Mt. Pleasant News

The Winfield-Mt. Union boys? track and field team competed at the Indian Relays in Wapello on Tuesday night. Some of the event times were still being straighted out, and so scores and results were not available at press time.In the photo, W-MU?s Johnathan Quinn clears a hurdle during the meet.

The Southeast Iowa Super Conferecne has released its all-academic list for winter sports.To earn the honor, students must participate in basketball, wrestling or cheerleading, or be a manager or statistician for a winter sports team.They must also be a junior or senior with a 3.25 GPA in the most recent grading peroid.Those who met the criteria from the Henry County schools are the following: From New London ...

Iowa Wesleyan College Softball Coach Mike Hampton picked up career coaching win No. 1,200 over the weekend at the Grinnell College Invitational.The Tigers helped Hampton reach the milestone in convincing fashion, defeating the host Pioneers, 21-1.Hampton, who is in his 20th season as the IWC softball coach, has claimed 536 of his wins with the Tigers. Overall, he has coached softball at the high school and ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls? golf team scored 203 during their meet against an incomplete Keokuk team at Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.Haley Booton was the medalist with a score of 48, followed by Elle Schleisman?s score of 50.Courtney Mabeus shot a 51 for the Panthers.Both Brianne Holtkamp and Emily Cox finished the course in 54 strokes, and Ally Lowe scored a 69.?We lowered our team ...

Tory Beaver, a senior from North Liberty, was named the USCAA Softball Player of the Week this week.Beaver had a strong week for the Tigers to help lead the team to a 5-3 week overall and get them to .500 on the season at 12-12.Beaver hit .625 (15-for-24) for the week and had an on-base percentage of .719. She crushed the ball for two home runs, recorded 11 RBIs in the Tigers? eight games and scored 15 runs.The...

Announcer Mike Jay of Columbus Junction, who calls a number of high-profile track meets, will be coming back to Mt. Pleasant once again for the Denny White Relays on Thursday.Jay recently called meets at Alabama and Stanford, as well as the NCAA Indoor Championships. He is also the lead announcer at the Drake Relays.The Mt. Pleasant meet is named for Coach Denny White, who served for 38 years in the Mt. ...

NEW LONDON ? The New London boys? golf score of 166 was good enough for a win in a meet against Notre Dame and Danville on Monday night.The Tiger girls, with a score of 212, also claimed victory in the triangular.On boys? side, Tristan Kadel?s 39 was the low score on the day, earning him medalist honors. Hagin Gillis shot a 40, Quincy Porter scored 42 and Cody Bartels finished the course in 45 strokes to ...

Tuesday? Mt. Pleasant, New London and W-MU girls' track and field @ Pen City Relays in Ft. Madison, 5 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant girls' golf hosts Keokuk at Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club, 4 p.m.? W-MU boys' track and field @ Indian Relays in Wapello, 5 p.m. Wednesday? IWC baseball @ Monmouth College in Monmouth, Ill., 3 p.m. Thursday? Mt. Pleasant girls' track and field @ West Branch, 5 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant, ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls? tennis team swept its conference rival, Ft. Madison, on Monday, winning all nine matches against the Bloodhounds. The boys? team also defeated Ft. Madison, taking a 6-3 victory on the courts at East Lake Park.The girls remain undefeated on the season at 3-0, and they are 2-0 in the Southeast Conference.Taylor Beatty won her singles match at Ft. Madison by a score of 8-0. The Panthers ...

The Mt. Pleasant boys? tennis team picked up a 7-2 win over Southeast Conference opponent Fairfield to up its season record to 2-1 (1-0 SEC), and the girls? team defeated the Trojans 5-4, remaining undefeated at 2-0 (1-0 SEC).The boys got singles wins at East Lake Park from Zach Schmitz (8-1), Matt Zihlman (8-6), Tyler Pace (8-2) and Blake Wickham (8-2). In the doubles matches, all three Mt. Pleasant pairs won: ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls? golf team placed third of five teams at the Keokuk Tournament on Thursday, and the Panther boys opened their season with an SEC win over Washington at Washington.The boys? team was led by medalist Kiley Miller in the win, who scored 38 on the nine-hole course. He was followed by Kyle Kauffman (40), William Kinney (42), Quinn Daniel and Jordon Phomsouvandara (46) and Jacob Smith (50). The ...

The Iowa Wesleyan College baseball team moves one game over .500 for the first time this season after picking up two big wins over Graceland University on Thursday night. The Tigers traveled to Lamoni for a doubleheader against the Yellowjackets.The Tigers had to fight hard for both wins, picking up an 8-4 win in extra innings in game one and holding on despite a late Yellowjackets? attack in game two to get the ...