Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DANVILLE ? The WACO basketball teams were in Danville on Friday night for their first SEISC South Division doubleheader of the year. The girls' team fell 63-27 in their contest and the boys dropped their opener 86-57.The Warrior girls had a rough first half that led to the loss. Danville outscored WACO 21-3 in the first quarter and 19-7 in the second quarter to take a ...

GRINNELL ? The Iowa Wesleyan women's basketball team was back on the road in Tuesday night's action. They took on non-conference opponent, Grinnell College, and were looking to turn things around. The Tigers were unable to come back from a big second quarter by Grinnell, and fell 57-67 for their sixth loss of the season.Darby Massner and Caitlyn Welch started the Tiger offense off on a positive note, each ...

In Tuesday's edition of The Mt. Pleasant News, results from the bowling opener in Ottumwa were released. One name from the Panther girls' team was accidentally omitted.Alexis Wohlleber finished third on the varsity team, throwing a 128 in her first game and a 113 in her second game for a total of 241.The full scores for the varsity girls' individual games were Emily Shumaker with 347, Gillian Anderson with 268, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union girls held off the Arrows 48-40 to move to 3-0 on Tuesday night, but the boys' team dropped their season opener 70-26.A fast start helped the Lady Wolves pick up their third straight home victory. The Wolves nearly shut out the Arrows in the first quarter to take an 11-3 lead, and held on to a 22-16 advantage at halftime.W-MU had their ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant freshman basketball teams took on New London on Monday night in their first doubleheader of the year.The Tigers topped the hosting Panthers in both games. New London's freshman/sophomore team won the boys' game 49-29. The Tiger girls' JV team took down the Mt. Pleasant freshman/sophomore girls' team 36-32.The boys' game was back and forth in the first ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News It wasn't easy for the two-time defending champions on Tuesday night. Mt. Pleasant gave Cedar Rapids Xavier all they could handle in the fourth quarter, but just couldn't get over the hump in a 68-62 loss.The two teams traded blows early on. The Saints jumped out to an early lead but Mt. Pleasant cut it to two points by the end of the quarter. Xavier led 11-9 after one ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? New London and Notre Dame squared off in an SEISC double-header on Tuesday night and fans saw a couple of close games that ended in a split. The Tiger boys pulled off a 68-59 victory, but the girls fell just short in a 49-43 loss.The boys' team, fresh off a state berth last season, has started the year without star small-forward Mason Porter, who is currently ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OTTUMWA ? The Mt. Pleasant bowling teams had their first meet of the season on Monday evening. The two teams traveled to Ottumwa to take on the hosting Bulldogs, Fairfield and West Des Moines Valley.The Panthers weren't able to outscore Ottumwa in either matchup, but the girls did finish ahead of SEC-rival Fairfield.The Mt. Pleasant boys shot a 2,295. Levi Mills led the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News INDIANOLA ? The Iowa Wesleyan women's basketball team played two games at Cowles Fieldhouse in Indianola this weekend for Simpson College's Thanksgiving Classic.The Tigers fell to Simpson 82-52 in their game Friday. On Saturday, IW faced off against another Iowa team, coming up short 79-54 against Buena Vista University.The first two quarters doomed IW against the hosting ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News LINCOLN, Neb. ? The Iowa Wesleyan men's basketball team played two games this weekend in the Synder Classic at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The Tigers were topped 117-54 by the hosting Prairie Wolves on Friday, and fell short against Carroll College, 88-75, on Saturday.The Tigers couldn't get anything to fall in the first half against Nebraska Wesleyan. The Prairie Wolves ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAVERLY ? The Iowa Wesleyan women's basketball team had their hands full on Tuesday night. The Tigers were in Waverly where they took on the eighth-ranked Wartburg Knights.The Tigers had trouble sticking with the Knights early. Wartburg jumped out to a 20-point lead in the first quarter and won every quarter, handing the Tigers a 96-40 loss. IW struggled to stop the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union released its All-State selections for the 2017 season on Wednesday and two Henry County athletes were named to the teams.A pair of New London seniors, Breanna Mettler and Carson McSorley, were honored as second-team All-Staters in their final year of high school volleyball.Mettler was New London's big hitter once again this year, ...