Mt. Pleasant News

Tuesday? Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball hosts Cedar Rapids Prairie, JV starts at 6 p.m., followed by varsity? New London basketball hosts Central Lee, varsity girls start at 6 p.m., followed by varsity boys? IWC mens? basketball @ Benedictine University at Springfield in Springfield, Ill., 7 p.m.? W-MU basketball hosts Mediapolis, varsity girls start at 6 p.m., followed by varsity boys? WACO basketball hosts ...

Friday? IWC women?s basketball hosts Briar Cliff University, 6 p.m. Saturday? IWC men?s basketball @ Central College in Pella, 3 p.m.

The Mt. Pleasant freshman girls? basketball team defeated Muscatine in its season opener on Thursday night, 40-20.The Panthers led the whole way, taking a 6-4 lead by the end of the first quarter and stretching it to a 20-8 lead at halftime.They put up another eight points in the third quarter, allowing only six, and stayed strong with a 12-point fourth quarter for the win.Haley Booton led the Panthers in ...

Lake GeodeWe have received no information regarding fishing on this water body this week. Lake Belva DeerThe onset of cool weather has pushed the fish deep; as a result, fishing has been slow for all species. Bluegill ? slow: try vertical jigging for bluegills around deep water structure. Keep your bait presentation slow. Largemouth bass ? slow: try fishing for bass on warm, sunny days near woody structure ...

NEW LONDON ? The New London/Winfield-Mt. Union wrestling team opened it season with a double dual at home against Lisbon and West Liberty on Tuesday. The Tigers fell to both opponents.NL/W-MU lost to Lisbon by a score of 45-27, and West Liberty beat the Tigers, 64-12.Against Libson, Brody Burns (145) pinned Jordan Speed in 3:22, and Kyle Davis (220) pinned Matt Montgomery in 1:08 to earn six points each for the ...

The Mt. Pleasant seventh- grade boys? basketball team played Edward Stone in Burlington on Tuesday.The Panthers? A team won, 61-23, to remain undefeated. Jordan Magnani lead all scorers with 14 points.The B team also won. Nick Steffens had a team-high 12 points in that game.The Mt. Pleasant C team lost its game, and Kyle Vaughn led the team with four points.The Panthers will play again Thursday at Aldo ...

The Mt. Pleasant JV boys? basketball team opened the season with a 66-29 loss at Cedar Rapids Xavier.Nike Phillips led 11 different Panther scorers with five points. Carson Remick grabbed five rebounds and Beau Parkevich had four steals.The team?s next game is Friday at home against Fairfield in a freshmen/JV/varsity tripleheader.

Heading into Iowa?s busiest outdoor ?opening day,? shotgun deer season hunters should expect to see fewer deer.While that downturn is by design, they should still fill plenty of tags, during the December 1-5 first shotgun season or the December 8-16 second season.?Deer numbers are projected to be down at least 10 percent from last year,? forecasts Tom Litchfield, DNR deer research biologist. ?We have been ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant boys' basketball hosts Fairfield, freshmen start at 4:45 p.m., followed by JV and varsity? Mt. Pleasant girls' basketball @ Fairfield, freshmen start at 4:45 p.m., followed by JV and varsity? New London basketball @ West Burlington, JV girls start at 4:30, followed by JV boys, varsity girls and varsity boys? W-MU basketball hosts WACO, JV boys start at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity girls ...

The WACO boys? and girls? basketball teams split a pair of games with visiting Wapello on Tuesday night. The boys? team won by a score of 47-41 in its season opener, and the girls lost by a narrow final of 36-32.In the boys? game, the first quarter was a battle, with Wapello taking a one-point lead into the second quarter, 8-7. However, the Warriors went on a 17-7 run to go up 25-15 at halftime, and they never ...

Mt. Pleasant?s middle school wrestling team hosted Burlington (Burl) and Ottumwa (Ott) in a meet on Tuesday evening. The results from Mt. Pleasant (MP) matches are listed below.? Garrett Detrick (MP) pinned Perez-Hall (Burl), 1:12? Garrett Detrick (MP) pinned B. Johnson (Burl), 0:51? Schmitz (Burl) dec. Garrett Detrick (MP), 6-2? C. Masters (Burl) t. fall Caleb Fluharty (MP), 16-0? C. Masters (Burl) pinnned ...

Tuesday? New London basketball @ Van Buren, varsity girls start at 6 p.m., followed by varsity boys.? NL/W-MU wrestling double dual vs. Lisbon, West Liberty, 6 p.m.? W-MU basketball @ Louisa-Muscatine, varsity girls start at 6 p.m., followed by varsity boys.? WACO basketball hosts Wapello, varsity girls start at 6 p.m, followed by varsity boys. Wednesday? IWC women?s basketball hosts Simpson College, 7 ...