High School Basketball
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will stay at home to take on Burlington Notre Dame on Monday, December 2nd, at 6:45 pm, while the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Cedar Rapids Washington to start off the season at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Van Buren County will host Cardinal with the girls’ facing off first at 6 pm on Monday.
WACO will hit the road to play Holy Trinity Catholic on Monday with the boys’ scheduled to play at 7:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Louisa-Muscatine on the road on Tuesday, December 3rd, with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
Wapello will take on Pekin in a road matchup on Tuesday night with the girls’ tipping off at 6 pm.
Danville will face off against Mediapolis on Tuesday at home with the boys’ playing first at 6 pm.
New London will travel to West Burlington on Tuesday with the first game at 6 pm.
Central Lee will tip off the season on Tuesday against Holy Trinity Catholic on the road with the boys’ scheduled to follow the girls’ game at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will compete against Lone Tree on the road on Tuesday with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
High School Wrestling
The Mt. Pleasant, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, Fairfield, Mediapolis, Van Buren County, and Wapello girls’ teams will compete in the Fort Madison Tournament on Monday, December 2nd.
WACO will participate in the Washington County Quad meet on Tuesday, December 3rd, at Washington.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will host a dual against Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will compete in a quad at home on Tuesday at 6 pm.
The Wapello boys’ team will host a triangular on Tuesday at 6 pm.
High School Football
The Iowa Football Coaches Association released the 2024 All-State teams and these are our local athletes that made a team for their class.
For 8-Player, WACO’s Louden Huisenga was named All-State Second Team running back. The senior rushed for 1,072 yards and 23 touchdowns as he averaged 7.7 yards per carry.
In Class A, Kessler Whaley of Danville made the All-State Second Team as a wide receiver as he ranked 7th in Class A with 48 receptions. Whaley collected 839 yards and eight touchdowns in the second straight postseason berth for the Bears.
Class 2A featured two local student-athletes on the All-State First Team. Quincy Collins of West Burlington/Notre Dame rushed his way to multiple school records as he racked up a class-high 2,474 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns as the Falcons picked up their first playoff victory in program history.
Additionally, Mediapolis had Noah Schmidgall named First Team returner.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will host the Broadway Classic tonight at 7 against Lincoln Trail College.
College Football
#18 Iowa State will punch their ticket to the Big 12 Championship game with a win against #24 Kansas State tomorrow, November 30th, at 6:30 pm at home.
Iowa will take on Nebraska at home at 6:30 pm tonight. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
College Basketball
The #5 Iowa State men’s team will host Marquette on Wednesday, December 4th, at 7 pm in the Big 12/Big East battle.
The Iowa men’s team will start conference play on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 6 pm against Northwestern at home.
The #15 Iowa State women’s team’s offense was shut down by #4 South Carolina 76-36 in the first round of the Fort Myers Tip-Off yesterday. The Cyclones managed to shoot just 23% from the field as Audi Crooks and Mackenzie Hare combined for 25 points. Iowa State will take on Middle Tennessee tomorrow, November 30th, at 12:30 pm.
The Iowa women’s team started the Cancun Challenge off with a 69-62 victory over Rhode Island last night. Addison O’Grady led the Hawkeyes with 18 points in the win. Iowa will compete against BYU at 8 pm tonight.
This Day in Sports History
1934 – The Detroit Lions play their first traditional Thanksgiving Day home game and lose to the Chicago Bears 19-16 in front of 26,000. CBS Radio does the first national broadcast of an NFL game.
1962 – Major League Baseball decides to revert to one All-Star game per year, after four seasons in which two All-Star games were played.
1966 – The first NBA game at the Oakland Coliseum Arena: the Warriors beat the Bulls 108-101.
