High School Basketball
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will host Burlington tonight at 7:30 pm. The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Fairfield tomorrow, February 9th, at 7:30 pm.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will take on Tipton tonight at 7:30 pm at home.
The Central Lee boys’ team will face off against Davis County tonight at 7:30 pm on the road.
Girls’ Basketball Regional Pairings
Regional basketball is set to begin for Class 1A tonight and classes 2A and 3A will begin on Saturday, February 10th. Here’s a look at our local matchups.
In Class 1A Region 7, Lone Tree will host Winfield-Mt. Union.
Danville will take on Burlington Notre Dame with the Bears acting as host. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
Both games are set to begin at 7 pm tonight with the winner of the two games competing against one another.
In Class 1A Region 8, WACO will face off against Hillcrest Academy at home and New London will travel to #15 Holy Trinity Catholic. KILJ AM 1130, 98.5 FM, and kilj.com will be covering the Crusaders and Tigers. Both games are scheduled to start at 7 pm tonight.
For Class 2A Region 6, Van Buren County hits the road to face off against Pleasantville on Saturday at 7 pm. Columbus will host West Burlington on February 13th at 7 pm.
In Class 3A Region 1, Mediapolis will host Central Lee on Saturday at 7 pm.
In Class 3A Region 5, Fairfield will take on the top seed Solon on the road and Washington will host Davis County. Both games will take place on Saturday at 7 pm.
The Regional brackets for classes 4A and 5A were released and Class 4A Region 1 is the place for Southeast Iowa basketball.
Mt. Pleasant will hit the road to take on Oskaloosa for the second time this season as Oskaloosa won that matchup 55-17. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
The winner of this game will take on #1 Clear Creek-Amana, who boasts a 20-0 record.
On the bottom half of the bracket, it will be a Southeast Conference matchup between Fort Madison and Burlington. These two have traded games this season with the Grayhounds winning round one 47-39 and the Bloodhounds taking the most recent contest 58-48.
The winner will be tasked with a road matchup against Keokuk. The first-round is scheduled to begin on February 14th at 7 pm.
Boys’ Basketball District Matchups
The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has released the brackets for District play set to begin tomorrow, February 9th, for the Class 1A preliminary round. All games will start at 7 pm. Here’s our local matchups.
In Class 1A Substate 5: District 9, New London and Columbus are set to rumble tomorrow at New London in the preliminary round with the winner moving on to play the top seed, #5 Winfield-Mt. Union. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call.
The first-round games will be played on Monday, February 12th, and Danville will take on Sigourney at home. Burlington Notre Dame will host Wapello and WACO will face off against Pekin at home.
In District 10, Holy Trinity Catholic holds the top spot and will compete against either Seymour or Tri-County on Monday at home.
Class 2A, Substate 4 District 7 will be headlined by the undefeated #8 West Burlington Falcons. Central Lee and Louisa-Muscatine will compete on Monday with the winner moving on to face off against the Falcons.
On the bottom half of the bracket, Mediapolis will host Van Buren County on Monday with the winner to move on and travel to West Branch on Thursday, February 15th, for the second-round matchup.
The brackets for classes 3A and 4A will be released on Monday with their first-round matchups taking place on February 19th.
High School Wrestling
New London and WACO will travel to Wilton to compete in districts. Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union will wrestle at Solon, while Mt. Pleasant will travel to Fairfield with Burlington Notre Dame, Keokuk, and Mediapolis also in attendance. Districts will take place on Saturday, February 10th, at 10 am.
High School Bowling
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will be heading to Oskaloosa on Monday, February 12th and the boys’ team on Tuesday, February 13th, to compete in the state qualifying meet. Burlington and Keokuk will also be making the trip.
College Basketball
The #2 Iowa women’s team will host Penn State tonight at 8 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will compete against Oklahoma on Saturday, February 10th, at 6 pm at home.
The #14 Iowa State men’s team will host TCU on Saturday at 1 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will face off against Penn State on the road tonight at 6 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1936 – First-ever NFL Draft: the Philadelphia Eagles select Jay Berwanger from the University of Chicago as the first pick. The first Heisman trophy winner opts not to play in the NFL.
1945 – Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland, which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach.
1960 – Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes the first NBA player with 50 rebounds in a game with 51.