Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News COLUMBUS ? The Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team finished the regular season with a bang on Tuesday night, topping Columbus Community in four sets.W-MU domianted the first set 25-14 before getting nipped in the second set 25-22. The Wolves took the third set 25-13 and the fourth set 25-15 to finish the year off with a win.Jenna Buffington and Lexee Hartsock co-led the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DONNELSON ? The WACO volleyball team got off to a great start on Tuesday night, winning the first set in its final regular season game at Central Lee, but the Hawks were able to take the next three sets to top the Warriors 3-1.WACO put Central Lee on upset alert with a 25-22 win in the opening set, but Central Lee shook it off and cruised in the next two sets, winning 25-7 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team was in control all match long during Tuesday night's senior night home game. The Panthers controlled all three sets and took down Keokuk 3-0 in Southeast Conference play.The closest set of the night was the first. The Panthers kept a steady lead due to multiple kills from their outside hitters and a steady block up front, but Keokuk was ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team went 1-3 on Saturday at their annual home tournament. The Panthers picked up a three-set loss to Pekin, got swept by Holy Trinity and Central Lee, and lost to Notre Dame in three sets.Mt. Pleasant went down early in their win against Pekin. MP fell in 25-21 in the first game and had to battle to win the second game 25-20. Mt. Pleasant took ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WACO's football game at Baxter on Friday night lasted just one half but it was the highest scoring game of any of Henry County's games with 70 total points being scored. The Warriors kept it close early on but Baxter scored the last four touchdowns of the game to knock off WACO 50-20.Colton Horak scored twice in the first quarter to jump-start the WACO offense. After a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News TROY MILLS ? The Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams ran at the North Linn Invitational at Troy Mills on Saturday. The Panther boys finished fifth out of 21 teams with 134 points and the girls placed fifth out of 17 teams with 198 points.Cody Mertens finished second individually with a time of 16:42. The Panther junior placed second to only defending Class 3A champion Jeremy ...

The Iowa Wesleyan men's soccer team took on Fontbonne University on Saturday in a SLIAC contest. The Tigers picked up their first conference win against Spalding on Thursday, and were hoping to pick up another one just two days later. Iowa Wesleyan was unable to come back from two first half goals, and they suffered a 3-1 loss to the Griffins.In the first half of play, Fontbonne had the advantage in shots over ...

Iowa Wesleyan hosted a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic volleyball quad today in Ruble Arena. Spalding University, Fontbonne University, and Blackburn College all participated in matches Saturday. The Tigers took on Spalding and Fontbonne and were hoping to pick up another win in SLIAC play. IW was unable to come away with a win in either match, dropping both by scores of 3-1.The Tigers opened the first match ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan soccer teams hosted Spalding in a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup on Thursday night at East Lake Park in Mt. Pleasant. The men won a thrilling double-overtime game, 2-1, on a game-winning goal by Blas Villaseca. The women were shut out 8-0.The IW men had to battle back after a goal from Spalding's Kornell Hilliard put the Tigers in a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The rivalry between No. 5 New London and No. 7 Holy Trinity Catholic continued to burn bright on Thursday night as the two squads met up in their first full (non-tournament) game of the season.This time it was Holy Trinity that walked away with a win, taking down New London in four sets (28-26, 18-25, 27-25, 25-14) to even the season series at 2-2.Although ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DANVILLE ? The fifth-ranked New London volleyball team topped rival Danville in three straight sets on Tuesday night. The Tigers mauled the Bears 25-15, 25-9 and 25-11 to win their 13th game in a row.The Tigers had three players finish a double-digit kill total. Breanan Mettler had 16 kills. Ashley Birdsell netted 15 kills and Kaylor Schulte had 10.Savannah Sutherland ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News PACKWOOD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team traveled to Packwood on Thursday night to take on Pekin in SEISC North Division action. The Wolves fell 3-1, falling 25-17 and 25-14 in the first two sets, won the third game 25-17 and dropped set four 25-19.Lexee Hartsock led the team in kills, finishing with 11 of them in 42 attack attempts. Jenna Buffington had seven ...