Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The New London baseball team won three games in three days this week, all coming against Southeast Iowa Super Conference opponents.The Tigers beat Danville at home 5-1 on Tuesday, took out Lone Tree 7-4 on the road Wednesday and rolled at Holy Trinity 14-5 on Thursday to run their winning streak to five games.New London scored the first two runs of the game ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The Mt. Pleasant softball team picked up its first Southeast Conference win on Thursday night, splitting road games with Ft. Madison.The Panthers won the first game, 3-2, in a pitcher's dual. Ft. Madison was able to take down MP in game two, beating the Panthers 8-3.Anni Liechty willed the Panthers to a win in game one, holding the Bloodhounds to just two ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAPELLO ? The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team traveled to Wapello for a SEISC North Division game on Tuesday night. The Wolves were defeated 13-0 by the Indians.Wapello scored three runs in the first inning, five in the second, one in the third and four in the fourth to pick up the win. W-MU had just two hits in the loss.Jacob Ford and Mitchell Niebuhr each threw two ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARSHALLTOWN ? Day two of the 2018 Class 1A girls' golf tournament ended with quite a bit of controversy about final score tallies, but one thing was made crystal clear: New London senior Casey Noble is the best player in the class.Noble shot a 76 on day two, which included two birdies on the back nine, and walked out the Class 1A champion by six strokes. Noble finished ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAPELLO ?The Winfield-Mt. Union softball team lost a SEISC North Division game 4-1 on Tuesday night against Wapello. It was just the second loss of the season for W-MU.The Wolves led 1-0 after 2.5 innings, but the Arrows tied the game up in the bottom of the third. The Arrows took the lead with one run in the fourth inning and tacked on two in the fifth.Madie Anderson ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARSHALLTOWN ? With one day complete at the Class 1A girls' state golf tournament in Marshalltown, New London sits atop the team standings.The Tigers shot a 367 on Tuesday, positioning themselves two strokes ahead of second-place Iowa Valley and 12 strokes ahead of third place Bishop Garrigan.The Tigers are led by overall leader Casey Noble, who shot six over par on day ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant softball team picked up its first home win of the season on Wednesday night. Makayla Cam delivered the walk-off blow, doubling in a runner with two outs in the seventh inning to give the Panthers the 5-4 win.The Panthers had to battle back from a 3-0 deficit early on. The Indians scored one run in the first inning and two in the top of the third to take a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEWTON ? Friday's action at state golf saw both Henry County teams move up a spot to finish top five in the Class 1A tournament. Winfield-Mt. Union shot a 348 on Friday after shooting 353 Thursday to finish fourth at 701. New London tied for fifth with a 705, shooting 349 on Friday after their 356 on Thursday. Grundy Center won the extremely tight team race, shooting a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant baseball team is 2-0 to start the season after two straight dominant wins over Keokuk on Tuesday night. The Panthers blasted the Chiefs 21-0(4) in the first game and took the second game 8-1 to start the conference schedule off right.Game one took just three-and-a-half innings before Mt. Pleasant won via the 15-run mercy rule. The Panthers scored 13 runs ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant softball team continued to experience some growing pains in their first Southeast Conference doubleheader on Tuesday night. The Panthers lost two home games to Keokuk, falling 10-5 and 7-3.The Panthers had to try and dig out of an early hole in game one after the Chiefs scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Trinity Krabill had an RBI double to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant freshman baseball team took two games from Iowa City Regina on Wednesday night. The Panthers won game one 7-2 and took game two 8-4.Chase Williamson picked up the win on the mound in game one. The Panthers were led offensively by Brennan Bender and Dalton Gardner, both of which hit two singles.Will Edeker had one single in the win, as did Joey Holtkamp ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DONNELLSON ? The New London baseball team picked up two road wins in two days on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, the Tigers took down Mediapolis 6-1. They followed that up with a 7-5 win over Central Lee in 10 innings on Thursday.In Wednesday's win at Mediapolis, New Liondon scored one run in the first inning, three in the third, one in the seventh. The lone Bulldog ...