Mt. Pleasant News

The Mt. Pleasant freshman football team picked up another win on Friday, topping Ottumwa by a score of 54-12.They are now 2-0 on the season after a win over Marion in Week 1, 30-20.Against Ottumwa, the freshmen took an early lead on Zach Ebeling?s four-yard run into the end zone. Dshundric Foster, who finished with 154 yards on the ground, ran for the two-point conversion, putting Mt. Pleasant up 8-0. Foster ...

DONNELLSON ? The New London volleyball team kept the Central Lee offense off-balance with powerful serving, topping the Hawks in three straight sets to claim a Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division sweep in Donnellson on Monday.The Tigers won by scores of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-18.?Our strength was our serving,? New London Coach Maureen Heath said. ?We had 10 aces on the night, which took them out of ...

WACO High School has reported that the football team played an ineligible student per IAC 36.15(2), the ?Scholarship Rule.?The individual played in both of the first two football games, Aug. 30 at Columbus and Sept. 6 against North Mahaska.?We understand that this was incorrect and will be forfeiting the two contests,? Coach Chad Edeker wrote in a release.Since WACO lost the game at Columbus, the score will ...

INDIANOLA ? It was a tough start to the season for the Iowa Wesleyan College football team on Saturday, as they ran into the powerful Storm of Simpson College.The young Tigers? defense struggled to handle the quick Storm offense, and the Tigers fell by a score of 55-21 in the season opener.The Storm struck early, scoring on the opening drive of the game to take a 6-0 lead.After a three-and-out by the Tigers, ...

Tanner Gipple of New London competed at 34 Raceway over the weekend, where he won the Pro Quad feature. Gipple placed first in the 16-quad field.

Friday? Mt. Pleasant football hosts Ottumwa, freshmen start at 5 p.m., followed by varsity.? IWC mens' soccer @ Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., 4 p.m.? New London football @ English Valleys, 7 p.m.? WACO football hosts North Mahaska, 7:30 p.m.? W-MU football @ Iowa Valley, 7 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant cross-country @ Pella Invite, 11 a.m.? IWC football @ Simpson College in Indianola, 1 ...

The family of Dr. Alfred Savage had the most participants at the Old Settlers Fun Run/Race on Saturday in Salem ? 16 family members took part in the event.The runners are pictured. Front row, from left: Emily Deierling, Dakotah Deierling, Milo Savage, Iris Savage and Lila Stanley Savage.Middle row, from left: Danelle Deierling, Debra Savage, Sarah Stanley Savage and Dr. Alfred Savage.Back row, from left: Frank ...

After suffering a 40-0 loss to Marion in their season debut, the Panthers are looking to even their record Friday by slowing down Ottumwa on defense, maintaining momentum on offense, and playing a mentally tough game all the way though in their home opener.?We have to play disciplined football, we have to be a little more proficient in our passing game, and we can?t make mental errors ? poor alignment is going ...

KALONA ? The WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country teams ran at the IMS Early Bird on Tuesday, but only the W-MU boys earned a team score, finishing seventh of nine teams at the season-opening event.The Wolves were led by Kollin Lintz, who placed 26th in a field of 74 runners with a time of 19:26. He was followed by Johnathan Quinn, 31st, 19:52; Gavin Benzce, 33rd, 19:54; Kohlton Heinzel, 46th, 21:00; Levi ...

MARION ? Marion scored eight points in each of the first two quarters, and the Mt. Pleasant JV football team couldn?t recover, falling by a score of 16-0 on Friday.Joe Hess was 5-for-10 passing for 57 yards in the game.Cale Christner caught a 23-yard pass and Alex Carrasco had two receptions for 17 yards.On the ground, Korte Maddy and Carrasco each picked up 13 yards, and Colten Mertens carried for eight ...

DANVILLE ? The New London volleyball team went 4-1 at the Danville Tournament on Saturday, falling only to Class 3A No. 14 Mediapolis.The Tigers, ranked sixth in Class 1A, defeated the host team, Danville, along with Louisa-Muscatine, Maharishi and Ft. Madison, each in two sets, at the weekend tournament.On the day, New London?s Emily Parks had a team-high 27 kills, and Morgan Christner contributed 18. Kenadi ...

WEST BRANCH ? The Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team went 3-2 and finished fifth overall at the West Branch Tournament on Saturday.The Class 1A No. 9 Wolves fell to Iowa City Regina (21-13, 21-17) and Eddyville-Blakesburg (21-6, 21-19), but defeated Lone Tree (21-10, 21-7) in pool play. They then won both consolation bracket games, beating English Valleys (25-10, 25-16) and Lone Tree (25-9, 25-5).Erica Robison ...