KALONA ? The W-MU girls took seventh of nine teams in the Iowa Mennonite School Early Bird Cross-country Meet yesterday, Aug. 30, and the WACO girls were right behind them.WACO senior Madison Roth was the team?s top finisher, taking eighth overall with a time of 17:41.The rest of the WACO team left a gap after Roth, and the team score totaled 244.?Eighth is probably higher than I expected ? there were a ...
WILLIAMSBURG ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? cross-country team placed third out of nine teams at the Williamsburg Raider Invitational last night, Aug. 30, but will need to close gaps between their runners to become a top-place finisher this season.Senior Zach May finished first for the Panthers and third overall with a time of 17:17 in the 3.1-mile race.?He ran an aggressive, strong race,? Coach Mitch Anderson ...
The Henry County Whitetails Unlimited group donated $1,200 to the Mt. Pleasant Community High School trap shooting team.The team was started last year by John Klopfenstein, and 20 students joined. Klopfenstein was the head coach, assisted by Mike Vens.The trapshooters competed during the spring season in the Junior Varsity division and won the state championship. The team then continued practicing and ...
CEDAR RAPIDS ? The Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team was competitive throughout but took four losses to begin a new year at the Mt. Mercy University Zio Johnos Mustang Invitational on Friday and Saturday.Wesleyan posted its best performance on Saturday against Avila, winning the first two sets to take firm control of the match, only to see the Eagles come back to even the match at 2-2. and then win the ...
Mt. Pleasant football?s Head Coach Bob Jensen will put mostly inexperienced players on the field tonight, many of whom will be starting a varsity game for the first time.The team opens its season on the road, and will once again face non-district opponent Clear Creek-Amana in game one.Last season against Clear Creek-Amana, the Panthers lost 28-20.?We were down 21-0 early and came back, but we couldn?t ...
W-MU volleyball lost both non-conference matches yesterday against Pekin and West Burlington.West Burltington took it in two, defeating the Wolves 25-11 and then taking a narrow 27-25 victory.The Wolves took Pekin to three games, going down in the first 25-23, then taking the second game by the same score, and finally losing 15-6 in the final game.Erica Robison led the team with 11 kills. Shelby Therme ...
The Hot Stix 12U softball team finished third in the gold bracket of a 12-team tournament in Burlington on Aug. 20-21, after finishing second in the gold bracket the weekend before. The gold bracet consists of the top six teams in the tournament.The team has a 10-2 record so far this fall season with two tournaments to go.The girls are coached by Willy Amos, Randy Schinstock, Jason Smith and Lee Fraise.Th...
Area high schools start fall competition today with season openers for the WACO and W-MU volleyball teams.WACO hosts a triangular against Central Lee and Washington, and W-MU travels to Pekin to play teams from Pekin and West Burlington.Fall sports in Mt. Pleasant begin tomorrow, when the football team opens at Clear-Creek Amana.See the Fall Sports Preview in today's edition of the Mt. Pleasant News for ...
The Jerry Stark Memorial Youth Basketball Tournament will be on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Muscatine Community Y.Tournament proceeds will benefit the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program of Muscatine County, a program of the Muscatine Community Y.The round-robin tournament has two divisions ? seventh grade boys and eighth grade boys ? and registration is limited to the first four teams in each ...
Preseason rankings for the volleyball teams of the Midwest Collegiate Conference were released this week, and Iowa Wesleyan finished eighth out of 10 teams in the conference.League coaches picked Viterbo and Grand View as co-favorites, followed by St. Ambrose.Viterbo finished 38-5 overall last year and went undefeated in the MCC, finishing one game ahead of Grand View for the regular season title.St. ...
Lake OdessaThe water temperature is cooling down with the cooler nights. Bluegill - Good: With a little work and knowledge of the lake anglers are catching some big bluegills. Work the deeper water of the sand run and Yankee chute areas. Crappie - Good: There are some slab crappies being caught along the trees dropped into deeper water. Also try down in Burris ditch near the outlet. Slip bobbers and minnows ...
Mt. Pleasant?s Braden Shull decided Monday night to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball organization.?My dream has always been to play Major League Baseball, and this puts me a step closer to realizing that dream,? Shull said.The Phillies called him with an offer at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, and he decided to sign the papers at 10:30 p.m. ? 30 minutes before the deadline.?It was a very, ...
Iowa Wesleyan College was picked to finish sixth in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League this season, according to the 2011 preseason coaches? poll released by the MSFA on Friday.The Tigers received 22 points in the poll of league coaches, finishing one point behind Trinity International (Ill.) University for fifth. They were ranked ahead of Waldorf and Olivet Nazarene.William Penn University ...
Mt. Pleasant Head Football Coach Bob Jensen will hold a meeting for parents and guardians of sophomore and varsity football players at 6 p.m. tonight, Aug. 11.The informational meeting is regarding insurance and consent to treatment forms, school and team eligibility rules, and other, general things that involve parents.One main purpose of this meeting is for parents to get to know the coaches, ask questions...
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