High School Basketball
Central Lee split their matchup with West Burlington last night, as the girls’ team picked up a 62-55 victory, while the boys’ team lost a 49-46 heartbreaker.
Central Lee will take on Van Buren County tonight with the first game at 6 pm at home.
The Holy Trinity Catholic girls’ team lost a defensive slugfest to Wapello last night, 35-23, while the boys’ team kept rolling behind Layne Rung’s 26 points to dismantle Wapello, 65-42. Annaka Greiner’s 12 points led the Arrows.
Mediapolis will tangle with Holy Trinity Catholic at home tonight with the girls’ teams playing at 6 pm.
Wapello will compete on the road against Winfield-Mt. Union tonight with gametime at 6 pm.
The Fairfield boys’ team lost to Washington last night, 81-55. The Trojans will face off against Keokuk at 6 pm tonight on the road.
The Columbus girls’ team defeated New London last night, 59-6. Megan Lee scored all six points for the Tigers, while Iris Garza cashed in 12 points for the Wildcats.
WACO will host Columbus tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Danville will prepare for a road matchup against New London tonight 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.
Burlington Notre Dame will celebrate their Homecoming tonight with a showdown against West Burlington with the girls’ game tipping-off at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will celebrate their Senior Night tonight against Washington at home with game one tipping-off at 6 pm.
High School Wrestling
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team handled Burlington last night, 48-24. Aven Beauchamp, Levi Evans, Landon Yocum, Ramzy Davis, Jackson Newman, and Juan Lopez all picked up victories by fall. The Panthers will travel to Fairfield tomorrow, January 31st, for the Southern Iowa Classic.
The Burlington Notre Dame and Van Buren County boys’ teams competed at a triangular last night as the Nikes defeated Louisa-Muscatine, 56-21, and Van Buren County 63-18. Jared Glendening finished the night 2-0.
Van Buren County fell to the Falcons, 60-18. Jackson Meek and Alex Scott escaped the night unscathed.
Wapello hosted a quad last night, but it was WACO that walked away 3-0, defeating Pekin, 60-12, Highland, 48-33, and the hosts, 42-29. Ian Maize, Rydge Sterna, Harley Larrimore, and Tyler Rogers each went undefeated for the night for the Warriors.
Wapello collected a 1-2 record for the meet, defeating Pekin, 47-6, but losing 49-24 against Highland. Cohen Wolford and Grayson Nagle led the charge for the squad, as they each went 3-0.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team hosted a quad last night and swept the competition, shutting out Lone Tree, 78-0, and stomping Mediapolis, 51-21, and Montezuma, 56-18. Angel Ineichen was the lone Wildcat to go undefeated in all three of his matches.
Mediapolis picked up a victory over Lone Tree, 42-12, but fell to Montezuma, 47-24. James Garrison, Kyler Crow, and Brody Minster finished the night undefeated.
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference boys’ teams will meet up tomorrow for their conference tournament.
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 tonight.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will wait for their Class 2A Region 5 state qualifying meet tonight in Ottumwa.
High School Bowling
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.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel to Keokuk on Tuesday, February 3rd, for a triangular.
College Signing
Mt. Pleasant’s Addison Clark signed her letter of intent yesterday to continue playing volleyball at Simpson College in Indianola. For Clark, it might not have been the first choice, but a visit was all it took to change her mind,
“Actually, a funny story, Simpson was almost like a backup college. Like, I originally almost was gonna cancel it. I’d been to a couple different ones [colleges] and then I knew Savannah Walls went there and I was like, she’s always said good things. So I was like, you know, like, let’s go. And then I met the coach and absolutely fell in love with her. You know, she wanted me as a player and as a person, which I thought was really important. And then I loved their facilities. I thought the drive was a good drive. Two hours isn’t bad at all. And I don’t know, I just think everything fit into place. And then all of a sudden, I was like, wow, like this is where I want to go. And it just kind of had that like, this is it feeling.”
Clark was a two-time All-SEC 2nd Team nominee for the Panthers as she collected 640 career kills, leading the team in kills for the past two seasons. She will be studying Pediatric Oncology.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will take on Iowa Western Community College tomorrow, January 31st, at 1 pm on the road.
The men’s basketball team clobbered Kennedy-King College last night, 87-66. Brady Martin cashed in for 14 points in the winning effort. The Blackhawks will host Malcolm X College tomorrow at 3 pm.
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams will make the trip to Eureka College tonight at 6 pm.
College Basketball
The Iowa State women’s team will host UCF tomorrow, January 31st, at 2 pm.
The #8 Iowa women’s team had their eight-game win streak snapped by USC last night, 81-69. Journey Houston led the scoring with 16 points off the bench. The Hawkeyes will have to bounce back quickly with a showdown against #2 UCLA on the road on Sunday, February 1st, at 3 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will spend some time on the west coast with a matchup against Oregon on Sunday at 7 pm.
The #8 Iowa State men’s team demolished Colorado last night, 97-67. Jamarion Bateman produced 17 points from off the bench in the winning effort. The Cyclones will travel to Kansas State on Sunday at 1 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1936 – New owners of baseball’s Boston Braves survey newspaper journalists to pick a new team nickname, known as the ‘Bees’ in 1940 but return to the ‘Braves’ in 1941.
1971 – UCLA men’s basketball starts their NCAA record 88 game winning streak.
1990 – LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky sets an NHL record by scoring his 100th point of the season for the 11th straight season; milestone comes with an assist in a 5-2 Kings’ win over the visiting New Jersey Devils.