Today's Local Sports

The Washington boys’ basketball season came to a close on Monday night falling to Southeast Conference foe Fairfield 57-36 in Solon for the first round of the class 3A districts.

The Lone Tree boys basketball team saw their season come to an end in the first round of the class 1A district tournament, falling to the New London Tigers 61-37.

The Washington boys’ basketball team hopes third time is a charm tonight against Fairfield, as they face off with the Trojans in Solon for the first round of the class 3A districts.

The Washington girls’ basketball team put up a hard fought battle with defending state champs North Scott on Saturday, but the Lancers were too much in the class 4A semifinal round winning 58-27.

The Columbus Wildcats saw their season come to a close in the first round of the class 2A district tournament, falling to the Central Lee Hawks on the road 78-52.

Iowa men’s basketball could not get by Indiana on Saturday losing 84-82 to drop to 3-13 in conference and 12-17 overall. The Hawks travel to Minnesota on Wednesday.

This is a recap of Saturday’s action from the 2018 Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines.

The Washington boys’ bowling team saw their season come to a close at the state-qualifying tournament on Tuesday in Muscatine.

The Sigourney Savage boys basketball team scored a first round win over the Moravia Mohawks in class 1A district play Thursday night 60-49.

The Washington girls’ basketball team has upset on their minds tonight when they travel to Eldridge to face off with class 4A defending state champs North Scott in the regional semifinal round.

The Keota boys’ basketball team was not going to let their postseason run end early, as they put the throttle down on Tri-County Thursday night winning 80-53 in the district quarterfinal.

The WACO Warrior boys basketball team gave Superconference South Division Champion Burlington, Notre Dame all they wanted Thursday night but in the end it was the Nikes that advanced with a 53-44 first round district win at New London.

The Iowa Mennonite School girls basketball team saw their tremendous tournament run come to an end Friday in the regional semifinal round of the class 1A playoffs as they fell to No. 3 North Mahaska on the road 49-44.

Drake women’s basketball won the in-state battle with UNI on Friday by coming out with a 72-67 victory. The Bulldogs stay undefeated in the Missouri Valley Conference at 14-0 and 19-7 overall. The Panthers fall to 13-12, 9-5 in conference. Drake hosts Bradley on Friday and UNI hosts Illinois State.

This is a recap of Friday’s action and a preview for day three Saturday at the 2018 Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines for area athletes:

Class 1A

Sigourney-Keota

#9 Mason Dye at 106 lbs lost his quarterfinal match to #2 Beau Klingensmith of Woodbury Central by fall (5:00). He then beat #5 Donavon Hanson of Manson Northwest Webster by fall (1:34). His third match he faced Bryce Shaha of Mount Ayr and won by a 10-6 decision in the third round of consolations. Tomorrow he faces #6 Brock Dietz of Nashua-Plainfield in the consolation semifinal round.

#2 Kaleb Reeves lost his first match of the day at 220 lbs to #5 Zack Santee of Central Springs by a 4-3 decision. He then won in the second round of regionals over #9 Brett Schoenherr of Midland, Wyoming by fall (:37). In his final match Reeves beat #3 Chaz Clark of Pleasantville by fall (4:24). Saturday he matches up with #4 Nicholas Gaes of Alta-Aurelia in the semifinal consolation round.

Highland

Brady Hahn fell at 145 lbs in the quarterfinal matchup by fall (5:42) to Nicholas Martin of Moravia. His tournament came to an end when he lost to #2 Kory VanOrt of West Sioux by an 8-2 decision in the second round of consolations.

Lone Tree

Aaron Slaughter saw his tournament come to a close at 113 lbs when he lost by a 21-10 major decision against #4 Jacob Moore of Denver in the second round of consolations.

WACO

Cody Crawford lost his only match of the day in the second round of consolations at 285 lbs to #7 Darlyn Marquez of West Sioux by a 7-2 decision. Crawford has been knocked out of the tournament.

Class 2A

Washington
Walker Ikerd is done for the tournament after falling to #2 Kaden Anderlik of Crestwood in the second round of consolations for 120 lbs by a 9-3 decision.

Tristin Westphal-Edwards lost at 170 lbs in the quarterfinals to Mount Vernon’s Paul Ryan by a 6-5 decision. He is done for the tournament after falling to #4 Noah Glaser of New Hampton Turkey Valley by a 9-8 decision in the second round of consolations. 

Mitchell Huisenga saw his career at 285 lbs end after falling to #8 Kobe Clayborne of Sioux City Bishop Heelan Catholic in the second round of consolations by fall (2:10).

Columbus Community/Winfield-Mt. Union

#1 Jared Kadel started the day with an 8-4 decision win at 106 lbs against No. 6 Jacob Mielke of Pocahontas Area in the quarterfinals. He then pinned #5 Colby Lillegard of Bondurant-Farrar in 5:29 to punch his ticket to the finals. He will face #2 Matthew Lewis of Centerville in the championship match tomorrow.

Cam Rice lost to No. 4 Tanner Probasco of South Tama County in the quarterfinals at 138 lbs by fall (2:53). He then won the second round of consolations over Reed Abbas of Clarion-Goldfield by fall (2:59). He finished up the day falling to Colby Tool of Prairie City Monroe by fall (4:42). Rice will compete in the seventh place match tomorrow against #7 Brennan Todd of Sioux City Bishop Heelan Catholic.

Class 2A

Washington

Walker Ikerd is done for the tournament after falling to #2 Kaden Anderlik of Crestwood in the second round of consolations for 120 lbs by a 9-3 decision.

Tristin Westphal-Edwards lost at 170 lbs in the quarterfinals to Mount Vernon’s Paul Ryan by a 6-5 decision. He is done for the tournament after falling to #4 Noah Glaser of New Hampton Turkey Valley by a 9-8 decision in the second round of consolations.

Mitchell Huisenga saw his career at 285 lbs end after falling to #8 Kobe Clayborne of Sioux City Bishop Heelan Catholic in the second round of consolations by fall (2:10).

Columbus Community/Winfield-Mt. Union

#1 Jared Kadel is moving onto the semifinals at 106 lbs after beating No. 6 Jacob Mielke of Pocahontas Area in an 8-4 decision. He will face #5 Colby Lillegard of Bondurant-Farrar this afternoon.

Cam Rice lost to No. 4 Tanner Probasco of South Tama County in the quarterfinals at 138 lbs by fall (2:53). He then won the second round of consolations over Reed Abbas of Clarion-Goldfield by fall (2:59). He will face Colby Tool of Prairie City Monroe this afternoon.

Class 1A quarterfinals/consolations and 2A semifinals/consolations will start at 2:30 p.m. Friday

UNI women’s basketball and Drake will meet today in Cedar Falls for an in-state rivalry matchup. The Panthers are 13-11, 9-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference and the Bulldogs come into the day 18-7, 13-0 in conference. Tip is set for 7 p.m.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

The Sigourney girls’ basketball team saw their season come to a close in the class 2A quarterfinal regional round when they lost to Danville 48-43.