Obituaries

Rain falls down in New London shortly before the postponement of both games on Tuesday night. As always, inclimate weather has done its damage to the 2018 baseball and softball season, leaving teams to decide weather to make up games or let them go as the postseason approaches quickly. In the Tigers' and Warriors' case, they have no choice. Conference games are put on the fast-track, especially when league ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Southeast Conference season is heading down the homestretch and still there is no clear winner in either sport. Fairfield still holds the one-game advantage on the baseball fields but the softball standings are tighter than ever.The Trojans are 10-2 in baseball after splitting with Washington this season. Fairfield leads both Mt. Pleasant and Washington by one game, as ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London softball team flexed its muscle with a mercy-rule win on Monday night. The Tigers ran over Central Lee 13-2 in a game that went just five innings.Central Lee scored first with a run in the second inning but New London took over with six in the third to take a 6-1 lead. The Hawks added another run in the fourth inning but the Tigers added two in ...

By Douglas Brenneman,Golden Triangle News Service WINFIELD ? It is said that there are no moral victories in sports. While that may be true for professionals, it is not necessarily so at the prep level.Winfield-Mt. Union, with a record of 1-18, took Southeast Iowa Super Conference foe Highland High School into extra innings Monday before losing 6-5.?It definitely was a moral victory for us,? W-MU coach ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union softball team suffered a 6-0 loss to Highland in SEISC North Division play on Monday night. The Wolves committed seven errors in the game and the offense couldn't get rolling.Madie Anderson gave up just two hits over seven innings of work. She struck out 13 batters. Anderson had two hits of her own, going 2-3 to record half of W-MU's four ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? The ninth-ranked New London boys continued to zero in on a South Division championship with another win on Monday night. The Tigers grinded out a 5-4 win in Burlington over Notre Dame to move one game away from clinching at least a share of the conference crown.The two teams battled back and forth all night long. New London and Notre Dame each scored one run ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News KEOKUK ? The Mt. Pleasant softball team had a much better outing in their second doubleheader with Keokuk this season. After scoring just eight runs and getting swept by the Chiefs last month, the Panthers scored 19 runs in a split on Thursday night.Keokuk was able to squeak out a 10-9 win in game one, but Mt. Pleasant worked back to earn the split in game two, with a 10-6 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News KEOKUK ? Mt. Pleasant baseball finished off the season sweep of Keokuk on Thursday night. The Panthers delivered an early knock-out blow in game one, eventually taking the game 12-4, and staged a 12-9 comeback win in game two to make it four-in-a-row over the Chiefs this season.Mt. Pleasant scored nine runs in the first inning of game one and it looked like the Panthers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News COLUMBUS ? Hits were scarce and runs were non-existent for the Columbus/WACO softball team on Thursday night. Madie Anderson struck out 17 Wildcats in a two-hit shutout performance and the W-MU girls rolled to an 8-0.The W-MU offense had a good start with three runs in the top of the first inning. The Wolves added a run in the second inning, one in the fourth and three ...

Iowa Wesleyan University has been named a full member of the NCAA Division III effective September 1, as determined by the NCAA Division III Membership Committee and Management Council.?We are beyond excited to receive full membership status and move forward as an institution,? said Director of Athletics, Derek Zander. ?We are extremely grateful for everyone on campus that has been involved in this transition. ...