High School Basketball
The Van Buren County girls’ team collected a 50-41 victory over Fairfield last night as Callie Kracht cashed in for 18 points on 10 of 13 shooting from the free throw line.
Fairfield will compete against Pekin on Thursday, January 16th, with the doubleheader starting at 6 pm.
New London will host Van Buren County tonight with the girls tipping off at 6 pm.
WACO will hit the road to take on Pekin tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Mediapolis will play at home tonight against West Burlington with game time at 6 pm for the doubleheader.
Holy Trinity Catholic will face off against Danville tonight at home for Teacher Appreciation Night with the boys starting off the night at 6 pm followed by the girls game.
Winfield-Mt. Union will stay at home tonight to compete against Lone Tree with the night starting at 6 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Central Lee tonight with the doubleheader starting at 6 pm.
Wapello will host Louisa-Muscatine tonight with the night starting at 6 pm.
Columbus will face off against Hillcrest Academy tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will face off against Burlington on the road on Friday, January 17th, 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 Boys’ Basketball Rankings
The Iowa High school Athletic Association (IHSAA) released their second edition of the boys’ basketball rankings and one of our local teams kept their spot in the top ten.
In Class 2A, Western Christian and Kuemper Catholic remained in the top two spots, respectively, and despite West Lyon not losing a game since the last rankings, Grand View Christian jumped them to be the #3 team this week.
West Burlington kept their position at #6 in the rankings, rocking an 11-0 record. The Falcons are averaging an other-worldly 80.4 points per game, while keeping their opponents under 50 points per game for the season. Add in a defense that can cancel out their 10 turnovers per game with 10 steals.
Over in Class 1A, Holy Trinity Catholic was ranked #6 last week before a narrow loss to Central Lee last Friday knocked the Crusaders out of the top ten.
High School Wrestling
The Van Buren County boys’ team will take on Highland on Thursday, January 16th, for a dual.
The Fairfield boys’ team will compete in a triangular on Thursday at home.
Mt. Pleasant will duel Washington on Thursday on the road.
The WACO boys’ team will host Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and New London on Thursday for a double dual.
The Wapello boys’ team will host a meet on Thursday at 6 pm with Mediapolis making the trip.
The WACO girls’ team will host a meet with Mediapolis, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, and Van Buren County making the trip on Thursday.
The Wapello girls’ team will participate in the Cascade Tournament on Thursday.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will travel to Lone Tree on Thursday for a triangular.
High School Bowling
The Fairfield boys’ team defeated Davis County last night 2,739-2,508. Ian Aplara led the Trojans with 400 total pins. The Trojans will host Burlington on Thursday, January 16th.
Mt. Pleasant will take on Fairfield on January 23rd at home.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will stay at home to take on Harry S. Truman College tonight at 7 pm.
College Basketball
The #2 Iowa State men’s team will face another test tomorrow, January 15th, at home at 6 pm against #9 Kansas. KILJ AM 1130 and 98.5 FM will have the call. The Cyclones will be led by Big 12 Player of the Week in Curtis Jones and Newcomer of the Week Joshua Jefferson.
The Iowa men’s team will travel to USC tonight for a 9:30 pm showdown against the Trojans. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast. Co-Big Ten Player of the Week Payton Sandfort will look to have another big game for the Hawkeyes.
The Iowa women’s team will take on Nebraska at home on Thursday, January 16th, at 6 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will host Texas Tech tonight with tip-off at 6:30 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1943 – Montreal Canadiens’ left wing Alex Smart becomes the first NHL rookie to score a hat trick in his first NHL game, a 5-1 win at home over the Chicago Blackhawks.
1951 – First NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: the American Conference beats the National Conference, 28-27; MVP: Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns, QB.
1993 – Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks two shots in a 96-89 win over the Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only the second player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks.