Mt. Pleasant News

Six Mt. Pleasant players were awarded all-Southeast Conference recognition for their efforts this softball season, including a pair of first team selections.Sammi Goble and Leslie Taylor were named first team all-conference.Goble, the team?s only senior, led the SEC with six triples this season. She was a team leader in batting average (.403, third in the SEC) and slugging percentage (.597, fourth in the ...

DANVILLE ? The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team got on the board early and held off Danville late in the game to win last night?s district contest by a score of 4-3.The Wolves? bats came alive early and they posted two runs in the first frame. Lucas Rappenecker singled to start it off, and Darren Hunter hit followed with a double. Kolt Rossiter had a single that scored them both.?It was big to get two runs on ...

OSKALOOSA ? Mt. Pleasant scored early, maintained a lead and then closed the door on Oskaloosa with a 10-run seventh inning for a 14-3, nonconference victory on Thursday night.Holding a 4-3 lead, the Panthers put up a 10 spot in the final frame, leaving the Indians with little chance to close the gap.?Everything kind of fell into place,? Mt. Pleasant Coach Brent Broeker said. ?We had three hits in a row, and ...

The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team hosted Springville in a makeup game to end the regular season on Thursday night.The Wolves fell by a score of 12-2 in the contest. They finished with three hits, led by Matthew Neibuhr with two. Kyle Davis also had a hit.W-MU is now 6-16 overall and starts the district tournament with a game against Danville, which will be at Danville at 7 p.m. on Tuesday (July 16).

WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team had 12 hits but couldn?t gain a lead in a 15-10 loss to Central Lee on Monday night.?We hit the ball well enough to win, but we didn?t run the bases well,? W-MU Coach Kenton Klopfenstein said.They also struggled in the field, as only six of the Hawks? runs were earned.?We didn?t make that many errors, but we made them at the wrong time,? Klopfenstein said.Where ...

Friday? New London vs. WACO softball @ Danville, regional semifinal, 7 p.m. Saturday ? Mt. Pleasant softball @ Oskaloosa for regional semifinal, 7 p.m.* Next weekMonday ? Mt. Pleasant baseball hosts Ft. Madison, 5:30 p.m.? New London or WACO softball @ regional final in Pella (played at Pella Christian), 7 p.m.** *Conditional upon win in tonight?s game against Fairfield** Winner of Friday?s game ...

UDELL ? She didn?t give up a hit, she didn?t give up a walk.In fact, only one batter even put the ball in play.New London pitcher Morgan Christner was perfect through all four innings of last night?s regional victory over Moulton-Udell, striking out 11 of the 12 batters she faced, and the New London bats were there to back her up.The Class 1A 10th-ranked Tigers won by a score of 15-0, and they advance to the ...

FAIRFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant softball team scored two runs in the opening frame and two more in the final inning, but Fairfield scored eight in between to claim a Class 4A regional victory over the Panthers on Thursday night, 8-4.Mt. Pleasant ends its season with a record of 10-31.The Panthers lost all four of their regular-season games against Fairfield ? by a combined score of 41-0 ? but the young Mt. ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Saturday night saw a large crowd, 104 cars competing, some extremely close finishes and beautiful weather for area race fans.Three drivers raced to their first wins of the season: Kyle Hill of New London (sport mods), Brent Hartley of Niota, Ill. (four cylindes) and Jayson Ditsworth of Gladstone, Ill. (305 Sprints). Mitch Morris of Eldridge (modifieds), Tom Bowling of Danville (stock cars) and ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Sammi Goble had senior night all to herself.As the Panthers? only graduated senior, Goble was recognized on the field at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex last night in between games of the doubleheader against Centerville.She was recognized along with her parents and step-parents: David and Tricia Frazier, and Stan Goble and Ginger Taylor. She also received a gift from her teammates.Goble, who is a ...

NEW LONDON ? The New London softball team played a different soft of doubleheader last night, taking on first Harmony and then Cardinal and splitting with the two teams.The Tigers won the game against Harmony by a score of 12-2 and then lost to Cardinal, 2-0.Against Harmony, the Tigers gave up two early runs but had a big comeback in the middle innings, including a six-run fourth frame, to claim the win.Sami ...

FAIRFIELD ? The Fairfield softball team held Mt. Pleasant scoreless through both games of a conference doubleheader on Monday night, winning by scores of 12-0 and 6-0.Five different Panthers had one hit each in the opener, but they couldn?t manufacture a run. Morgan Fraise, Jena Stukerjurgen, Sarah Moffett, Ali Dorn and Brianna Shelman each went 1-for-3.Kaley White walked and Allison Buckert had a sacrifice ...