Mt. Pleasant News

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant basketball teams got sweet revenge on Tuesday night, avenging a couple of close losses from last season.The Panthers faced Chariton in a non-conference doubleheader and picked up two non-conference wins, 57-46 in the girls? game and 77-48 in the boys? game.The girls? game was back and forth for three quarters. Mt. Pleasant were able to score points inside ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsIt was an action-packed night of wrestling at Mt. Pleasant High School on Thursday night between two Southeast Conference rivals.Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant met on the mats for the first time this season. A few close wins in the middleweights propelled the Trojans to the win, 39-34.The night started out with a pin at 285 lbs. by Fairfield?s Brendon Lunsford. Mt. Pleasant won ...

BY BILL GATCHELGolden Triangle News ServiceWAYLAND ? The WACO wrestling team was home to a triangular against Lone Tree and Pekin Thursday, Jan. 19, where the Warriors won both of their matches against their opponents. WACO had a final score of 51-12 over Lone Tree and had a 42-33 victory over Pekin.The first match against Lone Tree was Cody Crawford (285) and Payton Lorack. Crawford won by fall in 0:53. Jaden ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsRIVERSIDE ? New London took care of business at the Highland triangular on Thursday night.The Tigers dominated both Highland, 60-18, and West Burlington/Notre Dame, 57-18, to go 2-0 on the night.New London didn?t have to do much in their dual against Highland, splitting the only two matches of the day. Sam Loyd won by pin at 113, and Gabe Carter fell at 138 lbs. All other ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? Things are starting to heat up in the SEISC South. On Friday night two South Division teams matched up for a conference doubleheader as Van Buren headed to New London to take on the Tigers.In the first game, the New London girls evened up the season series against the Warriors with a 55-43 win. The Tiger boys, who were ranked No. 4 at the time, completed the ...

BY BILL GATCHELGolden Triangle News ServiceWASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant Panthers wrestling team challenged the Washington Demons Thursday, Jan. 12, hoping to keep the conference title from being handed to Washington for a fourth-straight year. Their efforts were strong, but not good enough as they would lose to Washington 51-17.Taking to the mat first was James DeMeyer (152) who won by a 10-0 major decision ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? Three area wrestling teams gathered at WACO High School on Thursday night for a triangular in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference.WACO hosted Mediapolis and Cardinal. The Warriors split their two meets, defeating the Comets in the first match of the night, 42-29, and lost to the Bulldogs in the final dual, 52-30.Mediapolis had two wins on the night. The Bulldogs ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsDONNELLSON ? One day after Mt. Pleasant?s road win over Washington, the Panthers were back to their winning ways at Central Lee.The Panthers scored 21 points in each of the first three quarters and outscored the Hawks in each period en route to a 74-32 win.Mt. Pleasant consistently was able to get Central Lee to turn the ball over, getting 20 steals in the win and lighting ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsELDON ? The WACO boys won their first game of the year on Tuesday night on the road at Cardinal.The Warriors used a 32-12 halftime advantage to jump out to a big lead and stretched it by three points in the second half to come away with the 54-31 victory.Jacob Fried scored 14 points in the win to lead the team. Matthew Leichty had 11 points and 11 rebounds.Colton Horak ...

BY BILL GATCHELGolden Triangle News ServiceWAYLAND ? It was a night of close matchups on the wrestling mat Thursday, Jan. 5, at WACO as the Warriors would host both New London and Lone Tree in dual action. WACO and Lone Tree would face each other first on the mats where it was an easy victory for WACO with numerous open classes securing the 57-6 victory.Only Robert Frazer and Jalen Collins had competition from ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsAnother night, another win for the No. 22 Mt. Pleasant wrestling team.The Panthers had their third home dual of the season on Thursday night. Four pins and a couple of close wins by decision helped the Panthers to their 13th dual win of the season, 42-33.The Panthers started things off with a forfeit win at 106 lbs., and a 5-4 decision for Corbin Broeker at 113 lbs. The ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsAnthony Carrasco is a senior at Mt. Pleasant high school and a member of the Panther wrestling team.Carrasco is the biggest of the Panther varsity wrestlers. He wrestles in the 285 lbs. (heavyweight) division.Carrasco met with The News on Wednesday evening before practice. The questions appear in bold.Did you grow up here in Mt. Pleasant? No, I was actually born in New ...