Boys’ District Basketball
In Class 1A Substate 5, #4 Burlington Notre Dame and Calamus-Wheatland will face off for the Substate 5 championship today at 4 pm at Iowa City High. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 3:45 pm.
In Class 3A, #3 Keokuk will travel to #1 Pella for the Substate 5 championship on Monday, March 2nd, at 7 pm.
Girls’ Postseason Basketball
For the Class 3A state tournament, #7 Mediapolis will square off against #2 Maquoketa for the state quarterfinals on Monday, March 2nd, at 8:30 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 8:15 pm.
The other Class 3A matchups include #1 Mt. Vernon taking on #8 Cherokee Washington, #4 Wahlert Catholic will face off against #5 Williamsburg, and #3 Des Moines Christian will tangle with #6 Forest City.
All-Southeast Conference Teams
The Southeast Conference (SEC) released their All-Conference teams for boys’ and girls’ basketball and Keokuk swept not only the conference crowns but the Player of the Year awards.
Starting with the girls’ teams, Kendra Boatman not only snatched the SEC title back for Keokuk but also earned her second SEC Player of the Year honor. The senior averaged 26.3 points, 4.9 assists, and five steals per game, which led the conference in each category. Moreover, she was named to the First Team all four years.
Elizabeth Mason, a teammate of Boatman, was also a unanimous choice for the First Team along with Mylee Stiefel of Burlington and Dayonna Davis of Fort Madison. Stiefel was second in scoring and led the SEC in blocks per game, while Davis finished top five in the conference in points, rebounds, and steals per game.
Hadley Wolfe of Fort Madison and Adalyn Long of Washington rounded out the rest of the First Team honors.
Over on the Honorable Mention list, Fairfield placed two seniors on the list in Faith Jones and Elyse Setterstrom, as they finished as the team’s two leading scorers. Jones nabbed a steal per game, while Setterstrom grabbed 7.2 rebounds per contest.
Mt. Pleasant was led by Abby Carthey, as she was the conductor of the offense. Along with notching nearly two assists per game, she finished with 7.7 points per game. Joining her was Paityn Ensminger. The junior will look to take over the leadership role next season after putting up 6.7 points per game and consistently generating second chances for the Panthers with 2.7 offensive rebounds per contest.
On the boys’ side, Keokuk’s Jaxon Clark led the Chiefs to their first SEC title since the 2014-15 season and to consecutive substrate championship games all while averaging a dominant double-double of 28.6 points and 17.5 rebounds. He was also a unanimous All-SEC First Team choice.
Joining Clark on the First Team as a unanimous selection was Nolan Guzman of Fort Madison and Jett Morris of Burlington. The pair finished 2nd and 3rd in conference for points per game.
Mt. Pleasant put two on the First Team in Isaiah and Noah Lange. Isaiah Lange was superman for the Panthers, tabbing the 5th most points per game (14), 3rd most rebounds (7.9), and the 6th highest field goal percentage (59.2%). His play got even better when Noah Lange got back into the lineup after winter break. In his 12 games on the court, Lange put up 11 points per game to go along with nearly seven rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Pointedly, with Noah on the court, the Panthers went 8-4.
Lastly, Nic Stone of Washington earned a spot on the First Team after averaging 3.3 three pointers made per game to lead the conference.
Additionally for Mt. Pleasant, finding a spot on the Second Team was Ryan Helling. The sophomore played in six less games, but still averaged the 2nd most three pointers made per game on 38.5% shooting to knock in 11 points per game.
On the Honorable Mention list was Aiden Humble and Grayson Lowery. In the two years as a starter, Humble buried 110 three pointers, which is the most in a two-year span going to the 2006-07 season. Lowery proved hard work paid off after going from first man off the bench to the starting lineup for 17 of the 22 games.
For Fairfield, Ethan Bisgard and Eli Zillman were placed on the Honorable Mention list.
For a full look at the All-Conference teams, then follow the links provided.
All-SEC Girls’ Basketball: All-SEC Girls’ Basketball
All-SEC Boys’ Basketball: All-SEC Boys’ Basketball
Middle School Wrestling
The 2026 AAU Kids State Wrestling Championships will be taking place today and tomorrow, March 1st, in Des Moines and Mt. Pleasant will be sending five wrestlers to the Casey’s Center in Jayden Maher, Kingston Baccam, Jackson Osterhaus, Carter Lawrence, and Axel Avalos Ramirez.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will travel to Marshalltown Community College tonight at 7 pm for their regular season finale.
The baseball team fell to Delgado Community College yesterday, 8-2. Efrain Osorio tallied three hits in the losing effort. The Blackhawks will play two today starting with a matchup against College of DuPage at 3 pm on the road.
The softball team split their two games yesterday falling to Metropolitan Community College 11-10 in extra innings then shutting out Fort Scott Community College, 8-0, to bounce back. The Blackhawks will continue the Midwest Classic today.
College Basketball
The Iowa State women’s team will square off against Kansas State tomorrow, March 1st, on the road at 1 pm.
The #9 Iowa women’s team will take on Wisconsin on the road tomorrow at 2 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will travel to Penn State today with tip-off at 11 am.
The #4 Iowa State men’s team will face off against #16 Texas Tech today at 3 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will have the call.
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.