Henry County Health Center’s phone system is back in working order. Earlier Tuesday the hospital reported not being able to receive incoming calls. After working with the telephone provider, HCHC now says callers should be able to get thru.
Girls Prep Basketball: State Basketball Scoreboard
Des Moines — Day One of the IGHSAU State Basketball tournament commenced yesterday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Here’s a full look at the scoreboard:
5A
Johnston 47, Dowling Catholic 38
Pleasant Valley 52, Iowa City High 47
West Des Moines Valley 49, Des Moines Roosevelt 44
Waterloo West 67, Ankeny Centennial 59
3A
Unit Christian 40, Davenport Assumption 37
Estherville-Lincoln Central 49, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 34
West Lyon 38, Roland-Story 23
Women’s College Basketball: Clark Named B1G POW
Iowa City — University of Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
This week’s award is the seventh Big Ten Player of the Week honor this season for Clark.
In three games for Iowa last week, including two top-10 wins, Clark averaged 33 points, 9.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game.
Clark and the No. 12 Hawkeyes will face the winner of Minnesota vs. Northwestern on Friday at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis.
Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
Men’s College Basketball: Murray Nabs Big Ten Weekly Honor
By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Iowa City — University of Iowa men’s basketball sophomore Keegan Murray has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the Big Ten Conference Office.
The All-America candidate has earned the Big Ten weekly honor a program-best five times this season.
Murray is the only NCAA Division I player this season averaging 23+ points, 8+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks).
He has scored 25 or more 12 games this season, the most of any player from a major conference this season.
Closing the season in a flurry, the No. 24 Hawkeyes earned another easy, 82-61 win last night over Northwestern.
Murray finished with 26 points and 18 boards to improve the Hawkeyes to 21-8.
Prep Basketball: IBCA Announces Pizza Ranch All-Stars
KILJ — The Iowa Basketball Coaches Association has released their rosters for the upcoming Pizza Ranch All-Star game.
Several area names are honored.
On the Southeast Iowa Boys’ All-Stars is Mount Pleasant senior forward Dewon Trent, who paced the Panthers with 13.8 points per game and over seven boards.
He’ll be joined by SEC rivals Amarion Davis (Burlington), Kasen Bailey (Washington) and Dayton Davis (Fort Madison).
The team will be coached by former Mount Pleasant head and assistant coach Caleb Akey, who’s now at Burlington High School.
On the girls’ side, SEC standouts Malarie Ross (Fort Madison) and Abby Wolter (Keokuk) made the Southeast Iowa Girls’ All-Stars.
Super Conference leaders Megan Harrell (Notre Dame) and Kaylee Corbin (Louisa-Muscatine) also were selected.
Mount Pleasant head coach Curt Watson will co-coach the Southeast Iowa Girls’ All-stars with Tipton’s Matt Bolger.
Sports, March 1st
Girls Prep Basketball: State Basketball Scoreboard
Day One of the IGHSAU State Basketball tournament commenced yesterday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Here’s a full look at the scoreboard:
5A
Johnston 47, Dowling Catholic 38
Pleasant Valley 52, Iowa City High 47
West Des Moines Valley 49, Des Moines Roosevelt 44
Waterloo West 67, Ankeny Centennial 59
3A
Unit Christian 40, Davenport Assumption 37
Estherville-Lincoln Central 49, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 34
West Lyon 38, Roland-Story 23
College Softball: Wesleyan Drops Two
The Iowa Wesleyan softball team (0-2) dropped a pair of games this weekend as they opened up their 2022 season.
Playing in Columbia, Missouri, the Tigers fell 10-7 to Kentucky State and 6-4 to Stephens College.
Ariana Wolfard had a triple for the Tigers against Stephens, while Emilee Rooney had a three hit game against Kentucky State.
Wesleyan will be in action again on Sunday, March 6th as they travel Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to take on Madonna University (MI.) and Goldey Beacom College (DE.).
Women’s College Basketball: Clark Named B1G POW
University of Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
This week’s award is the seventh Big Ten Player of the Week honor this season for Clark.
In three games for Iowa last week, including two top-10 wins, Clark averaged 33 points, 9.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game.
Clark and the No. 12 Hawkeyes will face the winner of Minnesota vs. Northwestern on Friday at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis.
Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
Men’s College Basketball: Murray Nabs Big Ten Weekly Honor
University of Iowa men’s basketball sophomore Keegan Murray has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the Big Ten Conference Office.
The All-America candidate has earned the Big Ten weekly honor a program-best five times this season.
Murray is the only NCAA Division I player this season averaging 23+ points, 8+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks).
He has scored 25 or more 12 games this season, the most of any player from a major conference this season.
Closing the season in a flurry, the No. 24 Hawkeyes earned another easy, 82-61 win.
Murray finished with 26 points and 18 boards to improve the Hawkeyes to 21-8.
Man Dies After Falling Thru the Ice (update)
On February 28, at 5:07pm Des Moines County Sheriff’s deputies along with the Mediapolis Fire Department responded to an address in rural Mediapolis after receiving a 911 call from a male asking for help. Sheriff deputies and fire personnel arrived and found an adult male who had falling through the ice while fishing. After pulling this subject to safety it was learned that a second male subject had also fallen through the ice and was still under the water. Mediapolis Fire Department utilized their training and equipment to begin searching for this second subject. At 6:35pm the second subject was pulled from the water. Both subjects were transported to the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center. The two subjects are brothers, ages 69 and 71, Patrick and Michael Vaughn from Davenport Iowa. Patrick Vaughn was pronounced deceased at Southeast Iowa Medical Center upon arrival.
Four Juveniles from Christamore Found in Keokuk
Four juveniles who allegedly stole a car in Mount Pleasant on Thursday, after leaving the Christamore Family Treatment Center, were found in Keokuk with the stolen car and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center. Charges are being filed in Henry and Lee Counties. On February 23 at approximately 4:20 pm the Christamore House, on S Iris Rd in Mt Pleasant, reported two female runaways from their facility that had left approximately 15 minutes earlier. They later returned on their own accord. At approximately 6:30 pm the same two females and two males ran away from the facility which was reported 10 minutes later to law enforcement. At about 9 pm a local citizen located them going through his vehicle and chased them off and notified law enforcement.
The Mt Pleasant PD encourages people to lock the vehicles and residences. Anyone who sees suspicious activity is encouraged to contact the Mt Pleasant PD at 319 385-1450.
Anyone with concerns about the facility and issues there is encouraged to contact the Director of DHS via email director@dhs.state.ia.us , Juvenile Court Services Michael.Rempe@iowacourts.gov or your local elected officials joe.mitchell@legis.iowa.gov or jdreichman@yahoo.com