Andy Krutsinger

FORT MADISON ? The WACO boys are moving on. The Warriors gritted out a true road win on Monday night, defeating Holy Trinity, 51-48, in their first round district tournament game.WACO got off to a fast start behind Duncan Pickard, who scored 10 quick points in the first quarter to help the Warriors get off to an early 17-8 lead. Pickard, however, got into foul trouble early, picking up three fouls in the first ...

Your friendly neighborhood sports editor wasn't at the office on Monday or Tuesday and he wasn't in Mt. Pleasant all weekend. Why? Because he was on vacation.Yep, that's right, the family and I went straight Griswold, hopped in the car and took some time for ourselves. By the way, that reference is meant to be for the Chevy Chase ?Vacation? not the recent remake starring Kelly Bundy and that guy from ?The ...

On Aug. 20, 2016, the United States men's basketball team clubbed Serbia 96-66 to win gold at the Rio games. Just over seven months later, the U.S. baseball team hammered Puerto Rico 8-0 to win the World Baseball Classic.That's the kind of dominance we expect out of American international sports teams. There has been no greater sports dynasty in the modern era than the ole red white and blue, but there is still ...

Hello, people of Henry County. You all have given me so much over the last few years and I think it's about time to give back. Here's the deal: I come up with big money making business ideas all the time.Some of these ideas could probably make me rich and give me a shot to retire at 35, but I like being a sports editor too much to go through with any of them, and also everyone I pitch these to rips on them and ...

With the NCAA tournament officially underway and ?March Madness? sweeping across America, I thought it would be a good time to let you readers in on a little madness I endured last week.On Tuesday, March 6, I spent an hour and a half aimlessly walking around Des Moines trying to find my car.How did I get myself in this predicament? I asked myself that same question about 900 times over that 90 minute period.Fir...

Addison Lucille Krutsinger was born on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at 11:32 p.m. So I've been a dad for about 10 days and it's been pretty great so far.As a new father, I feel it is my duty to chronicle my experiences from the delivery room to where I am now.First off, I want to give a huge shout out to the people at Henry County Health Center. They were awesome, and I highly recommend them.Don't take that endorsemen...

Breaking news everyone. Your friendly neighborhood sports guy is expecting his first child. My wife is pregnant with a baby girl, and we are due somewhere between the end of January and the beginning of February.The summer of 2017, as well as the early fall months, have been filled with new experiences. I've been learning all these nuances about having a kid and raising it in 2018, and how much different it is ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News I remember when I was just nine or 10 years old and my parents bought our first family computer.We had a Gateway, one of the more popular computer brands at the time. It had crummy dial-up internet that got disconnected every time you got a phone call, and all we really did for the first few months was take turns playing one of the three or four popular computer games that ...

Flashback to the mid-90s for a second and imagine a 6-year-old Andy Krutsinger lying back in a dental chair while his mom talks to the dentist in the next room.I can still remember the aching feeling I got in my stomach when I heard the dentist say, ?Your son has an overbite. He?s definitely going to need braces.?Six-year-old Andy was ready to be a big boy, and that meant making big boy decisions. So I decided ...

TIFFIN ? The Mt. Pleasant junior varsity team traveled to Tiffin on Thursday night for their first game of the season. The Panthers lost a nail-biter, 20-18, to drop to 0-1 to start the season.The Panthers and Clippers were locked in a tight battle all game. The score was 6-6 until late in the fourth quarter when a chaotic final three minutes saw dueling scores.The Clippers got the last laugh. CCA was able to ...

The roster is set for Mt. Pleasant cross-country as they approach their first meet of the year. With the season-opening meet taking place in Williamsburg on Tuesday, Aug. 28, the Panthers needed to hold time trials to figure out their varsity team for the first go-around.The Panther boys were paced by Cody Mertens, who comes into the season ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. Mertens was joined by Dalton Moyle, Dakota ...

The first full Friday of Henry County football may be marred by some inclimate weather, and due to concerns about potential storms around Iowa Valley, WACO'S Road game tonight has been moved up one hour.The Warriors will kick off at 6 p.m. tonight as they look to go 2-0 to start the season. WACO players will leave school today (Friday) at 3 p.m., to head up for the game.Winfield-Mt. Union will also be moved up ...

Winfield-Mt. Union carried the load for the Henry County volleyball teams on Thursday night. All three of the county’s small …

WASHINGTON – The field was small in Washington on Thursday evening and some Mt. Pleasant runners were held out, but …

WINFIELD – All three Henry County small school teams were in Winfield on Thursday night for Winfield-Mt. Union’s annual home …