High School Basketball
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team hosted their jamboree last night with four one-half matchups. In the toughest matchup of the night, the upstart Burlington Notre Dame Nikes were pressured by the defending SEC champions Keokuk Chiefs as the Chiefs caused havoc in a 43-3 victory.
The second game saw Mediapolis’ aggressive press defense convert turnovers into easy transition buckets, as the Bulldogs defeated Fort Madison 29-16. Grace Holsteen led the team with 11 points. Head coach Todd Borrison believes his team has the makings to be a competitive team amongst the Super Conference South Division,
“Yeah, we’re excited. We got two starters back with Hutchinson and Holsteen. And we have the other three kids that are starting. Came off the bench last year, played JV, and then came off the bench for the varsity. But they all, this group of kids, work extremely hard. And they got better in the offseason, and they’re all pretty athletic and can move. And they really like to play uptempo basketball, so it’s gonna be a fun year.”
In the third game of the night, Burlington’s offense overcame a slow start, outscoring Lone Tree 37 to 8 for the final quarter and a half to win 39-15. Kylee Hill and Mylee Stiefel combined for 11 points.
To cap off the night, Mt. Pleasant faced off against Winfield-Mt. Union and the Wolves managed to climb back into the game after falling into a 14 to 3 deficit at the end of the first quarter. However, Tori Wilson’s eight points led the Panthers to a 19-14 victory. For Mt. Pleasant head coach Curt Watson, the Panthers need to build upon their first quarter performance,
“I thought we played a really good first quarter. In the second quarter, I just thought we got in too big a hurry and we lost track of who we were guarding. And then we just kind of came down and kind of started throwing up shots on one pass. But we just need to experience and like you said, to hang on for a win, even though a Jamboree doesn’t mean a whole lot. But I thought we did a lot of good things in the first quarter and the second quarter you can see we needed some work yet.”
The Wolves were led by Kynlee Buffington as the freshman scored 10 of the team’s 14 points. Head coach Mendy McCreight talked about what went well for her squad last night and what they need to work on,
“I loved how we got up and down the floor. We ran the floor well. We just gotta get the passes down. We saw them sometimes, but we missed four good up the court shots. So I was glad to see how good we ran the floor. And we still got to work on communicating and finding five girls that just click out there.”
The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will start the season on Friday, November 22nd, against New London at 6 pm.
The Van Buren County girls’ team will participate in a jamboree tonight at Pekin with the Warriors going against Albia.
The Columbus girls’ team will travel to Tipton, while the boys’ team will host English Valleys on Friday for a scrimmage.
WACO will take on Van Buren County on Friday at home in a scrimmage.
West Burlington will scrimmage Fort Madison at home on Saturday, November 23rd, at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will compete against Keokuk on Saturday for a scrimmage on the road.
Postseason Football
The 8-Player championship game between Remsen St. Mary’s and Gladbrook-Reinbeck will be played on Thursday, November 21st, at 9:30 am.
The Class A championship game between Tri-Center and West Hancock is scheduled for Thursday at 1 pm.
The Class 1A championship game is scheduled for Thursday at 4 pm between Dike-New Hartford and the defending champions Grundy Center.
Pella versus North Polk will decide who the Class 4A champion is on Thursday night at 7 pm.
Spirit Lake and West Lyon will play for the Class 2A state championship on Friday, November 22nd, at 10 am.
The Class 3A championship between Wahlert Catholic and Humboldt is scheduled for 1 pm on Friday.
Valley and Southeast Polk will compete on Friday at 7 for the Class 5A championship.
High School Wrestling
The WACO girls’ team will travel to Sigourney for a meet tonight at 5 pm.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will host a Southeast Iowa Super Conference showdown on Thursday, November 21st.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will travel to Burlington for the Grayhound Invite on Saturday, November 23rd, at 10 am.
High School Volleyball
The Iowa Girls Coaches Association released the All-District and All-State teams for all of the classes yesterday and here’s a look at our local teams.
In Class 4A, Burlington’s Annalise Buxton earned a spot on the East District team as she led the Grayhounds with 283 kills.
In Class 3A for the Southeast District, Leighton Messinger of Washington and Central Lee’s Taylor Jones made the team.
For Class 2A, West Burlington had a trio of seniors make the Southeast District team in Brenna Beggs, Taryn Snodgrass, and Carli Cline, as her 746 digs and 47 aces claimed her a spot on the All-State Fourth Team.
In Class 1A, Burlington Notre Dame had Addi Brockway and Madalynn Knapp grab a spot on the Southeast District team as Knapp’s 286 kills earned her a spot on the All-State Fourth Team.
Wapello had Annaka Greiner and Mya Wagner claim a spot on the All-District team.
Holy Trinity Catholic dominated the All-District team list with Presley Myers, Adalayn Kruse, Anna Bendlage, and Teagan Snaadt each grabbing a spot, while Melissa Freesmeier was named District Coach of the Year.
Additionally, Myers was named All-State First Team as she sits at 1,000 career kills. Kruse nabbed a spot on the All-State Second Team with 310 kills for the season. Lastly, Bendlage and Snaaadt each made the All-State Fourth Team.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will be back in action on Friday, November 22nd, at 5 pm against North Arkansas College on the road.
College Football
#22 Iowa State will face off against Utah on Saturday, November 23rd, at 6:30 pm on the road. KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 will be on the call.
Iowa will travel to Maryland on Saturday at 11 am. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.
College Basketball
The #5 Iowa State men’s team crushed IU Indianapolis last night 87-52. Curtis Jones led the scoring from off the bench with 20 points as he knocked down four threes. The Cyclones will play #4 Auburn in the first round of the Maui Invitational on Monday, November 25th, at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team will host Rider tonight at 7.
The #8 Iowa State women’s team will play Northern Iowa tomorrow, November 20th, at 6 pm on the road.
The Iowa women’s team will compete against Kansas on the road at 6 pm tomorrow.
This Day in Sports History
1978 – “The Miracle at the Meadowlands,” Eagles Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the rival New York Giants.
1983 – The Edmonton Oilers beat the NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils “a Mickey Mouse organization.”
2019 – LeBron James hits 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists as the LA Lakers’ beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 to become the first player in NBA history to record a triple-double against all 30 franchises.