Mt. Pleasant News

Moving to a new school in the middle of your high school career can be tough.Having a group of friends and good basketball team waiting there for you makes it a whole lot easier.Mt. Pleasant Community High School had three transfer students this year who knew the Panther basketball players coming in, and have now become a part of a state-qualifying basketball team.Brant Shelman, a senior, came from WACO; Faith ...

DES MOINES ? The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting public meetings over the Iowa Communications Network on March 7 from 6 to 9 p.m., to listen to the public?s thoughts on the hunting and trapping regulations for this fall.These meetings are part of the new process instituted for making rules in state government.?Any rule changes must be discussed with Iowa?s citizens who might be impacted by the ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Cameron Frank has set the single-season assist record, breaking the record set by Jeff Holtgrewe in 1974.Frank now has 134 assists; Holtgrewe finished the 1973-74 season with 129.?(Frank) is the hardest working, most dedicated young man I have ever coached, and he?s gotten more out of his God-given ability than anyone I?ve ever coached,? Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball coach Paul Rundquist said.?I ...

Mt. Pleasant girls? softball registration will be Saturday, March 9, and Saturday, March 16 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Van Allen gym.Registration forms were to be handed out in the schools in February. The forms can also be found at www.mpsoftball.com, along with more information about the league.

Tickets for Mt. Pleasant's first-round game of the boys' state basketball tournament will be on sale in the activities office at Mt. Pleasant Community High School.Fans are encouraged to buy tickets in advance at Mt. Pleasant to avoid lines and support the activities department. A portion of each ticket sold goes back to the school, helping defray costs for lodging and meals for the team.The tickets will be ...

Lake GeodeUnsafe ice ? more and more open water. Lake Belva DeerUnsafe ice conditions. Pollmiller Park LakeUnsafe ice. Lake of the HillsUnsafe. Open water areas and poor ice quality. Stay away from the jetty and from the aerator open water. Railroad LakeThe lake is back up to normal pool level now after being drawn down to work on the boat ramp. Poor ice conditions, open water areas. Crawford ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant boys' basketball vs. Williamsburg at district tournament in Fairfield, 7 p.m. Next weekMonday? Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball plays substate game* at 7 p.m. vs. the winner of Friday night?s district game between Keokuk and Solon. If playing Keokuk, game will be at Burlington; if playing Solon, game will be at Iowa City West. *Conditional upon win in Friday night?s game against Williamsburg.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls? High School Athletic Union have postponed Thursday and Friday?s State Co-ed Bowling Tournament at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines until Monday and Tuesday, March 11 and 12.Class 1A will compete on Monday and Class 2A on Tuesday.Competition will begin at 11 a.m. both days. Doors will open one hour before competition begins.Brock Palar, who bowls for Mt. ...

KEOTA ? Despite claiming a halftime lead, the Winfield-Mt. Union boys? basketball team fell in a district tournament game to Keota, 50-42 on Thursday night.Max Fricke led the team with 15 points, while Jake Edwards and Garret Baker had 12 points each. Baker also pulled down 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double.The Wolves end their season with a record of 7-16.

DANVILLE ? The New London boys? basketball team was eliminated from the district tournament on Thursday after falling to Class 1A top-ranked Danville, 89-34.Tristan Kadel led the Tigers with eight points on the night, followed by Jayden Flowers and Dalton Dudley with six points apiece. Cameron Watson tallied four points.Quincy Porter and Austin McBeth each pulled down four rebounds. McBeth and Hunter Moeller ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant wrestlers @ state tournament in Des Moines.? W-MU girls' basketball @ Notre Dame in Burlington for regional semifinal, 7 p.m. Saturday? IWC basketball hosts Clarke University, women start at 1 p.m., followed by the men at 3 p.m.? IWC men's and women's indoor track and field @ Wartburg Indoor Invitational in Waverly? Mt. Pleasant wrestlers @ state tournament in Des Moines. Next ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade boys? basketball team defeated Aldo Leopold last week and came out on top of Fairfield this week in their ?A? games.The Panthers defeated Aldo Leopold (Burlington) by a score of 40-25 in the A game, led by Zach Ebeling with 12 points.Patrick Canby also scored in double figures, putting up 10 points. Brock Wilson, Ryan Moutrie and Trevor Mabeus each chipped in six points.In the ?B? ...