Mt. Pleasant News

The Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade maroon team dropped its home and season opener to Edward Stone (Burlington) on Tuesday, 14-8, but the gold team came up with a 30-14 victory.In the maroon game, Zach Beason ran 15 yards for the Panthers? only touchdown, and then threw a pass to Chase Lamm for the 2-point conversion as the Panthers took an 8-0 lead in the second quarter.Edward Stone cut that lead to two with a ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The WACO cross-country runners competed at the Van Buren Invite on Tuesday, where they were led by Jennie Greene?s top-10 finish.Greene placed ninth of 40 runners in the Class A girls? race with a time of 19:16.Cheyenne Sedlacek was 25th with a time of 21:56, and Michaela Shaffer came in 37th at 26:37.On the boys? side, Dillon Douglas placed 34th with a time of 22:03, followed by Trevor Lynn in ...

The Webster University volleyball team wasn?t sure how to get here, but they certainly knew what they were doing once they got on the court, sweeping the Tigers in three sets by scores of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-14.The visitors? bus made a wrong turn on the way from St. Louis to Mt. Pleasant, pushing the match?s start time back by about an hour.IWC took an early lead in the first set and held on until late in the ...

After a week?s worth of practice focused on improving the offensive line, Mt. Pleasant football will take their home field again this week, hoping to give their quarterback more time to throw and their backs more room to run.?The kids are responding well and understanding what the expectations are for them,? Mt. Pleasant Coach Shawn Striegel said. ?We hope to show that Friday night.?In their final non-district ...

PELLA ? The results are in for the Mt. Pleasant boys? cross-country runners who competed at Pella over the weekend.Josh Stott and Brad Martin led the team, each finishing in a time of 21:26 to take 48th and 49th. They were followed closely by Blake Wickham in 50th place with a time of 21:28.Next was Alex Le in 60th with a time of 21:54, followed by Jacob Holtkamp (61st, 21:56), Dilan Zilliox (68th, 22:09), Alex ...

The Mt. Pleasant JV volleyball team defeated Washington in three sets on Tuesday. The Panthers lost the opening game, 25-22, but came back to win the next two by scores of 25-14 and 15-10.Hattie Liechty had a team-high 19 digs, while Danielle Coffin and Evie Kunch had five each.Liechty, Brooke Vanderham, Julie Lasswell, Jade Kennedy and Asiah Zaragoza had two kills each. Jena Stukerjurgen had two assists.Liecht...

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference all-academic list for spring and summer sports has been released.The list includes golf, track, soccer, softball, baseball, and cheerleading athletes as well as managers and statisticians for those teams who are juniors or seniors with a 3.25 GPA in the most recent grading period.NEW LONDON ? Kristen Allen, Cody Bartels, Ashlynn Brown, Caitlin Chiri, Matayo Christianer, ...

A 5K fun walk/run to support Shoes for Orphaned Souls will be Saturday, Sept. 14 9 a.m. at East Lake Park.The event will start at the Hayward shelter, and entry to the event will be a pair of athletic shoes for children, socks or shoelaces.Wal-Mart Logistics has donated a pallet of water and Hy-Vee has donated baked goods that will be provided for the walkers and runners at the event.For more information on ...

Both the Mt. Pleasant and Washington volleyball teams emphasized fundamentals and tried to play a clean game in last night?s Southeast Conference match.?We tried to reduce our mistakes, play as fundamentally sound as we could,? Mt. Pleasant Coach Jeff Schulz said.It was Washington?s aim as well, but the Demons fell short ? Mt. Pleasant took the match by scores of 25-10, 25-14 and 25-9, and remain undefeated so ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Winfield-Mt. Union boys? cross-country team claimed the top spot in the Class A race at the Van Buren Invitational on Tuesday, placing first of seven teams.The Wolves were led by three top-10 finishers.Johnathan Quinn placed third overall with a time of 18:35.Gavin Bencze was fifth in 18:49, followed by Kollin Lintz in sixth with a time of 18:53.In 13th place was Levi Giese (18:56), and the ...

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. ? The Iowa Wesleyan Colleye men's soccer team had a rough go against the Truman State University Bulldogs last Friday afternoon.The Tigers were outmatched from the early going, ending with a 11-0 loss to the Bulldogs.The Tigers gave up three goals in the first 16 minutes of play, and went to halftime with a 6-0 deficit.The Bulldogs continued their ferocious attack in the second half, controlling...

The Southeast Iowa Hawks Gold 18U fastpitch softball team won the USSSA ISP 18UA Fall Nationals over Labor Day weekend in Ankeny after going undefeated with a record of 8-0.The team ? which includes players from New London, Fairfield and West Burlington ? is pictured at left.Front row, from left: Brandall Diaz, Sydney Burnett, Hailey Cox and Marisa Repp. Middle row, from left: Courtney Coffin, Morgan Christner, ...