Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAPELLO ?The Winfield-Mt. Union softball team lost a SEISC North Division game 4-1 on Tuesday night against Wapello. It was just the second loss of the season for W-MU.The Wolves led 1-0 after 2.5 innings, but the Arrows tied the game up in the bottom of the third. The Arrows took the lead with one run in the fourth inning and tacked on two in the fifth.Madie Anderson ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARSHALLTOWN ? With one day complete at the Class 1A girls' state golf tournament in Marshalltown, New London sits atop the team standings.The Tigers shot a 367 on Tuesday, positioning themselves two strokes ahead of second-place Iowa Valley and 12 strokes ahead of third place Bishop Garrigan.The Tigers are led by overall leader Casey Noble, who shot six over par on day ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant softball team picked up its first home win of the season on Wednesday night. Makayla Cam delivered the walk-off blow, doubling in a runner with two outs in the seventh inning to give the Panthers the 5-4 win.The Panthers had to battle back from a 3-0 deficit early on. The Indians scored one run in the first inning and two in the top of the third to take a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEWTON ? Friday's action at state golf saw both Henry County teams move up a spot to finish top five in the Class 1A tournament. Winfield-Mt. Union shot a 348 on Friday after shooting 353 Thursday to finish fourth at 701. New London tied for fifth with a 705, shooting 349 on Friday after their 356 on Thursday. Grundy Center won the extremely tight team race, shooting a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant baseball team is 2-0 to start the season after two straight dominant wins over Keokuk on Tuesday night. The Panthers blasted the Chiefs 21-0(4) in the first game and took the second game 8-1 to start the conference schedule off right.Game one took just three-and-a-half innings before Mt. Pleasant won via the 15-run mercy rule. The Panthers scored 13 runs ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant softball team continued to experience some growing pains in their first Southeast Conference doubleheader on Tuesday night. The Panthers lost two home games to Keokuk, falling 10-5 and 7-3.The Panthers had to try and dig out of an early hole in game one after the Chiefs scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Trinity Krabill had an RBI double to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DONNELLSON ?The New London softball team continued to look sharp to start the season. The Tigers shut down Mediapolis 9-0 on the road Wednesday and followed that up with a 9-7 win at Central Lee on Thursday.Camryn Blint and Sydney Coleman combined for a one-hit shutout in Wednesday's victory. Blint threw five innings, giving up one hit, while striking out nine batters. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News ELDRIDGE ? The Mt. Pleasant baseball team suffered a close loss at North Scott on Thursday night. The Lancers shut the Panthers down 3-0.North Scott scored their first two runs in the third inning and tacked on one in the fifth to take the 3-0 lead where it would stay.Colby Potts had a nice outing for Mt. Pleasant, despite the loss. He pitched all six innings and gave up ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News It was the second-straight slugfest for the Mt. Pleasant softball team on Wednesday night and the second-straight one-run loss. The Panthers clawed back from an early hole against Central Lee in their home opener but fell to the Hawks 10-9.Central Lee scored the first four runs of the ballgame. The Hawks batted around in the first inning, scoring four runs. They put up ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Tori Witthoft is a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther girls' golf team.Witthoft was part of the state-qualifying team in 2017 and was the first-alternate on the 2016 squad.Witthoft met with The News last Thursday before practice. The questions are in bold with her answers following.Did you grow up here in Mt. Pleasant? Yes, I did.How long ...