Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News IOWA CITY ? In one of the closest state-qualifying races Thursday, the Danville-New London team narrowly punched their ticket to state cross-country in Iowa City.The team, which features mostly Danville athletes but sports a couple of New London runners, placed third by just two points. Danville/New London scored 107 and North Cedar was just behind them with a score of ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Dani Broeker is a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther volleyball team.Broeker is also a member of the Panther softball and track and field teams. She was recently crowned homecoming queen this fall.The Panther libero met with The News on Tuesday before practice. The questions appear in bold with her answers following.Did you grow up here in Mt. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team will live to fight another day.The Panthers gritted out a first set win over Washington and jumped all over the Demons in the next two games to pick up a sweep in the first round of the regional tournament on Wednesday night. MPCHS took games 25-20, 25-9 and 25-19 to move on in the bracket and end Washington's season.Mt. Pleasant jumped ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It wasn't as easy as the Wolves hoped on Tuesday night, but the Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team is headed to the second round.The Wolves faced a furious test from Keota in the final three sets after dominating the first, but the Wolves were able to scrap out a four-set win.W-MU jumped out to a fast start in set one. The Wolves scored 15 of the first 16 points, taking a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News ST. PAUL, Minn. ? Before Iowa Wesleyan and the University of Northwestern took the field on Saturday the two squads teamed up for charity.The two football teams volunteered at ?Feed My Starving Children,? a Christian non-profit organization that coordinates the packaging and districution of food to people in developing nations.The Tigers and Eagles packed 54,432 meals, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NORTH LIBERTY ? The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team picked up a big win on Thursday to garner some momentum before their postseason run.The Panthers battled against a tough Iowa City Liberty team in their closest match yet, winning the game in five sets.Mt. Pleasant showed they were up to the task early, outlasting Liberty 27-25 in the first set. The Lightning bounced back ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. ? The Tiger football team took on the University of Northwestern on the road Saturday. Iowa Wesleyan entered the contest coming off a loss to St. Scholastica last week. The IW offense could not find an answer to Northwestern's defense and dropped their fifth straight game with a 29-7 loss.Northwestern won the toss and elected to defer, giving the Tigers the opening possession. DeMarcus Collins ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? The WACO offense was unstoppable in Friday night's home game against Easton Valley. The Warriors matched their season high in scoring to pick up their fourth win of the year at 64-42.Junior running back Colton Horak started strong, scoring three times in the first quarter. Horak caught a 59-yard touchdown pass from Nik Coble and had rushing touchdowns of 15-yards ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News PACKWOOD ? The New London football team will have to sweat out the wildcard selections when the IAHSAA releases brackets for the 2017 postseason.The Tigers couldn't quite nab an automatic bid on Friday night when Pekin held off New London 14-8 in a defensive struggle on Friday night in Packwood.New London's defense showed they were ready to play early, forcing two ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW SHARON ? The Winfield-Mt. Union football team failed to pick up their first win of the season on Friday night. The Wolves battled with North Mahaska in district play, falling 26-6.The Wolves took the early lead in the contest on a three-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Andrew Brady, but North Mahaska scored the next 26 points of the game to win the game by ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? Maroon and gold ruled the day at Rodeo Park in Ft. Madison on Thursday evening. The Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams each rolled to conference gold. It was just the third time in school history for both teams to win the SEC championship in the same year; previously claiming both titles in 1999 and 2007.First up were the Panther girls, who scored 36 points to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News For some teams, the second-to-last Friday of the regular season means a chance to clinch a playoff spot. For others, it may mean trying to earn some momentum with the first win of the season. Whether fighting for a postseason spot or just trying to get on the ?W? board, everything gets a little more intense when the game is set to be a nail-biter.That is the reality for ...