Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? The WACO basketball teams put on a dominant performance Tuesday night in their first games of 2018.The Warriors cruised past Cardinal in both games of a SEISC South Division doubleheader. The boys' team won 72-41 and the girls' team picked up a 55-18 victory.The Warriors were simply too good inside for the Comets in the first half. Nik Coble and Matthew Leichty ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union boys had Mediapolis right where they wanted them through three quarters on Tuesday night, but a furious Bulldog comeback led to a tough 56-52 loss.The Wolves looked good early, especially in the back court. B.J. Rodgers went off in the first half, scoring nine points in the first period and 10 points in the second period for a 19-point ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was tough sledding on a cold winter Tuesday night for the Winfield-Mt. Union girls' basketball team, who hosted undefeated Mediapolis, the eighth-ranked team in Class 3A.The Wolves were playing without two starters, Pearl Krieger-Coble and Jenna Buffington, and the short-handed W-MU team fell 65-37.W-MU got off to a hot start and led for most of the first quarter, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News KIRKSVILLE, Mo. ­? The Iowa Wesleyan men's basketball team will return to action after a 10-day break on Saturday, Jan. 30. The Tigers will take on Truman State University on the road, in Kirksville, Mo. The game is officially an exhibition game and will not count on IW's final record.The Tigers will enter the game 1-10 overall this season. The Tigers lost their first nine ...

By Jeremiah Davis, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? All signs seem to point toward the end of the road for Iowa guard Connor McCaffery's freshman season.There's not been an official decision made on shutting him down for the year, but his father and Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery strongly indicated that's the way it was headed after Connor underwent tonsillectomy surgery Wednesday following bouts of mononucleosis, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Before the varsity teams took on West Burlington on Thursday night, it was up to the junior varsity teams to set the tone. The JV boys did so in a big way, crushing the Falcons 77-47.The JV Panthers were led by Jaxon Hoyle, who put up big numbers on the night, leading the team with 18 points. Jacob Stukerjurgen added 13 points and Brody Bender netted 12 points to give Mt. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant junior varsity girls won a battle with West Burlington on Thursday night. The Panthers topped the Falcons 31-28 in a game that preceded the varsity games,The JV girls were led by Serenity Keomanivong, who scored 12 points and was the only Panther to reach double figures. Emma Huckabone was Mt. Pleasant's second-leading scorer with six.Lexie Magnani ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News VICTOR ? The WACO wrestling team went 3-2 on Thursday in a dual tournament at HLV High School in Victor.The Warriors crushed Cardinal 42-12, topped HLV 33-18 and gritted out a 36-30 win over Montezuma. WACO fell 57-19 to Albia and lost a tight one, 30-27, to Lone Tree.It was WACO's last meet before 2018. The Warriors will be at Lone Tree on Thursday, Jan. 4, where they ...

By Mike Hlas, The Gazette Yes, Virginia, there is a Pinstripe Bowl.How it fits in the meaning of human existence is unclear. But what isn't? So here are some ?Fun Facts? about Iowa's first Wednesday afternoon football game in a baseball stadium in hockey weather:1. This is Iowa's first game against Boston College. The Hawkeyes are 8-11 in games against current members of the ACC, but have won their last ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant girls ended 2017 on a good note Thursday night, as they'll ring in the new year with a 5-3 record. The Panthers used a dominant second quarter to run away from West Burlington early and held the Falcons off for a 43-29 non-conference victory.The two teams battled back and forth in the first quarter. A fast start for the Panther backcourt carried Mt. ...

By Cole Blair, Gazette correspondent CEDAR FALLS ? Despite a 26-point effort from Bennett Koch, No. 8 Xavier was able to put away Northern Iowa late in the second half FridaY, 77-67.A Koch dunk and Klint Carlson 3 gave the Panthers an early 7-3 lead, and a second early offensive burst courtesy of Carlson and Juwan McCloud extended UNI's lead to 22-12 with just under 10 minutes to play.UNI (8-4) went without a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News West Burlington got a taste of how deadly the Mt. Pleasant press can be on Thursday night.The Panthers turned up the heat against West Burlington from the opening tip, smashing the Falcons 62-30 in their final game before winter break.Mt. Pleasant came out in a full court pressure look, and it was hard for the Falcons to even get the ball past half court. The Panthers ...