Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Attention football fans: The 2018 season is just one day away. The only catch is, if you live in Henry County, you'll have to put in some drive time to get to either contest.Both WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union will play in their first official games on Friday, Aug. 17, with both starting at 7 p.m. Both games will be non-district games.It's a particularly special game for ...

MARSHALLTOWN ? Mt. Pleasant's own Mark Kimzey was inducted into the Iowa Amatuer Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 11, at the Iowa Ametuer Boxing Annual Meeting and Hall of Fame Presentation. The event was hosted by Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown.Kimzey was acknowledged for his 23 years as an amatuer boxing official and referee. He has also been the association's secretary, treasurer and excecutive ...

The Southeast Iowa Avalanche baseball team is holding a tryout for children 13 and under on Sunday, Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. The tryout will be for the spring 2019 season and will take place at the Mt. Pleasant Little League field.For any questions about the Avalanche or tryout details, please call 319-931-8718.

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? New London softball games will be missing a familiar face when the summer sports season rolls around. Duane Blint has resigned as the head coach of Tiger softball.Blint has been with the Tiger softball program for 15 years. He served under Troy Mears as an assistant before becoming a co-head coach with Paula Bliven. He has been the lone head coach for New ...

By Ben Visser, Gazette correspondent AMES ? Iowa State football's middle linebacker spot is still hotly contested.The coaches have narrowed the search to three players, Cedar Rapids native O'Rien Vance, redshirt junior Bobby McMillen and true freshman Mike Rose.But two veterans anchor the outside to help the development in the middle. Sam linebacker Willie Harvey is a redshirt senior and a four-year starter, ...

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? The Hawkeyes pushed away from the dock last week for their annual three-month fishing trip, aka the football season.Four pairs of sunglasses fell into the lake. It's OK, though, head coach Kirk Ferentz said on Friday during the team's media day. They'll double back around and fish out the sunglasses in week 2.Obviously, the lost sunglasses are the four suspensions ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The 2018 Southeast Conference baseball season went a lot like previous years as the three Golden Triangle teams dominated in conference play. Fairfield, Mt. Pleasant and Washington were the top three teams in the league for the third-straight year, with the Trojans taking home the conference crown.Mt. Pleasant tied for second with Washington this season and earned four ...

By Ben Viser, Gazette Correspondent AMES ? Ahead of Iowa State football media day Tuesday, here are five questions for the Cyclones' 2018 season to ponder.1. Who takes over at middle linebacker?Last season, Iowa State had a quarterback, Joel Lanning, as its ?quarterback of the defense,? and it worked better than Matt Campbell could've hoped for.After Lanning's graduation, Campbell has to fill the spot again. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News On Tuesday, the Mt. Pleasant News published the full Winfield-Mt. Union football schedule as part of its ?A look ahead? series, which leads up to the fall sports season.W-MU's Aug. 24 home game against English Valleys was glossed over, which made every game after that one week earlier than they should have been.Another note to mention is that W-MU will be hosting its ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News On Tuesday, the Mt. Pleasant News published the full Winfield-Mt. Union football schedule as part of its ?A look ahead? series, which leads up to the fall sports season.W-MU's Aug. 24 home game against English Valleys was glossed over, which made every game after that one week earlier than they should have been.Another note to mention is that W-MU will be hosting its ...

By Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune A potentially damning report produced by veteran journalist Brett McMurphy alleges Urban Meyer knew of domestic-abuse allegations involving an assistant coach in 2015 ? something Ohio State's head coach denied last week during Big Ten media days.Meyer did fire receivers coach Zach Smith on July 24 but only after McMurphy's original story unearthed police reports that shed ...

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz announced Tuesday that Brandon Snyder is leaving the program and Tristan Wirfs will serve as one-game suspension.Snyder, according to a release from the school, is leaving to ?pursue an opportunity to receive more time on the field.? He was given his release, meaning he can ?play for another team immediately,? Ferentz ...