Mt. Pleasant News

By Bill Gatchel, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? It was a tough night on the baseball diamond for the Fairfield Trojans Wednesday as their chances of playing in the state tournament were quashed by the Davenport Assumption Knights by an 11-1 final score.The game started off well when Hunter Hoskins hit a home run ball over the center field fence to put the Trojans up 1-0. However that lead would be ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. DODGE ? The Fairfield softball team was down to their last three outs in Wednesday?s Class 4A seventh-place game, but the Trojans were not about to go back home without a win.After falling 4-0 to Carlisle in their first consolation game, the Trojans staged a seventh-inning comeback to upend Sergeant Bluff-LutonTrailng 5-4 against SB-L in the seventh, Kenady Waugh ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News RIVERSIDE ? To say the Highland baseball team was stunned after their district semifinal game on Thursday night would be quite the understatement.The Huskies, who have been nearly unhittable in the last two years, ran into a Pekin team that had everything working for them. The Panthers exploded offensively for the second time this year against Highland and upset the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? There were two very different results for Henry County baseball teams on Tuesday night in Burlington. New London moved on with a four-inning 14-1 victory over Holy Trinity Catholic but Winfield-Mt. Union dropped a 10-3 game against Burlington Notre Dame.The Tigers scored in every inning of their contest, putting up one run in the first, two in the second, six ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The softball postseason heats up this weekend as the two remaining Henry County teams play in regional semifinals. New London will play at Sigourney tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m., and Mt. Pleasant will host Maquoketa on Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m.The Tigers enter tonight?s game after an 8-7 win at Moravia on Wednesday. Sigourney defeated Winfield-Mt. Union, 7-1. The Tigers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ­? With just a week left until the postseason, the Mt. Pleasant baseball team has put together a seven-game winning streak.The Panthers won their seventh straight at Community Field in Burlington on Thursday night, coming back from a three-run deficit to top No. 9 Knoxville, 5-3.The Panthers put the first two runners on in the first inning but couldn?t quite ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The (4A) No. 8 Mt. Pleasant softball team got the chance to take on some of the best competition in the state of Iowa this weekend at the University of Iowa complex.The Panthers went 1-3 on the weekend. They fell 4-1 to Iowa City West and 9-2 against (5A) No. 2 West Des Moines Valley on Friday. The Panthers dropped a 4-0 game to (5A) No. 7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, on Saturday ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Change is coming for the athletic division of Iowa Wesleyan University. The institution recently launched, ?committing to excellence,? a five-year vision that aims to drive enrollment and improve all aspects of the school?s athletics.Derek Zander, who was recently named interim athletic director at IW, stopped by The News last week to discuss his new position and the new ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant baseball team needed to sweep Washington on Thursday night in order to stay within striking distance of an SEC championship, and that?s exactly what they did.The Panthers ran away with game one, 8-3, and completed the sweep with a 9-2 win in game two.In game one, Mt. Pleasant put two on the board in the first inning with an RBI fielder?s choice by Caleb ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The eighth-ranked Panther softball team had a scare in game two of their doubleheader against Washington on Thursday night, but a couple of seniors stepped up in clutch time on senior night.A two-run triple by Bailey Johnson and a walk-off single by Sarah Moffett in the eighth inning lifted the Panthers to a thrilling 8-7 win in game two. The Panthers rolled, 7-2, in game ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DONNELLSON ? The New London baseball team took the lead immediately on Thursday night in Donnellson, and led coast-to-coast en route to a 5-3 victory.The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning, one in the third and one in the fourth to lead 5-0 in the middle of the fourth.Central Lee didn?t go down quietly. They put up two in the bottom of the fourth and one in the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball and softball teams were swept on Thursday night by SEISC North Division rival Pekin.The Wolves scored the first run in both games but the Panthers came storming back to win both by double-digits.On the baseball field, W-MU scored in the second inning when Dawson Bergthold knocked in Brayden Bradley.The Wolves held a 1-0 lead for ...