Buren County slipped to 1-5.
Danville 72, Holy Trinity 35
Danville raced out to an early lead and never looked back as the Bears put it in cruise control in a 72-35 win over Holy Trinity last night.
Drake Johnson and Caiden Gourley paced Danville with 17 points apiece.
Sawyer Nelson scored 13 points, while Ty Carr finished with nine.
Danville, receiving votes in the latest AP Top 10 poll, is now 6-0 on the year.
Holy Trinity slumped to 1-5.
Other area finals:
- Pella 92, Fairfield 72
- Galesburg (Ill.) 76, Burlington 66
- Pekin 57, Columbus 22
- Wapello 48, Lone Tree 37
- Notre Dame 75, Central Lee 42
Prep Girls’ Basketball: New London Slips, WACO Wins in Busy SEISC Night
West Burlington 69, New London 20
Natalie Burden’s seven points and four steals weren’t enough as West Burlington raced past New London yesterday 69-20.
Abbey Bence poured in a game-high 25 points while Kenna Marlow had 18.
West Burlington moved to 5-1 and will take on WACO Friday night.
New London is 0-9.
Mediapolis 69, Winfield-Mount Union 44
Mediapolis head coach Todd Borrison won his 500th game as the Mediapolis ladies steamrolled to an easy 69-44 win over Winfield-Mount Union last night.
Hallie Mohr had a career high 33 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the field.
Hanna Wagenbach added 18 for the Bullettes.
Keetyn Townsley and Bradie Buffingotn led the Lady Wolves with 14 points apiece.
Winfield dropped to 6-2, while Mediapolis improved to 7-0.
WACO 45, Van Buren County 37
Ellah Kissell scored 28 of WACO’s 45 points guiding the Warriors to a 45-37 over Van Buren County yesterday.
Kissell drilled three triples in the win.
Grace Coble added eight for WACO, who improved to 5-2.
Shea Scott and Zoe Best had nine apiece for Van Buren, who fell to 1-6.
Other finals:
- Pella 56, Fairfield 51
- Pekin 41, Columbus 27
- Wapello 52, Lone Tree 24
- Holy Trinity 80, Danville 63
- Notre Dame 65, Central Lee 42
College Football: Four UNI Panthers on All-American Team
Cedar Falls — Four UNI football players have earned spots on FCS All-American Teams.
UNI seniors Trevor Penning and Jared Brinkman were named to the First Team Offense Defense Teams for all classes.
Matthew Cook was named to the Second Team Special Teams for all classes and also earned a spot on the all-American team reserved for sophomores.
Omar Brown also earned a spot on the sophomore defense team.
Penning was the only offensive lineman to be named as a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, which is presented to the national offensive player of the year in college football’s Division I subdivision.
He was the first player to be invited to the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
UNI finished their season 6-6, falling in the first round of the FCS Playoffs to Eastern Washington.