Mt. Pleasant News

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DANVILLE ? The Winfield Mt. Union boys gave Danville a sweat in the first quarter of Thursday night?s district quarterfinal but the Bears exploded in the final three periods and knocked the Wolves out, 68-28.Brock Fricke was on fire for W-MU in the first period. He hit two threes and finished with 11 points to lead the Wolves as they kept it close, trailing 20-15 after one ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DES MOINES ? All four state-qualifying wrestlers from the area were in action during Day One of the state wrestling tournament on Thursday, and all four picked up at least one win.Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union duo Jarod Kadel (106 lbs.) and Tucker Morrison (170 lbs.) had the best days of the four, each picking up wins in Class 2A.Kadel breezed through his match for an 8-1 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? It was an uphill battle for a young WACO basketball team in Thursday night?s district quarterfinal against New London.The Tigers were at home and had a major boost with senior post Ben Dentlinger back with the team, and despite still not being 100 percent healthy, New London looked as sharp as ever, knocking out WACO, 79-45.Dentlinger?s return was noticed ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan basketball teams closed their 2016 season out with a sweep on Wednesday night against Fontbonne University.The women won a nail-biter, 48-44, and the men reached triple digits in a 108-82 blowout.The Tiger women trailed, 18-16, at halftime and battled back to take the lead in the second half.The two teams found themselves all knotted up at 40-40 with ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsGREENVILLE, Ill. ? The Iowa Wesleyan basketball teams had a tough night on Wednesday, losing both games against Greenville College.The women?s team dropped their game, 85-57. The men fell in a shootout, 122-114.The women lost all four quarters in the game. Greenville led, 37-28, at halftime and pulled away in the second half with a 48-29 advantage.Hunter Clark scored 12 ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The crowd at Winfield-Mt. Union high school expected another tight game between two rival schools on Thursday night, but the WACO girls had other plans.The Warriors dominated the rival Wolves, getting revenge for a previous loss in a big way with a 57-29 victory to knock W-MU out of the postseason.WACO made it more than clear that they were ready to roll in the ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsFT. MADISON ? It was a tough end of the season for the New London girls.The Tigers battled youth and injury for the better part of the last month of the season and they just didn?t have enough left to challenge Holy Trinity Catholic in their regional first round game on Thursday night.The Crusaders jumped out to a big lead early and never looked back as New London?s season ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsCENTERVILLE ? The Mt. Pleasant basketball teams swept up Centerville on Thursday night.The Panther girls and boys both picked up wins. The girls won, 50-26, and the fourth-ranked boys won, 69-51.The girls? team cruised to a 24-point win to their fourth game in five tries. Maddie Williamson, Kalynn Batey and Sarah Moffett all reached double digits in the win. Williamson ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant wrestling team has won 15 duals in one season for the first time in school history.It wasn?t easy for an MPCHS team still battling through injuries. The Panthers started Thursday night?s triangular with a 73-0 shutout loss to a stacked North Scott team, but battled back for a 40-37 win over Muscatine to set the new school record for wins in a year.It was a ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant bowling teams took on Fairfield in their last regular season home meet on Saturday. The boys won, 2,896-2,788 and the girls lost, 2,682-2,194.The boys were led by three players who finished over 200 in both of their games.Clayton Sammons threw a 234 and a 228 to finish at 462. Cameron Sammons threw a 207 and a 248 to finish at 455, and Hunter Brown rolled a ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsIt was all Iowa Wesleyan on Saturday evening in the men?s game against Spalding.The Tigers raced out to a huge lead in the first half and coasted in the second en route to a 101-75 victory.The Tigers scored 15 of the first 20 points to get out to a 15-5 lead in the first half. IW went 9-17 from three-point land and got plenty of fastbreak layups, allowing them to keep ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe No. 24 Mt. Pleasant wrestlers tied a school record on Thursday night with their 14th dual win of the season.The Panthers faced Burlington in a non-conference dual and cruised through the night with a 51-19 victory.Mt. Pleasant started the day out on a 30-0 run. During that stretch, Corbin Broeker (113 lbs.) and Avante Henley (132 lbs.) picked up wins by decision, Nate ...