High School Basketball
Mt. Pleasant will host Keokuk tomorrow, January 2nd, 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.
Central Lee will face off against Mediapolis at home tomorrow with tip-off at 6 pm for the girls’ game.
New London will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic tomorrow with game one at 6 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will have a home showdown with Danville tomorrow with the night tipping-off at 6 pm.
West Burlington will compete against Van Buren County at home tomorrow with the first game at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip to Wapello tomorrow with the girls playing at 6 pm with the boys to follow.
Columbus will host WACO tomorrow at 6 pm.
High School Wrestling
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will wrestle at the EBF Invitational tomorrow, January 2nd.
The Mt. Pleasant, Van Buren County, Fairfield, and Mediapolis girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite on Saturday, January 3rd.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will hold the Nike Duals on Saturday.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will participate in the EBF Invitational on Saturday.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant and West Burlington will get back to action with the Louisa-Muscatine Invite on Saturday, January 3rd.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Iowa Lakes Community College on Saturday, January 3rd, at 1 pm.
College Football
Mark Gronowski put together his best performance of the year in #23 Iowa’s 34-27 victory over #14 Vanderbilt yesterday in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Gronowski tossed for 212 yards and found the endzone three times in head coach Kirk Ferentz’s 11th career bowl win, the most in Big Ten history. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a 9-4 record.
College Basketball
The #10 Iowa State women’s team throttled Houston yesterday 80-62 to match their best start in program history at 14-0. Audi Crooks was unstoppable, compiling a 35 point/13 rebound double-double in the victory. The Cyclones will be tested at home on Sunday, January 4th, against Baylor with tip-off at 2 pm.
The #14 Iowa women’s team will square off against #20 Nebraska today at 1 pm at home.
The #25 Iowa men’s team will get back to Big Ten play when they take on UCLA on Saturday, January 3rd, at home at 5 pm.
The #3 Iowa State men’s team opens up Big 12 play at home tomorrow, January 2nd, against West Virginia with gametime at 8 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.