With all of the winter weather in the area two schools have gotten creative with their scheduling to try to make up a regular season game.
The Iowa Mennonite School and Washington Demon boys basketball teams will meet Thursday night at Hillcrest Union in Kalona. The game was originally scheduled a few weeks ago to take place in Washington. This also means that the boys game will serve as the opener for the IMS girls playoff game that will take place later on the same night in the same venue. The Iowa Mennonite boys come into the game with an overall record of 11-6. Last time out they beat Winfield-Mt. Union Monday 68-26 with Trevor Leyden leading the way on 16 points. For the season, IMS Is led by Eli Ours at 14 points per game, 10th in the Southeast Iowa Superconference. Caleb Gingerich has the team lead with 84 assists, third in the Superconference while Jeremy Niemeyer has pulled in a team best 112 rebounds, fifth in the Superconference.
Washington comes in with an overall record 8-8. The Demons were last in action Saturday when they pounded Williamsburg 64-26 behind 15 points from Trevor Quigley and Kasen Bailey. On the season Washington is led by Cade Hennigan scoring 11 points per game. Luke Turner leads the Southeast Conference with 62 assists. Trashaun Willis has pulled down a team best 90 rebounds, that’s seventh in the Southeast Conference. These two schools met a season ago with IMS taking a 65-52 win.
In the nightcap the Iowa Mennonite girls open up the class 1A regional tournament when they host Iowa Valley. The IMS girls enter the night with an overall record of 9-10. In their last game they blasted HLV 81-43 on senior night behind 35 points from Suzanna Yoder. On the season, Yoder leads all of class 1A scoring 27 points per game. Her 85 assists are also best on the team and second in the Superconference. Yani Gutierrez has grabbed 133 rebounds, best on the team and ninth in the Superconference.
Iowa Valley comes into the game with an overall record of 5-14. The Tigers beat BGM last time out 45-36. On the year they are led by Andrea Healey scoring 10 points per game. She has pulled in a team best 111 rebounds, seventh in the South Iowa Cedar League. Chelsie Rathjen leads the Tigers with 23 assists. The winner of tonight’s game advances to Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal to take on Lynnville-Sully.
You can hear the full doubleheader tonight on AM and FM KCII, beginning with the Washington HyVee pregame show at 4p.m. With tip of the boys game at 4:30 and the girls playoff game to follow.