High School Basketball
WACO will face off against Lone Tree at home tomorrow, December 13th, with game one at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will stay at home to take on Highland tomorrow with the girls tipping off the night at 6 pm.
Wapello will host Hillcrest Academy tomorrow with the girls’ team playing first at 6 pm.
Van Buren County will compete against Mediapolis tomorrow at 6 pm at home.
Holy Trinity Catholic will take on West Burlington tomorrow with the girls starting the night at 6 pm.
New London will take on Burlington Notre Dame at home tomorrow with the girls playing first at 6 pm.
Fairfield will travel to Washington tomorrow for a doubleheader with the boys playing at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will host Danville tomorrow with game one at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to take on Fort Madison tomorrow with the night starting at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
Columbus will face off against Winfield-Mt. Union on Tuesday, December 17th, with the girls’ getting the night going at 6.
High School Wrestling
Fairfield will face off against Washington tonight at home.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will compete in a double dual today at home with Burlington Notre Dame in attendance.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Keokuk tonight.
The New London boys’ team will host a quad with Wapello attending tonight.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will compete at the Tiger Duals on Saturday, December 14th, at Grinnell.
The WACO and Van Buren County boys’ teams will head to Tri-County for their invitational, while the WACO girls’ will travel to Vinton-Shellsburg for a tournament on Saturday.
The Wapello girls’ team will participate in a tournament on Saturday at Marion.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, Van Buren County, Mediapolis, and Mt. Pleasant girls’ teams will compete at the Keokuk Invitational on Saturday.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will take on Keokuk today at home.
Fairfield will host Mt. Pleasant on Monday, December 16th.
Southeastern Community College
The #11 men’s basketball team will participate in the Highland tournament tomorrow, December 13th.
College Football
#18 Iowa State will face off against #16 Miami in the Pop Tarts Bowl on December 28th at 2:30 pm in Orlando.
Iowa will take on #19 Missouri for the Music City Bowl on December 30th in Nashville at 1:30 pm.
College Basketball
The Iowa men’s team will host #3 Iowa State for the Cy-Hawk Series tonight at 6:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
The #21 Iowa women’s team’s late fourth quarter surge secured a 75-69 win last night over #18 Iowa State in another rendition of the Cy-Hawk series. In a battle of star players, Audi Crooks shined for the Cyclones putting up 31 points and snatching 10 rebounds for a double-double, but it was Lucy Olsen’s 25 points and Hannah Stuelke’s own 13 point-10 rebound double-double effort that lifted the Hawkeyes to their 9th straight win at home against Iowa State.
Iowa will start conference play on Sunday, December 15th, in a road matchup against #17 Michigan State at 11 am.
Iowa State will look to regroup against Eastern Illinois on Sunday at home with tip-off at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1930 – The Baseball Rules Committee greatly revised the rule book; a ball bouncing into the stands is no longer a home run but a double.
1965 – Chicago halfback Gale Sayers tied the NFL record for most touchdowns in a game with six in a 61–20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers at Wrigley Field.
1968 – Arthur Ashe became the first Black person be ranked #1 in tennis.