High School Basketball
Danville traveled to Clark County over the weekend and swept their opponent 48-33 in the girls game and 61-52 in the boys game.
The Fairfield boys’ team dropped their fourth straight contest over the weekend against Hillcrest Academy 54-48. The Trojans are 1-6 entering winter break.
Look out on kilj.com for an outlook on the conference standings and stat leaders through a month of play with the Southeast Iowa Super Conference’s article being released tomorrow, December 24th, and the Southeast Conference on Wednesday, December 25th.
High School Wrestling
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Mediapolis boys’ teams will participate in the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont tournament on January 4th.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will host an invitational on January 2nd with New London in attendance.
The Van Buren County boys’ team competed in a duals tournament over the weekend at Dike-New Harford and fell to their three opponents Marshalltown 66-16, the hosts 66-18, and Mt. Vernon 72-6. Leo Jirak went a perfect 3-0 for the tournament, while Elijah Westercamp picked up a pair of wins. The Warriors will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational on January 11th.
The Wapello, Mt. Pleasant, and WACO boys’ teams traveled to Regina Catholic to compete in the Regal Invitational and the Warriors grabbed a trio of gold medals by the end of the day.
For WACO, Ian Maize in the 106-pound weight class, Gage Samo in the 120-pound weight class, and Louden Huisenga in the 190-pound weight class each finished 3-0 in their respective weight classes to grab the gold.
Mt. Pleasant had three wrestlers finish on the podium as Levi Evans, Jefferson Avalos Ramirez, and Ramzy Davis each finished in 4th place for their respective weight classes.
Lastly, Wapello’s Cohen Wolford took 1st place with three wins by fall in the 144-pound weight class. Carter Ball finished with the bronze in the 175-pound weight class with a win by major decision in the third-place match.
WACO will compete in a dual tournament on January 4th at BGM.
Fairfield will host a quad on January 7th with Wapello making the trip.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Highland for the Gary Curtis Invitational on January 11th.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team participated in the Bubba Randles Winter Classic over the weekend and Aubrey Valencia was the top finisher for the squad, grabbing 6th place after winning two of her four matches, while Josie Nelson took 7th place, collecting a 1-3 record. The Wildcats will compete in the Megan Black Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Invitational on January 3rd.
The WACO and Wapello girls’ teams traveled to Chariton for a tournament over the weekend and the Arrows secured a champion by the end of the meet. Kenadee Helscher took the gold in the 100-pound weight class, winning her match by fall. Clara Ball would finish in 2nd place as she lost by a 13-9 decision against Abigail Durflinger of EBF in the championship match of the 110-pound weight class.
Elyssa Graber was WACO’s highest finisher of the tournament as she took the bronze in the 105-pound weight class with a win by fall. Rylee Rice grabbed 4th place for the Warriors.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will host Washington on January 9th.
Southeastern Community College
The #20 men’s basketball team will take on Western Iowa Tech at home on January 8th with tip-off scheduled for 7 pm.
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 #3 Iowa State men’s team breezed their way past Morgan State yesterday 99-72. Tamin Lipsey led the scoring with 20 points to complement five assists and three steals. The Cyclones will start conference play against Colorado on December 30th at 8 pm on the road.
The Iowa men’s team defeated Utah 95-88 as all five starters finished in double figures over the weekend. Payton Sandfort led the way with 24 points as he also grabbed eight rebounds. The Hawkeyes will take on New Hampshire on December 30th at 6 pm at home.
The #22 Iowa women’s team will compete at home on December 29th against Purdue at 2 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team started Big 12 play with a loss over the weekend, falling to Oklahoma State 81-75. Audi Crooks collected a double-double with 28 points and 11 rebounds in the losing effort. The Cyclones will face off against Kansas on January 1st at home at 2 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1951 – National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cleveland Browns 24-17; first coast-to-coast televised NFL title game.
1972 – The “Immaculate Reception.” A deflected Terry Bradshaw pass rebounds off of Jack Tatum and into the outstretched hands of Franco Harris in the last moments of the game to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a 13-7 win over the Oakland Raiders.
1997 – Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson is the quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games).