High School Boys’ Postseason Basketball
For Class 1A Substate 4 District 8, in a rematch of last season, #10 Burlington Notre Dame executed on their sweet revenge, knocking Winfield-Mt. Union out of the playoffs with a 66-40 victory. The Wolves ended the season with a 14-10 record.
In the bottom half of the bracket, #3 WACO hung in with #2 Holy Trinity Catholic as the two squads were tied at 12 apiece at the end of the first quarter; but the Crusaders proceeded to shoot lights out, exiting with the victory 72-39.
Holy Trinity Catholic shot 60% from the field as four of their five starters finished the game in double figures as Luke Hellige led the way with a 24 point/10 rebound double-double. Crusader head coach John Hellige was happy to see his team share the ball,
“We didn’t know exactly what WACO was going to do, but we figured there would be some emphasis on Luke and Layne. So, you know we really talked in practice about taking advantage of the gaps no matter where they’re at and you know, be aggressive. You know, all these guys can play, they can all put the ball in the basket, and you know as soon as they get one or two to fall, they realize, ‘hey, you know I can do this.’ Yeah, total team effort.”
Christian Stacy put up 12 points for the Warriors as they finished the season with an 18-6 record. Warrior head coach Chayse Roth earnestly talked about his two senior leaders after the game,
“Yeah. I mean, Clayton Miller, he was a huge part of our team, he unfortunately got hurt right after Christmas and you know, that was a big blow for our team. I mean he was kind of our energy guy. He was our garbage guy, getting all those rebounds that we really needed and towards the end of the year we were really, really missing his activity on both sides of the floor. You know he’s going to be solely missed…”
“But Isaac Rich, what a great kid. I mean, he did so much for our team, way more than just scoring the basketball or, you know, playing defense. He is a leader. He was one of our captains. Really just kept everybody you know, kept the team together and that’s something that we’re really, really going to miss. You know, that’s one I wish was coming back, but he’s not. But we got a lot of young kids that will step up and we have some of those other players that will probably fill those shoes and take over that role for us.”
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against #10 Burlington Notre Dame for the district championship on Tuesday, February 25th, at 7 pm at Central Lee. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
For Class 2A Substate 5: District 9, #4 Central Lee fell to the #1-seed #10 West Burlington last night 75-57. The Hawks finished the season with a 13-10 record.
On the bottom half of the bracket, #3 Mediapolis lost to #2 Mid-Prairie last night 58-40. The Bulldogs collected a 13-11 record.
#10 West Burlington will compete against Mid-Prairie for the district championship on Tuesday at 7 pm at Knoxville High School.
For Class 3A Substate 6, #8 Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to take on the #1-seed #3 Knoxville and #7 Fairfield will travel to #2 Mt. Vernon for their first round of postseason action on Monday, February 24th, at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call for the Panthers game with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
High School Girls’ Postseason Basketball
In Class 2A Region 2, Danville will travel to Columbus tonight at 7 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
In Class 4A Region 4, Keokuk will play Clear Creek Amana tomorrow, February 22nd, at 7 pm on the road.
In the top half of the bracket, Burlington will take on Central DeWitt on Saturday at 7 pm.
High School Wrestling
Day two of the boys’ state tournament is in the books and 20 of our local wrestlers still remain in the bracket with the semifinals set. Here’s some of the highlights from day two.
In Class 1A, WACO will have two wrestlers competing in the semifinals as Ian Maize pulled of the upset against #2 Crosby Yoder of Logan-Magnolia by major decision in the 106-pound weight class and in the 190-pound weight class, Louden Huisenga continued his run at a perfect season with a win by technical fall over #8 Gabe Anderson of Hinton.
In Class 2A Burlington Notre Dame had two wrestlers advance to the semifinals in CJ Davis in the 126-pound weight class and Kaiden Dietzenbach in the 138-pound weight class, as Davis won his match over #7 Jayce Curry of Sergeant Bluff-Luton by an 8-1 decision and Dietzenbach pinned his opponent.
Also advancing to the semifinals in Class 2A was Fairfield’s Cael McCabe in the 113-pound weight class and Kyler Crow of Mediapolis in the 175-pound weight class as he continues his pursuit toward a perfect season against fellow undefeated #1 Zayvion Ellington of Sergeant Bluff-Luton.
If you would like to see a full breakdown of all day two action, then follow the link:
Class 1A Results: Day Two Results
Class 2A Results: Day Two Results
Class 3A Results: Day Two Results
High School Bowling
The state bowling tournament will begin on Monday, February 24th, in Waterloo. On the girls’ side, Keokuk will be competing as a team on Monday, while Mt. Pleasant’s Madalyn Millard and Bethany Drury will bowl individually on Tuesday, February 25th.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team lost another heartbreaker last night, this time against Richard J. Daley College 73-70. The Blackhawks will host Highland Community College tomorrow, February 22nd, at 7 pm.
College Basketball
The #8 Iowa State men’s team will be tested in a road bout against #5 Houston tomorrow, February 22nd, at 1 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will take on Washington at home at 3 pm tomorrow.
The Iowa women’s team will host #3 UCLA on Sunday, February 23rd, at 1 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will face off against #19 Baylor tomorrow at 1:30 pm on the road.
This Day in Sports History
1979 – Two Iowa girls high school basketball teams play four scoreless quarters as the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period.
1980 – Liechtenstein becomes the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion as Hanni Wenzel wins the women’s giant slalom at the Lake Placid Winter Games.
2016 – 58th Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin wins the closest finish in race history, by just 0.01s over Martin Truex Jr.