Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News We're halfway through the 2017 fall sports season and the area football standings are starting to take shape.Henry County's best playoff shot continues to be New London, but WACO is still hanging tough and Mt. Pleasant can put a little pressure on the rest of the district with a win Friday. Meanwhile, Winfield-Mt. Union continues to look for their first win, and Iowa ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The fifth-ranked New London volleyball team made quick work of Central Lee on Thursday night in a conference home game. The Tigers swept the Hawks 25-16, 25-10 and 25-17.Breanna Mettler had a big game for the Tigers, leading the squad with 11 kills and adding eight digs and a 12-12 serving day. Ashley Birdsell had six kills. Kaylor Schulte finished with four ...

PEOSTA ? The Iowa Wesleyan University men's golf team competed in the Loras Fall Invite, a two day event held at Thunder Hills Country Club in Peosta. After finishing day one in third place, Iowa Wesleyan dropped a spot to place fourth in the event. The highlight for the Tigers, however, was Kiley Miller earning medalist honors.Miller finished the two-day event with a final score of one under par, with a 72 at ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was all Mt. Pleasant on Monday night as the Panther junior varsity football team ransacked Ft. Madison 52-6 to kick off homecoming week.The Panthers forced a fumble on the Bloodhounds' opening series, scored on their first offensive play and it was all Mt. Pleasant after that.The offense was firing on all cylanders, but it was the passing game that did the most harm. ...

Tuesday marked The second night of powderpuff volleyball at Mt. Pleasant. MPCHS boys suited up in their volleyball attire to play in front of a full crowd after the varsity volleyball game against Fairfield. The senior team swept the championship match over the juniors, but the Class of 2019 did get a little payback in the consolation game.

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant didn't make it easy for the 15th-ranked Trojans on Tuesday night. The Panthers kept it tight in the first two sets and even had set point in the second game, but they couldn't quite reach their mark in a 3-0 loss.The Trojans won 25-20 in the first set, battled for a 26-24 in the second set and closed the night out with a 25-17 win in the third.Mt. Pleasant ...

It's officially homecoming week at Mt. Pleasant High School. The senior and junior boys played the first day of powderpuff volleyball on Monday night, where class champions were crowned. Pictured here is the junior class champions, who will take on the winning seniors tonight.

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant cross country teams continued to h a strangle-hold on the Southeast Conference on Tuesday evening, once again topping their SEC foes, this time at Washington.The boys' team had three top-10 finishes to win the team meet with 37 points, 22 ahead of second-place Fairfield. The girls had four make the top 10 to score 37 points, allowing them to ...

The Iowa Wesleyan football team traveled to Jacksonville, Ill. for their second straight road game this season. The Tigers took on MacMurray College in a UMAC matchup, and were looking to bounce back from a loss last week to Martin Luther. The Tigers offense could not get going against the Highlanders, however, and they suffered a 32-14 loss, their second straight conference loss.Iowa Wesleyan won the toss to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team couldn't quite scoop up a win on Saturday in a tournament at Burlington.The Panthers dropped four games, falling 2-0 to Burlington, Fairfield and Galesburg, Ill., and dropping a nail-biting three-set match against Davis County.The Panthers had to claw back in their three set loss against the Mustangs. Davis County took game ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London football team just keeps rolling. The Tigers cruised to yet another win on Friday night, this time pounding North Mahaska 54-6.New London had another great day running the football. Keontae Luckett led the offense with 95 yards and three touchdowns on 10 rushing attempts, and Dallas Bell added 60 yards and a score on 11 attempts.Quarterback ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? The New London volleyball team is finally back on top of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference.The fifth-ranked Tigers won the SEISC tournament on Saturday in Burlington, winning three more games to win the crown.The Tigers swept Van Buren (25-15, 25-18) and Pekin (25-18, 25-16) before facing off with No. 6 Holy Trinity in the SEISC title game.The Crusaders ...