Mt. Pleasant News

Entering the 2011 season, Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer coach Ed Chabal wasn't sure what to expect in his first season as coach. But after the Panthers improved to 3-0 with a 4-1 win over Fairfield Monday afternoon, Chabal likes what he sees from his team. "I'd like to say I expected it [being 3-0 to start the season] but they're playing really well. I don't think we came out with quite as much intensity ...

For the 13th consecutive year, the Mt. Pleasant girls' track team won the Centerville Redette Relays on Friday, April 8. The Panthers won the meet decisively over Davis County (Bloomfield), 164-101. The Panthers won 12 events, including 11 of the 15 running events as Rebekah Kimzey and Kaitlin Jones were a part of four winning events with Jones winning the 400 meter hurdles in 68.6 seconds. Mt. ...

FORT MADISON ? Holy Trinity shut out the Mt. Pleasant girls' tennis team on Monday afternoon, 9-0, to drop the Panthers to 1-3 overall on the season. Kirsten Snyder took her first loss of the season, 8-6, against Emily Lewis of Holy Trinity. Snyder and Britanny Medina were also handed their first doubles loss, 8-2, by Colby Hoyer and Ashley Tinguely. Abby Skubal picked up the lone win of the night for ...

I had another Iowa vs. Missouri discussion with one of my best friends last night. No, it wasn't about how she needs to go to graduate school closer to me, which I think she should, or how pointless it is for her to sporadically bring up the 1985 World Series again because neither one of us was even thought of in 1985. Instead, the discussion revolved around something both of us wish we had more time to ...

The Mt. Pleasant boys? and girls? track meet at Centerville has been rescheduled for tonight, starting at 5 p.m. The meet was rained out last night. The Mt. Pleasant girls? tennis meet at Fairfield has been moved to Tuesday, April 12, starting at 4:30 p.m. The meet, originally scheduled for last evening, was rained out and rescheduled for tonight but was moved again due to scheduling conflicts. The ...

The Iowa Wesleyan College softball game versus Purdue-North Central was suspended last night during the third inning of the first game because of rain. P-NC was leading 4-0 when play was stopped; the game is being rescheduled around the Betty Sammons Classic being held this weekend at East Lake Park. IWC?s first game in the Classic is today at 4:15 p.m. against the University of St. Francis, followed by a 6 ...

The New London boys' track team finished in a two-way tie for sixth place Tuesday, April 5, at the Mediapolis track meet; New London tied with WACO with 31 points. Senior Austin Allen medaled in two events, the long jump and 100 meter dash, with two second place finishes. Allen's jump of 19'-6" and time of 11.46 in the 100 meter were both season bests. Along with Allen turning in season bests, Josh ...

The Mt. Pleasant boys' and girls' track meet at Centerville tonight has been postponed. The meet has been rescheduled to tomorrow evening, starting at 5 p.m.The Mt. Pleasant girls tennis meet at Fairfield tonight has been postponed to tomorrow afternoon. The meet will start at 4:30 p.m.The boys' tennis meet against Fairfield has also been postponed and will be made up on Tuesday, April 12, starting at 4:30 ...

The Mt. Pleasant boys' golf team opened its 2011 season with a second place finish at Washington, 161-184. Mt. Pleasant's Aaron Schleisman and Ross Heitmeier each shot a 45 to lead the varsity team as Washington's Joseph Harris shot a two under par 33 to win medalist. Sully Dameron's 48 led the JV team, while Dustin Higginbotham shot a 49 over the nine-hole, par 35 course. Washington also won the JV ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls' golf team finished second to Washington, 359-387, at the Keokuk tournament on Thursday, while Natalie Booton picked up another medalist finish. Booton shot an 87 on the par 72 course, while Courtney Mabeus shot a 109, also in the medal play format. Lindsay Dorn and Mackenzie Notestein won the runner up medal after shooting an 85 in best shot format. Morgan Barton and Danika ...

The Mt. Pleasant boys' soccer team suffered a heartbreaker on Tuesday, April 5 in its first game of the season, a 2-1, double overtime loss to Centerville. Mt. Pleasant scored first on a goal from Austin Foster at the 17:50 mark in the first half before Centerville tied the game at 1-1 at 10:02 in the second half on a free kick. Centerville won the game on a goal with two minutes to play in the second ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls tennis team dropped to 1-2 overall this season after a 6-3 loss at Centerville Tuesday afternoon. Kirsten Snyder remained undefeated in singles play after a 8-6 win over Kenzie Richmond, while Makayla McClellan improved to 2-1 on the season with a 9-7 win over Brogan Bulechek. Snyder with Britanny Medina won their doubles match against Richmond and Delaney Evers, of Centerville, ...