High School Boys’ Postseason Basketball
In Class 1A Substate 4: District 8, New London nearly pulled off the upset against Wapello last night, but Wapello hit a couple clutch threes in the fourth quarter to down the Tigers 55-51.
Down 29 to 22 at halftime, Tate Welcher provided a spark for the New London offense in the third quarter, scoring seven of his 13 points in the quarter to give the Tigers their first lead of the night and end the quarter up 43 to 40.
Nevertheless, Treyton Schulz had a night to remember for Wapello, dropping five three pointers and leading the team in points with 23 on the night. Kinnick Richenberger hit a clutch three in the fourth quarter as he finished the game with 16 points to help guide Wapello to the eventual victory. London Franklin led the scoring for the Tigers, collecting 15 points in the effort. New London finished the season with a 1-22 record.
Wapello will take on #10 Burlington Notre Dame on the road on Monday, February 17th, at 7 pm for their first round matchup.
The other first round matchups scheduled for Monday at 7 pm include Winfield-Mt. Union hosting Pekin in the #4-seed versus #5-seed contest. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
#2 Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against #7 Columbus.
Lastly, #6 Danville will travel to #3 WACO.
For Class 2A Substate 5: District 9, the #1-seed #10 West Burlington earned a bye and will await the winner between #4 Central Lee and #5 Louisa-Muscatine, while #2 Mid-Prairie received a bye as well with the Golden Hawks taking on the winner between #3 Mediapolis and #6 Cardinal. Both first round matchups are scheduled for Monday at 7 pm.
In District 10, Van Buren County will hit the road to compete against PCM for their first-round matchup.
High School Basketball
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team had the win in their grasp but Fairfield’s Riley Perkins connected on all three of his last second free throws to steal the victory from the Panthers last night in a 51-50 final. Mt. Pleasant will host Pella on Tuesday, February 18th, at 7 pm for their regular season finale.
The Fairfield boys’ team will take on Clear Creek Amana on Tuesday with tip-off at 7:30 pm at home.
High School Wrestling
The boys’ district meets start today with Van Buren County, WACO, and Wapello traveling to Pleasantville and New London will head to Wilton in Class 1A. For Class 2A, Burlington Notre Dame, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, and Fairfield will compete in Centerville and Mt. Pleasant and Mediapolis will venture to Williamsburg.
High School Girls’ Postseason Basketball
In Class 1A Region 7, Winfield-Mt. Union will play Springville on Tuesday, February 18th, at 7 pm.
WACO will travel to Sigourney on Tuesday at 7 pm for their quarterfinal matchup. Warriors head coach Lisa Graber talked about what her team is going to work on heading into their rematch,
“I just really think defensive awareness and then, you know, just sort of the basics, take care of the ball. We miss too many shots inside the paint and if we can pick those up a little bit that will make a big difference too. But they’re [Sigourney] just a really nice all-around team, so we’ll just, yeah, we have a couple practices to prepare for them. But I think this group competes really well. So, I know that that will come out there and we’ll compete.”
Holy Trinity Catholic will hit the road to take on Lone Tree on Tuesday at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
In Class 2A Region 1, Van Buren County will compete against Pleasantville on Tuesday on the road at 7 pm.
In Region 2, West Burlington will play West Branch tonight at 7 pm at home with the winner advancing to tangle with Columbus; Danville will take on Louisa-Muscatine on Tuesday at home.
Class 3A Regional action tips off tonight at 7 pm. In Region 1, #13 Mediapolis will face off against Washington at home.
In Region 4, Fairfield will travel to Williamsburg and Central Lee will make the trip to Mid-Prairie.
In Class 4A Region 4, Mt. Pleasant will make the trip to Keokuk on Wednesday, February 19th. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. The winner will travel to Clear Creek Amana on Saturday, February 22nd.
The top half of the bracket will feature Burlington playing host to Fort Madison with the winner to compete against Central DeWitt on Saturday.
High School Bowling
The girls’ state qualifying meets are scheduled for Monday, February 17th, and Fairfield and West Burlington will compete at Davis County, while Mt. Pleasant will travel to Keokuk.
The boys’ state qualifying meets will take place on Tuesday, February 18th, and Mt. Pleasant will make the trip to Keokuk to compete.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will stay at home to take on Indian Hills Community College tonight at 7 pm.
College Basketball
The #10 Iowa State men’s team will compete against Cincinnati at home today at 3 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
The Iowa men’s team will take on #25 Maryland tomorrow, February 16th, at 4 pm on the road.
The Iowa women’s team will travel to #9 Ohio State on Monday, February 17th, at 11 am.
The Iowa State women’s team will face off against Kansas on the road today at 4 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1973 – Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends their 138-game basketball losing streak, an unofficial boys’ high school record.
1987 – 1982 Masters champion Craig Stadler is disqualified from the Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot.
2000 – Martin Brodeur becomes the first (and only) goaltender in NHL history to get credit for a “game winning” goal as New Jersey wins 4-2 over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.