High School Basketball
The West Burlington girls’ team will look to continue their momentum from Tuesday night’s victory into tonight’s contest against Centerville at home at 6 pm.
Fairfield will take on Albia tonight at home with the girls’ scheduled to start the night at 6.
Columbus will compete against North Cedar tonight with the girls’ playing at 6 pm for their home opener.
Burlington Notre Dame will host Central Lee tomorrow, December 6th, with the girls’ getting the night underway at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will stay at home to take on Danville with the girls’ scheduled to lead off the night at 6 pm tomorrow night.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will take on West Burlington tomorrow at 7:30 pm on the road, while the girls’ team will host Wilton on Monday, December 9th, at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will square off against Lone Tree tomorrow with the boys playing at 7:30 pm, following the girls’ game.
Wapello will travel to Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow with the girls’ tipping off at 6 pm.
New London will look to right the ship tomorrow on the road against Van Buren County with game one at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will commence conference play tomorrow 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.
WACO will face off against Pekin tomorrow with the girls’ tipping off the night at 6 pm.
High School Wrestling
The Fairfield boys’ team will travel to Davis County tonight.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will compete in the Raider Duals on Saturday, December 7th, at Williamsburg.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will travel to Burlington to compete in an invite on Saturday.
The Wapello boys’ team will host WACO and Mt. Pleasant on Saturday for the Willard Howell Tournament.
The New London boys’ team will host the Jeremy Fulk Classic on Saturday.
The Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, and WACO girls’ teams will compete in the Willard Howell Tournament on Saturday at Wapello.
High School Bowling
Fairfield will take on Burlington tomorrow, December 6th, on the road.
Southeast Iowa Playbook
Last night’s episode of the Southeast Iowa Playbook was a feature on Winfield-Mt. Union’s celebration of Cooper Buffington, who became the third Wolve to sign a National Letter of Intent to play football at a Division I school, FCS’ University of Montana.
Buffington, who has won the district Lineman MVP award unanimously the past two seasons and was named First Team All-State the last two years, discussed why he chose the Grizzlies,
“Well, they came down to watch me work out. I don’t know when, but earlier in the school year and then they wanted me to come to camp, so I ended up going out there to camp on June 8th and then ended up getting an offer later that week. I always went out to Wyoming, and I love the mountains. And I went out there and I landed, and when I got off the plane I jokingly said if they offer me [a scholarship] I’m gonna commit and then it came true, I guess. So, it’s kind of awesome.”
The senior finished his high school football career with 145.5 tackles, 12.5 sacks, 34.5 tackles for loss, five fumble recoveries, and ensured a free lane for rushing the football as Winfield-Mt. Union averaged more than 5 yards per carry each of the past three seasons and has scored 127 times on the ground in that same time span. Head football coach Scott McCarty said his skill was evident anytime you saw him on the field,
“Cooper is one of those kids that a lot of things don’t show up on the stat line on Saturday morning after the game. But then when you sit back and watch film, you watch how truly dominant he is. You know, he might not be the one getting the tackle, but because of him, we were able to get a tackle at or behind the line of scrimmage, so. A lot of his things were just, you know, they don’t show up on the stat book, but if you’re watching film and you know football, you know how good Cooper Buffington really is.”
If you missed last night’s episode, then follow this link: W-MU Episode
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 competed against their second top-five opponent this season and this time the Cyclones held on to beat #5 Marquette last night 81-70. Keshon Gilbert went a perfect 8 for 8 from the free throw line as he led the team with 24 points. The Cyclones will stay at home to take on Jackson State on Sunday, December 8th, at 6 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will travel to Michigan on Saturday, December 7th, at 1 pm.
The #20 Iowa State women’s team will face off against Central Michigan on Sunday at noon in front of the home crowd.
The #17 Iowa women’s team will take on Tennessee in the Women’s Championship Classic on Saturday at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1968 – Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins scores two goals in his goaltender brother Tony’s (also HOF) NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens in a 2-2 tie.
1973 – Chicago Cubs Ron Santo becomes the first baseball player to invoke the 10-and-5 rule and veto his trade.
1992 – The first SEC Championship Game: #2 Alabama beats #12 Florida, 28-21.