High School Basketball
Mt. Pleasant will host Keokuk on Friday, January 2nd, 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.
Central Lee will face off against Mediapolis at home on Friday with tip-off at 6 pm for the girls’ game.
New London will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic on Friday with game one at 6 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will have a home showdown with Danville on Friday with the night tipping-off at 6 pm.
West Burlington will compete against Van Buren County at home on Friday with the first game at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip to Wapello on Friday with the girls playing at 6 pm with the boys to follow.
Columbus will host WACO on Friday at 6 pm.
High School Wrestling
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will wrestle at the EBF Invitational on Friday, January 2nd.
The Mt. Pleasant, Van Buren County, Fairfield, and Mediapolis girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite on Saturday, January 3rd.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will hold the Nike Duals on Saturday.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will participate in the EBF Invitational on Saturday.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant and West Burlington will get back to action with the Louisa-Muscatine Invite on Saturday, January 3rd.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Iowa Lakes Community College on Saturday, January 3rd, at 1 pm.
College Football
#23 Iowa will take on #14 Vanderbilt on Wednesday, December 31st, at 11 am for the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
College Basketball
The #10 Iowa State women’s team will get back to action on Wednesday, December 31st, against Houston on the road at 1 pm.
The #14 Iowa women’s team picked up their first home Big Ten win of the season in resounding fashion, 99-76, over Penn State yesterday. Ava Heiden was a force with 27 points and nine rebounds. The Hawkeyes will square off against #20 Nebraska on Thursday, January 1st, at 1 pm at home.
The #25 Iowa men’s team will host UMass Lowell today at 4 pm.
The #3 Iowa State men’s team will face off against Houston Christian tonight at 7 pm at home.
This Day in Sports History
1955 – NHL officials wear new vertically striped black-and-white sweaters for the first time in a Montreal Canadiens’ 5-2 win over Toronto Maple Leafs.
2007 – Tom Brady sets a then-NFL record, throwing his 50th touchdown pass, and the New England Patriots become the first team in NFL history to finish the regular season 16-0.
2020 – The Milwaukee Bucks break an NBA record for most 3-pointers made by a team in a single game with 29 in a dominant 144-97 victory over the Heat in Miami.