High School Basketball
The WACO girls’ team will compete against Iowa Valley at home at 6:45 pm, while the boys’ team will face off against North Linn on the road at 7 pm with both games taking place tonight.
Burlington Notre Dame will play West Branch tonight at home with the girls’ scheduled to start at 6 pm.
New London will face off against West Burlington at home tomorrow, January 10th, with the girls’ team playing at 6 pm.
Danville will compete against Mediapolis on the road tomorrow with tip-off scheduled for 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will travel to Central Lee tomorrow with the girls tipping off the night at 6 pm.
Van Buren County will face off against Burlington Notre Dame tomorrow with game time at 6 pm.
Wapello will square off against Pekin tomorrow with game one at 6 pm at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will host Louisa-Muscatine tomorrow with the night scheduled to start at 6 pm.
Columbus will take on Lone Tree at home tomorrow with the boys’ team scheduled to play at 7:30 pm following the girls game.
Fairfield will host Mt. Pleasant tomorrow 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. Boys’ head coach Eric Rawson understands no conference game on the road will be easy,
“Yeah, Riley Perkins is having a really nice year this year. He put a lot of work in over the summer and it’s paying off for him and they’re going to be really tough at home. We’ll be ready to go and looking forward to its big rivalry game. So, we’ll have a good week of practice and bring on the Trojans.”
High School Wrestling
The Wapello girls’ team will participate in the Lancer Invitational at North Scott tomorrow, January 10th, while the boys’ team will compete on Saturday, January 11th, at BGM for an invitational.
The New London boys’ team will travel to Durant tonight to compete in a meet.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Fairfield boys’ teams will compete at the Ottumwa Invitational tomorrow.
The Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Van Buren County, Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO girls’ teams will compete at the Highland tournament tomorrow.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will travel to Maquoketa for a tournament on Saturday.
The Mt. Pleasant and WACO boys’ teams will travel to Highland for the Gary Curtis Invitational on Saturday.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant will host Washington tonight.
Southeastern Community College
The #20 men’s basketball team started the new year with a dominant victory over Western Iowa Tech last night 79-57. The Blackhawks will stay at home for a matchup against Triton College on Saturday, January 11th, with tip-off at 7 pm.
College Basketball
The #3 Iowa State men’s team will compete against Texas Tech on Saturday, January 11th, on the road at 1 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will host Indiana on Saturday at 7 pm.
The #23 Iowa women’s team will take on Illinois tonight at 6 pm on the road.
The Iowa State women’s team outpaced Arizona State 90-83 last night to get back in the win column. Audi Crooks led the way with 20 points. The Cyclones will travel to Arizona on Saturday with game time at 3 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1958 – Oscar Robertson, in his varsity debut, scored 56 points against Seton Hall inside Madison Square Garden in a 118-54 win.
1972 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads the Milwaukee Bucks past the Los Angeles Lakers, 120-104, ending LA’s consecutive win streak at 33, the longest winning streak in major league sports history.
1991 – Dean Smith of North Carolina is the 6th coach to win 700 career basketball games.