Obituaries

Tuesday? Mt. Pleasant girls' basketball hosts Iowa City West, JV starts at 6 p.m., followed by varsity? IWC women's basketball @ Ashford University in Clinton, 7 p.m.? W-MU basketball @ Highland, varsity girls start at 6 p.m., followed by varsity boys? W-MU boys' basketball hosts Pekin, JV starts at 6 p.m., followed by varsity? WACO basketball hosts Lone Tree, varsity girls start at 6 p.m, followed by ...

FAIRFIELD ? A pair of first-place finishes ? one from its lightweight and one from its heavyweight ? led the Mt. Pleasant wrestling team to the tournament title at the Southern Iowa Classic on Saturday.Colton Mertens (106 pounds) and Emmett Wester (285 pounds) each won his weight class at the Fairfield tournament.Mertens went 3-0 on the day, winning by major decision over Gage Hawkins of Keokuk (11-1) and ...

The ninth-grade boys? basketball team lost to Keokuk on Friday, 47-29.The Panthers fell behind in the first quarter and couldn?t catch up, going down 29-12 at halftime.Alex Carrasco and Keegan Pullis each scored 11 points for Mt. Pleasant, and Tyler Batten added five. Dylan Bloom chipped in two.They will play again when they travel to Ft. Madison on Friday to kick off a freshman/JV/varsity tripleheader ...

On Friday, Jan. 25, the Mt. Pleasant Community High School?s girls? basketball games against Ft. Madison will start with the freshman game at 6:15 p.m., followed by a varsity game.There will be no JV game.

The Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade girls? ?A? team remained undefeated after traveling to Ft. Madison last week and defeating the Bloodhounds, 38-6.The ?B? team was dealt its first loss, and the ?C? team fell in its season opener.In the A game, the Panthers went up 16-0 in the first quarter, getting all they would need to win the game.They were leading 28-4 at halftime and 34-6 at the end of the third quarter ...

The WACO girls? and boys? basketball teams fell in a pair of games against Pekin on Thursday night. The Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division games were rescheduled from Dec. 21.The Warrior boys (4-8 overall, 4-6 SEISC North) lost by a score of 57-53 in overtime and the girls (5-9 overall, 4-8 SEISC North) dropped a 42-36 decision.Tyler Ayers had a team-high 15 points for the WACO boys, while Klinton ...

Mt. Pleasant natives Darian Cotton and Jordan Cotton and Winfield native Jon Gerling, all pictured above from left, were all training at the Mt. Pleasant REC Center on Dec. 23, during their Christmas break from college.Darian Cotton plays football at Iowa State, and Jordan Cotton plays the same sport at the University Iowa. Gerling is on the UNI cross-country and track teams.It?s not very common to see Division ...

The WACO boys? and girls? basketball teams split a pair of games with visiting Wapello on Tuesday night. The boys? team won by a score of 47-41 in its season opener, and the girls lost by a narrow final of 36-32.In the boys? game, the first quarter was a battle, with Wapello taking a one-point lead into the second quarter, 8-7. However, the Warriors went on a 17-7 run to go up 25-15 at halftime, and they never ...

Mt. Pleasant?s middle school wrestling team hosted Burlington (Burl) and Ottumwa (Ott) in a meet on Tuesday evening. The results from Mt. Pleasant (MP) matches are listed below.? Garrett Detrick (MP) pinned Perez-Hall (Burl), 1:12? Garrett Detrick (MP) pinned B. Johnson (Burl), 0:51? Schmitz (Burl) dec. Garrett Detrick (MP), 6-2? C. Masters (Burl) t. fall Caleb Fluharty (MP), 16-0? C. Masters (Burl) pinnned ...

Polishville sets August scheduleThe Polishville Association has announced its August schedule for the Polishville Community Center.A dance is set for Aug. 12 with Larry Fountain providing the music. Food sales begin at 4:30 p.m., and dancing is from 6-9 p.m.A free dance to celebrate the 90th birthday of Polishville Association secretary/treasurer Bill Peck will be Aug. 26. Jerry Beauchamp will provide the ...