Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? It doesn?t get much closer than Thursday night?s SEISC North game between Winfield-Mt. Union and Highland.W-MU clawed back from a 2-1 deficit to win the match 3-2 in one of the tightest games of the year in Southeast Iowa.The Huskies were able to hold a steady lead throughout the first set. Aided by a strong serving game, the Huskies took the opener 25-18 to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? Everything is coming up roses for the New London volleyball team.The Tigers moved up to sixth in the IGHSAU top-15 poll in Class 1A and celebrated Thursday night with a dominant win over SEISC South Division rival Burlington Notre Dame.New London swept the Nikes, 3-0, and none of the sets were ever in any doubt. The Tigers took game one 25-4, game two 25-15 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News For the first time this fall, all five area football teams will be on the gridiron in the same weekend.Mt. Pleasant and WACO will host non-district oponnents. Winfield-Mt. Union, New London and Iowa Wesleyan will all be on the road.This week will mark the home opener for Mt. Pleasant and the season opener for IW. New London will be playing their first road game and both ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OSCEOLA ? The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team built a little momentum this weekend as the team prepares for the conference opener tonight (Tuesday). The Panthers traveled to Clarke High School in Osceola and went 3-1 in the tournament.The Panthers picked up wins over Lamoni, Chariton and Martensdale-St. Mary?s before falling just short of a perfect day with a loss to the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OTTUMWA ? Sometimes the turning point in sports comes at an obvious point, and for the Mt. Pleasant volleyball team it was a barn-burner of a third set that almost made it to 30 points.The Panthers were tied 1-1 in sets with Ottumwa, falling 25-21 first and taking the second 25-19. The two teams battled back and forth in the best set of the night, but it was the Bulldogs ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WEST BURLINGTON ? The Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team fell in three sets in its season opener Thursday night. The Wolves dropped the first two gams by the same score, 25-17, and fell 25-15 in game three.Freshman Jenna Buffington had a nice performance in her first high school game. She had eight kills in 26 attempts and added 10 digs on the defensive side of the ...

Iowa Wesleyan University received 21 points in the coaches poll this season. Last season, the Tigers won three games, improving their win total by two games under first year head coach, Mike Richtman.Iowa Wesleyan lost several key players on offense, but will look to returners Jaquez Hall, Rudy Amezcua, and Tyree Thomas to step up. Hall had four touchdowns and averaged 53.5 yards per game for the Tigers last ...

Fans sitting on the far side of the gym couldn?t quite see the scoreboard above during the WACO volleyball tournament on Monday, but that didn?t stop this West Burlington fan. His scoreboard app worked perfectly for he and other fans in his section.

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Volleyball season is officially upon us as eight Southeast Iowa teams gathered in Wayland on Monday night for the first tournament of the year.Two pools of four teams played a round robin tournament to set up the championship and third place games. Wapello defeated Van Buren to take the tournament title and Pekin took third over Centerville.WACO, Columbus, Van ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Football season officially got underway in Wayland on Thursday night when the Warriors took on Hartwick-Ladora-Victor (HLV) in their season opener. A short-handed WACO roster couldn?t quite hang with a speedy HLV squad, falling 67-20.WACO was without a handful of players either with early season injuries or suspensions. HLV capitalized early against the younger Warriors, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) released their preseason soccer polls on Wednesday. Iowa Wesleyan was picked eighth in the men?s poll and the women were picked at the bottom of the rankings, in 10th.The IW men are ranked ahead of Eureka College (ninth) and MacMurray College (10th). The Tigers took down both teams at home last season, beating the ...

With volleyball season just around the corner, three of the four Henry County teams warmed up in New London on Tuesday evening. New London, Mt. Pleasant and Winfield-Mt. Union were three of eight teams to compete in timed scrimmages to get tuned up for the 2017 season. Pictured here is Mt. Pleasant's Ashlee Menke.