High School Basketball
Columbus split their meeting with Pekin last night as the girls’ team picked up their fifth consecutive win, 55-39, and the boys’ team fell 63-35. WACO will compete tonight with the girls’ tipping off the night at 6 pm at home against Columbus.
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Keokuk tonight at home with the girls’ playing at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
Fairfield will take on Burlington at home tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Danville tonight with the boys’ leading off the night at 6 pm.
Mediapolis will host Central Lee tonight with the girls’ teams playing at 6 pm.
West Burlington will square off against Van Buren County tonight in a road matchup with the boys following the girls’ game at 7:30 pm.
New London will take on Holy Trinity Catholic at home tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union is in the middle of a three-game homestand with a game against Wapello slated to start at 6 pm tonight.
High School Wrestling
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team hosted an invitational last night and dominated their three duals, dismantling Cardinal 75-6, shutting out New London 82-0, and crushing Regina Catholic 60-11. Kaiden Dietzenbach and Tate Sherwood each had three matches and finished the night undefeated, including a major decision win for Dietzenbach over New London’s Gage Burden in a top 10 matchup for the 138-pound weight class.
New London fell to Regina Catholic 54-17 and lost on a tie breaker to Cardinal–the Comets had three forfeit wins versus New London’s one–in their two remaining duals. Gavin Menke-Bailey, Corbin Jacobs-Jewell, and Burden each scored two wins by the night’s end.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will participate in a Tri-Meet tomorrow, January 4th, at Davenport Assumption.
The New London boys’ team will travel to Durant on January 9th to compete in a meet.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Mediapolis boys’ teams will participate in the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont tournament tomorrow.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational on January 11th.
The WACO girls’ and boys’ teams will compete in a dual tournament tomorrow at BGM.
Fairfield will host a quad on January 7th with Wapello making the trip.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Highland for the Gary Curtis Invitational on January 11th.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will compete in the Megan Black Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Invitational tonight.
The Mt. Pleasant, Fairfield, Van Buren County, and Mediapolis girls’ teams will participate in the Keokuk Invite tomorrow.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will host Washington on January 9th.
Southeastern Community College
The #20 men’s basketball team will take on Western Iowa Tech at home on January 8th with tip-off scheduled for 7 pm.
College Basketball
The #3 Iowa State men’s team will face off against #25 Baylor in a home matchup tomorrow, January 4th.
The Iowa men’s team will compete against Wisconsin tonight at 6 pm on the road.
The #23 Iowa women’s team will face off against Maryland on Sunday, January 5th, at home with game time at 5 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will stay at home to take on Utah on Sunday at 6:30 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1981 – Golfer Johnny Miller wins the sport’s first $1 million tournament when he beats Seve Ballesteros in a playoff in the inaugural Million Dollar World Challenge at Sun City, South Africa.
1983 – Dallas running back Tony Dorsett sets an NFL record with a 99-yard touchdown run in a Cowboys’ 31-27 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings. There were only 10 Cowboys on the field.
1993 – “The Comeback”, quarterback Frank Reich leads the Buffalo Bills back from a 32-point deficit to defeat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime in a wild card playoff game; the second largest comeback in NFL history.
