Mt. Pleasant News

The Mt. Pleasant JV football team fell to Keokuk by a score of 23-14 earlier this week, and plays its final game of the season tonight (Thursday) against Williamsburg.In the game against Keokuk, the Panthers scored six points in the first quarter and added eight in the final quarter, but fell short of a win.Joe Stubbs, Jr., had four carries for 19 rushing yards and one touchdown for Mt. Pleasant. Andrew Rumley ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant football @ Williamsburg, 7:30 p.m.? IWC volleyball @ Loras College Invite.? IWC men?s golf @ Fun City Classic in Burlington, 12 p.m.? IWC women?s golf @ Lady Statesmen Fall Classic in Oskaloosa.? New London football @ W-MU, 7 p.m.? WACO football @ Highland, 7 p.m. Saturday? IWC football vs. Waldorf College, 2 p.m.? IWC cross-country @ Graceland Yellowjacket Invitational.? IWC ...

They?re big. They?re tough. They?re quick.They?re the Williamsburg Raiders; they?re 7-1 this season, and they?re undefeated in Class 3A District 7 play.They?re also hosting Mt. Pleasant (2-6 overall, 2-3 District 7) in the final football game of the regular season.It could be the biggest challenge the Panthers have seen yet this year.Mt. Pleasant will be relying heavily on Connor Shull?s arm and the hands of ...

The Mt Pleasant seventh grade boys basketball team won the Mt. Pleasant Tournament, which was at the Mt. Pleasant Community High School this past weekend. They defeated the Iowa City Rebels, the Cedar Rapids Rush, and the Cedar Rapids Xtreme.Team members are pictured above. Front row, from left: Kyle Medina, Paul Rundquist, Jake Lowe, Maison Ashton, Isaac Kuster and Jordan Magnani. Back row, from left: Tanner ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade football team finished its season last week.Coaches John Pullis and Tim Taylor have noted that they were very impressed with the way that this team was willing to make themselves better by being at practice and listening to their coaches, in order to be prepared for high school football.Pullis and Taylor told their team after the final game, ?Ninth grade football begins tomorrow.?T...

FT. MADISON ? Mt. Pleasant shut out Ft. Madison in the ?A? game, but the Bloodhounds turned the tables on the Panthers in the ?B? game during the eighth grade football team?s final matchup of the season on Thursday.The Mt. Pleasant A team came up with a win by a 35-0 score, but the B team fell, 16-0.In the A game, Pat Canby and Brock Wilson rushed for a team-high 54 yards each. Canby had two touchdowns, made ...

The Mt. Pleasant seventh grade football teams were swept by Ft. Madison in their final games of the season.The maroon team was dealt its first loss of the season by a score of 44-8, and the gold team lost, 28-6, in its home game against the Bloodhounds.In the maroon game, Mt. Pleasant scored its eight points on Brady Sartorius? 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, followed by the two-point conversion ...

On Thursday, the Mt. Pleasant seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams took on Ottumwa in their final matches of the season.The eighth graders traveled to Ottumwa, where they split a pair of matches and lost a pair.The ?A? team fell to Ottumwa in three sets. They lost the first game, 21-11, before coming back with a 21-18 win, but then they dropped the deciding game by a score of 15-13. They finished with a ...

The Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team lost to Webster University on Thursday night. It was the Tigers? Senior Night.Despite a close second game, the Tigers fell in three straight sets, by scores of 25-12, 25-23 and 25-17.The loss drops the Tigers to 4-17 on the year, while Webster improves to 11-8.Stats for the match were not available at press time.

FT. MADISON ? This was a match that couldn?t be settled without a few extra points.With two wins for each team, the Mt. Pleasant volleyball match in Ft. Madison went to the deciding fifth set, which is played to 15 points.But the Panthers and Bloodhounds battled back and forth, past 15 points, until the Panthers took a 19-17 decision to win the set and the match, capping a thrilling night in Southeast Conference...

Lake MacbrideThe lake is about 12 inches low and water temperature is in the low 60s. Crappie ? slow: a few crappies are being caught over brush. Walleye ? slow: troll crankbaits for a few fish. Central Park LakeLargemouth bass ? good: pitch a green pumpkin soft plastic bait around cover. Many fish are right around the 14-15 inch size. Largemouth must be 15 inches to keep. Pleasant Creek LakeRemember, ...

OSKALOOSA ? The Iowa Wesleyan men?s soccer team traveled to William Penn University last night to take on the Statesmen. The Tigers fell to Penn 3-1, dropping the Tigers to 4-8 on the season.The Statesmen struck first with a goal 22 minutes in. The Tigers answered quickly with a goal by Chris Matthews, his eleventh of the season, a team high.Caio Da Costa assisted the goal, his fifth on the year.Ten minutes ...