High School Boys’ Postseason Basketball

For Class 1A Substate 4 District 8, in a rematch of last season, #10 Burlington Notre Dame executed on their sweet revenge, knocking Winfield-Mt. Union out of the playoffs with a 66-40 victory. The Wolves ended the season with a 14-10 record.

In the bottom half of the bracket, #3 WACO hung in with #2 Holy Trinity Catholic as the two squads were tied at 12 apiece at the end of the first quarter; but the Crusaders proceeded to shoot lights out, exiting with the victory 72-39. 

Holy Trinity Catholic shot 60% from the field as four of their five starters finished the game in double figures as Luke Hellige led the way with a 24 point/10 rebound double-double. Crusader head coach John Hellige was happy to see his team share the ball,

“We didn’t know exactly what WACO was going to do, but we figured there would be some emphasis on Luke and Layne. So, you know we really talked in practice about taking advantage of the gaps no matter where they’re at and you know, be aggressive. You know, all these guys can play, they can all put the ball in the basket, and you know as soon as they get one or two to fall, they realize, ‘hey, you know I can do this.’ Yeah, total team effort.”

Christian Stacy put up 12 points for the Warriors as they finished the season with an 18-6 record. Warrior head coach Chayse Roth earnestly talked about his two senior leaders after the game,

“Yeah. I mean, Clayton Miller, he was a huge part of our team, he unfortunately got hurt right after Christmas and you know, that was a big blow for our team. I mean he was kind of our energy guy. He was our garbage guy, getting all those rebounds that we really needed and towards the end of the year we were really, really missing his activity on both sides of the floor. You know he’s going to be solely missed…”

“But Isaac Rich, what a great kid. I mean, he did so much for our team, way more than just scoring the basketball or, you know, playing defense. He is a leader. He was one of our captains. Really just kept everybody you know, kept the team together and that’s something that we’re really, really going to miss. You know, that’s one I wish was coming back, but he’s not. But we got a lot of young kids that will step up and we have some of those other players that will probably fill those shoes and take over that role for us.”

Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against #10 Burlington Notre Dame for the district championship on Tuesday, February 25th, at 7 pm at Central Lee. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.

For Class 2A Substate 5: District 9, #4 Central Lee fell to the #1-seed #10 West Burlington last night 75-57. The Hawks finished the season with a 13-10 record.

On the bottom half of the bracket, #3 Mediapolis lost to #2 Mid-Prairie last night 58-40. The Bulldogs collected a 13-11 record.

#10 West Burlington will compete against Mid-Prairie for the district championship on Tuesday at 7 pm at Knoxville High School.

For Class 3A Substate 6, #8 Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to take on the #1-seed #3 Knoxville and #7 Fairfield will travel to #2 Mt. Vernon for their first round of postseason action on Monday, February 24th, at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call for the Panthers game with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.

High School Girls’ Postseason Basketball

In Class 2A Region 2, Danville will travel to Columbus tonight at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.

In Class 4A Region 4, Keokuk will play Clear Creek Amana tomorrow, February 22nd, at 7 pm on the road.

In the top half of the bracket, Burlington will take on Central DeWitt on Saturday at 7 pm.

High School Wrestling

Day two of the boys’ state tournament is in the books and 20 of our local wrestlers still remain in the bracket with the semifinals set. Here’s some of the highlights from day two.

In Class 1A, WACO will have two wrestlers competing in the semifinals as Ian Maize pulled of the upset against #2 Crosby Yoder of Logan-Magnolia by major decision in the 106-pound weight class and in the 190-pound weight class, Louden Huisenga continued his run at a perfect season with a win by technical fall over #8 Gabe Anderson of Hinton.

In Class 2A Burlington Notre Dame had two wrestlers advance to the semifinals in CJ Davis in the 126-pound weight class and Kaiden Dietzenbach in the 138-pound weight class, as Davis won his match over #7 Jayce Curry of Sergeant Bluff-Luton by an 8-1 decision and Dietzenbach pinned his opponent. 

Also advancing to the semifinals in Class 2A was Fairfield’s Cael McCabe in the 113-pound weight class and Kyler Crow of Mediapolis in the 175-pound weight class as he continues his pursuit toward a perfect season against fellow undefeated #1 Zayvion Ellington of Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

If you would like to see a full breakdown of all day two action, then follow the link:

Class 1A Results: Day Two Results

Class 2A Results: Day Two Results

Class 3A Results: Day Two Results

High School Bowling

The state bowling tournament will begin on Monday, February 24th, in Waterloo. On the girls’ side, Keokuk will be competing as a team on Monday, while Mt. Pleasant’s Madalyn Millard and Bethany Drury will bowl individually on Tuesday, February 25th.

Southeastern Community College                                                     

The men’s basketball team lost another heartbreaker last night, this time against Richard J. Daley College 73-70. The Blackhawks will host Highland Community College tomorrow, February 22nd, at 7 pm.

College Basketball

The #8 Iowa State men’s team will be tested in a road bout against #5 Houston tomorrow, February 22nd, at 1 pm.

The Iowa men’s team will take on Washington at home at 3 pm tomorrow.

The Iowa women’s team will host #3 UCLA on Sunday, February 23rd, at 1 pm.

The Iowa State women’s team will face off against #19 Baylor tomorrow at 1:30 pm on the road.

This Day in Sports History

1979 – Two Iowa girls high school basketball teams play four scoreless quarters as the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period.

1980 – Liechtenstein becomes the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion as Hanni Wenzel wins the women’s giant slalom at the Lake Placid Winter Games.

2016 – 58th Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin wins the closest finish in race history, by just 0.01s over Martin Truex Jr.

Des Moines, IA- Day two of the 2025 Iowa Boys’ High School State Wrestling Tournament is in the books with the semifinals set for Class 2A. Here’s a look at how our local wrestlers competed.

Burlington Notre Dame

106-Pound

#6 Kohen Dietzenbach advanced past #21 Andy Nuno of Bishop Heelan due to forfeit. This set up a matchup against #14 Brennan Jacobs of Greene County and the Nike pulled out the win by a 13-10 decision. Dietzenbach will compete against #7 Tyson Dewall of Spirit Lake Park in the consolation bracket Friday, February 21^st.

113-Pound  

#8 Rowan Berndt fell to #1 Urijah Courter of West Marshall by a 4-0 decision in the quarterfinals. The Nike will wrestle #12 Hunter Campion of Anamosa in the consolation bracket.

120-Pound

In the quarterfinals, #6 Colt Boyles fell to #3 Easton Enyeart by a 4-1 decision. Boyles will face off against #18 Gabriel Schnerre of Assumption in the consolation bracket.

126-Pound

The first Nike of the day to punch his ticket to the semifinals was #2 CJ Davis as he handled business against #7 Jayce Curry of Sergeant Bluff-Luton, earning an 8-1 decision win. Davis will compete against #3 Emmitt Newton of Davis County for a chance at the championship title.

132-Pound

#20 Jared Glendening was eliminated by #19 CJ McGregor of Algona in the consolation bracket. Glendening finished the year with a 40-15 record.

138-Pound

#2 Kaiden Dietzenbach pinned #7 Layton Yage of Estherville Lincoln Central to advance to the semifinals. He will take on #3 Logan McDonald of Grinnell with the winner to advance to the championship match.

150-Pound

Lunging for the upset, #7 Kael Cook competed against #2 Mikey Ryan of Mt. Vernon, but the Mustang kept the Nike at arms-length, winning by a 4-1 decision. Cook will wrestle #14 Brady Patterson of Benton in the consolation bracket.

157-Pound

On his journey toward third-place, #7 Dirk Boyles pulled off a win by technical fall by #23 Chayton Snethen of Harlan Community. Boyles advance to take on #18 William Goodlove of Mt. Vernon and collected another victory by technical fall. He will compete against Fairfield’s #3 Cason Miller.

165-Pound

#5 Blake Wilson was sent to the consolation bracket by #4 William Fullhart of Decorah after losing by major decision in the quarterfinals. #15 Ryland Morgan of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows will await his matchup in the consolation bracket.

175-Pound

In a southeast Iowa showdown, #23 Joey Glendening took on Fairfield’s #6 Dain Burkhart and was eliminated by the Trojan by an 11-5 decision. He ended the season with a 32-19 record.

190-Pound

In the consolation bracket, #21 Bridge Anderson fell to #22 Jayme Van Wyhe of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock by a 9-3 decision. Anderson finished the season with a 32-14 record.

Fairfield

113-Pound

The junior #2 Cael McCabe shutout #7 Kolbe Hansen of Iowa Falls-Alden in the quarterfinals with a victory by technical fall after not allowing a single point. McCabe will face off against #6 Simon Bettis of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont with the winner advancing to the championship match.

144-Pound

#19 Zandrik Allison lost to #20 Andrew Tjaden of Anamosa in the consolation bracket ending his tournament run. The Trojan ended his sophomore season with a 37-16 record.

157-Pound

#3 Cason Miller was upset by #6 Tucker Wheeler of PCM in the quarterfinal round in a 4-1 decision final. He will take on Boyles of Burlington Notre Dame in the consolation bracket.

175-Pound

Following #6 Dain Burkhart’s win over Glendening, Burkhart picked up another 4-2 decision win over #15 Landon Halverson of Humboldt. Burkhart will compete against #5 Charlie Campbell of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows in his quest for third place.

215-Pound

In a high scoring affair, #6 Dre Smithburg lost on a 15-8 decision against #3 Lucas Feuerbach of Solon in the quarterfinals. He will wrestle #10 Carson Grier of Williamsburg in the consolation bracket.

285-Pound

#20 Alex Hudson was pinned by #14 Layne Kleppe of North Fayette Valley in the consolation bracket. Hudson ended the year with a 5-5 record.

Keokuk

106-Pound

#12 Ryan Rose started off his battle through the consolation bracket with a win by major decision over #22 Teague Alesch of Algona. However, #4 Kline Kiburz of Winterset ended Rose’s day with a victory by major decision. The freshman collected a 44-11 record for the year.

Mediapolis

150-Pound

#21 Mason Johnson pulled off a quick pin of #11 Lane Gudenkauf in his first consolation bracket matchup. Unfortunately, his tournament was ended by #14 Brady Patterson of Benton as he executed a win by fall.

He finished the season with a 37-18 record.

157-Pound

In #17 Peyton Johnson lost to #18 Will Goodlove of Mt. Vernon in a narrow 9-6 decision finish. The Bulldog collected a 32-8 record for the season.

175-Pound

#4 Kyler Crow keeps winning as he snuck past #5 Charlie Campbell of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows by a 9-8 decision. In a battle of the unbeatens, Crow will wrestle #1 Zayvion Ellington of Sergeant-Bluff-Luton with the winner moving on to the championship match.

Washington

132-Pound

In a shocker, #2 Aaron Boone lost to #7 Carter Cajthaml of NH/TV in the quarterfinals by a 10-6 decision. The Demon will take on #6 Charlie Showalter of Hampton-Dumont-CAL in the consolation bracket.

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Des Moines, IA- Day two of the 2025 Iowa Boys’ High School State Wrestling Tournament is in the books with the semifinals set for Class 1A. Here’s a look at how our local wrestlers competed.

Class 1A

New London

126-Pound

The #19-seed Kane Foreseen started off day two with a pin of #20 Kimball Elliot of Lynnville-Sully to advance in the consolation bracket. Nonetheless, the Tiger would be eliminated by technical fall against #11 Owen Becerra of Missouri Valley.

Foreseen finished his sophomore campaign with a 30-7 record.

138-Pound

#13 Gage Burden will have to continue his path through the consolation bracket after losing by major decision against #5 Dustin Van Oort of West Sioux in the quarterfinals. Burden will begin his path toward 3^rd place tomorrow against #9 Chance Christensen of Riceville.

Van Buren County

106-Pound

#16 Leo Jirak was eliminated by #18 Truman Hogen of Central Springs by a 9-5 decision. Jirak ended the season with a 30-9 record.

WACO

106-Pound

Beginner’s luck? Whatever you want to call it, #7 Ian Maize will be one win away from competing for the state championship in his freshman campaign after defeating #2 Crosby Yoder of Logan-Magnolia by major decision.

Awaiting the freshman will be #3 Ethan Humphery of West Branch in the semifinals tomorrow.

120-Pound

#5 Gage Samo was hoping to get to the semifinals for his senior season, but #4 Cooper Hinz of Jesup stood in his way, defeating the Warrior by a 7-3 decision. Samo will take on #16 Boston Mateer from Interstate-35 in the consolation bracket tomorrow, February 21^st.

190-Pound

The Warrior has his eye on the prize, in his only match of the day, #1 Louden Huisenga routed #8 Gabe Anderson of Hinton, winning by major decision as he collected 17 points before the match was over.

The #1-seed will face off against #4 Jayden Dickerson of Shenandoah in the semifinals tomorrow.

Wapello

138-Pound

#8 Cohen Wolford had the dubious honor of attempting to end #1 Dawson Youngblut of Don Bosco’s perfect season. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be as Wolford lost by technical fall.

He will wrestle against #4 Landon Price of GT/RA in the consolation bracket.

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Des Moines, IA- The first session of day two of the 2025 Iowa Boys’ High School State Wrestling Tournament is in the books with the semifinals set in stone for Class 3A. Here’s a look at how our local wrestlers competed.

Burlington

106-Pound

The #2-seed Braxton Hutchinson had to take on #7 Abe Heysinger of Dubuque Hempstead in the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, in a contentious battle, the Grayhound fell short to the lower seed by a 1-0 decision.

Hutchinson will begin his journey toward 3^rd place tomorrow, February 21^st, against #11 Zander Manz of Lewis Central.

157-Pound

In the consolation bracket, #20 Adrain Perez-Hall and #19 Brogan Ganshert of Davenport Central engaged in a match that resembled a football score when the final whistle sounded, and Perez-Hall was the one standing victorious, winning by a 21-17 decision.

Nevertheless, Perez-Hall would be eliminated in the next round by #12 Gabe Rubio of Waukee Northwest by fall. He finished the season with a 35-14 record.

Fort Madison

113-Pound

#10 James Fuller could not shake off the loss from the day before as #24 Ike Heysinger of Dubuque Hempstead pinned the Bloodhound to end his tournament run. Fuller collected a 33-16 record for the season.

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