Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FULTON, Mo. ? The Iowa Wesleyan football took a couple of tough losses in a 1-3 month of October that ended the Tigers' chances for a .500 record, but the team can end the year on a high note this weekend in Fulton.The Tigers sit at 2-7 overall and 2-6 in conference play, and will take on Westminster College squad that sits just above .500 at 5-4 overall and 5-3 in the ...

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has announced their player of the week award winners. Maxwell Trautmann was named SLIAC Men's Soccer Player of the week in the final player of the week awards for the fall season.Trautmann earned the honors for his play last week for the Tiger soccer team. He scored two goals in Iowa Wesleyan's 4-2 win over Eureka College, and he had the assist on the Tigers lone ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The high school volleyball coaches of Southeast Iowa selected their picks for the Southeast Iowa All-Star Volleyball Classic last week, and Mt. Pleasant senior Kalynn Batey was selected to the team.Batey stepped up as the top hitter on the Panther team this year, tallying over 200 kills to finish third in the Southeast Conference.The senior outside hitter also has 12 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade girls' basketball team began the season with two wins over Washington on Tuesday night.The ?A? team pulled away in the second half to take down the Demons 19-7. The ?B? team held on to their lead throughout the second half to win 12-6.In the ?A? game, Mt. Pleasant led 4-2 at the end of the first quarter and 9-4 at the end of the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The first all-conference fall sports teams are officially out with the announcement for the All-SEISC volleyball teams.Henry County's three teams combined for 14 names on the All-SEISC teams. New London and Winfield-Mt. Union had six honorees and WACO had two.The county had four names on the All-SEISC first teams. New London had a trio of first-teamers, which were all ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News JACKSONVILLE Ill. ? The Iowa Wesleyan soccer teams wrapped up the 2017 season on Saturday at MacMurray, and for the Tiger men, that meant finishing up a statement year in the conference.The men's team topped the Highlanders 1-0 in their final contest, and a Principia Loss to Fontbonne pushed the Tigers up one spot on the final day for a third place finish. The IW women ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News VICTOR ? The postseason run for Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball came to an end on Thursday night, but the Wolves didn't make it that easy for No. 14 Hartwick-Ladora-Victor.HLV was able to breathe easy in set one, taking it 25-17, but W-MU made the Warriors sweat in the next two. HLV was able to pull both games out, however, winning each of the final two sets 25-22.The HLV ...

Iowa Wesleyan volleyball was in action Friday evening, taking on Loras College in their final non-conference match of the season. The night featured both a junior varsity and varsity match for the Tigers. IW fell in three straight sets by scores of 25-7, 25-16, and 25-21.Iowa Wesleyan got off to a bit of a slow start in the varsity match. Loras scored the first eight points of the set before a service error put ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. DODGE ? It's that time of year again as the best distance runners around Iowa will meet up at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Ft. Dodge for the state cross-country meet.The meet will begin tomorrow (Saturday) at 11 a.m., with the final awards beginning at approximately 3 p.m. The state meet is free but paid-parking will be available closer to the course, weather ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The dream of a state tournament berth is still alive for two Henry County volleyball teams. Both New London and Winfield-Mt. Union are juts two wins away from punching their tickets and both will be competing in the Class 1A regional semifinals tonight.The sixth-ranked Tigers will host No. 5 Holy Trinity in Region 8 action, and W-MU will head to Victor to take on 14th-ranke...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News CEDAR RAPIDS ? The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team had their hands full on Tuesday night when they hit the road to face Cedar Rapids Xavier, the topped rank team in Class 4A, in their regional semifinal match.The Panthers were unable to take any sets from the heavily-favored Saints, falling 25-12, 25-9 and 25-10.Mt. Pleasant fell behind early in the first set, but battled ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News EUREKA, Ill. ? It was a record breaking day for Iowa Wesleyan freshman Grace Alongi on Tuesday.The freshman forward scored seven goals in a 12-0 route of Eureka College, breaking the single-season scoring record at IW with her 16th goal this season.The record was previously held by Erin Lucido, who scored 15 goals in 2011.Alongi scored the first three goals of the game, ...