Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OMAHA Neb. ? Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade sensation Blaine Frazier competed at the AAU Winter Nationals in Omaha, Neb. on Jan. 6-7 where he took on some of the best 100-lbs. wrestlers his age. Frazier defeated state champions and placers from Montana, Missouri and Nebraska on his way to the top spot.Frazier, who wrestles for the AAU team DC Elite, won five matches over the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan men scored in bunches on Tuesday night, topping Fontbonne 100-97 for their second win of the season. The Tigers dropped the Griffins to 1-6 in conference, moving one game ahead of them in the standings.The Tigers came out of the gates red hot. IW went 19-37 from the field and 9-18 from the three-point land over the first 20 minutes. They were especially ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant freshman boys' basketball team is on a three-game winning streak and all three games have been all Panthers. The MP ninth-graders smoked Ft. Madison 71-16 on Dec. 15, pulled past Washington 50-31 on Jan.5 and topped Mediapolis 50-16 on Monday for their third straight win.The win over Ft. Madison was on the back of a shut-down defensive effort. The Panthers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FAIRFIELD ? It's the biggest night in the year in the Southeast Conference basketball race for both boys' and girls' basketball.Tonight (Friday) the two top teams in both standings will compete for SEC glory. The first place Fairfield girls will host second-place Mt. Pleasant at 6 p.m., and the second-place Fairfield boys will host first-place Mt. Pleasant at 7:30 p.m.The ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAPELLO ? The Winfield-Mt. Union basketball teams traveled to Wapello for an SEISC North Division doubleheader on Tuesday night. The Lady Wolves fell 45-29 and the boys' team dropped their game 72-32.The W-MU girls trailed 13-5 after one period and 25-15 at halftime. The Lady Wolves were able to cut the lead back to single-digits at 31-24 after three periods, but Wapello ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? It wasn't quite New London's night on Tuesday when both Tiger teams hosted SEISC South Division rival Notre Dame. The girls fell 53-35 and the boys dropped their game 67-57.The Tiger girls jumped out to an early lead thanks to five different players scoring in the first quarter. Notre Dame was able to battle back, however, and spiked a 13-12 lead in the final ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News IOWA CITY ? The fourth-ranked Mt. Pleasant boys won their sixth game in a row on Tuesday night. The Panthers finished the season sweep of Iowa City Liberty, topping the Lightning 76-51.Mt. Pleasant used another big performance from the offense to pick up the road win. The Panthers scored at least 17 points in all four quarters.Liberty stayed close with Mt. Pleasant for ...

By Matt Bryant, Golden Triangle News Service RIVERSIDE ? Featuring 15 ranked wrestlers from 13 schools, Highland's Gary Curtis Invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday provided a tough test for area grapplers.New London placed seven wrestlers in the top six places to finish with 103 team points, good for fourth place.Three Tiger wrestlers fell just short of an individual championship.New London's #6 ...

Iowa Wesleyan University is relaunching an NCAA Division III sport adding to the ten represented in IW's athletic arsenal. Cross Country will begin as Chris Creal has been named as the head men's and women's cross country coach effective immediately.Relaunching the University's Cross Country program is a move that is part of the athletic department's comprehensive visioning plan, ?Committing to Excellence.??I ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan basketball teams split games against SLIAC rival Westminster on Saturday at Ruble Arena. The women picked up their first home win, 59-57, but the men fell just short, 87-72.The Tiger women used a strong defensive performance to hold on to a tight lead at halftime. IW outscored Westminster 16-14 in the first quarter and led by one piont, at 25-24, when the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys' basketball team will return to action tonight (Friday) for the first time in over two weeks. The Panthers will put their unbeaten Southeast Conference record on the line against rival Washington.The Panther boys come into tonight's game ranked sixth in both the Gazette and AP poll. The Panthers will follow tonight's game with a contest against ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OTTUMWA ? The Mt. Pleasant bowling teams took on Sigourney on Thursday evening in a non-conference matchup. The boys lost a tight one, 2,510-2,498, and the girls scored a 1,855. Sigourney did not have a girls' team, so Mt. Pleasant bowled unopposed.The boys' team was led by Sam Anderson, who threw a 203 in his first game and a 190 in his second game for a 393. Ethan Oilar ...