Mt. Pleasant News

WILLIAMSBURG ? The Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams ran in their first races of the season at the Williamsburg Raider Invitational yesterday.The girls placed third in the seven-team meet, and the boys took sixth in a field of nine teams.Natalie Ita led the girls team with a time of 17:26, which was 20 seconds faster than her time on the Williamsburg course last season. She placed sixth overall.?Natalie Ita has ...

The New London volleyball team swept Van Buren in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division matchup.The Tigers defeated Van Buren in three straight sets: 25-14, 25-13, 25-18.Jorgi Krieger led New London with nine kills, followed closely by Koral Crossett with eight and Emily Parks with seven.Crosett put up two blocks, and Sarah Holtkamp had 22 assists.Holtkamp and Caitlin Chiri led the team in digs ...

The Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country teams ran in the IMS Early Bird Invitational in Kalona on Tuesday, their first meet of the season.The boys placed eighth overall out of 10 teams; the girls did not have enough runners for a team score.In the photo at left, W-MU?s Grace Edwards leads a pack of runners at the meet.Edwards crossed the finish line first for the W-MU girls? team with a time of 19:09 in the 4K ...

The Mt. Pleasant Community High School boys? cross-country team ran in a time trial to determine who would take the seven varsity spots for the team?s first meet of the season.It was the seniors who dominated the trial, taking the top five places, while sophomores filled in the bottom of the lineup.Senior Logan Mulford, who has been on the track and field team but is running cross-country for the first time ...

Lake GeodeChannel catfish ? good: catfishing has been good along the face of the dam and the creek channel at the upper end of the lake. Lake Belva DeerChannel catfish ? excellent: catfishing has been very good through the hot weather. Chicken liver is the bait to use. One very good spot to look for them is the rock mounds at the upper end of the lake. Crappie ? good: anglers are starting to pick up some ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant football vs. Marion, 7:30 p.m.? IWC volleyball at Cardinal Stritch Tournament in Milwaukee, Wis.? New London football at Pekin, 7 p.m.? WACO football vs. Columbus, 7 p.m.? W-MU football at Wapello, 7 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant volleyball at Clarke in Osceola, 8:30 a.m.? IWC football vs. William Penn University, 6 p.m.? IWC women?s soccer vs. Calumet College of St. Joseph, at East ...

The Mt. Pleasant football team opens its season Friday night with a home game against non-district Marion.Both teams finished last season with a 4-5 record, but never faced each other.?In fact, we haven?t played against them in a long time,? Mt. Pleasant Head Coach Bob Jensen said.This year, the Panthers will be playing without third team all-state tight end Blake Vandenberg, offensive lineman Nick Lyon and ...

Both the New London and Winfielf-Mt. Union teams have been listed in the Class 1A volleyball preseason rankings released by the IGHSAU this week.New London is ranked 11th overall and W-MU sits at No. 15.The Tigers went 28-13 last season, and graduated four seniors, including setter Bria Mears, and they will also be playing without senior hitter Baylee Lindell this season ? she tore her ACL in open gym over the ...

Lake GeodeChannel catfish ? good: catfishing has been good along the face of the dam, but don?t pass up the creek channel at the upper end of the lake. Lake Belva DeerChannel catfish ? excellent: catfishing has been very good through the hot weather. Chicken liver is the bait to use. One very good spot is the rock mounds at the upper end of the lake. Lake of the HillsLake of the Hills is the only lake in ...

For more information or to register for any of the following camps, call Parks and Recreation at (319) 385-1475 or stop in the department?s office at City Hall between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Panther cheerleading campKindergarteners through fifth graders are invited to attend Panther cheerleading camp on Sept. 17 and 24 and Oct. 1 and 8. Camp for kindergarterners and first graders will be from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., ...

In the photo at left, Kelly Lange of Mt. Pleasant finishes the 10K (6.2-mile) road race on Saturday morning at the West Point Sweet Corn Festival.Lange was the first female across the line in her age group, 20-29, with a finish time of 49:54.The overall female winner was 17-year-old Alyssa Stickfort with a time of 44:12.The winner on the men?s side was Kevin Brueck, 43, with a time of 36:10.There were, ...

FAIRFIELD ? Matt Stutzman holds up his compound bow using nothing but his bare right foot, balancing the 4-pound device between muscular toes.He hooks an arrow onto a mechanical release draped around his right shoulder, leans back in his seat and steadily aims. When Stutzman?s comfortable with the shot, he pulls the trigger using his jaw. The arrow flies 70 meters ? at about 150 miles per hour ? until it cleanly ...