Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WILLIAMSBURG ? The Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country team ran at Williamsburg on Thursday night. The Wolves had one top-10 finish and two in the top 26.Brody Barton led the boys with the time of 18:17.8, which put him in 10th place overall. Asa Gipple finished 26th with a final time of 19:16.7.Talon Newton finished the race in 21:48.1. Avinn Newton ran it in 24:09. Jack ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant junior varsity football team picked up their first win of the season on Thursday night, outlasting Pella 22-12. The Panthers scored 22 straight points for the comeback victory after trailing 12-0 early on.Mt. Pleasant scored on a quarterback keeper by Brody Bender to make it 12-6. Ethan Oilar hit a 21-yard field goal to cut the lead to 12-9 at halftime.The...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Abby Ryon is a junior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the girls' cross-country team.Ryon quickly rose to the top of the pack on the girls' side, earning back-to-back state meet appearances in her freshman and sophomore year and finished second at the conference meet last season.Ryon met with The News on Wednesday after practice. The questions are in bold with ...

By Ben Visser,Gazette Correspondent AMES ? David Montgomery is a workhorse.He's routinely called the hardest worker on the Iowa State football team and on the field. His strength and balance allow him to turn a negative play into a positive.But it can take a toll on him.Luckily for Iowa State and football coach Matt Campbell, the Cyclones have four other running backs waiting in the wings, including two ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The coming weekend is a big one for Henry County football. For the first time this fall, all five teams will be in action, as the high school squads take the field Friday and Iowa Wesleyan kicks off the new year on Saturday.Three teams will be playing at home this weekend; WACO, W-MU and IW. Mt. Pleasant and New London will be on the road.Mt. Pleasant has a mountain of a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Tuesday's inclement weather had a toll on Henry County sports. Two of the area's teams were rained out, and both contests have been cancelled.The Iowa Wesleyan women's soccer team was scheduled to host Faith Baptist Bible College at 5 p.m., in what would have been the first fall sports event of the year for the University. That game was rained out, moving their home opener ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union football team had all kinds of trouble sticking with a high-octane English Valleys team on Friday night. The Bears toppled the Wolves 74-18 in W-MU's home opener, bumping the Wolves to 0-2 to start the season.W-MU scored a couple of times early on, but the Bears ran away in the second half. E-V led 24-12 after the first quarter and 36-12 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The conference season is here for Mt. Pleasant volleyball. The Panthers traveled to Ft. Madison on Tuesday night for their first Southeast Conference showdown, facing a Bloodhound team that is a top-two favorite in the league this year.The Panthers weren't able to contain a hungry Bloodhound team, and Mt. Pleasant was swept in straight sets.The first two ...

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) released the 2018 Football Preseason Coaches Poll last week. Iowa Wesleyan received the seventh place nod after finishing the 2017 season with a 2-7 record in conference play.MacMurray College edged out the College of Saint Scholastica by two points to take the top spot in the poll. The Highlanders finished with a total of 57 points and four first place votes, while the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WEST BRANCH ? The 2018 volleyball season opened up on Saturday for Winfield-Mt. Union. The Wolves went 2-2 at the West Branch touchament, defeating Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 2-1, and Lone Tree, 2-0, while falling 2-0 to West Branch and Don Bosco.In their first pool play game, W-MU scored a comeback victory over EBF. After dropping the first set 21-16, the Wolves came ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? Eight-man football was served a notice on Friday night in New London. The Tigers are here, and they're quite the threat. New London faced off with Hartwick-Ladora-Victor (H-L-V), a team tabbed No. 3 in the preseason radio Iowa poll, and the Tigers absolutely buried them, winning 51-16.In a bit of a worrysome start, H-L-V scored the first two touchdowns of the ...

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 ...