Mt. Pleasant News

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? Winfield-Mt. Union High School was packed with wrestling fans on Thursday night, as the Columbus/W-MU grapplers took on WACO and New London in a triangular meet.New London was the big winner of the day, defeating Columbus/W-MU, 58-18, and WACO, 67-3. The Warriors picked up the closest win of the day, defeating Columbus/W-MU, 42-40.New London and Columbus/W-MU ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsOne of the most intense games of the early 2016-17 SLIAC slate took place Tuesday night at Ruble Arena between the Iowa Wesleyan men and Principia College.The Tigers had two shots to tie the game in the last 13 seconds but Principia held on late for an 83-80 road win.The Panthers started out on a 9-3 run before IWU could get their feet under them and get the offense going.Th...

The Iowa Wesleyan men?s basketball team took on Blackburn College in Carlinville, Ill., Saturday afternoon.The Tigers were looking to remain unbeaten in conference after picking up a win against MacMurray in their first conference game of the season last week.IWU had four members reach double figures to help them secure a 76-65 win over the Beavers.The Tigers were the first to score in the contest after ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsOTTUMWA ? The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade girls had another great day on the basketball court on Thursday night.The Panther ?A? team doubled-up Ottumwa, 40-20, in their game. The ?B? team had a dominant win, 38-4 in theirs.The ?A? team trailed 9-8 after the first quarter, but outplayed the Bulldogs from then on.The Panthers outscored Ottumwa, 32-11 over the final three ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWrestling season is officially underway for Mt. Pleasant, and the Panthers started things off on the right foot on Tuesday night.Mt. Pleasant took down Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union in their first dual of the year, winning 55-21.The night began at 170 lbs., with Morris Tucker of Columbus/W-MU pinning Mt. Pleasant?s Garrett Boecker in 57 seconds.After four straight forfeit ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWEST BURLINGTON ? New London had a fantastic day on the mats at the West Burlington quad on Thursday night.The Tigers picked up three wins on the night, beating Van Buren, 63-3, West Burlington/Notre Dame/Danville, 68-6, and West Hancock (Ill.), 48-27.The Tigers moved to 4-2 with the win and will be back in action on Saturday at the Jeremy Fulk Classic on their home mats, at ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsDONNELLSON ? The WACO basketball team traveled to Donnellson to take on Central Lee for their first game of the season on Tuesday night.Central Lee used an impressive second half to take down the Warriors, 82-45, despite a huge game from WACO?s Kiana Miller.The Warriors stuck with the Hawks in the first half. They lost the first quarter, 16-13, and the second quarter, 13-8, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsOTTUMWA ? The 2016-17 season is officially underway for the Mt. Pleasant bowling teams.The boys? team and the girls? team started their season in Ottumwa and Coach Troy Mears had his first look at the new teams.The boys had a score of 2,561 in their first action, led by three bowlers scoring over 385 in their individual games.Clayton Sammons led the way with a 408, rolling ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsLONE TREE ? The season is underway for the Winfield-Mt. Union girls? basketball team, who had their season opener on Tuesday night against Lone Tree.The Wolves had a rough second quarter to trail by double-digits at halftime and could never get back into the game in a 49-25 loss.W-MU trailed just 7-4 after the first quarter of play, but the Lions outscored the Wolves, 19-4, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsRIVERSIDE ? It was a tough start to the season for the New London basketball team, having to play a stacked Highland team in their first game on Tuesday night.The Huskies used dominant first and third quarters to take down the young Tigers, 64-25.The more experienced Highland team got out to a fast start in the first quarter, winning the period, 17-2.The Tigers calmed down ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe first game of the season for the top-ranked Lady Dutch wasn?t quite as easy as Pella fans would have hoped.The Mt. Pleasant girls stayed tight with Pella all game, trailing by as little as 10 points midway through the third quarter.The Panthers started the game on a 5-0 run thanks to a layup by Sarah Moffett to open the scoring and a three-pointer by Kalynn Batey.After ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWe?re one day away from the official start of girls? high school basketball season.The Mt. Pleasant girls will start their season with Durant on Saturday, Nov. 19, at home.Durant is coming off of an 18-6 season where they finished at No. 15 in Class 2A. The Wildcats will be a different team this season though, as they lost four of their five starters from last year.Mt. ...