Prep Wrestling- District wrestling took place last night for all classifications to decide who will be attending the state tournament. To make it to state for Class 1A and 2A, a wrestler must finish in first or second place for their weight class and for Class 3A, a third-place wrestler will also qualify. Here are the state qualifiers from Class 3A for our local schools.

In Class 3A District 1, Fort Madison will have multiple Bloodhounds sprinting their way to the tournament as Noah Swigart won the 3^rd place mast of Edgar Mhoon-Lopez of City High of Iowa City for the 120-pound weight class. Logan Pennock fought his way through the consolation bracket to win the third place match of Jeffery West of Davenport North by fall in the 126-pound weight class. In the 145-pound weight class, Nolan Riddle took 2^nd place by no contest over Zach Fern of City High. Aidan Pennock also took 2^nd place by no contest of Landon Bell of Liberty in the 152-pound weight class. Teague Smith and Isaac Thacher each won their respective weight class, as Smith won by a 6-5 decision over Armon Williams of Bettendorf in the 170-pound weight class and Thacher claimed the top spot in the 195-pound weight class by fall over Ronan Numkena of Bettendorf. Lastly, Daniel Sokolik placed in 2^nd for the 220-pound weight class after besting Zander Glazebrook of Bettendorf by fall.

Burlington will have two wrestlers competing in the tournament as Saloman Cordero took 3^rd place over Landon Rudd of Fort Madison by fall in the 182-pound weight class. Braxton Hutchinson will be the over Grayhound going to state as he claimed 2^nd place over Kendall Kurtz of City High in the 106-pound weight class.

For Class 3A District 3, Ottumwa will have one Bulldog representative at state in Ashton Grace as he defeated Cale Nash of Clear Creek-Amana in the 2^nd place match by fall in the 113-pound weight class.

The state tournament begins on February 15^th and will run through the 18^th at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. KILJ will have results throughout those days.

Prep Wrestling- District wrestling took place last night for all classifications to decide who will be attending the state tournament. To make it to state for Class 1A and 2A, a wrestler must finish in first or second place for their weight class and for Class 3A, a third-place wrestler will also qualify. Here are the state qualifiers from Class 2A for our local schools.

In the Class 2A District 9 tournament, the state champions for last year, Burlington Notre Dame, will be sending six wrestlers to the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Carter West claimed first place over Emmitt Newton of Davis County in the 106-pound weight class. Kael Cook took 2^nd place after falling to Cael McCabe of Fairfield in a 5-1 decision, but then defeated Kade Martin of Davis County to punch his ticket for the 113-pound weight class. C.J. Davis also took 2^nd place as he defeated Rylee Moore of Keokuk in a major decision in the 120-pound weight class. Kaiden Dietzenbach took first place over Derrick Bass of Davenport Assumption in the 126-pound weight class. Isaiah Fenton also claimed first place in the 152-pound weight class over Jax Mosely of Centerville by tech fall. Lastly, CJ Walrath continues his dominant career by taking first place in the 182-pound weight class as he defeated Chase Diaz of Davenport Assumption by fall.

Washington finished with four wrestlers punching their ticket to the tournament with Aaron Boone winning the 120-pound weight class in a 3-2 decision over C.J. Davis. Caden Greiner claimed 2^nd place in the 132-pound weight class over Deken Sorensen of Davis County. Chase Greiner took 2^nd place in the 160-pound weight class in a no contest as he defeated Lyblie Chrstofferson of Burlington Notre Dame by major decision earlier in the tournament. Lastly, Curtis Stender won the 195-pound weight class over Sam Hash of Centerville.

Fairfield will have four Trojans competing at the tournament as Cael McCabe won the 113-pound weight class as mentioned earlier. Cason Miller snatched 2^nd place in the 145-pound weight class defeating Bowen Davis of Mt. Pleasant in a 4-2 decision. Dre Smithburg defeated Parker Moore by fall earlier in the day to claim 2^nd place by no contest for the 220-pound weight class. Brandon Brinkschroeder will by the last Trojan going to state as he defeated Aiden Plowman of Keokuk to take 2^nd place in the 285-pound weight class.

Keokuk will have one wrestler going to the tournament with Tate O’Shea winning the 138-pound weight class by fall over Zach Westercamp of Fairfield.

In Class 2A District 12, Mid-Prairie will have one wrestler competing at the tournament as Terry Bordenave took 2^nd place in a no contest for the 195-pound weight class.

Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union will have five wrestlers move on to the tournament. Dante Zuniga took the 145-pound weight class by fall over Jacob Youngbear of South Tama County. Triston Miller of the 152-pound weight class claimed 2^nd place over Levi VanDonsalaar of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont by tech fall. Cole Storm also placed in 2^nd after winning in a 6-0 decision over Cayne Hall of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont for the 160-pound weight class. Kai Malone claimed 2^nd place over Gavin Vesey of Williamsburg by no contest for the 220-pound weight class. Lastly, Russel Coil defeated Trenton Davies of Williamsburg by no contest to take 2^nd place for the 285-pound weight class.

The state tournament begins on February 15^th and will run through the 18^th at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. KILJ will have results throughout those days.

Prep Wrestling- District wrestling took place last night for all classifications to decide who will be attending the state tournament. To make it to state for Class 1A and 2A, a wrestler must finish in first or second place for their weight class and for Class 3A, a third-place wrestler will also qualify. Here are the state qualifiers from Class 1A for our local schools.

In Class 1A District 9, WACO was headlined by Gage Samo taking first place over Jackson Knapp of Lisbon by a 9-3 decision in the 113-pound weight class. Louden Huisenga also punched his ticket by winning the 160-pound weight class by fall over Jake Moore of Sigourney-Keota. Lastly, Drew Diers captured 2^nd place over Ryan Doud of Pekin for the 195-pound weight class.

Louisa-Muscatine will have one wrestler at the state tournament as Spencer Kessel won the 220-pound weight class by fall over Indy Ferguson of Lisbon.

In Class 1A District 12, Wapello will have two wrestlers competing at state with the first being Codder Malcom as he took 2^nd place in a no contest over Dakota Aney of Mediapolis of the 106-pound weight class. Zach Harbison claimed 2^nd place by no contest over Peyton Johnson of Mediapolis in the 138-pound weight class.

The New London Tigers will have four wrestlers heading to Des Moines with two of them having won their weight class. In the 126-pound weight class, Gage Burden took 2^nd place on a 11-4 decision over Trey Ramer of Durant. Dom Lopez won the 160-pound weight class by tech fall over Jordan Buford of Midland, and Michael Raines claimed first place in the 170-pound weight class on a 6-4 decision over Gatlin Rogers of Wilton. Lastly, Trent Wilkerson claimed 2^nd place over Grant Gray of Northeast Community by fall in the 195-pound weight class.

Mediapolis will have two Bulldogs in the running with Josh Glendening winning the 195-pound weight class on a 6-0 decision over Trent Wilkerson. Kyler Crow won by major decision over Ty Frasher of Cascade to take 2^nd place in the 152-pound weight class.

Wilton had 9 wrestlers win their weight class, but they will take 10 to the tournament. Mason Shirk won the 106-pound weight class, and Austin Etzel defeated Timmy Hosier of West Branch by fall to take the 113-pound weight class. Gabriel Brisker won by major decision to take Lincoln Edwards in the 120-pound weight class, and Brody Brisker took the 126-pound weight class by fall. Jordan Dusenberry won the 132-pound weight class by a 6-3 decision and Trae Hagen claimed the 138-pound weight class by tech fall over Zach Harbison of Wapello. Hayden Hill won the 145-pound weight class by an 8-1 decision, and Kaden Shirk defeated Caden Ballou of Midland by a 9-2 decision to take the 182-pound weight class. Lastly, Alexander Kaufmann won the 285-pound weight class by fall over Quintyn Rocha of West Branch and Gatlin Rogers won by no contest over Kamdyn Kraklio of Durant in the 170-pound weight class.

The state tournament begins on February 15^th and will run through the 18^th at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. KILJ will have results throughout those days.

Prep Bowling- The Southeast Conference had the conference tournament yesterday with Keokuk nabbing the titles for both the girls’ and boys’ claiming both by over 100 pins. Here is a look at the results for both tournaments and All-Conference bowlers.

For the girls’ side of things, Mt. Pleasant claimed 2^nd place by over 400 pins as Burlington took 3^rd place followed by Fairfield and Washington, respectively. Keokuk and Mt. Pleasant both finished with five SEC All-Conference bowlers, as the Panthers had the top bowler in Addison McGehearty, who finished with 415 total pins. Keokuk had the next five bowlers in the standings with Rachel Moore, Jaelynn Ketterer, Olivia Rule, Sophia Rule, and Natalee Alberts all earning All-Conference. Tori Hixson, Kylie Alldredge, Bethany Drury, and Kya Goodrich were the other Panthers to earn All-Conference. Fairfield and Burlington each had one All-Conference bowler with Rae Ehret for the Trojans and Katelyn Ott for the Grayhounds.

For the boys’ teams, Burlington finished in 2^nd place with the Panthers claiming 3^rd place. Fairfield and Washington took 4^th and 5^th, respectively. Burlington and Keokuk each had four bowlers claim All-Conference honors as the Chiefs had the top three bowlers in DJ Balentine, Pray Lawson, and Chase Hemann, respectively. For the Grayhounds, Austin Cooper finished in 4^th with 412 total pins followed by Keaton Lair, as Christian Snyder and Ian Mason also claimed All-Conference. Brayden Picton was the final Chief to take All-Conference. Fairfield had two All-Conference bowlers in Ian Aplara and Chase Johnston. Alec Payne was the lone Panther to claim All-Conference.

The state qualifying meet for the Keokuk, Burlington, and Mt. Pleasant girls’ teams will take place Monday, February 13^th, at 9 am as hosted by Keokuk. For the boys, Keokuk, Burlington, and Mt. Pleasant will have their state qualifying meet will by Tuesday, February 14^th, at 9 am also hosted by Keokuk. Fairfield and Washington will go to the Rose Bowl in Louisa-Muscatine at 9 am on the same day. To qualify as a team, you must finish as one of the top two teams at your site. To qualify individually, the top 8 scores from a site will make it to state.

High School Basketball

The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team had their 12-game win streak snapped in an overtime thriller last night against Fairfield, 69-68. The Trojans were on fire to start the game as JJ Lane hit a couple of tough shots; however, the Panthers would hang in there and be down by only one point going into halftime, 37-36. The Panthers went on a streak of their own to start the second half as they would lead by as much as eight points. This time for the Trojans, it was Riley Perkins who hit a couple of key threes to keep the Trojans in the game. With Payton Hagans suffering an ankle injury late in the third quarter, Aaiden Ashton stepped up his game finishing the game with 17 points and making a late shot to give the Panthers a three-point lead with only 15 seconds on the clock. Again, it was JJ Lane who hit a buzzer-beater three-pointer to even the game at 63, Lane would finish the game with 18 points. Perkins would hit two free-throws with 15 seconds remaining in the contest to give Fairfield a four-point lead. Ashton would hit one more three to give us the final score. Hagans would lead the way with 28 points on the night, followed by Ashton with 17 points. The boys’ will be back in action on February 14th against Pella at home for their final regular season game for the year. The girls’ team will travel to play Fort Madison on February 15th for their first game of the regional.

The Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ team will play Winfield-Mt. Union on February 14th. The boys’ team will play Burlington Notre Dame on February 13th.

The New London boys’ team will have their first round game against Danville on February 13th at home.

The WACO girls’ team will host Burlington Notre Dame on February 14th at 7 pm. The boys’ team will play Columbus on February 13th at home.

The Central Lee girls’ team will be back in action tonight, February 11th, against Davis County at 7 pm. The boys’ team will face off against Louisa-Muscatine on February 13th to start their District play.

The Danville girls’ team’s next game is February 14th against West Burlington to start their regional play. 

The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will play Holy Trinity Catholic on February 14th. The boys’ team will host Wapello for their first round matchup on February 13th.

High School Wrestling

The next competition for the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will be at the Class 2A District 9 postseason meet today. To make it to state, wrestlers in Class 1A or 2A must finish in first or second-place and third-place finishers in Class 3A District Tournaments will also qualify.

High School Bowling

Mt. Pleasant competed in the Southeast Conference tournament yesterday with the girls’ team finishing in 2nd place behind Keokuk. The boys’ team would take 3rd place as Keokuk took the top spot. The Panthers had a total of 6 All-Conference bowlers with five coming from the girls team. Addison McGehearty was the top bowler finishing with 415 total pins, Natalee Brush, Tori Hixson, Kya Goodrich, Bethany Drury, and Alec Payne all earned All-Conference for Mt. Pleasant. The Panthers will have their state qualifying meet on February 14th, hosted by Keokuk at 9 am. 

Iowa Wesleyan Athletics

The 23rd-ranked men’s team improved to 23-2 on the season and will face off in a Valentine’s Day doubleheader against Baptist Bible College at 7:30 pm. 

The women’s basketball team will be in action today at Haskell Indian Nations University at 1 pm.

The men’s wrestling team defeated Benedictine College 27-21, but fell to #1 Grand View University 51-6 last night. Lane Scorpil was the lone Tiger to win a match against Grand View. Josh Keller, Carson Coleman, Drew Evans, and Isaac Boucher won by fall with Brendan Ferenchik winning by a 4-3 decision against Benedictine. The next competition for the Tigers will be the 2023 Heart of America Conference Championship.

The women’s wrestling team will wrestle at the Warrior Open tomorrow, February 12th.

The Tigers Indoor Track and Field teams will be competing at the Darren Young Invitational this morning.

The Tiger baseball team will have a doubleheader against Hannibal-LaGrange University with the first game taking place at noon and the other game taking place after the first contest.

This Day in Sports History

1965 – Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee.

1974 – First Major League Baseball arbitration case; Minnesota Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins; Twins offered $23,000.

1990 – In a huge upset, James “Buster” Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the world heavyweight boxing title.