Mt. Pleasant News

The Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team went 0-4 at the Augustana College Pumpkin Bash over the weekend.The Tigers faced Simpson College and Buena Vista University on Friday night and then took on William Penn University and host Augustana College on Saturday.The Tigers fell to Simpson College on Friday night in four sets. After winning the first set 25-22, the Tigers lost the next three sets (25-14, 25-14 ...

The Iowa Wesleyan athletic department encourages fans to bring jars of peanut butter to the men?s exhibition basketball game on Tuesday night against the Blackhawks of Southeastern Community College in Burlington.The jars of peanut butter will be donated to the Fellowship Cup for distribution.The faculty and staff at IWC are in a service challenge, a competition to see who can get the most jars of peanut butter ...

The cross-country team had its awards banquet on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Mt. Pleasant Community High School. Pictured at left are the award winners: Front row, from left: Brach Prough (Most Improved), Chloe Haffarnan (Panther Award), Tommy Thorne (Panther Award) and Drew Perry (Panther Award). Back row, from left: Ally Davis (Most Improved), Megan Shumaker (Newcomer Award), Ellie Conrad (Most Potential), Natalie ...

Lake GeodeWater temperature remains in the lower 50s. The back and forth weather pattern is changing the bite from day to day. Crappie ? slow: the crappies are in about eight feet of water around the cedar tree piles. Work the ledges on the north side of the lake. Lake Belva DeerCooler fall weather has dropped the water temperature to around 53 degrees. Crappie ? fair: on warmer days, anglers are still ...

The Iowa Wesleyan College men?s soccer team picked up its fifth win of the season on Thursday night, 2-0, as it faced the Principia College Panthers.The teams started the game 30 minutes ahead of schedule to try to beat out the monsoon-like weather that hit the area, but the first 30 minutes was played in a driving rainstorm.The Tigers didn?t let the rain affect them as they struck early to take a 1-0 lead. ...

Kevin McConnell, an IWC senior from Kansas City, Mo., and Ridge Hobbs, a junior from New London, continue to change the football record books for the Tigers.With a huge offensive game last week against the Waldorf College Warriors, McConnell and Hobbs moved themselves in multiple categories on the Tigers? all-time lists.McConnell has put together one of the best careers in Tigers? history at quarterback. His ...

Lake GeodeWater temperature remains in the upper 50s. The back and forth weather patterns are changing the bite from day to day. Bluegill ? fair: a few bluegills and some nice redears are being caught along the flats next to some of the sharp drop-offs. Crappie ? good: the crappies are out in about eight feet of water around the cedar tree piles also work the ledges on the north side of the lake. Lake Belva ...

The men's soccer team fell twice this past weekend. On Saturday, the Tigers hosted the AIB College of Business and dropped the match against the Eagles, 4-3, in a tense overtime battle.Maxime Tefo scored two goals in the game for the Tigers, giving him a total of three on the year. Christopher Matthews also beat the Eagles' goalkeeper, increasing his team-high scoring to 14 goals on the season.Dennis Palacios ...

Williamsburg shut out the Mt. Pleasant JV football team, 40-0, in the final JV game of the season on Thursday of last week.Joe Stubbs, Jr. had six carries for 42 rushing yards, and Andrew Rumley had four carries for 41 yards.Beau Parkevich was three-for-six passing for 28 yards.Austin Smith had a 12-yard catch, Eric Liechty had a 10-yard catch and Jayden McKenzie had a six-yard catch.Alec Skubal, Matthew ...

The Tigers? cross-country teams competed at the Graceland University Yellowjacket Invitational over the weekend in their last meet of the season. Three Tigers ran to new personal bests, as the Tigers competed four individuals in each of the men?s and women?s races.The women started the day of for the Tigers, as they ran a 5K course. Breanna Derynck was the the top Tiger as she has been in every race this year. ...

Tuesday ? W-MU vs. New London volleyball, in Winfield, regional tournament, 7 p.m. Wednesday? IWC volleyball @ William Penn, 7 p.m.? WACO football @ Lynnville Sully, first round playoffs, 7 p.m. Thursday? Mt. Pleasant volleyball vs. Fairfield or Knoxville, regional tournament, in Fairfield, 7 p.m.? IWC men?s soccer @ Principia College in Elsah, Ill.

The Iowa Wesleyan men's golf team finished fifth overall after shooting a team score of 675 at the IWC Fun City Classic, held Friday and Saturday at Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington. The host Tigers were led by Blake Mitchell, who won the individual title in the two-day tournament.Mitchell was the top of the field as he shot a first round 71 and followed that up with a 76 in the final round. His two-day ...