Mt. Pleasant News

Wins came in handfuls for Golden Triangle News Service teams in 2011, and when it came tournament time, a few more dug a little deeper.Mid-Prairie was just over .500 with a 20-18 record in the regular season, but second-year head coach Justin Lutjen never let his team stop believing they could beat anyone. After all, the Golden Hawks faced a gauntlet of ranked opponents during the regular season, 15 in all, ...

Mt. Pleasant football camp begins today at the Maple Leaf sports complex.The high school boys play in the morning; the seventh and eighth grade boys have their turn during the afternoon.The team?s first game is away, against Clear Creek Amana on Aug. 26.Last season, the varsity team finished with a 5-5 record.

Mt. Pleasant football began with camp this week. In the photo, Coach Bob Jensen watches as senior quarterback Ross Heitmeier hands off to senior running back Donnie Johnson in team offense drills.Official practice for the Panthers begins on Aug. 8. The team, while not particularly young, is inexperienced. ?There are not a lot of returning starters,? Jensen said. ?In the first couple games, we?re going to find ...

Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball went 4-1 in Division III play this past weekend at the Drake University Team Camp in Des Moines.Fourteen Mt. Pleasant girls attended and all made significant contributions during the weekend, according to Coach Joanna Settles.?All of the girls played hard and they love the game," Settles said. "They will all continue to get better and I?m looking forward to working with them ...

The all-star team from Mt. Pleasant won its first game on Friday in the Cal Ripken 10-Under Regional Tournament, but was eliminated after a loss to Kansas later that day."I think we were tired," said Coach Matt Lowery. "The sun beat on us a little bit (in our first game)."The temperature hit 90 on Saturday in Kalona, where the Mt. Pleasant team started playing against tournament host TCS East at 3 p.m.Bry...

Anytime Fitness in Mt. Pleasant, along with the Iowa National Guard, will be hosting its first annual 5K fun run/walk on Saturday, July 30, starting at 8 a.m.Activities and events will include a rock climbing walk, kids obstacle course, a 5K run/walk and raffle and prizes. All money raised will benefit the Wounded Warrior Program to help veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts recover from wounds received ...

Lake Belva DeerThe water is clearing up but still is a little cloudy. Channel Catfish - Good: Catfishing has been good during the evening hours. Bluegill - Excellent: Bluegill fishing has been very good. Some on still on the nest but most have moved out to the deeper water. Early morning and late evenings are the best times to fish. Pollmiller Park LakeChannel Catfish - Fair: 1 to 3 pound catfish are ...

What started out as an idea to honor the Iowa Wesleyan College football program's only NAIA playoff qualifying squad has turned into the first-ever IWC Football Alumni and Friends offensive skills and kicking camp, set for tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex. Jeff Humphrey, the current president of IWC Football Alumni and Friends, said the idea began with conversations and started ...

The New London vs. Lone Tree district baseball game at Kalona last night was postponed and rescheduled for tonight.Game time is still set for 7 p.m. in Kalona. The winner of tonight's game will face Iowa Mennonite School tomorrow night in the district semi-final game, also at 7 p.m. in Kalona.

Washington head baseball coach Nathan Miller modestly says that Friday?s Class 3A District 11 semifinal between his Demons and rival Mt. Pleasant is just another district game. Yeah, it?s important, he said, but not any more important than any other district game. ?I think in the eyes of the fans it?s a bigger game because it?s a Mt. Pleasant-Washington match-up, but I think our kids are just focused that ...

The Mt. Pleasant baseball team finished up the regular season Tuesday evening with a 9-6 loss to Burlington in a non-conference match-up held at Community Field. The Panthers (25-8 overall) took an early 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single by Korbin Taylor, which was followed by a two RBI double by Ross Heitmeier. Burlington took a 4-3 lead in the top of the second before Brian Pflum ...

The Mt. Pleasant Panther baseball team picked up two more key Southeast Conference wins Wednesday evening against Fort Madison, 9-5 and 11-7. The doubleheader was originally scheduled for June 20 but was rained out. Tanner Courtney hit an RBI single in the third inning of game one as Mt. Pleasant (21-7 overall, 10-2 SEC) tied the game at one apiece. The Bloodhounds (12-15 overall, 9-3 SEC) put another run ...