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 tomorrow, 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 tomorrow, December 31st, against Houston on the road at 1 pm.
The #14 Iowa women’s team will square off against #20 Nebraska on Thursday, January 1st, at 1 pm at home.
The #25 Iowa men’s team dumped UMass Lowell 90-62 last night. Bennett Stirtz led the squad with 22 points in the effort. The Hawkeyes will get back to Big Ten play when they take on UCLA on Saturday, January 3rd, at home at 5 pm.
The #3 Iowa State men’s team made it 42 straight non-conference victories at home last night after dispatching Houston Christian 89-61. Joshua Jefferson had an all-around great game, tabbing 23 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and two steals. The Cyclones open up Big 12 play at home on Friday, January 2nd, against West Virginia with gametime at 8 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1907 – The Mills Committee declares baseball was invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York; widely disproven, now known as “the Doubleday myth.”
1981 – Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals and an assist in Edmonton’s 7-5 win over Philadelphia; gives Gretzky 50 goals in 39 games, the fastest 50 in 50 in NHL history; also sets an NHL record with a 15-game assist streak.
2020 – San Antonio assistant Becky Hammon becomes the first female to coach an NBA team after Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is ejected in a 121-107 loss to the LA Lakers.