Mt. Pleasant News

LISBON ? It hadn?t happened in the first five games of the season, and the Warriors would not like to see it happen again.Class A No. 9 Lisbon kept WACO off the board in its Week 6 game, winning 42-0.WACO was limited to 86 net rushing yards and 23 yards in the air during their scoreless outing.Tyler Ayers finished with 38 rushing yards on 14 carries and Tucker Janecek had 37 yards on five carries. Ayers also ...

A number of local athletes received medals in the 2012 Summer Iowa Games, powered by the Iowa Food and Family Project.The summer event featured over 14,000 athletes from across the state. Mt. Pleasant:Colton Aplara won a gold medal in 9-12 Grade Bracket 18 wrestling.Laine Christe won bronze in K-2 Bracket 2 wrestling.Logan Christe won bronze in 3-4 Grade Bracket 3 wrestling.Austin Griest won bronze in Free ...

LONE TREE ? WACO battled with Lone Tree to take a 27-25 win in the first set on Thursday night, but the Warriors dropped the next three and fell to the Lions in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division match.The Lions won the last three sets by scores of 25-12, 25-15 and 25-19.Hannah Black led WACO with nine kills on the night.Ashlyn Hammen had 20 assists and Erika Leichty had 10.Leichty also had a ...

Lake GeodeChannel catfish ? good: catfishing has been good along the face of the dam and worth a try in the creek channel at the upper end of the lake. Bluegill ? fair: with the sudden drop in temperature, look for bluegills to move shallow to feed. Work the edge of the waterwillow beds this time of year with a small jig tipped with a piece of worm. Lake Belva DeerChannel catfish ? excellent: Chicken liver is ...

WAYLAND ? The WACO volleyball team dropped a match at home to their Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division opponent, Highland.The Warriors fell in three straight sets: 25-21, 25-15 and 25-19.Kaytie Horak led the Warriors with four kills; Erika Leichty, Hannah Black and Rosemary Skriver had three kills each.Leichty topped the Warriors with 13 assists and Ashlyn Hammen added five.Horak had a team-high ...

NEW LONDON ? The New London volleyball team rolled conference opponent Cardinal in three straight sets during the Tigers? home opener on Tuesday.New London came away with a 25-18 win in the first set before running away with a 25-5 victory in the second set. They ended the match with a 25-8 win.The Tigers are now 5-2 overall and 2-0 in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division.Emily Parks led the ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant football vs. Ft. Madison, homecoming game, 7:30 p.m.? IWC volleyball vs. Westminster, 7 p.m.? New London football @ Lone Tree, 7 p.m.? WACO football vs. Van Buren, homecoming game, 7 p.m.? W-MU football @ Highland, 7 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant volleyball @ Ottumwa Tournament, 8:30 a.m.? IWC football vs. Lindenwood University, 1 p.m.? IWC men?s soccer vs. MacMurray College, 3 p.m.? ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade football team traveled to Burlington to play Edward Stone on Tuesday. The Panthers won the ?A? game by a score of 38-0 but fell in the ?B? game, 14-0.The seventh grade football teams hosted Edward Stone on Tuesday and swept the visitors: the maroon team won, 26-0, and the gold team won a 8-6 battle.In the eighth grade A game, Dshundric Foster finished with 197 yards rushing and ...

?All three phases of the game we haven?t been good on, and we know that,? Mt. Pleasant Football Head Coach Bob Jensen said. ?The coaches know it, the kids know it, and I?m sure the fans can see it.?The Panthers are now 0-3 and begin district play with their homecoming game against Ft. Madison (1-2) on Friday.?We have so much to work on, but this week we?ve been focusing on defense and our coverage teams ? we ...

GREENVILLE, Ill. ? The Iowa Wesleyan men?s and women?s soccer teams traveled to Greenville, Ill., on Tuesday to take on the Greenville College Panthers.The Tiger men fell by a close, 3-2 score and the women were routed, 9-1.The women played first, and both sides were fighting for their first win of the season.The Panthers struck first, and with eight minutes left in the first half, they led 3-0.The Tigers ...

Receiver Ridge Hobbs had six catches for 170 yards and scored both of the IWC football team?s touchdowns in a 41-14 loss to Taylor University on Saturday.Taylor scored twice before IWC got on the board with Kevin McConnell?s 80-yard touchdown pass to Hobbs in the first quarter. Micah Slifer?s kick was good to get the Tigers within seven at 14-7.But the Trojans ran away with the game from there, scoring three ...

DANVILLE ? The W-MU football team scored its first points of the season in the form of four touchdowns against Danville, but still fell to the Bears on Friday, 31-28.Quarterback Max Fricke rushed for 175 yards in 21 attempts and all four touchdowns for the Wolves on the night.Conner Shellabarger carried the ball 30 times for 214 yards to lead the Wolves in that category.Fricke was one-for-three for 28 yards ...