Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News ELDRIDGE ? The Mt. Pleasant baseball team suffered a close loss at North Scott on Thursday night. The Lancers shut the Panthers down 3-0.North Scott scored their first two runs in the third inning and tacked on one in the fifth to take the 3-0 lead where it would stay.Colby Potts had a nice outing for Mt. Pleasant, despite the loss. He pitched all six innings and gave up ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News It was the second-straight slugfest for the Mt. Pleasant softball team on Wednesday night and the second-straight one-run loss. The Panthers clawed back from an early hole against Central Lee in their home opener but fell to the Hawks 10-9.Central Lee scored the first four runs of the ballgame. The Hawks batted around in the first inning, scoring four runs. They put up ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Tori Witthoft is a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther girls' golf team.Witthoft was part of the state-qualifying team in 2017 and was the first-alternate on the 2016 squad.Witthoft met with The News last Thursday before practice. The questions are in bold with her answers following.Did you grow up here in Mt. Pleasant? Yes, I did.How long ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEWTON --Day one of the 2018 Class 1A golf meet in Newton has come and gone, and it's the closest team race in the state. Both of the county's teams are very much in the hunt after Thursday's action.Just 11 strokes separate the top seven teams in day one. Harris-Lake Park leads the way at +61 (345), but Winfield-Mt. Union and New London are both right in the thick of it. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARION ? The Mt. Pleasant and Marion softball teams traded punches all night long, but it was Marion who hit last. The Panthers blew an 11-8 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Indians scored four runs including the game-winning score on an error to win the contest 12-11.The Panthers got things going with a two-run homer by Trinity Krabil in the first inning. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London baseball team had trouble getting their offense going during their first baseball game of the season on Tuesday. The Tigers lost 8-0 at home against Cardinal.The Comets scored one run in the first inning, three each in the fourth and fifth and one in the seventh.New London was held to just three hits on the day. Britt Noel went 1-1, Mason ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London baseball team had trouble getting their offense going during their first baseball game of the season on Tuesday. The Tigers lost 8-0 at home against Cardinal.The Comets scored one run in the first inning, three each in the fourth and fifth and one in the seventh.New London was held to just three hits on the day. Britt Noel went 1-1, Mason ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London softball team picked up a shut out win in their first game of 2018. The dynamic pitching duo of Sydni Coleman and Camryn Blint kept the Comets off balance all game en route to a 6-0 victory.Coleman started the game and threw five innings, giving up just one hit and striking out three batters. Blint threw two innings, giving up one hit as well ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant baseball season opened up on Monday night when the Panthers hosted Iowa City Regina, the second ranked team in Class 2A.The Panthers hung in for most of the game, but the Regals busted the game open in the final three innings and took the contest 11-1.The Panthers trailed just 2-1 after four innings, getting their one run on an RBI single from Caleb ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DES MOINES ? Day one of the 2018 Iowa High School state track and field meet has come and gone, and the Mt. Pleasant boys are right in the thick of the state championship race, scoring 12 points on Thursday.Mt. Pleasant currently sits tied for third with Boone and Glenwood. Sergeant Bluff-Luton is just one point ahead of the Panthers with 13. Marion leads the way with ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News IOWA CITY ? What a day it was for Henry County's two Class 1A boys' golf teams. New London and Winfield-Mt. Union went one-two at their district tournament at Pleasant Valley Golf Course, qualifying both teams for the state meet.After finishing second to W-MU at the last meet, New London edged the Wolves for first place. The Tigers shot a 342 to beat W-MU by one stroke for ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It took almost 100 minutes for either the Mt. Pleasant or Danville boys to score on Thursday night, but Jadyn Vongsavath made sure it was the Panthers who knocked in the golden goal.Vongsavath scored the game-winner with 12.9 seconds remaining in the first overtime, firing one in off a long pass from Ethan Oilar to send the hometown fans home happy.?Ethan has such a great ...