High School Basketball
In one of the few games that persevered on a night full of cancellations and postponements in southeast Iowa, the Mt. Pleasant boys’ team hung in against Cedar Rapids Washington, trailing by three at halftime; however, the Warriors exploded for 44 second half points to run away with a 73-45 victory over the Panthers. Head coach Eric Rawson knew the matchup was going to be a tough one, especially for a team that has not had abundant experience at the varsity level,
“Kind of working on endurance and you know for a lot of these guys, they’re playing at a different level this year and it’s a different speed and just the physicality of it and the mental portion of it, you know, I think it probably took a toll on us a little bit. You know we’re down 10 going in the fourth quarter and it just completely got away from us.”
It was two sophomores that led the scoring for the Panthers, as Carter Gehling netted 16 points followed by Isaiah Lange with nine points.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team had their contest against Burlington Notre Dame postponed last night. Both Mt. Pleasant teams will start conference play in a road showdown in Burlington on Friday, December 5th, with the girls playing first at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
WACO versus Holy Trinity Catholic was postponed last night.
Central Lee will tip-off their season against Holy Trinity Catholic at home with the girls playing first at 6 pm tonight.
WACO will face off against Pekin on Friday in a doubleheader with game one at 6 pm.
Van Buren County and Cardinal postponed their matchup to December 15th.
Burlington Notre Dame will host Van Buren County tonight with the girls’ teams playing at 6 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Oskaloosa tonight with the girls playing first at 6 pm and the boys game to follow at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will tangle with Louisa-Muscatine at home tonight with the boys’ game following the girls’ game at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will host Lone Tree tonight with the girls’ teams leading off the night at 6 pm.
West Burlington will compete against New London tonight on the road with the girls tipping off at 6 pm and the boys at 7:30 pm.
Danville will square off against Mediapolis on the road tonight with the night starting at 6 pm.
Wapello will take on Pekin tonight with the doubleheader starting at 6 pm on the road.
High School Bowling
Fairfield had their triangular canceled yesterday. The Trojans will hit the road to take on Burlington on Friday, December 5th.
Mt. Pleasant will duel West Burlington/Notre Dame today.
High School Wrestling
The Mediapolis, Fairfield, Wapello, and Van Buren County girls’ teams will compete at the Fort Madison Invitational tonight.
The WACO boys’ and girls’ teams will compete in the Washington County quad tonight at Mid-Prairie High School.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will wrestle in a quad at Muscatine tonight.
The Wapello boys’ team will participate in a quad at English Valleys tonight.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will duel Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union on the road on Thursday, December 4th.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Iowa Central Community College tomorrow, December 3rd, at 5:30 pm.
The men’s basketball team will hit the road to take on Sauk Valley Community College tomorrow at 7 pm.
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams will duel Ellsworth Community College tomorrow at home.
College Football
Iowa and Iowa State will await their bowl destination, which will be announced on Sunday, December 7th.
College Basketball
The #12 Iowa women’s team will make the trip to Rutgers on Saturday, December 6th, at 5 pm for their first Big Ten matchup.
The Iowa men’s team will be tested in their first Big Ten showdown of the season when they travel to face off against #7 Michigan State tonight at 6 pm.
The #10 Iowa State women’s team will take on Northern Illinois on Sunday, December 7th, at 1 pm at home.
The #10 Iowa State men’s team will host Alcorn State tomorrow, December 3rd, at 7 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1951 – Future Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Hutson has his #14 jersey retired by the Green Bay Packers; first number retired in franchise history.
1984 – Miami quarterback Dan Marino breaks the then-NFL single-season touchdown passing record when he throws his 37th in the Dolphins’ 45-34 loss to the Raiders; finishes the season with 48 touchdown passes.
1987 – “334” club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20″ of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 NHL victory over Calgary.