Mt. Pleasant News

Iowa Wesleyan's women's basketball team took on Blackburn College Saturday afternoon in the final conference game of 2017. First year head coach Jack Bruns and the Tigers picked up their first win after defeating the Beavers 61-59.In the first quarter of play, both teams took a little while to get their offenses going. The score was tied on three different occasions before Blackburn hit a three pointer with 4:07 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Both Mt. Pleasant basketball teams will be back in action tonight (Friday) as the Panthers take on Ft. Madison in Southeast Conference action.The Panthers will be looking to keep up momentum gained in the conference after sweeping Keokuk last Friday. The boys' team enters tonight's action 2-0 in the SEC, and the girls come in 1-1.The Mt. Pleasant boys will be on the road. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Iowa Wesleyan gave first-place Greenville a sweat in the first half in Wednesday night's women's basketball game, but the Tigers couldn't get their first win, falling 69-52.The Tigers used a balanced scoring attack in the first half to stick with the Panthers, but Greenville still took the first two quarters 16-13 and 21-13 to take a 37-26 lead at halftime.The Panthers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News RIVERSIDE ? The WACO wrestling team traveled to Riverside on Thursday night for the Highland triangular. The Warriors went 0-2 against a couple of Southeast Iowa Super Conference foes.WACO fell 52-28 to Louisa-Muscatine. The Warriors fell to Highland 46-28 for their second loss of the day.Full results for the WACO wrestling team can be found below.Louisa-Muscatine 52 vs. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News CARDINAL ? The New London wrestling team had a dominant night on Thursday, topping two Southeast Iowa Super Conference teams. The Tigers rolled Cardinal 52-6, and beat down Wapello 54-30, to finish 2-0 on the night.Full results for the New London wrestling team can be found below.New London 52 vs. Cardinal 6: 152: Currey Jacobs-Miller wins by forfeit. 160: Gabe Carter ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Dalton Bass is a senior at Mt. Pleasant and a member of the Panther wrestling team. He is wrestling at 220 lbs., after reaching the 25-win mark at 195 lbs. last season, and is also a member of the Mt. Pleasant football team.Bass met with The News on Wednesday after practice. The questions are in bold with his answers following.Did you grow up in Mt. Pleasant? I did ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? It was a battle of Warriors on Tuesday night in Wayland as WACO hosted Van Buren in a SIESC South Division double-header.After a couple of back-and-forth contests, it was Van Buren that wound up on top. The Warriors used a fast start in the girls' game to pick up a 46-30 win. The VB boys' team staged a fourth-quarter comeback to complete the sweep, 59-52.The ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News KALONA ? The Winfield-Mt. Union basketball teams traveled to Kalona on Tuesday night where they earned a split with Iowa Mennonite. The girls dominated 54-27, but the boys fell 94-55.It was all W-MU in the first half of the girls' game. The Lady Wolves torched IMS 24-4 in the first quarter and 21-7 in the second to take a commanding 45-11 lead into halftime. IMS won the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? The Winfield-Mt. Union girls held an early lead against West Burlington in Saturday's road game, but the Wolves couldn't hold on to the lead and eventually lost 41-29.W-MU led 7-5 after one quarter, but lost the lead in the second period. West Burlington led 17-14 at the break, and pulled away in the third and fourth quarters.Pearl Krieger-Coble led the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? The WACO boys' basketball team fell 71-47 at Burlington Notre Dame on Friday night but bounced back with a 72-60 win against Keota on Saturday at home.The Warriors had a rough start against Notre Dame on Friday. The Nikes had a monster first quarter, outscoring the Warriors 23-6. WACO inched back in the second quarter but Notre Dame still held a 37-22 at halftime....

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union basketball team went 0-2 over the weekend falling at home to West Branch 89-27 on Friday, and dropping a road game 71-45 to West Burlington on Saturday.The Wolves couldn't hold down West Branch, giving up over 20 points in each quarter. On the flip side, the Wolves were unable to put together a double-digit scoring effort in any of the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London girls' basketball team lost two home games over the weekend. The Tigers fell 77-33 to West Burlington on Friday night. On Saturday, the Tigers lost to Pekin 72-17.New London trailed 15-8 after one quarter on Friday against West Burlington, and trailed 38-19 at halftime. West Burlington's defense was able to hold the Tigers to just 14 second half ...