High School Basketball
Central Lee will close out their long road stretch with a matchup against West Burlington tonight with the girls tipping off at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will host Wapello tonight with game one at 6 pm.
New London will clash with Columbus tonight with night starting at 6 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Washington tonight with the girls’ playing at 6 pm.
Danville will prepare for a road matchup against New London tomorrow, January 30th, with the girls’ game at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
Mediapolis will tangle with Holy Trinity Catholic at home tomorrow with the girls’ teams playing at 6 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will celebrate their Homecoming tomorrow with a showdown against West Burlington with the girls’ game tipping-off at 6 pm.
WACO will host Columbus tomorrow with game one at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their Senior Night tomorrow against Washington at home with game one tipping-off at 6 pm. The Panther boys’ team nearly knocked off the Demons on the road back in December, but was missing Noah Lange and Ryan Helling; head coach Eric Rawson knows his team will be ready for their second chance,
“…We’re a little different now. And just with the momentum that we’ve got going into this, guys are gonna be dialed in. It’s gonna be a real fun game, should be high intensity, good atmosphere. Obviously, when Washington comes to town, everybody needs to show up. So all the fan base needs to show up, the student-section needs to show up, we’ll be dialed in, it’s gonna be a lot of fun.”
Girls’ High School Basketball Rankings
Another week and not a whole lot of change in the 8th edition of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s girls’ basketball rankings, with only two teams knocked out of the top 15 from all five classes.
#9 Mediapolis remains the only local team ranked within the top 15 as Class 3A stuck with the status quo for another week with no team budging from their last week ranking.
Mediapolis is the lone undefeated team left in Class 3A, sporting a win differential of 41.9 points, which ranks second in the state behind Class 2A’s #3 Hinton. The Bulldogs are tops in Class 3A in steals and three pointers made per game, along with field goal and three point percentage. They are also a great passing team with Bryn Wright’s 5.5 assists per game sitting tied for third in the class.
High School Wrestling
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will duel Burlington tonight on the road.
The Burlington Notre Dame, Van Buren County, and New London boys’ teams will travel to Louisa-Muscatine for a quad tonight.
Wapello will host WACO in a quad tonight.
The Fairfield, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, Mediapolis, Van Buren County, and WACO girls’ teams will make the trip to Wapello for the Class 1A Region 6 state qualifying meet tomorrow, January 30th.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will wait for their Class 2A Region 5 state qualifying meet tomorrow in Ottumwa.
High School Bowling
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Keokuk on Tuesday, February 3rd, for a triangular.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will compete at the Class 2A Region 4 state qualifier on Monday, February 2nd, at Clinton, while the West Burlington girls’ team will host Fairfield and Central Lee for the Class 1A Region 8 state qualifier.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team dropped their matchup against North Iowa Area Community College last night, 99-53. Avelle Bonfoh led the scoring with 18 points. The Blackhawks will take on Iowa Western Community College on Saturday, January 31st, at 1 pm on the road.
The men’s basketball team will host Kennedy-King College tonight at 7 pm.
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams competed against Iowa Lakes Community College last night and split the night with the women’s team winning 33-20, while the men’s team fell 50-6. Emma Warth, Caitlin Van Praag, Evenlyn Phillips, Kiernan Farmer, and Kiara Rodriguez each picked up victories for the Blackhawks.
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams will make the trip to Eureka College tomorrow, January 30th, at 6 pm.
College Basketball
The Iowa State women’s team is finding their footing again with a double-digit, road victory over #21 Texas Tech last night, 84-70. Audi Crooks went off for 33 points and 12 rebounds, leading to her becoming just the 4th Cyclone to cross the 2,000-point plateau. Jada Williams also scored her 1,000th career point. The Cyclones will host UCF on Saturday, January 31st, at 2 pm.
The #8 Iowa women’s team will travel to USC tonight at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team nearly blew their 16-point lead late in the second half but a pair of Bennet Stirtz free throws with four seconds remaining lifted the Hawkeyes to a 73-72 victory over USC last night. Stirtz and Tavion Banks each finished the night with 20 points. The Hawkeyes will spend some time on the west coast with a matchup against Oregon on Sunday, February 1st, at 7 pm.
The #8 Iowa State men’s team will host Colorado tonight at 6 pm. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
This Day in Sports History
1982 – Old Dominion ends Louisiana Tech’s women’s basketball record 54-game winning streak with a 61-58 victory.
1989 – After nine years of use, the game-winning RBI is dropped as an official statistic. New York Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez will remain the all-time leader with 129.
2012 – Snowboarder Shaun White achieves the first ever SuperPipe perfect score (100) in Winter X Games history.