Postseason High School Football
The UNI-Dome will house the semifinals of the State Playoffs starting today with Eight-Player leading off the path to the championships. Here’s the matchups.
For the Eight-Player semifinals, #4 Audubon will take on #1 Bishop Garrigan at 10 am, while #2 Woodbine will take on #3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck at the conclusion of game one.
Class A will feature three undefeated teams as Saint Ansgar will compete against Wapsie Valley at 10 am. MMCRU will tangle with West Sioux at 1 pm tomorrow, November 13th.
Class 1A will play on Friday, November 14th, with Grundy Center taking on Regina Catholic at 10 am and West Lyon facing off against South Hardin at 1 pm.
The Class 2A semifinals will lead off Saturday, November, 15th, with Osage and Van Meter playing at 10 am and Kuemper Catholic squaring off against Wilton at 1 pm. The Class 3A semifinals will follow with Bishop Heelan kicking off against Wahlert Catholic at 4 pm and Solon taking on Nevada at 7 pm.
The Class 4A semifinals will round out the slate tomorrow with Sergeant Bluff-Luton competing with Pella at 4 pm and Xavier squaring off against Newton at 7 pm.
Lastly, the Class 5A semifinals are set for Friday with Dowling Catholic facing off against Valley at 4 pm and Waukee Northwest dueling with Iowa City Liberty at 7 pm.
High School Girls’ Basketball
Mediapolis will travel to Burlington on Friday, November 14th, for a scrimmage.
Mt. Pleasant will host their jamboree on Monday, November 17th, with Columbus, Mediapolis, and Winfield-Mt. Union also participating.
New London will scrimmage against Fairfield and Van Buren County will take on Sigourney at a jamboree held by Cardinal on Tuesday, November 18th.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will host Black Hawk College at 5 pm tonight.
The men’s basketball team will tangle with Highland Community College tonight at home at 7 pm.
The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference released their Athletes of the Week for November 3rd through the 9th yesterday and SCC had two wrestlers earn the honor in Will Muniz and Evelyn Phillips.
Muniz went 5-1 over the last week in the 174-pound weight class, which included a 3rd place finish at the Maverick Open after defeating Cameron Braswell by a 5-3 decision.
Phillips made her name known to the rest of the state in a home meet against Indian Hills, when she pinned the #2-ranked wrestler Olivia Stean. Both teams will be wrestling tonight with the men’s team hosting and the women’s team traveling to dual North Iowa Area Community College.
College Football
#21 Iowa returns to action on Saturday, November 15th, in a road showdown against #17 USC at 2:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
Iowa State is now on a bye week.
College Basketball
The #21 Iowa women’s team will take on Drake tomorrow, November 13th, at 7:30 pm at home.
The Iowa men’s team will host Xavier on Friday, November 14th, at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will be on the call.
The #16 Iowa State women’s team will face off against Valparaiso tonight at 6:30 pm at home.
The #16 Iowa State men’s team will compete at home against Stonehill College on Monday, November 17th, at 7 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and Am 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1892 – Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500 to become the first professional football player in the Allegheny Athletic Association’s 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.
1990 – “The Body Bag Game.” After Eagles coach Buddy Ryan threatened to beat Washington so badly “they’ll have to be carted off in body bags” the Eagles defense scored two touchdowns winning 28–14, knocking six players out of the game.
2019 – Former Houston Astros MLB pitcher Mike Fiers reveals the team secretly “stole signs” via camera from visiting teams during the 2015-17 seasons; communication between opposing pitchers and catchers were intercepted and relayed to Astros batters.
The Mount Pleasant Community School Board meeting opened Monday night with a celebration of students who have officially exited the district’s English Learner (EL) program after demonstrating proficiency on the state English assessment.