Mt. Pleasant News

FINDLAY, OHIO - Iowa Wesleyan College junior Zach Ray, from Springfield, Ill., has been named the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League's Defensive Player of the Week for football, as announced by the league Monday morning.Ray was one of the key players in IWC?s 48-16 win over Waldorf College on Saturday. The junior linebacker finished with eight tackles (one solo, seven assisted), including 1-1/2 ...

The Mt. Pleasant sixth-grade boys' basketball tournament team has started its season with two tournament wins.The team hosted a tournament on Oct. 1 and took first place. Then, on Oct. 15, the boys played in a tournament in North Liberty and once again claimed the top spot.The team?s next tournament will be in Ames.

AMANA ? Led by Blake Mitchell, the Iowa Wesleyan men?s golf team placed ninth of 11 teams at the Iowa Intercollegiate in Amana.Mitchell tied for eighth place in the two-day tournament, which ended yesterday. He came home with a total score of 155: a 79 on the first day and a 76 on the second.Zach Hale was next for the Tigers, finishing the course tied for 37th with a score of 173 over the two days (80, 93). ...

FT. MADISON ? W-MU came out with a decent showing in game one before their scoring trailed off against the state?s third-ranked team, Holy Trinity, in the quarterfinal round of the regional volleyball tournament last night. Final scores of the three sets were 25-20, 25-10 and 25-9.Katlyn Malone had six kills for the Wolves, followed by Anna Crawford with four. Erica Robison had three and Shelby Therme added ...

EAST MOLINE, ILL. ? Blake Mitchell again led the IWC men?s golf team as it competed at the Ashford University Invitational at the Short Hills Country Club that wrapped up Tuesday.Mitchell finished tied for 17th individually in the two-day tourney which included 36 holes played on Monday and a final round of 18 on Tuesday. Mitchell finished with a three-round score of 237, with rounds of 77 and 78 on Monday and ...

FridayMt. Pleasant football vs. Oskaloosa at Mapleleaf Stadium, 7:30 p.m.New London football vs. North Mahaska in New London, 7 p.m.WACO football vs. Lisbon in Wayland, 7 p.m.W-MU football vs. Lone Tree in Lone Tree, 7 p.m. SaturdayIWC football vs. Waldorf in Forest Park, 2:30 p..m.IWC volleyball vs. Cornell College and Principia College in Mt. Vernon, 10 a.m.IWC soccer vs. Viterbo ...

NEW LONDON ? New London upped its record to 27-12 on the season with a regional sweep of Maharishi: 25-11, 26-24 and 25-19.Despite the win, Head Coach Maureen Heath is looking for improvement in her team before they take on another competitor.?We need to play with more consistency and take care of the ball on our side,? Heath said. ?We did not execute the fundamentals of the game properly. Maharishi pushed ...

The Panthers will play their last football game of the season tomorrow, Oct. 21, at home against Oskaloosa.It will be parent night at Mapleleaf field, and all the players? parents recognized before the game.Then the Panthers will see what they can do on the field against the district?s second-place team.?I?m really hoping we show up, show some competitiveness,? Head Coach Bob Jensen said. ?I feel like we ...

WAYLAND ? With a 3-1 win over Lone Tree, the Warriors have moved on to the next round of the regional tournament.WACO struggled in the the opening set, dropping it by a 25-10 decision, before taking three straight from the Lions: 25-20, 25-15 and 25-18.?We came out flat in game one and didn?t play with much energy,? Head Coach Tom Ferguson said. ?Before game two, I just (reminded) them that this was the ...

Former Iowa Wesleyan College baseball player Jorge Martinez has signed a contract to play professional independent league baseball, making him the latest Tiger baseball player to play pro ball.Martinez will pitch for the Gary (Ind.) SouthShore RailCats of the American Association of Independent Baseball next season.Martinez concluded his two-year career pitching for IWC this past spring, when he was named ...

The Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams will race at the Class 3A state-qualifiying meet in Amamosa on Thursday, Oct. 20.Both the boys and the girls will compete against schools such as Ft. Madison, Keokuk, and Washington for a chance to run at the state meet, which will be at the Lakeside Golf Course in Kennedy Park ? near Ft. Dodge ? on Oct. 29.The top three teams from each qualifiying meet, as well as the ...

The New London Volleyball team struggled against a talented Danville squad last night, taking the second game of the night but losing the match 3-1.?Our team fought hard in the Danville match and I am proud of that,? Head Coach Maureen Heath said. ?Danville has some very nice hitters in Kayla Speer and Brittany Hoelzen and we had trouble defending them. We need to continue to work hard on serve reception in ...