Mt. Pleasant News

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant freshmen football team heads into their matchup with Washington tonight with a 2-1 record. The Panther wins came against Clear Creek-Amana, 25-20, and New London, 27-22. Their lone loss was a 24-0 defeat against Mediapolis in their second game.In their latest game, on Tuesday against New London, Brody Bender had a great day through the air and on the ground.B...

BY AARON VINERGolden Triangle News ServiceAfter a strong second game, the Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team looked like they might have wrestled momentum away from Highland.After falling 25-19 in the first set, the Wolves led for much of the second game, leading by as much as 14-9, but the Huskies tied things up at 20 with a 5-1 run.The Wolves withstood the rally to take the set and even things up at one ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant made the 15th-ranked Fairfield volleyball team sweat on Thursday night in a Southeast Conference game in Mt. Pleasant, but the Trojans pulled it out, 3-1 behind a great day hitting the ball.Each of the four sets were within five points in a back-and-forth matchup that had both fan bases on the edge of their seats all game.The action started quickly with the ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsKALONA ? The WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country teams opened their season on Tuesday evening at the Iowa Mennonite Early Bird in Kalona.W-MU finished sixth in the girls? event, with 158 points, and seventh in the boys? events, with 165 points. WACO was ninth in the girls? standings, with a 247, and didn?t score as a team in the boys? race.Cecelia Hemsworth finished ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsTIFFIN ? The Mt. Pleasant junior varsity football team started their season off on the right note on Thursday night, defeating Clear Creek-Amana, 20-12 in the season opener.Bryce Anderson scored the Panthers? first touchdown on a 26-yard touchdown run. He found Chase Lamm for a nine-yard strike through the air for the second Mt. Pleasant score and then ran in a four-yard ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? It was an ideal start to 2016 for the Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team.The Wolves swept the Falcons, 25-13, 28-26 and 25-19, on Thursday night, behind strong play up front and a fantastic serving day from senior libero Sophie Kongable.After a defensive point started things out for W-MU, Kongable stepped up to serve for the first time and stunned the Falcons with ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsVICTOR ? The WACO football team had a good showing defensively in Victor in the season opener on Thursday night, but a couple of late HLV scores were enough to run away from WACO in the fourth by the score of 28-13.WACO?s offense had trouble putting the ball in the end zone in the first half, but a strong defensive effort kept HLV to 12 points, on two rushing touchdowns by ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsOur next stop in the journey back in time to the 2015-16 sports season takes us to the tennis courts.The sport of tennis is one of just two school-sponsored sports that are only played by one of our area schools, Mt. Pleasant High School.Both the Mt. Pleasant boys? and girls? teams combined new faces with a few returners in their six varsity spots, and a season of ups and ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant junior varsity football schedule is going to be one game shorter this season.Due to low numbers at Keokuk, the JV game with the Chiefs set for Thursday, Oct. 20, has been cancelled.This news is coming just days after the Panther freshman team had their homecoming game against Ft. Madison cancelled. Some area schools are said to be very low on numbers this ...

The schedule for the 2016 Mt. Pleasant ?Meet the Players Night? has been announced. The event will take place on Friday, Aug. 19, one week before the Panthers? first football game.The event will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club serving meals. That will be followed by player introductions at 7:15 p.m.After the introductions, the fans will get their first look at the football teams, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe weather was cold, school was in mid-swing and the action was non-stop during the 2015-16 winter sports season. Today, we jump from fall sports to the winter in our Year In Review to look at the sport of basketball.All of our area teams had their ups and downs and a few made deep postseason runs including a substate berth for the Mt. Pleasant boys and a second-place finish ...

By AARON VINER Golden Triangle News ServiceIt was a wild year in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference, with two of the top teams in the area duking it out for a conference title.Van Buren edged out Highland for the rights to the title, but both teams made their noise in the postseason with each qualifying for their respective state tournaments.With the Warriors and Huskies advancing to state, it?s no surprise ...