High School Basketball
Central Lee competed in the Rumble on the River last night and split their night with the girls’ team falling 53-27 and the boys’ team winning 52-38.
West Burlington will square off on the road against Central Lee tonight with the boys’ game following the girls at 7:30 pm.
The WACO girls’ team held close with Highland last night but ultimately lost 52-43 behind Kamryn Fink’s 20 points. The Warriors now head into winter break.
The #10 Mediapolis girls’ team clobbered Winfield-Mt. Union last night, 81-29. Grace Holsteen and Madden Thie each chipped in 17 points to the winning effort. The Bulldogs will host New London tonight with tip-off at 6 pm.
Columbus split their evening against Pekin last night with the girls’ team winning 41-37 and the boys’ team losing 66-60. Wapello will compete against Columbus at home tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will travel to Burlington Notre Dame tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Danville will host Van Buren County tonight with the night starting at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will travel to Washington tonight with game one at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Keokuk tonight at home with game one at 6 pm.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will compete in a quad in Burlington tonight with Central Lee also in attendance.
High School Wrestling
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team celebrated their senior night with a pair of dominant victories at their home meet last night, taking down Mediapolis 64-18 and WACO 61-18. Kohen Dietzenbach and Ian Maize participated in one of the most dramatic matches of the night with the Nike narrowly defeating the Warrior by a 1-0 decision. Jared and Joey Glendening and Kael Cook each finished the night undefeated, while WACO’s Braxton Stauffer and Kyler Crow of Mediapolis finished the night 2-0.
Mt. Pleasant traveled to Fort Madison for their duel and split the night with the girls’ team losing 54-18 and the boys’ sneaking out with a 45-35 victory. In the girls’ match, Paris Phosy and Quintrie Lee picked up wins by fall. For the Panthers’ boys’ team, Aven Beauchamp, Levi Evans, Charlie Bohenkamp, Kolbein Ostby, Keegan Birdsell, and Juan Lopez all pinned their opponents, while Ramzy Davis defeated Eric Cornelis by a 4-1 decision.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team hosted a quad last night and finished the meet with a 2-1 record, defeating Van Buren County 60-24 and Wapello 48-27, while losing to Iowa Valley 55-24. Bowen Thomson, Ronaldo Villegas, and Angel Ineichen finished the night undefeated.
Van Buren County smacked Wapello 51-29 as Leo Jirak finished the night unblemished. Wapello was led by Cohen Wolford as he left the mat without a loss.
The Fairfield boys’ team upended Burlington in a thrilling 42-41 finish. Alex Hudson, Noah Patel, and Aiden Holthus each collected victories by fall. The Fairfield girls’ team fell to the Grayhounds 60-24. Samantha Lyons, June Connor, Kensley Fligg, and Bailey Belzer each pinned their opponents.
The Fairfield boys’ team will compete at the Pella Invitational tomorrow, December 20th.
The New London, Mt. Pleasant, Van Buren County, Mediapolis, and Burlington Notre Dame boys’ teams will wrestle at the Fort Madison Invitational tonight.
The WACO and Wapello boys’ teams will participate in the Regina Invitational tomorrow.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will wrestle at the North Linn Invitational tomorrow.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will travel to Prairie tomorrow for an invite.
The WACO and Wapello girls’ teams will compete in the Warhorse Invitational tomorrow.
College Football
#23 Iowa will take on #14 Vanderbilt on December 31st at 11 am for the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
College Basketball
The #10 Iowa State women’s team will prepare to host their first conference game of the season against Kansas on Sunday, December 21st, at 1 pm.
The #11 Iowa women’s team will face off against #1 UConn in the Shark Beauty Women’s Champions Classic tomorrow, December 20th, at 12:30 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will travel to play Bucknell tomorrow at 5 pm.
The #4 Iowa State men’s team will stay at home to take on Long Beach State on Sunday at 5 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1904 – The Dawson City hockey team begins their 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup.
1984 – Wayne Gretzky, at the age of 23, is the 18th and youngest NHL player to score 1,000 points.
2010 – “Miracle at the New Meadowlands”, the Philadelphia Eagles trail the New York Giants by 21 points with eight minutes to play, before scoring four touchdowns in the final seven minutes, including a dramatic walk-off punt return for a touchdown by DeSean Jackson.