Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant named its new varsity boys' basketball had coach on Thursday, and it's a familiar name to Panther players and fans. Caleb Akey will take the helm for MPCHS in 2018.Akey has been a part of Mt. Pleasant basketball for the last nine years, most recently serving as the junior varsity head caoch and an assistant to head coach Paul Rundquist.With most of the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? Britt Noel went start to finish with a two-hit shutout on Tuesday night as the ninth-ranked New London baseball team blanked Holy Trinity Catholic 3-0 in SEISC South Division play.The Tigers won their eighth game in a row and their first since climbing into the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association top 10 rankings earlier this week.The game was ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? Another day another victory for Tiger baseball. The New London boys held Wapello to just two runs, tying the Indians' season low, in a 5-2 Tiger victory.Wapello opened the game with a run, but New London grabbed the lead with three runs in the bottom of the third to take an early 3-1 lead.Wapello cut the New London lead to 3-2 with a run in the top of the ...

The Mt. Pleasant disc golf league has wrapped up in the 2018 league. Tristan Hines was the overall champion at 316. Results for all divisions for the summer of 2018 can be found below.Overall champion: Tristan Haines 316A. Division: 1. Hayden Kujala 324; 2. Anthony Furniss 337; 3. Jordan Myers 339.B. Division: 1. Steve Thirtyacre 369; 2. Devin Peer 382; 3. Charles St. Johns 384.C. Division: 1. Benton Lunqest ...

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference released the Spring All-Academic list on Friday, June 8, 2018. Of the 197 student-athletes from the conference, Iowa Wesleyan had fourteen individuals representing three sports make the list.Brock Butler (SR/Palmyra, MO), Blake Forsythe (JR/Barden Ridge, Sydney, NSW, Aus), and Austin Willis (SO/Essesx, IL) earned the honors while participating in men's golf this ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County had a full slate of baseball and softball games set for Thursday night but some afternoon and evening rain decided to give the Panthers, Tigers and Wolves a day off.The three schools all had conference matchups postponed. Mt. Pleasant would have played its first SEC doubleheader of the second half at Keokuk. New London was set to host Central Lee in SEISC ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News During the early summer months, the Mt. Pleasant baseball team can usually be found fighting for a victory at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex, but on June 30, the battle field will be quite a bit larger.The Panthers are just over two weeks away from taking their talents to St. Louis for their game at Busch Stadium.Mt. Pleasant will be taking on Ottumwa in the game, which will ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FAIRFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant softball team had the opportunity to make up some serious ground in the Southeast Conference on Tuesday night in Fairfield, but unfortunately, nothing went as the Panthers had planned. The Trojans swept Mt. Pleasant 5-0 and 10-2 to knock the Panthers back to 3-5 in conference play.The Panthers couldn't solve Fairfield starting pitcher Allison ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Tuesday night was a night the Mt. Pleasant baseball team would like to forget. The Panthers failed to convert on a handful of opportunities throughout the Southeast Conference doubleheader and were knocked out of first place via a Trojan sweep. Fairfield took game one 4-2 and game two 11-1 in six innings.The Trojans scored two runs in the first inning of game one after Mt. ...

The high school team camp for Mt. Pleasant girls' basketball players will be from Tuesday, June 19 to Friday, June 22 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Community High School gym.The same camp for grades younger than high school will take place on the same days. Players entering grades 3-5 will play from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Those entering grades 6-8 will go from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.If camp fees are ...