Mt. Pleasant News

Pictured, from left, are Kyndal Townsley, 10, of Morning Sun; Jayde Mumme, 16, of Mt. Pleasant; and Keetyn Townsley, 8, of Morning Sun, who performed an acrobatic dance routine in the Bill Riley Talent Search at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 14.

The Iowa Wesleyan College women?s soccer team, entering its first year in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC), has been picked to finish eighth of 10 teams in the conference?s preseason poll.The Tigers received 19 points in the poll, topping Eureka College (18 points) and MacMurray College (15 points).Webster University took the top spot in the poll, as they return all 11 starters from ...

Seventh and eighth grade football players who haven?t yet picked up their equipment can do so at the west fieldhouse at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex on Thursday and Friday afternoon.Kent Bennett will be there handing out the equipment from 3:30 to 5 p.m. each day.

Coralville ReservoirThe lake is at normal summer pool level.Channel catfish ? fair: drifting and trolling cut bait has been producing fish. Crappie ? fair: try casting jigs to steeper banks or deeper brush. Diamond LakeThe lake is still murky. No minnows are allowed here. Channel catfish ? good: stinkbait and chicken livers have been working well, especially early and late in the day. Bluegill ? fair: most ...

The Mt. Pleasant Athletic Booster Club will host the annual ?Meet The Players Night? on Friday, Aug. 23 at the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex.The Boosters will be serving meals and introducing the players, cheerleaders and coaches of the Mt. Pleasant Community Middle School and High School fall sports teams, followed by a scrimmage of the 9th ? 12th grade football teams.Everyone is invited to attend, and the ...

Mt. Pleasant's Lynn Richard teamed up with Davenport's Brian Harris, and the pair is racing to win it all.Richard, a car owner, and Harris, a driver ? along with their devoted team ? are more than halfway through the 18-race Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA late models, and currently hold a 29-point lead over the nearest competition.In 13 races so far, Harris has won five ? and never finished outside the ...

In his first season as part of the regular varsity lineup, Mt. Pleasant baseball?s Justin Dilks came out swinging, and the Panther junior received Class 3A second team all-state honors from the Iowa Newspaper Association for his efforts.?It?s really an awesome honor to make all-state, especially as a junior,? Coach Brent Broeker said.Dilks? junior year was his first opportunity to play a big role for the Mt. ...

DECORAH ? The Mt. Pleasant High School wrestling team participated in the 2013 Luther College Team Wrestling Camp in Decorah to prepare for this year?s wrestling season.Campers participated in team building activities, intensive ?Train Like a Norseman? sessions, technique sessions and live wrestling sessions. The camp closed with an individual tournament.Colten Mertens and Justin Dilks, members of the Panthers ...

A Mt. Pleasant football camp, free for Mt. Pleasant students, will be this week Wednesday-Friday, Aug. 7-9, at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex.High school players should report at 7:30 a.m. for their camp, which runs from 8-11 a.m. Middle school players can report at 1:15 p.m. for a camp that runs from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.If participants have completed sports physicals, consent forms, and concussion forms, they ...

If the New London softball team wasn?t getting recognized during the season, the awards are certainly rolling in now.Three Tiger softball players were given all-state honors by the Iowa Girls? Coaches Association (IGCA) ? including two first team selections ? and their coaches were chosen as the Class 1A Coaches of the Year.Morgan Christner and Emily Parks were named first team all-state, and Sami Koontz ...

AMES ? The Iowa State football team will wear throwback uniforms from the 1920s when it hosts Iowa on Sept. 14 in Ames.The uniforms feature vertical stripes on the front of the jerseys, similar to those worn by Jack Trice, the first African-American player in Cyclone history.Trice played in two games at Iowa State and died from injuries suffered in a game at Minnesota during the 1923 season.Iowa State?s ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Fans got plenty of racing action with 105 cars ready for competition on Precision Equipment night at 34 Raceway.Kids were treated to a huge candy dash, courtesy of Sean Wyett Racing and crew, and there were plenty of the thrills of racing.When the night was completed, all six winners made repeat trips to the victory lane including John Schulz (sprints) of West Burlington; Mitch Morris (modified...