Prep Wrestling: Notre Dame Advances to State Duals for the First Time in School History
With the bout tied at 36 apiece, Tate O’Shea pinned Aiden Marietta springing the Nikes to an upset, 42-36 win over No. 9 Davenport Assumption in the championship match of a Class 2A regional dual.
The win for O’Shea and the Nikes means they’ll compete in the State Dual Championships for the first time in school history.
Notre Dame will wrestle in a quarterfinal on Wednesday, February 16th at Wells Fargo Arena.
Based on results, the Nikes will most likely be the No. 7 in the eight-team dual tournament, which would mean a first round scrap with No. 2 Osage.
Pairings will officially come out Thursday.
Notre Dame took down No. 19 Albia in the first round of last night’s regional dual, 37-33.
Trailing 33-32 into the final match against of Albia, No. 1 132-pounder Blaine Frazier earned a 16-0 technical fall giving the Nikes the chance to meet Assumption.
Prep Wrestling: Lopez Wins 200th Match as New London Falls Just Short
No. 1 126-pounder Marcel Lopez won his 200th match as New London’s late flurry came up just short against No. 2 Lisbon in yesterday’s Class 1A regional dual.
Lopez, his younger brother Dominic, Josh Glendening and Gage Burden each earned two wins.
Marcel, being the showman he his, earned his 200th win in theatrical style over Lisbon’s terrific and third-ranked Quincy Happel — a preview of what could be on the line at Wells Fargo Arena in just a over a week.
The Tigers got to the championship dual thanks to a 43-36 semifinal triumph over Dyersville Beckman.
Lisbon appears to be a cinch for the No. 2 seed at next Wednesday’s dual tournament, with Don Bosco claiming the top-seed.
Boys’ Prep Basketball: Winfield-Mount Union Gets Back in the Win Column; Other Prep Finals
Winfield-Mount Union 54, Hillcrest 28
A game-high 17 points from freshman Jake Edwards was all Winfield-Mount Union needed in a 54-28 win over Hillcrest Academy last night.
Cam Buffington poured in 13 while Abram Edwards had 11.
The win moved Winfield-Mount Union to a robust 19-2 overall and 16-0 in North Division play.
Hillcrest Academy is now 14-6.
WACO 59, Notre Dame 49
WACO’s 21-13 third quarter run proved to be the difference in the Warriors’ 59-49 win over Notre Dame in Burlington last night.
The Warriors lead 23-18 at recess and stretched it to 13 at the end of three.
WACO’s all-state running back Simeon Reichenbach showed off his basketball chops with a game-high 15 points, while Hunter Hugest added 14.
Notre Dame was led by Jackson Brent’s 11.
WACO, a sleeper team come tournament trail time, is now 17-4.
Notre Dame fell to 7-14.
New London 75, Holy Trinity 35
New London stayed hot with four Tigers reaching double figures in a 75-35 throttling of Holy Trinity.
Kooper Schulte, who might have to reconsider his career in baseball for basketball, continued his lights out stretch with 14 points.
Blaise Porter and Kade Benjamin also finished with 14, while Camden Kasel poured in 10.
The Tigers seem to be clicking at all cylinders into tournament trail season, upping their ledger to 18-2.
Danville 70, Van Buren County 41
The tournament trail race will be a gut-check in southeast Iowa, as Danville looks to be full throttle, as well.
The Bears received 19 points rom Caiden Gourley in a 70-41 win over Van Buren County.
Ty Carr chipped in with 14 while Drake Johnson had 12.
Danville is now 19-2.
Van Buren County fell to 4-16.
Mediapolis 56, Columbus 23
Elijah Greer had 13 points, while Cole Lipper had 12 as Mediapolis closed their regular season with two wins taking down Columbus 56-23.
Mediapolis started hot and never let off the gas, grabbing a double digit lead at the end of the first eight minutes.
The Bulldogs are now 15-6.
Columbus slumped to 4-17.
Men’s College Basketball: Wesleyan’s Brown Pours in 36 to Lead Tigers to Thrilling Win
Joey Brown poured in a game-high 36 points as Iowa Wesleyan held on for a 77-75 win over Lincoln Christian.
Wesleyan took a 13-point lead late in the first half thanks to an 18-4 run, but the Red Lions countered and even controlled a five-point, 70-65 lead with just over three minutes to play.
That’s when Brown took over.
The freshman from Miami, Florida put on a display reminiscent of the great Dwayne Wade, scoring 10 of the team’s next 12 points, propelling the Tigers to a 12-5 run to earn their 11th win of the year.
He also finished with four boards, three assists and a blocked shot.
The Tigers will be back in action on Thursday, February 10th, as they travel to Davenport to take on St. Ambrose.
The game is set to start at 7:00 p.m. and you can listen on FM 98.5 and AM 1130.