Mt. Pleasant News

The Mt. Pleasant boys? JV basketball team upped its record to 9-4 with a win over Keokuk on Friday, recoving from a narrow loss to Muscatine earlier in that week.The boys defeated the Chiefs by a score of 59-43.?It was a close game until about two minutes left in the fourth quarter, when we made a run and stretched out the lead,? said Tyler Rodgers, JV coach. ?The boys played a solid game and were maybe the ...

RIVERSIDE ? The WACO boys? basketball team held Highland to single-digit scoring in two quarters of Tuesday night?s basketball game to walk away with the win, 50-39.Justin Freyenberger scored 11 points to lead the Warriors and Alan Hesseltine came off the bench to add 10. Klinton Garrett scored nine, Christian Roth put in eight and Tyler Ayers, also coming off the bench, chipped in seven.Freyenberger was also ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls? JV basketball team traveled with the varsity team on Tuesday to Centerville, where they won 47-37.?It was a long, hard road game,? said Coach Nathan Lange.Leslie Taylor led the Panthers with 10 points, followed by Kelsey Smith with eight.Adding the win to last weekend?s victories, the team is now 8-5 on the season.?We had a huge weekend of basketball, starting on Friday night (Jan. 13) ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Mt. Mercy University went on a 13-4 run in the final minutes and the Iowa Wesleyan College men?s basketball team again saw a game slip away late in a 73-65 loss Wednesday night in a Midwest Collegiate Conference game.The Tigers once again were in a game late but went cold from the field and couldn?t get key stops defensively in the final minutes. IWC also was out-rebounded heavily in the second ...

Friday ? Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball vs. Keokuk, in Mt. Pleasant, 4:45 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball at Keokuk, 4:45 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant Christian School basketball vs. Keokuk Christian Academy, in Keokuk, 6 p.m.? WACO basketball vs. W-MU, in Wayland, 6 p.m.? New London basketball vs. West Burlington, in New London, 4:30 p.m. Saturday ? Mt. Pleasant basketball vs. Oskaloosa, in Mt. Pleasant, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Danielle Des Jardins scored a career high 21 points and the Iowa Wesleyan College women?s basketball team picked up a signature win for the 2011-12 season with a 67-51 surprise of Mt. Mercy University Wednesday night at the Hennessey Recreation Center.The Tigers scored their first win over a ranked team in seven tries this season, defeating the eighth-ranked team in the latest NAIA Division II ...

CENTERVILLE ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball team held off Centerville long enough for a 55-54 win on the road last night.The Panthers were down by four at halftime, 29-25, before rallying to their biggest advantage of the game: a five-point, third-quarter lead. But they couldn?t hold on, and Centerville made a comeback to claim a 52-51 edge with two minutes left to play. From there, the Panthers took a ...

The Mt. Pleasant boys? team started the game with a 10-1 run in the first quarter and, despite struggling to put their shots in, held on from there for a 53-45 win over Muscatine in nonconference basketball last night.?It was a grind,? Paul Rundquist, Mt. Pleasant basketball coach, said. ?You?re going to have nights when you don?t shoot well, and you have to find other ways to win. That?s exactly what happened ...

Iowa Wesleyan College interim head men?s basketball coach Jess Settles has been named the full-time head coach of the IWC men?s basketball program, it was announced today by Athletic Director Mike Hampton.?We are thrilled that Coach Settles has agreed to join the Iowa Wesleyan athletic program,? said Iowa Wesleyan President Jay Simmons in a statement from IWC. ?His leadership will provide a strong foundation for ...

FridayMt. Pleasant girls? basketball at Fairfield, 4:45 p.m.Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball vs. Fairfield, in Mt. Pleasant, 4:45 p.m.WACO basketball vs. Louisa-Muscatine, in Wayland, 6 p.m.W-MU basketball at Columbus, 6 p.m.New London basketball vs. Maharishi, in New London, 6 p.m. SaturdayMt. Pleasant, NL-WMU and WACO wrestling at Warrior Invite, in Wayland, 10 a.m.Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball at Iowa ...

KEOKUK ? The Mt. Pleasant Middle School wrestling team went 8-8 in its Jan. 10 meet at Keokuk, against Keokuk and Ft. Madison.Three Panther wrestlers won both of their matches on the night: Justice Christensen, Simon Phanthouvong and Colten Mertens. Kane Jacobs and Trevor Bentler each won one match.Christensen had the fastest pin for the Panthers, taking down his Ft. Madison opponent in 27 seconds.Overall on ...

JV boysThe Panther JV boys? basketball team defeated Washington, 44-39, on Jan. 6, improving their record to 7-2.?We were trailing 23-16 at half, but we changed our offense and the kids responded and started playing with more intensity,? Coach Tyler Rodgers said. ?It was a grind-it-out game and we were able to finish. Lots of different people stepped up on defense throughout the game.?Rodgers noted Zach ...