High School Basketball
Mt. Pleasant will square off against Keokuk on Friday, January 3rd, at home with the girls’ tipping off the night at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm. Boys’ head coach Eric Rawson talked about the upcoming conference showdown,
“Keokuk, obviously, you know, Clark is a big kid. And he’s getting a lot of attention from mid-majors and Big 10 schools, and you know, he’s a handful. So, you know, we’ll be ready absolutely. And you know, looking forward to it.”
Fairfield will take on Burlington at home on Friday with game one at 6 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will travel to Danville on Friday with the boys’ leading off the night at 6 pm.
Mediapolis will host Central Lee on Friday with the girls’ teams playing at 6 pm.
West Burlington will square off against Van Buren County on Friday in a road matchup with the boys following the girls’ game at 7:30 pm.
New London will take on Holy Trinity Catholic at home on Friday with game one at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union is in the middle of a three-game homestand with a game against Wapello slated to start at 6 pm on Friday.
Columbus will face off against Pekin on the road with the night starting at 6 pm tomorrow, January 2nd.
WACO will compete on Friday with the girls’ tipping off the night at 6 pm at home against Columbus.
High School Wrestling
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Mediapolis boys’ teams will participate in the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont tournament on Saturday, January 4th.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will host an invitational tomorrow, January 2nd, with New London in attendance.
The Van Buren County boys’ team will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational on January 11th.
WACO will compete in a dual tournament on Saturday at BGM.
Fairfield will host a quad on January 7th with Wapello making the trip.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Highland for the Gary Curtis Invitational on January 11th.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will compete in the Megan Black Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Invitational on Friday, January 3rd.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will host Washington on January 9th.
Southeastern Community College
The #20 men’s basketball team will take on Western Iowa Tech at home on January 8th with tip-off scheduled for 7 pm.
College Basketball
The #3 Iowa State men’s team will face off against #25 Baylor in a home matchup on Saturday, January 4th.
The Iowa men’s team will compete against Wisconsin on Friday, January 3rd, at 6 pm on the road.
The #23 Iowa women’s team will travel to Penn State today at noon.
The Iowa State women’s team will face off against Kansas today at home at 2 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1902 – First Rose Bowl played at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California: Michigan beats Stanford, 49-0; MVP: Neil Snow, Michigan, FB.
1935 – First Orange Bowl: Bucknell beats Miami (FL), 26-0.
1969 – Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL’s LA Kings, fines each player $100 for “not” arguing with the referee.