Obituaries

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) released the 2018 Football Preseason Coaches Poll last week. Iowa Wesleyan received the seventh place nod after finishing the 2017 season with a 2-7 record in conference play.MacMurray College edged out the College of Saint Scholastica by two points to take the top spot in the poll. The Highlanders finished with a total of 57 points and four first place votes, while the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WEST BRANCH ? The 2018 volleyball season opened up on Saturday for Winfield-Mt. Union. The Wolves went 2-2 at the West Branch touchament, defeating Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 2-1, and Lone Tree, 2-0, while falling 2-0 to West Branch and Don Bosco.In their first pool play game, W-MU scored a comeback victory over EBF. After dropping the first set 21-16, the Wolves came ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? Eight-man football was served a notice on Friday night in New London. The Tigers are here, and they're quite the threat. New London faced off with Hartwick-Ladora-Victor (H-L-V), a team tabbed No. 3 in the preseason radio Iowa poll, and the Tigers absolutely buried them, winning 51-16.In a bit of a worrysome start, H-L-V scored the first two touchdowns of the ...

TIFFIN ? The Mt. Pleasant junior varsity team traveled to Tiffin on Thursday night for their first game of the season. The Panthers lost a nail-biter, 20-18, to drop to 0-1 to start the season.The Panthers and Clippers were locked in a tight battle all game. The score was 6-6 until late in the fourth quarter when a chaotic final three minutes saw dueling scores.The Clippers got the last laugh. CCA was able to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARENGO ? WACO and Iowa Valley took part in a good ole fashioned shootout on Friday night. The two teams combined for 78 points, but unfortunately for Warrior fans, Iowa Valley had over half of those, taking the game 46-32.The two teams traded scores in the first quarter. After a quick Iowa Valley score, WACO quarterback Nik Coble found Colton Horak for a 10-yard touchdown ...

The roster is set for Mt. Pleasant cross-country as they approach their first meet of the year. With the season-opening meet taking place in Williamsburg on Tuesday, Aug. 28, the Panthers needed to hold time trials to figure out their varsity team for the first go-around.The Panther boys were paced by Cody Mertens, who comes into the season ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. Mertens was joined by Dalton Moyle, Dakota ...

The first full Friday of Henry County football may be marred by some inclimate weather, and due to concerns about potential storms around Iowa Valley, WACO'S Road game tonight has been moved up one hour.The Warriors will kick off at 6 p.m. tonight as they look to go 2-0 to start the season. WACO players will leave school today (Friday) at 3 p.m., to head up for the game.Winfield-Mt. Union will also be moved up ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The roster is set for Mt. Pleasant cross-country as they approach their first meet of the year. With the season-opening meet taking place in Williamsburg on Tuesday, Aug. 28, the Panthers needed to hold time trials to figure out their varsity team for the first go-around.The Panther boys were paced by Cody Mertens, who comes into the season ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News TIFFIN ? The Mt. Pleasant junior varsity team traveled to Tiffin on Thursday night for their first game of the season. The Panthers lost a nail-biter, 20-18, to drop to 0-1 to start the season.The Panthers and Clippers were locked in a tight battle all game. The score was 6-6 until late in the fourth quarter when a chaotic final three minutes saw dueling scores.The ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The first full Friday of Henry County football may be marred by some inclimate weather, and due to concerns about potential storms around Iowa Valley, WACO'S Road game tonight has been moved up one hour.The Warriors will kick off at 6 p.m. tonight as they look to go 2-0 to start the season. WACO players will leave school today (Friday) at 3 p.m., to head up for the ...