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 today at 11 am for the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
College Basketball
The #10 Iowa State women’s team will get back to action today 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 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 opens up Big 12 play at home on Friday, January 2nd, against West Virginia with gametime at 8 pm. Joshua Jefferson was put on the Big 12 Starting Five yesterday after his stat-sheet stuffer night against Houston Christian. It was his 19th-consecutive game in double figures and is the only player in the nation averaging at least 17 points, seven rebounds, and five assists per game.
This Day in Sports History
1961 – National Football League Championship, City Stadium, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0; first of 5 NFL titles won in 7-season span by Packers head coach, Vince Lombardi.
1967 – NFL Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in “The Ice Bowl” as temperatures rest at -13 degrees Fahrenheit.
1988 – A heavy, dense fog rolls over Soldier Field in Chicago during the second quarter of the Bears vs. Eagles NFC Divisional Playoff Game, cutting visibility to 15-20 yards in a game known as “The Fog Bowl” (Bears win 20-12).