High School Basketball
The Danville girls’ team was steamrolled by Burlington last night in their season opener 73-37. Reagan Henklevig led the Bears with 13 points, followed by Alaina Gourley with 11 points. Danville will face off against Mediapolis on December 3rd at home with tipoff at 7:30 pm.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will tip off tonight at 7 pm for their home opener against Pella. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm. Head coach Curt Watson believes his team has taken a step in the right direction all across the board,
“I’ve seen a lot of growth. I mean, the girls seem to be a lot more confident. I know Abby Carthey played for the Iowa Preps this year, and you can see a lot of improvement in her. Myah Starr, Kynlee White, they all improved. Our three seniors have really worked hard at getting better. Plus, Paityn Ensminger has worked really hard and Keagyn Coleman. We’re really excited about the growth they’ve made since last year. We took our lumps last year, but hopefully we learned from it. And I think we’re going to be a lot more experienced this year. So hopefully we can compete every night in and night out. So we’ll hopefully have a good season.”
The New London girls’ team will hit the road to face off against Davis County tonight at 6 pm.
The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will host Pekin tonight at 6 pm for their home opener.
The WACO girls’ team will travel to Wapello tonight for the first game of the season with tipoff at 6 pm.
The Mediapolis girls’ team will face off against West Burlington tonight at 6 on the road.
The Columbus girls’ team will take on Louisa-Muscatine in a road matchup tonight at 7:30 pm.
The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will participate in a scrimmage at West Liberty tomorrow, November 27th, at 5:30 pm.
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ team will travel up to Iowa City tomorrow to scrimmage Liberty and Regina Catholic.
High School Girls’ Wrestling
Mt. Pleasant and Wapello traveled to West Liberty for an invitational last night and here’s how the two squads fared. Wapello’s Kenadee Helscher finished 2-0 on the night in the 100-pound weight class with a major decision victory in the championship match.
In the 110-pound weight class, Mt. Pleasant’s Quintrie Lee went 1-3, picking up 6th place, which included a loss to Wapello’s Clara Ball by major decision. Ball would eventually capture second place, losing by an 8-6 decision to Audra Coss of Wilton.
Zenlynn Lee of Mt. Pleasant has continued her dominant return to the mat with a 4-0 showing at the 145-pound weight class last night. Her first three wins were by fall before taking down Peggy Miller of Washington by a 1-0 decision for the gold.
Bryn Wiley of Wapello finished the night 1-3, where she fell in the 5th place match of the 170-pound weight class to Jaylah Gardner of Keokuk. Lastly, Mt. Pleasant’s Olivia Gordy scored 3rd place with a 3-1 record on the night with all three victories coming via fall in the 235-pound weight class.
Mt. Pleasant will compete in the Fort Madison Tournament on December 2nd.
Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union will host a tournament tonight with Mediapolis, Wapello, and WACO in attendance.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will host the Broadway Classic on Friday, November 29th, at 7 pm against Lincoln Trail College.
College Football
#17 Iowa State will punch their ticket to the Big 12 Championship game with a win against Kansas State this Saturday, November 30th, at 6:30 pm at home.
Iowa will take on Nebraska at home at 6:30 pm on Friday, November 29th. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
College Basketball
In a top-5 matchup, #5 Iowa State could not fend off #4 Auburn as the Tigers tipped in a last second shot to win 83-81. The Cyclones had four players finish the game in double-figures as Keshon Gilbert led the team with 23 points. Iowa State will take on Dayton tonight at 7:30 pm.
The Iowa men’s team’s will compete against USC Upstate tonight at 7 pm at home.
The #15 Iowa State women’s team will participate in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday, November 28th, with game one at 12:30 pm against #4 South Carolina.
The Iowa women’s team will start off the Cancun Challenge on Thursday at 5:30 pm against Rhode Island.
This Day in Sports History
1917 – The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded. The teams included were the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas, and Quebec Bulldogs. Frank Calder was elected as the first NHL president. He served from 1917 to 1943.
1982 – Howard Cosell called his last boxing match.
1998 – Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) became only the second running back in NFL history to run for more than 15,000 career yards.