Mt. Pleasant News

The Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade football maroon team dropped an 18-0 decision to Fairfield on Tuesday, while the gold team played to a 6-6 tie with the Trojans.In the maroon game, Tucker Johnson carried four times for 20 yards and Zach Beason gained 16 yards rushing in four attempts.Beason was also 6-of-13 passing for 33 yards. Sam Beatty had two catches for 12 yards; Levi Puig had two receptions for 11 yards; ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade football ?A? and ?B? teams shut out Fairfield on Tuesday. The A team won by a score of 38-0, and the B team topped the Trojans, 34-0.In the A game, Brady Sartorius had seven carries for 52 yards and two touchdowns. Jordan Magnani carried eight times for 48 yards and a touchdown, while Isaac Kuster ran the ball four times and scored on a two-point conversion. Colin Mulford and Kieren ...

RIVERSIDE ? After breaking a 22-game losing streak with a win over English Valleys, New London faltered in its first district game of the season, falling to Highland by a score of 43-6 on Friday.Highland had a big advantage on the ground in the game, out-rushing New London 287-48 yards on the night.Quincy Porter had a team-high 41 rushing yards in 10 attempts for the Tigers on the night. Tyler Shinkle carried ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade volleyball ?A? team fell in its opening matches to Ottumwa last week by identical scores of 21-16.The ?B? team split with Ottumwa, losing the first game, 21-9, but coming back to win 21-18; the ?C? team picked up a win by matching scores of 21-18.Mt. Pleasant also split the ?D? match with Ottumwa, losing a close first game by a score of 22-20, but running away with the second game, ...

GRINNELL ? Iowa Wesleyan College cross-country runner Jake Ayers had an impressive race on Saturday at the Grinnell College Les Duke Invitational.Ayers took a huge step forward, dropping 41 seconds off of his time from the year before on the same course and moving up 48 places from his finish a year ago.?Jake (Ayers) ran a great race today,? said Coach Tad Hulst. ?What I liked seeing even more than the drop in ...

Tuesday? Mt. Pleasant volleyball @ Ft. Madison, freshmen start at 5:45 p.m., followed by JV and varsity.? IWC volleyball @ Clarke University in Dubuque, 7 p.m.? New London volleyball @ Cardinal, freshmen start at 5:30 p.m., followed by JV and varsity.? WACO cross-country @ English Valleys in North English, 4:30 p.m.? WACO volleyball @ Highland, freshmen start at 5:30 p.m., followed by JV and varsity.? W-MU ...

The Mt. Pleasant freshman football team suffered its first loss in a Panther uniform when they dropped an 18-16 decision to Solon on Friday.The team went undefeated in its seventh- and eighth-grade football seasons, and won its first two games this season as well.Mt. Pleasant took a 16-0 lead to start Friday?s game, as Pat Canby ran for a 60-yard touchdown on his way to 137 rushing yards on the night, and Brock ...

WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union football team rushed for more than 300 yards and got into the end zone three times against district foe Danville on Friday. Ultimately, however, the Wolves couldn?t hold on to the ball ? or the game ? dropping a 27-22 decision to the Bears.The team had six turnovers on the night: four fumbles and two interceptions.?One fumble was picked up for a touchdown and one interception ...

Winfield-Mt. Union students and staff showed up to school early today, chanting ?Let?s Go Hawks!? or ?Let?s Go ?Clones!?In anticipation for this weekend?s football game between Iowa and Iowa State, the entire school assembled in the gym for an all-student photo this morning, dressed in their Hawkeye and Cyclone gear.An award was given for ?Best Dressed Hawk Fan? and ?Best Dressed Cyclone Fan.?On Saturday at 1 ...

No. 6 New London 3Van Buren 0The Tigers routed the visitors in their home opener by scores of 25-6, 25-12 and 25-15, and are now 6-1 on the season. Wapello 3WACO 0WACO goes down by scores of 25-19, 25-13 and 25-18 in conference match, falls to 3-3 on the season.

PELLA ? Mt. Pleasant graduate Brayton Meeker is a member of the Central College football team.Meeker, a 5-foot-11, 235-pound junior linebacker, recorded a solo tackle and earned a varsity letter for the Dutch last season.Central returns 44 letterwinners and 19 starters (seven on offense, eight on defense and four specialty) from last year?s 5-5 squad.The Dutch are the third-winningest football team of any ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? The Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team came up with another conference win on Thursday, sweeping Columbus in three sets: 25-17, 25-14 and 25-10.The Class 1A seventh-ranked Wolves are now 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division.Erica Robison had 11 kills for W-MU, followed closely by Shelby Therme with 10. Sam Jamison put down five kills. Robison, Emily ...