High School Boys’ Postseason Basketball
In Class 3A Substate 6, Keokuk picked up a road upset, sneaking past Mt. Vernon last night 51-47.
The #4-seed Fort Madison was clobbered by the #1-seed #3 Knoxville 83-44 as the Panthers continue their undefeated season.
Keokuk will travel to #3 Knoxville on Monday, March 3rd, at 7 pm for the Substate Championship.
In Class 1A Substate 4, #10 Burlington Notre Dame will face off against #8 North Linn for the Substate Championship tomorrow, March 1st, at 7 pm at Iowa City High. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. Nike head coach Dan Kies is ready for a great matchup,
“I know North Linn has a great program. You know, always have a great pace to the way they play. They like pressure. They get after it. Should be a fun game. I just hope we’re ready to go and, you know, this is a big game, and we played some pressure games here recently, so hopefully the moment is not too big for us.”
For Class 2A Substate 5, #10 West Burlington will compete against #5 Grand View Christian for the Substate Championship tomorrow at 7 pm at Oskaloosa high school.
High School Girls’ Postseason Basketball
Class 5A will tip-off the state tournament on Monday, March 3rd, with #1 Johnston facing off against #8 Iowa City Liberty at 10 am. Other Class 5A matchups include: #4 Ankeny Centennial will take on #5 Pleasant Valley, #2 Dowling Catholic will compete against #7 Davenport North, and #3 Waukee Northwest will tangle with #6 Prairie.
Also starting their tournament run on Monday will be Class 3A with #1 Mt. Vernon going against #8 West Marshall. #4 Cherokee Washington will look to defeat #5 Estherville Lincoln Central, #7 Spirit Lake will look to knock off #2 Wahlert Catholic, and #3 Williamsburg will face off against #6 Des Moines Christian.
Class 2A will start on Tuesday, March 4th, along with Class 4A, while Class 1A will compete on Wednesday, March 5th. The Class 2A matchups include #1 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, looking to cap out a perfect season, facing off against #8 Treynor. #4 North Mahaska will verse #5 Central Lyon. #2 Regina Catholic returns to the state tournament to compete against #7 Maquoketa Valley, while #3 Hinton will take on #6 Rock Valley.
For Class 4A, #1 Bishop Heelan will face off against #8 Xavier with the winner competing against either #4 Norwalk or #5 Central DeWitt. On the bottom half of the bracket, #2 North Polk will tangle with #7 Sioux Center and #3 Maquoketa will take on #6 Dallas Center-Grimes.
Lastly, in Class 1A, #1 Saint Albert will lead off the day against #8 Dunkerton, followed by #4 Bishop Garrigan versus #5 Montezuma, #2 North Linn taking on #7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck, and #3 Newell-Fonda attempting to avoid the upset against #6 Springville.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will face off against Moberly Area Community College at 2 pm tomorrow, March 1st.
College Basketball
The #9 Iowa State men’s team will host #22 Arizona tomorrow, March 1st, at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will travel to Northwestern tonight at 8 pm.
The Iowa women’s team will take on Wisconsin at home on Sunday, March 2nd, at 3 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will face off against #14 Kansas State on Sunday at 3 pm at home.
This Day in Sports History
1940 – The first televised basketball game (University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University, 50-37).
1967 – Wilt Chamberlain sinks an NBA record 35th consecutive field goal.
1998 – Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is the 4th NHL player to collect 1,600 points.