High School Basketball
The WACO girls’ team has now won their past six games after handling Iowa Valley last night 51-35. Brenna Graber led the scoring effort with 17 points. The WACO boys’ team traveled to play the defending champions, North Linn, last night and fell 60-40.
WACO will host New London tomorrow, January 11th, with the girls’ tipping-off at 5 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame split their night against West Branch with the girls losing 55-23 and the boys winning 72-57.
Van Buren County will face off against Burlington Notre Dame tonight with game time at 6 pm.
New London will face off against West Burlington at home tonight with the girls’ team playing at 6 pm.
Danville will compete against Mediapolis on the road tonight with tip-off scheduled for 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will travel to Central Lee tonight with the girls tipping off the night at 6 pm.
Wapello will square off against Pekin tonight with game one at 6 pm at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Louisa-Muscatine tonight with the night scheduled to start at 6 pm.
Columbus will take on Lone Tree at home tonight with the boys’ team scheduled to play at 7:30 pm following the girls game.
Fairfield will host Mt. Pleasant tonight with game one at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
High School Wrestling
The New London boys’ team traveled to Durant for a quad last night and defeated Cascade 27-24 but fell to Tipton 46-12 and the hosts 33-22. Kane Forseen, Gage Burden, and Corbin Jacobs-Jewell finished the night undefeated.
The New London, Mt. Pleasant, and WACO boys’ teams will travel to Highland for the Gary Curtis Invitational tomorrow, January 11th.
The Mediapolis boys’ team competed in a triangular in Fort Madison last night and lost to the Bloodhounds 72-12 and to Washington 60-17. Taylan Miller won both of his matches, while Lane Rigdon won his match against Johnathan Macias of Washington by technical fall.
Fairfield handled business last night, defeating Warsaw 60-20 and Keokuk 63-17. Aiden Westercamp, Calvin McClain, and Dain Burkhart competed in two matches last night and won both of them.
The Mediapolis, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational tonight.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team participated in a triangular at North Mahaska last night and fell to both opponents: Iowa Valley 33-18 and the hosts 36-22. Zenlynn Lee won both of her matches, while Quintrie Lee and Paris Phosy picked up wins in their contest against North Mahaska.
The Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Van Buren County, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO girls’ teams will compete at the Highland tournament tonight.
The Wapello girls’ team will participate in the Lancer Invitational at North Scott today while the boys’ team will compete tomorrow at BGM for an invitational.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will travel to Maquoketa for a tournament tomorrow.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will travel to the Rose Bowl to compete in the Louisa-Muscatine Invite tomorrow, January 11th.
Southeastern Community College
The #20 men’s basketball team will stay at home for a matchup against Triton College tomorrow, January 11th, with tip-off at 7 pm.
College Basketball
The #3 Iowa State men’s team will compete against Texas Tech tomorrow, January 11th, on the road at 1 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will host Indiana tomorrow at 7 pm.
The #23 Iowa women’s team was unable to outlast Illinois last night, losing 62-57. Hannah Stuelke had a fine night, capturing a double-double with a team high 18 points and 13 rebounds. The Hawkeyes will take on Indiana on Sunday, January 12th, at home at 2 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will travel to Arizona tomorrow with game time at 3 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1982 – NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys, 28-27; “The Catch” an iconic moment in NFL history, Dwight Clark makes a fingertip catch for a touchdown from Joe Montana with 58 seconds remaining. San Francisco goes on to win the Super Bowl.
1985 – Lenny Wilkens becomes the first to coach in 1,000 NBA games when his Seattle SuperSonics defeat the Golden State Warriors, 89-86.
1986 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during a 124-102 win over the Indiana Pacers; the only NBA player to reach the milestone at that time as he held the career record until 2023.