Meet the Players Night
Last night was Meet the Panthers night at the Mt. Pleasant high school gym where the night kicked off with a $1,000 donation from the Mt. Pleasant VFW to the Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club, as they announced that $1.2 million dollars has been spent on the various Panther athletic projects since 2007.
The winter athletic sports teams were introduced with a couple basketball scrimmages to end out the night. Mt. Pleasant boys’ basketball head coach Eric Rawson thought his team performed well in front of the community,
“Yeah, it was a great showing. And we want to thank the administration for putting it together and the booster club. And it’s certainly a nice way to highlight our winter activities. And it was a great showing. And the community came out and supported. And it was good to see.”
High School Basketball
The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will start the season tonight at New London at 6 pm.
The Columbus girls’ team will travel to Tipton, while the boys’ team will host English Valleys tonight for a scrimmage.
WACO will take on Van Buren County tonight at home in a scrimmage. WACO’s boys’ head coach Chayse Roth discussed what he’s looking to see out of his squad tonight,
“…Defensively it’s going to be a little bit different style. So, hopefully we can kind of get that installed and hopefully see, you know, getting a little more game action, not, you know, practice reps for that defense is going to help a bunch. And we’ve said it a few times, we want to play fast, get up down the floor, offensive transition, you know, we’ll see how good of condition we are. I mean, if we can beat a lot of teams down the floor, that’s an easy way to score some points. So mainly, yeah, offensive transition. Our man-to-man defense is going to be key these first couple practice games.”
West Burlington will scrimmage Fort Madison at home tomorrow, November 23rd, at 6 pm.
Holy Trinity Catholic will compete against Keokuk tomorrow for a scrimmage on the road.
Postseason Football
The 8-Player championship game quickly got out of hand yesterday as Remsen St. Mary’s squashed Gladbrook-Reinbeck 51-12 for their fourth state title in program history. Landon Waldschmitt turned in an MVP performance, collecting 333 all-purpose yards and all seven touchdowns for the Hawks.
Tri-Center beat the defending Class A champions West Hancock at their own game, rushing for 153 yards in a contentious 14-10 win yesterday for their first state championship in school history. Carter Kunze led the charge with 168 rushing yards and two total touchdowns.
Grundy Center can now be considered a dynasty after capturing their third straight Class 1A state championship in a 28-7 mauling of Dike-New Hartford. Continuing the theme of the day, quarterback Judd Jirovsky tossed for 92 yards and added 121 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. This was the Spartans’ sixth title in program history.
North Polk entered the night as the #1 team of Class 4A and the Comets exited the UNI-Dome as the #1 team after taking down Pella last night 24-14. Nathan Feldmann helped lead North Polk to their first state championship as the quarterback ran for 117 yards and all three touchdowns.
Spirit Lake and West Lyon will play for the Class 2A state championship today at 10 am.
The Class 3A championship between Wahlert Catholic and Humboldt is scheduled for 1 pm today.
Valley and Southeast Polk will compete tonight at 7 for the Class 5A championship.
High School Wrestling
The Wapello girls’ team will compete at Bellevue tonight for a tournament.
The Mt. Pleasant and Mediapolis girls’ teams will travel to Burlington for the Grayhound Invite tomorrow, November 23rd, at 10 am.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Fairfield girls’ teams will travel to Wilton for a tournament tomorrow.
The WACO girls’ team will participate in a tournament at BGM tomorrow.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will be back in action tonight at 5 pm against North Arkansas College on the road.
College Volleyball
Mount Mercy’s freshman outside hitter and former Holy Trinity Catholic standout Mary Kate Bendlage nabbed Heart of America All-Conference Second Team after a terrific season. Bendlage led the team with 448 kills on a 0.128 kill efficiency. Additionally, the freshman collected 416 digs, 30 blocks, and 29 aces as the Mustangs finished the season with a 16-17 record.
College Football
#22 Iowa State will face off against Utah tomorrow, 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 tomorrow at 11 am. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the broadcast.
College Basketball
The #5 Iowa State men’s team 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 face off against Utah State for the NABC Hall of Fame Classic tonight at 7 pm on the road. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
The #8 Iowa State women’s team will head back home to take on Drake on Sunday, November 24th, at 2 pm.
The Iowa women’s team will host Washington State on Sunday at 3 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1950 – 7,021 fans see the Fort Wayne Pistons defeat the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 at Minneapolis Auditorium; lowest ever NBA score of 37 combined points.
2008 – Patrick Roy’s #33 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens.
2016 – The ‘Vegas Golden Knights’ is revealed as the Las Vegas NHL expansion team’s name.