Caiden Gourley’s buzzer-beating field goal lifted Danville to a heroic, 42-41 win over Burlington Notre Dame last night.
The win propelled the Bears to Tuesday’s district final.
Drake Johnson led the way for Danville, with a game-high 17 points while shooting 6-of-11 from the field.
Sawyer Nelson and Ty Carr both added eight, while Gourley finished with seven — none bigger than the final two.
Notre Dame was paced by Gedi Boal and Jackson Brent who both had 10.
The Nikes ended their year 8-15, Danville improved to 21-2.
Winfield-Mount Union 48, Hillcrest Academy 43
It wasn’t pretty, but Winfield-Mount Union advanced to the district final to play Danville, earning a 48-43 win over Hillcrest Academy last night.
Winfield-Mount Union will play the Bears next Tuesday at Central Lee.
Cam Buffington poured in a game-high 22 points to lead the Wolves, while Andrew Brown added nine.
Abram Edwards finished with eight.
Winfield-Mount Union improved to 21-2.
Hillcrest Academy, who closes their chapter at 15-7, was led by Luke Schrock’s 15 points.
New London 78, Iowa Valley 57
No team in southeast Iowa is hotter than New London. The Tigers got 25 points from Kade Benjamin while Devin Swanson added 18 as New London cemented Iowa Valley 78-57.
The win moves New London to Tuesday’s district final.
Kooper Schulte and Blaise Porter both chipped in with 14 for the Tigers, who had four double-figure scorers.
Brody Ward led Iowa Valley with 18 points while Peyton Loffer chipped in with 11.
They end their season 18-5.
WACO 46, Montezuma 42
WACO used to a 17-5 fourth quarter run to bury the defending state champion Montezuma Braves, 46-42 last night.
The Braves led by eight at the end of the third quarter before the monstrous fourth.
Simeon Reichenbach, an all-state running back this past fall, scored a game-high 20 points while hauling in nine boards, as well.
Hunter Hughes added seven for WACO.
Montezuma, who beat perennial power North Linn in last year’s state finals, finishes this year 18-5.
WACO is now 19-4, they’ll play New London at Mediapolis next Tuesday in the district final.
In the interest of keeping Henry County residents informed, the Henry County Sheriff’s office has requested KILJ post the daily jail count. During the jail referendum campaign it was publicized that the jail would be able to house additional inmates from surrounding counties and this would generate revenue for Henry County.
Mount Pleasant’s show choir InMotion will be among 11 high school ensembles vying for honors Saturday at the 14th Dutch Masters Show Choir Competition at Pella High School. Mount Pleasant is scheduled to perform at 3:00 pm.
Two other area schools will also be competing at Pella. Fort Madison’s prep group Crimson & Black will hit the stage at 10:00 am and Swingspan goes at 2:30 pm. Central Lee’s CENTRifucAL Force performs at 11:30 am.
The top six groups from the daytime round will square off in the finals that begin at 6:15 pm.
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By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Des Moines — 16 KILJ-area wrestlers remain alive at the conclusion of the first day of the Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships.
14 of those 16 are in the winners’ bracket, wrestling tomorrow for their chance to advance to the semifinals.
With state championships in mind, the usual suspects fired hot on Day One.
In 2A, that meant outstanding opening round bouts for top-ranked 182-pounder C.J. Walrath — who stapled his first round opponent Wayne Johnston in :47 seconds — and undefeated Blaine Frazier, who inched closer to 200 career wins, rolling past Easton O’Brien (Atlantic-CAM) in 1:40.
Sam West and River Belger also clocked in and punched their timecard to the quarterfinals.
West cruised by Decorah’s Austin Wilkins by fall in 4:53, while Belger made quick work of Tate Schmitt (Hampton-Dumont) earning a pin in 1:28.
Isaiah Fenton, Carter West and Kaiden Dietzenbach all advanced to the quarterfinals with relatively easy first round wins, as well.
On the backside of the bracket following first round losses, 120-pound freshman C.J. Davis (NDWB) wrestled a gutsy 2-0 decision win over Crestwood’s Kole Johnson which kept his podium hopes alive.
Likewise, 138-pounder Tate O’Shea (NDWB) — who seemed to be nursing a knee injury — snagged a mettlesome come from behind wrestleback triumph in thrilling 4-3 decision fashion.
Outside of the Nikes, Columbus Community-Winfield-Mount Union’s Lane Scorpil continued to impress with a major decision, 8-0 success over Carter Lamont (Vinton-Shellsburg).
Scorpil will quarrel with Caelan Oakes-Sudhish (Southeast Valley) in the quarters tomorrow.
Not to be outdone, 1A did not disappoint.
The fireworks started when three-time defending state champion Marcel Lopez made mincemeat of overmatched Van Meter freshman Garrett Cole.
Lopez ripped his way to fall win in 1:06.
His younger brother Dominic, the three-seed in the 152-pound bracket, circled like a Tiger on raw meat establishing his presence this weekend with systematic tech fall win over Foxe Youngblut (Don Bosco).
Lopez will get Nashua-Plainfield’s McKade Nunn tomorrow in the quarters.
Josh Glendening also got out on the right foot junior upholding his end of the bargain with a workman-like fall win in 1:10.
Mediapolis’ lone qualifier Quinten Aney will hope to get revenge tomorrow.
Now 41-1 after a decision win over Sean Thompson (Logan-Magnolia), Aney will wrestle the only man to beat him tomorrow in Lisbon’s establishment name Cade Siebrecht.
WACO’s two qualifiers both advanced.
Freshman — not by appearance — Louden Huisenga showed he was ready for the spotlight.
The 12th ranked 145-pounder snagged an earth-shattering come from behind win over 11th ranked Myles McMahon of Don Bosco.
Human wrecking ball Jonah Clark looked like a kitten with a ball of yarn winning his bout with Maquoketa Valley’s Brady Davis by fall after leading 11-2.
The lone elimination on the entire day was New London’s Gage Burden, though you could hardly call his season a disappointment. Burden finished his season 37-19 with a state appearance now inked on his resume. His future is undoubtedly vivid.
Tomorrow’s morning session will begin at 9:00 a.m.
Mr. Tony Weinreich, 81, of New London, died Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Elsa Weinreich, 83, of New London, died Thursday, February 17, 2022 at Henry County Health Center, Mt. Pleasant. Arrangements for Mr. and Mrs. Weinreich are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.
Ottumwa – Marquis Bedford, convicted of Willful Injury- Causing Serious Injury and Prohibited Acts-Mfg, Del, Consp, or Poss w/Int-Meth LT 5 gm in Wapello and Jefferson County, failed to report back to the Ottumwa Residential Facility as required yesterday.
Bedford is a 24-year-old Black male, height 5′ 11″, and weighs 198 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on 10/15/2021.
Persons with information on Bedford’s whereabouts should contact local police.
On 02-15-22 at approximately 10:46 PM the Washington County Communications Center was notified of two people arguing at their residence. Washington County Deputies responded and separated the parties involved. Because one person involved was Washington County Deputy Robyn Hoppman, the Iowa State Patrol was called to investigate the incident. Personnel from the Iowa State Patrol arrived and after completion of their initial investigation arrested Robyn Hoppman for Domestic Abuse Assault with Intent to Inflict Serious injury, 1st offense. Hoppman was transported to the Washington County Jail and held pending her initial court hearing. After her initial court hearing Hoppman posted $2,000 bond and was released.
The criminal case is still under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol.
Washington County Sheriff’s Office has no further information reference the Iowa State Patrol’s pending criminal case.
Deputy Robyn Hoppman has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the completion of an internal investigation.
***A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the person charged is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.
