Mt. Pleasant News

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsOSKALOOSA ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? golf team finished second of nine teams at a tournament in Oskaloosa on Thursday.The Panthers shot a 360, outscoring Pella, Ottumwa, PCM, Norwalk, Knoxville, Oskaloosa and Winterset. Centerville won the meet, with a 349.Haley Booton had a big day, shooting 85 (in two combined games), which tied her with Centerville?s Madeline McDonald for ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? track and field team competed at the Demon Relays at Case Field in Washington on Thursday. The Panthers were fourth place overall, with a score of 102.Mt. Pleasant picked up two wins in the meet. The shuttle hurdle team of Mikayle Lance, Ashlee Menke, Maddie Williamson and Allison Buckert won the shuttle hurdle relay, in 1:09.38, and ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsFAIRFIELD ? Old rivals faced off for the first time this season on Thursday night.The MPCHS girls? tennis team traveled to Fairfield for a meet and the boys hosted the Trojans at home.Mt. Pleasant split the two meets. The girls won their second SEC matchup in two tries, defeating the Trojans, 5-4, but the boys fell, 6-3.In Fairfield, the Mt. Pleasant girls got off to a hot ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant girls? tennis team hosted West Burlington-Notre Dame on Thursday evening, where they suffered a close loss, by the score of 5-4.The Panthers went 2-4 in singles matches. Top-ranked Aline Thiengmany won her match, 8-3 and Thuan Tran battled out a win in the No. 5 slot, 9-7.Afton Enberg fell, 8-1, in the No. 2 slot. Megan Sutherland lost 8-0, in the No. 3 ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant track teams hosted their first home meet for both boys and girls on Thursday night. The Panthers competed in a stacked field, which included conference foes in Class 2A, 3A and 4A.Mt. Pleasant once again had a great day in the throwing events. In the four throwing events, the Panthers took three wins and tallied seven total top-three finishes.Bailey Johnson ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsBLOOMFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? tennis team suffered a nail-biting 5-4 loss on Thursday evening in their road matchup with Davis County.The Panthers went 2-4 in singles matches. Ben Zihlman squeaked out a win in the No. 2 slot, by the score of 9-8(5), and Matt Thorne was victorious in the fifth slot, by the score of 8-5.Losses in individual matches came from top-ranked ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant girls? soccer team will look to put on an offensive show in the 2016 season.The Panthers scored three or more goals in eight games last season and an experienced squad is in a good position to continue to find offensive success this season.Mt. Pleasant went 8-7 during the regular season last year and 4-4 in the Southeast Conference. The Panthers defeated Ft. ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsIOWA CITY ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? track team ran in Iowa City on Tuesday evening. The Panthers scooped up eight top five varsity finishes including two wins in the meet, which included many eastern Iowa teams in 3A and 4A.Mt. Pleasant?s best event was the 200-meter dash. Peyton Coffin took first place, in 27.36 seconds and D?Jannay Patterson was second, in 27.66 seconds.Cof...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsAMES ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? track and field team competed in a packed field at the Iowa State Indoors, in Ames, on Tuesday. The Panthers picked up five top 20 finishes, including one top five.Cori Fitten had the best finish of the night. He threw a 50?1? in the shot put, which was his third personal best in the last three meets, and helped him to a fourth overall finish. ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsIOWA CITY ? Mt. Pleasant is one win away from its first trip to the state boys? basketball tournament since the 2012-2013 season.Standing in the Panthers? way, however, are the No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints, who MPCHS will play, tonight at 7 p.m., in Iowa City.The Saints earned their way to the substate final with a 90-47 win over Williamsburg, and a 56-43 win over Clear ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade boys? basketball team finished their season at home against Ft. Madison on Monday, Feb. 22. The Panthers split with the Bloodhounds, winning the ?A? game 32-23, and losing the ?B? game, 24-15.In the ?A? game, Keegan Kohorst scored 15 points to lead the team. Konnor Peterson added nine points and Rylan Seberg finished with four.In the ?B? game, ...

The Southeastern Conference has released its all-conference teams for the 2015-16 wrestling season. Mt. Pleasant was honored with one first-team nomination and one second team nomination.Colten Mertens, the Panthers? 145 lbs. state runner up was named to the SEC first team. The MPCHS senior was also named conference wrestler of the year.Fellow senior Kallin Crile, who placed third in Mt. Pleasant?s district ...