High School Basketball
WACO hosted a pair of games last night and split them with the girls’ winning a 34-24 slugfest against Holy Trinity Catholic and the boys’ team falling to North Linn 56-49. In the girls’ contest, Courtney Waterhouse and Brenna Graber each put up 10 points for the Warriors, while Adalyn Kruse scored 14 points for the Crusaders. Holden Hughes led the boys’ team with 17 points.
WACO will travel to New London tomorrow, January 10th, with game one at 5 pm.
The #10 Mediapolis girls’ team continued their undefeated season with a dominant victory over Wilton last night 77-28, while the boys’ team lost an exhibition of offense, 71-60. Grace Holsteen led the scoring effort with 21 points.
Burlington Notre Dame will stay on the road for a showdown with Van Buren County tonight with tip-off at 6 pm.
Wapello will face off against Pekin tonight at 6 pm on the road.
Winfield-Mt. Union will take on Louisa-Muscatine tonight at 6 pm in a road contest.
Central Lee will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic tonight with game one at 6 pm.
Columbus will compete against Lone Tree on the road tonight with the night starting at 6 pm.
Danville will host Mediapolis tonight with the girls’ playing first at 6 pm.
New London will make the trip to West Burlington tonight with the matchup set to start at 6 pm.
Mt. Pleasant will head back home to take on Fairfield 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.
High School Wrestling
Fairfield swept Keokuk last night with the girls’ team winning 30-8 and the boys’ squashing the Chiefs 60-18. Aislinn Wise picked up the win for the Trojans, while Cael McCabe, Kohda Higdon, Dusty Haynes, Aiden Holthus, and Dain Burkhart all pinned their opponents. Kenneth Houston defeated Brenden McLeod by an 11-6 decision.
The Fairfield, Van Buren County, and Mediapolis boys’ teams will attend the Ottumwa Invitational tonight.
The Fairfield girls’ team will wrestle at the North Mahaksa Invitational tomorrow, January 10th.
The WACO and Wapello boys’ teams traveled to Lone Tree for a triangular last night and the Warriors pulverized the competition, handing Lone Tree a 60-12 loss and Wapello a 46-29 final. Braxton Stauffer, Tyler Rogers, Karver Rude, Tommy Unternahrer, and Ian Maize each won their match for the Warriors.
Wapello handled Lone Tree, 47-12. Cohen Wolford, Draysin Crow, Grayson Nagle, and Jordan Chamberlin each put up a victory for Wapello.
The Wapello and Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ teams will compete at the Corky Stuart Invitational at BGM tomorrow.
Mt. Pleasant went to Iowa Valley for a quad and finished the night 2-1, defeating the hosts 40-39 and Sigourney-Keota 53-24 but falling to North Mahaska 60-21. Levi Evans, Lane Beckler, and Charlie Bohenkamp went unblemished for the night.
The WACO, New London, and Mt. Pleasant boys’ teams will travel to the Highland Invitational tomorrow.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team hosted a triangular last night and swept the competition with a 53-22 victory over Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and a 68-14 clobbering of Highland. The Wildcats were able to best Highland, 43-35, to escape with a dual victory.
Kohen Dietzenbach, Ryan Rose, Colt Boyles, Jared Glendening, Kael Cook, and Bryson Burgus finished the night undefeated for the Nikes, while Kason Dopler and Ronaldo Villegas collected a pair of victories.
The Burlington Notre Dame boys’ team will head to Maquoketa for an invitational tomorrow.
The Mediapolis boys’ team fell to Washington (47-26) and Fort Madison (54-28) last night in the Washington triangular. Kyler Crow and Taylan Miller each collected 2-0 records for the meet.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union, Mediapolis, Van Buren County, Mt. Pleasant, and WACO girls’ teams will wrestle at the Highland Invitational tonight.
High School Bowling
Mt. Pleasant hosted a triangular last night and the boys’ team finished in 3rd place with 2,552 pins and the girls’ team snatched 2nd place with 2,302 pins. Shyann Smith finished 3rd overall with 358 total pins. The Panthers will take on Burlington at home on Thursday, January 15th.
Fairfield will host Burlington on Monday, January 12th.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will face off against Iowa Western Community College at home tomorrow, January 10th, at 1 pm.
The men’s basketball team will host Indian Hills Community College tomorrow at 7 pm.
The women’s wrestling team will compete at the Lakeland Scramble on Sunday, January 11th.
College Basketball
The #11 Iowa State women’s team will host West Virginia on Sunday, January 11th, at 2 pm.
The #14 Iowa women’s team will travel to Indiana on Sunday for tip-off at 4 pm.
The #19 Iowa men’s team will square off against Illinois at home on Sunday at 11 am.
The #3 Iowa State men’s team will face off against Oklahoma State tomorrow, January 10th, at 3 pm at home.
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.