Mt. Pleasant News

The Iowa Wesleyan College women?s basketball team jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first 12 minutes and never looked back on their way to defeating Ashford University 67-40 Saturday afternoon at Ruble Arena.The win moves the Tigers to 16-9 overall and 12-4 in the MCC. Ashford falls to 9-18 overall and 5-11 in conference play. The Tigers remain in sole possession of third place in the MCC standings.The Tigers ...

Twelve members of the Mt. Pleasant trapshooting team traveled to Montrose to compete in the Satellite Iowa Winter Games on Feb. 11, getting some practice in during the offseason.?After a winter of not shooting, they still had the edge,? Panther Coach John Klopfenstein said.One Mt. Pleasant squad took first place in the team event with a score of 354. They beat out the West Central Illinois team, which scored ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade boys? basketball team came home with a 1-2 record from contests in Burlington and Fairfield in the last week.The ?A? team lost to James Madison, 49-26, and to Fairfield, 42-23.Keegan Pullis had 18 points to lead the Panthers against James Madison, while Cale Christner and Alex Carrasco each added four points.Against Fairfield, Darren Hunter was the leading scorer with eight ...

The SEI Super Conference Boys Basketball ?Shootout? games will be played on Feb. 10. These games pair up the first place team in the North Division against the first place team in the South Division. The second-place teams in each division through the 10th-place teams will also play each other.All games are to be played at the South Division schools, with the exception of the first place teams: Lone Tree will ...

DONNELLSON ? The New London boys? basketball team managed only eight points in the first half as Central Lee rolled to a 75-30 victory over the Tigers.The Hawks put up 23 points in the first quarter and added 32 in the second quarter to gain a 55-8 lead at halftime.They slowed down in the second half, scoring 12 points in the third quarter and adding eight in the final eight minutes.New London scored nine in ...

The Iowa Wesleyan College men?s soccer program will host a pair of free clinics this month for area youth at IWC?s Ruble Arena.A clinic for youth ages 6-13 will be held Sunday, Feb. 12, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. A second clinic for high school students will be held Sunday, Feb. 19, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.Both clinics will be conducted by the IWC men?s soccer coach, Brocklon Chatman, and team members. For more information ...

The Mt. Pleasant seventh grade girls? basketball team fell in both the ?A? and ?B? games against James Madison on Tuesday night in Mt. Pleasant, giving the Panther girls their first losses of the season.The teams were coming off wins against Aldo Leopold last week.The A team suffered a one-point loss, 38-37. The Panthers were down 14-7 after the first quarter, and they cut that lead to 21-17 by the end of the ...

FT. MADISON ? The New London girls? basketball team traveled to Ft. Madison last night and dropped a 62-42 matchup against Holy Trinity Catholic, the team that the Tigers are slated to play in the first round of the regional tournament.A big second quarter helped lift the Crusaders over the Tigers. Holy Trinity followed their nine-point first quarter with 25 points in the second quarter to give them a 34-21 lead ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant Christian School basketball vs. Trinity Christian High School, in Cedar Rapids, girls start at 6 p.m.? New London girls? basketball at WACO, in Wayland, for SEISC shootout, JV starts at 6 p.m.? W-MU girls? basketball vs. Central Lee, in Winfield, for SEISC shootout, JV starts at 6 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant bowling vs. Keokuk, at Iris Bowling Center, 12:30 p.m.? Iowa Wesleyan ...

On Feb. 1, Mt. Pleasant High School senior Blake Vandenberg signed his letter of intent to play football at Missouri Western State University.?When I went down there, I saw that they had nice facilities, the coaches were cool and they gave me the best offer,? Vandenberg said. ?I look forward to playing with better competition (than in high school) and improving myself.?Pictured at left, from left, are: Sue ...

LONE TREE ? In Thursday night?s game at Lone Tree, the Winfield-Mt. Union girls overcame a first-half deficit to earn another win, 51-42.The Wolves are now 16-4 on the season with only their SEISC shootout game to play tonight before beginning the regional tournament on Feb. 9.Against Lone Tree, the Wolves opened the game with only six points in the first quarter, and Lone Tree led 11-6.The Lions maintained a ...

DES MOINES ? The regional pairings have been released for all classes of girls? basketball and for Class 1A and 2A in boys? basketball.In Class 1A girls? basketball, Winfield-Mt. Union, WACO and New London have all fallen in Region 6.W-MU will host WACO in the first round on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. The SEISC North opponents have met twice already this season, with W-MU taking both games. In the teams? first ...