Obituaries

MONMOUTH, Ill. ? Iowa Wesleyan returned to action after hosting a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference triangular over the weekend. In Tuesday night's match, the Tigers took on Monmouth College in a non-conference contest in Monmouth, Ill.After a first set loss, the Tigers bounced back in set two, but the Fighting Scots would win the final two sets to defeat IW 3-1.The Tigers opened the night with ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? The WACO volleyball team started the season 6-1 but the Warriors have hit a mid-season slide. WACO dropped a SEISC South Division match against Central Lee on Tuesday night, falling in four sets.Central Lee had WACO's back against the wall after winning the first two sets. The Hawks took both set one and set two by the score of 25-19, and the Warriors were in ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant junior varsity football team traveled to Washington on Monday evening for a game against rival Washington. The Demons held off the Panthers 20-12.Orin Cantu had 144 yards on 25 carries to lead the offense in the loss. He also had two catches for nine yards. Brennan Bender had seven carries for 52 yards.Brody Bender was 8-22 for 103 yards ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The ninth-ranked New London volleyball team hung tight against No. 4 Holy Trinity in two out of three matches on Monday night, but the Crusaders won all three, defeating the Tigers 25-13, 25-21 and 25-23.Addie Pry and Kaylor Schulte, who have led the Tigers at the net all yaer, once again co-led the team in kills. Both hitters finished the game with seven. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade football team flexed its muscle on Tuesday night, beating up on Mediapolis 30-6.The Panthers had a huge game defensively, sacking the quarterback six times. Harmon Ensminger had three sacks to lead the way. Ben Newton had two, and Logan Borders finished with one.Nate Dismang had a fumble recovery in the win. Carson Andreasen had an intercepti...

Iowa Wesleyan played their second straight game under the lights on Saturday night, as they took on Eureka College for their final non-conference contest of the season. The Tiger offense struggled to get find a rhythm against the Red Devils which led to a 38-6IW was unable to find an answer to Eureka's run game and fell behind after Eureka's opening drive covered 65 yards on six plays. Grequenceo Coger blocked ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan volleyball team got to play at Ruble Arena for the first time on Saturday, hosting their home triangular against Principia College and Fontbonne University.The Tigers dropped both games, falling in four sets to Principia and in five sets to Fontbonne.In the morning game against Principia, IW fell 25-20 and 29-27 in the first two sets. The Tigers trailed ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan men's soccer team was finally able to finish a game on Sunday, they just had to return home to Mt. Pleasant to do it.The Tigers defeated Coe College 4-1 in their home opener at East Lake Park. That win came four days after a 1-1 tie in another weather-shortened game at Hannibal La-Grange University.The Tigers showed their strength early and often. IW ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The first of three football games between Henry County teams took place on Friday night and it was the Tigers who roared early and often. No. 3 New London stayed unbeaten with their third-straight blowout victory, beating WACO 71-12.The first quarter was an electric one. The two teams combined for 37 points in the opening period.Keontae Luckett got things ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News PELLA ? The Mt. Pleasant freshman football team fell 36-0 in Pella last night. The Panthers had a tough time containing a talented Dutch running game.Carson Coleman was 7-16 in the loss with 50 yards passing. Mitchell Moothart had 28 rushing yards on four attempts. Dylan Hagans had 12 yards on nine attempts, and Dalton Church led the recievers with four catches for 31 ...