Boys’ Prep Basketball: SEC All-Conference Lists Announced
The SEC All-Conference lists have been announced and Mount Pleasant is well represented.
The Panthers finished 9-14 overall and 3-7 in league play, closing their season in the 3A District semifinals with a loss to eventual state participant Marion.
Senior forward Dewon Trent was the Panthers’ lone first-team selection.
Trent was also named a Pizza Ranch All-Star following his star-studded season, where he averaged a team-best 13.8 points and seven rebounds per game — adding two assists and two steals per contest as well.
Sophomore Payton Hagans, was decorated as a second-team choice. The rising sophomore elevated his game tremendously as the season wore on, scoring 12 a night.
It was Hagans’ monster 26 point effort that lifted the Panthers to a 3A, District 5 quarterfinal win over Mount Vernon in double overtime.
Owen Vansickel and Aaiden Ashton were both Honorable Mention selections for the Panthers.
Tim Cam, Gabe Feldmann, Dylon Hagans and Reece Kempker earned Academic All-Conference honors for Mount Pleasant.
Fort Madison senior Dayton Davis was named the league’s Most Outstanding Player.
Boys’ Prep Basketball: State Finals Set in All Classes
The State Finals are set in all classes as the fourth day of the Iowa High School State Boys’ Basketball tournament concluded late last night.
Here’s a full look at the scoreboard:
Class 2A Semifinals
Central Lyon 57, Pella Christian 51
Rock Valley 60, Monticello 44
Class 3A Semifinals
Dallas Center-Grimes 63, Winterset 46
Central DeWitt 70, Davenport Assumption 46
Class 4A Semifinals
Ames 62, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 43
Johnston 61, Cedar Rapids Prairie 57
Girls’ Track: Brumbaugh Shines at Indoor State
Mount Pleasant senior Jadan Brumbaugh picked up right where she left yesterday, capturing gold at yesterday’s indoor state meet in Ames.
Brumbaugh hurled a winning toss of 44 feet, 8 inches to earn the first place finish.
The defending Class 3A state champion, Brumbaugh committed to Iowa State last year where she’ll compete alongside former Mount Pleasant native — now Lisbon Lion — Kole Becker, who also committed to compete collegiately at Iowa State.
Women’s College Basketball: Williamson, Tigers Ready for Morningside
The Iowa Wesleyan women’s basketball team, winners of the CAC regular season and tournament titles, will open their NAIA postseason today as the the 15th seeded Tigers play second-seeded Morningside in Round of 64 action.
Today’s game will tip at 6:00 p.m. at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City.
Morningside enters the Round of 64 matchup with a record 27-5, going 15-1 on their home floor.
They finished the season ranked No. 6 in NAIA.
Iowa Wesleyan, 19-5 on the year, has won three straight.
The winner of tonight’s matchup will square off tomorrow with the winner of the 7-10 scrap, which features Texas Wesleyan and St. Francis (Ill.), also being played in Sioux City.
Women’s College Wrestling: Wesleyan Sends Six to NAIA National Tournament
The Iowa Wesleyan women’s wrestling team is sending six women to the NAIA Women’s Wrestling National Invitational. The competition will start today in the Jamestown, North Dakota.
Wesleyan is sending Alaina Sunlin, Mia Palumbo, Zoi Smith, Joanna Vanderwood, Destiny Campbell and Adaugo Nwachukwu.
Nwachukwu is currently the No. 1 ranked wrestler at 136.
Palumbo is third at 109, while Alaina Sunlin is sixth at 101.
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