High School Basketball
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team had Cedar Rapids Washington on the ropes in their season opener last night, but the Panthers could not hold on, falling 59-55. The Panthers held a one-point lead entering the fourth quarter as they buried 10 three-pointers in the contest; however, after going 7 for 9 at the charity stripe through the first three quarters, Mt. Pleasant managed to go just 4 for 11 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter. Head coach Eric Rawson believes the team figured out their identity last night,
“We’re gritty, not pretty. We’re gritty. So, we hung in there. We fought, you know, it was one possession game with, you know, under a minute to go and, you know, down the stretch, you know, we make some free throws, and it could be a different outcome. You know, it’s a tough place to play on the road obviously. But we saw a lot of grit and determination and, you know, coming out in the second half, our turnovers got better. We started valuing the possession a little bit more and I like what we saw.”
Ian Reid led the Panthers with 19 points on the night with Noah Lange cashing in for 14 points in the losing effort.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team escaped with a 45-40 victory against Burlington Notre Dame last night. Kynlee White had a huge second half for the Panthers, scoring all 18 of her points in the winning effort. Daisy Hazell collected 16 points for the Nikes.
Mt. Pleasant will commence conference play on Friday, December 6th, at home against Burlington with the girls’ competing first at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
The Van Buren County boys’ team handled business against Cardinal last night 74-53. The Warriors will host Burlington Notre Dame tonight with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic swept their home opener against WACO last night with the girls’ team winning a low scoring game 43-37 and the boys taking the win 57-35. Brenna Graber led WACO with 14 points in the girls’ game, while Luke Hellige put up 16 points for the Crusaders.
WACO will face off against Pekin on Friday with the girls’ tipping off the night at 6 pm.
Central Lee will start the season tonight against Holy Trinity Catholic on the road with the boys’ scheduled to follow the girls’ game at 7:30 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Louisa-Muscatine on the road tonight with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
Wapello will take on Pekin in a road matchup tonight with the girls’ tipping off at 6 pm.
Danville will face off against Mediapolis tonight at home with the boys’ playing first at 6 pm.
New London will travel to West Burlington tonight with the first game at 6 pm.
Fairfield will compete against Oskaloosa tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Columbus will compete against Lone Tree on the road tonight with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
High School Wrestling
WACO will participate in the Washington County Quad meet tonight at Washington.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will host a dual against Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union tonight at 6:30 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will compete in a quad at home tonight at 6 pm.
The Wapello boys’ team will host a triangular tonight at 6 pm.
The Fairfield boys’ team will travel to Davis County on Thursday, December 5th.
The New London boys’ team will host the Jeremy Fulk Classic on Saturday, December 7th.
The Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Columbus, and WACO girls’ teams will compete in the Willard Howell Tournament on Saturday at Wapello.
High School Bowling
Fairfield swept Washington yesterday with the girls’ winning 1,852-213 and the boys dispatching the Demons 2,654-2,103. Autumn McBride’s 258 total pins led the girls, while the boys were anchored by Ethan Cass with 417 total pins. The Trojans will take on Burlington on Friday, December 6th, on the road.
Mt. Pleasant will duel West Burlington today at KingPins.
Southeastern Community College
The #11 men’s basketball team will host Kennedy-King College on Saturday, December 7th, at 7.
College Football
#16 Iowa State will face off against #12 Arizona State on Saturday, December 7th, at 11 am for the Big 12 conference championship.
Iowa will await their bowl matchup, which will be announced on Sunday, December 8th.
College Basketball
The #6 Iowa State men’s team will host Marquette tomorrow, December 4th, at 7 pm in the Big 12/Big East battle.
The Iowa men’s team will start conference play tonight at 6 pm against Northwestern at home.
The #20 Iowa State women’s team will compete against USC Upstate tonight at 6:30 pm at home.
The #17 Iowa women’s team will take on Tennessee in the Women’s Championship Classic on Saturday, December 7th, at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1950 – The Cleveland Browns is the last NFL team with a no-pass game as they beat the Philadelphia Eagles 13-7.
1956 – Wilt Chamberlain makes his much anticipated varsity debut; scores 52 points and grabs 31 rebounds, breaking both all-time Kansas records in an 87–69 win against Northwestern.
2005 – First ACC Championship Game: #22 Florida State beats #5 Virginia Tech, 27-22.