Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The eighth-ranked Mt. Pleasant softball team will host at least one game in the regional tournament this season, and quite possibly two.The Panthers were granted a top seed in Class 4A Region 7 when the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the brackets on Thursday evening.Mt. Pleasant will host either Marion or Maquoketa in their opening game, on Saturday, July ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The Bloodhounds gave the Panthers an early scare in the baseball portion of Monday night?s doubleheader in Ft. Madison, but a 12-run fifth in game one and a Zach Beason no-hitter in game two aided Mt. Pleasant to an SEC Sweep.The Panthers put two runs up in the first inning of game one, but they stalled out for the next three innings and allowed the Bloodhound...

The SCTP (Scholastic Clay Target Program) State Trap Championships were held at the Cedar Falls Gun Club June 7 through June 11 completing the Mt. Pleasant Panther Trap Team?s season. The Rookie and Intermediate groups shot their singles on June 7.All divisions shot doubles and handicap trap on June 8 and the Junior Varsity and Varsity group shot singles on June 9. Final awards were held on June 11. The Panthers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London baseball team went 1-2 over a two-day stretch last weekend, falling 4-3 to Highland on Thursday and topping Winfield-Mt. Union, 16-0, on Friday.New London took a 2-0 lead with a two-run first inning on Thursday, but Highland responded with two in the third and one in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead.The Tigers struck back with one in the bottom of ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OTTUMWA ­? It was a great day in Ottumwa on Friday for the Mt. Pleasant softball team. The eighth-ranked Panthers dominated Bondurant-Farrar, 13-3, and taking down the hosting Bulldogs, 3-1(8), thanks to a two-run homer by Sarah Moffett in the eighth inning.The Panthers wasted no time against Bondurant-Farrar, defeating the BlueJays in five innings. Cali Liechty had a nice ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The eighth-ranked Panther softball team made a statement in their 12-0 four-inning win over Keokuk in game one Thursday night, but the Chiefs flipped the script in game two, defeating Mt. Pleasant 11-3.Mt. Pleasant was able to show their offensive firepower in game one, scoring three runs in the first inning, three in the third and six in the fourth.Bailey Johnson and ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys? baseball team did what they needed to do on Thursday night, winning a couple of conference games to stay in second place.The Panthers used a ninth-inning walk-off single by Cooper Huckabone to take game one, 5-4, and reached the mercy rule in the fifth inning of game two, 11-1.Mt. Pleasant rushed out to a 3-0 lead with a three-run first inning in ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAPELLO ? The ninth-ranked Mt. Pleasant softball team had to grit out a road win on Wednesday at Wapello.The Panthers hung on in the final inning to pick up the non-conference win, 3-2.Wapello struck first with one run in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead. Mt. Pleasant scored two in the third to take their first lead, at 2-1.Mt. Pleasant added an insurance run in the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? There were a couple of blow outs when Washington and Mt. Pleasant met on the baseball field Thursday night, with both games ending 14-3. The only thing that changed was which team was on top.The two squads split their first two games of the year with Mt. Pleasant taking game one, 14-3, and Washington flipping the script in game two, getting revenge with the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? With two outs and one in on the top of the 10th, sophomore Trinity Krabill sent a two-run shot to left that helped No. 9 Mt. Pleasant escape Washington in game one.The Panthers held on in the bottom half of the inning to take game one, 4-2, and then parlayed that momentum into a 13-8 win in game two to stay unbeaten in conference play.Game one was a nail-biter...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News PACKWOOD ? Layney Loyd and Breanna Mettler each went deep and Camryn Blint picked up her first win of the year in the circle as the New London softball team bounced back with a 13-5 win over Pekin.The Tigers took an early 7-1 lead with a run in the first inning and three each in the second and third.New London ran the score up to 9-1 by the sixth inning. Pekin made it ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant baseball team dropped a couple of tight non-conference games on Saturday against Muscatine.The Panthers lost a late lead in game one to fall, 6-4, and couldn?t quite stage a comeback in game two, losing 6-3.Colby Potts was on the mound in game one, holding the Muskies scoreless over the first five innings. Cooper Huckabone had the first two RBIs of the ...