High School Basketball
Mt. Pleasant will host Keokuk 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.
Central Lee will face off against Mediapolis at home tonight with tip-off at 6 pm for the girls’ game.
New London will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Burlington Notre Dame will have a home showdown with Danville tonight with the night tipping-off at 6 pm.
West Burlington will compete against Van Buren County at home tonight with the first game at 6 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union will make the trip to Wapello tonight with the girls playing at 6 pm with the boys to follow.
Columbus will host WACO tonight at 6 pm. WACO boys’ head coach Chayse Roth is hoping his leaders can get the Warriors going in the new year,
“Kellen Schelman is a really good offensive player. He’s got a really good three-point shot if he gets that three-point shot following that really picks up on his defense and he’s really competitive. So, a lot of those kids feed off of his competitiveness and then Holden Hughes, you know, he’s probably our best all round player. He can shoot from the outside; he can play inside. He’s about 6’4 and gets up off the floor and does a really good job rebounding. It’s really good to have a player like that, that kids can watch, and if he plays all out with maximum effort, he’s going to be really tough to stop here in the North Division.”
High School Wrestling
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will wrestle at the EBF Invitational tonight.
The Mt. Pleasant, Van Buren County, Fairfield, and Mediapolis girls’ teams will compete in the Keokuk Invite tomorrow, January 3rd.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will hold the Nike Duals tomorrow.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will participate in the EBF Invitational tomorrow.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant and West Burlington will get back to action with the Louisa-Muscatine Invite tomorrow, January 3rd.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Iowa Lakes Community College tomorrow, January 3rd, at 1 pm.
NAIA Rankings
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released their first women’s wrestling rankings of the new year and former Iowa Wesleyan head coach Jake Kadel has William Penn positioned at #4 in the rankings. The Statesmen tout two of the top ranked wrestlers at their respective weight classes and last year’s Southeast Conference Wrestler of the Year in Jalyiah Gardner, as she tries to carve out a spot in her freshman campaign.
College Basketball
The #10 Iowa State women’s team will be tested at home on Sunday, January 4th, against Baylor with tip-off at 2 pm.
In a top 20 matchup, the #14 Iowa women’s team rolled to an 86-76 victory over #20 Nebraska yesterday in front of the home crowd. The duo of Chit-Chat Wright and Hannah Stuelke proved unstoppable for the Cornhuskers as Wright splashed in a career high 24 points and Stuelke collected a 21 point/10 rebound double-double. The Hawkeyes will travel to Northwestern on Monday, January 5th, for tip-off at 7:30 pm.
The #25 Iowa men’s team will get back to Big Ten play when they take on UCLA tomorrow, January 3rd, at home at 5 pm.
The #3 Iowa State men’s team opens up Big 12 play at home tonight against West Virginia with gametime at 8 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1922 – 8th Rose Bowl: California ties Washington and Jefferson, 0-0. The first of three ties in the history of the Rose Bowl.
1966 – National Football League Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: the Green Bay Packers beat the Cleveland Browns, 23-12; first NFL title game televised in color; last one played before Super Bowl era.
1982 – “The Epic in Miami” The San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, a game that set numerous playoff scoring records along with the then-highest-scoring playoff game in NFL history.