High School Basketball
The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ team will attend a scrimmage at Kirkwood Community College today with a matchup against Columbus Catholic. Wolves head coach Klay Edwards is ready to see who will be able to step up and carve out a spot in the starting lineup,
“Yeah, really excited. You know, when you’re running into each other for two weeks straight, you know, sometimes they get a little frustrated or chippy with each other. So it’s, yeah, they’re ready to get into some live action against other teams and especially come next week, you know, when the games count, you know, we’ll use our scrimmage for what it is, a scrimmage and try to find who looks good and who’s going to help us out. But you know we’re really excited and chomping at the bit to open up next Tuesday with Louisa-Muscatine.”
The WACO boys’ team will scrimmage at Washington tomorrow, November 29th. Warrior head coach Chayse Roth discussed what his team has been working on heading into the regular season,
“We’ve really tried to focus on our half-court offense. That always is something that takes a while, especially when you have a new team with some new faces, they’re not as familiar with each other on that offensive end of the floor. So, with our press, we’re trying to force a lot of turnovers and get some easy points that way. So, defense has really been our focus trying to get our press figured out trying to figure out a way where we can get some of those easy baskets in transition off steals, things like that and then our offense will come here in the next few weeks. I know it’s going to be a little bit of, you know, trial and error and we have to fail sometimes on offense before we learn what we can and can’t do, so that offense will come here in the next few weeks for sure.”
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team will look to regroup for their road matchup against Burlington Notre Dame on Monday, December 1st, at 6 pm. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 5:45 pm.
WACO will welcome Holy Trinity Catholic on Monday with the girls playing first at 6 pm.
The New London girls’ team will travel to Louisa-Muscatine on Monday at 6 pm.
Van Buren County will start the season on the road on Monday with a showdown against Cardinal at 6 pm for the girls’ game, followed by the boys’ game at 7:30 pm.
Fairfield will face off against Oskaloosa on Tuesday, December 2nd, with the girls playing first at 6 pm and the boys game to follow at home.
Winfield-Mt. Union will tangle with Louisa-Muscatine at home on Tuesday with the boys’ game following the girls’ game at 7:30 pm.
Columbus will host Lone Tree on Tuesday with the girls’ teams leading off the night at 6 pm.
West Burlington will compete against New London on Tuesday on the road with the girls tipping off at 6 pm and the boys at 7:30 pm.
Central Lee will tip-off their season against Holy Trinity Catholic at home with the girls playing first at 6 pm on Tuesday.
Danville will square off against Mediapolis on the road on Tuesday with the night starting at 6 pm.
Wapello will take on Pekin on Tuesday with the doubleheader starting at 6 pm on the road.
High School Bowling
Fairfield will host their triangular on Monday, December 1st.
Mt. Pleasant will duel West Burlington/Notre Dame on Tuesday, December 2nd.
High School Wrestling
The Mediapolis, Fairfield, Wapello, and Van Buren County girls’ teams will compete at the Fort Madison Invitational on Monday, December 1st.
The Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ team will travel to Tipton for an Invitational on Monday.
The WACO boys’ and girls’ teams will compete in the Washington County quad on Tuesday, December 2nd, at Mid-Prairie High School.
The Mediapolis boys’ team will wrestle in a quad at Muscatine on Tuesday.
The Wapello boys’ team will participate in a quad at English Valleys on Tuesday.
Southeastern Community College
The women’s basketball team will travel to Iowa Central Community College on Wednesday, December 3rd, at 5:30 pm.
The men’s basketball team will host the Broadway Classic tonight with a showdown against Lincoln Trail College at 7 pm.
The men’s and women’s wrestling teams will duel Ellsworth Community College Wednesday at home.
College Football
Iowa will travel to Nebraska today to end the regular season with kickoff at 11 am. KILJ 105.5 FM will have the call.
Iowa State will face off against Oklahoma State tomorrow, November 29th, at 11 am.
College Basketball
The #11 Iowa women’s team will take on Fairfield on Sunday, November 30th, at home at noon.
The Iowa men’s team will be tested in their first Big Ten showdown of the season when they travel to face off against #11 Michigan State on Tuesday, December 2nd, at 6 pm.
The #10 Iowa State women’s team will compete in a tournament starting today at 10 am in a matchup against Maquette.
The #15 Iowa State men’s team will host Alcorn State on Wednesday, December 3rd, at 7 pm.
This Day in Sports History
1929 – Chicago fullback Ernie Nevers sets an NFL record for most points scored in a single game with all 40 in the Cardinals’ 40–6 rout of the Chicago Bears; Nevers scored an NFL record six touchdowns and four extra points.
1975 – Bobby Orr plays his last game for the Boston Bruins.
1981 – Alabama’s Paul “Bear” Bryant becomes the winningest coach in college football history when the Rolling Tide beats Auburn 28-17 in the Iron Bowl. It’s Bryant’s 315th career victory, surpassing Amos Alonzo Stagg for most wins.