Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Elijah Plooster is a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther boys' tennis team.Plooster is the No. 4 singles player for Mt. Pleasant and part of the No. 3 doubles team alongside Donny Arledge. He and the rest of the Panthers will be in Pella this Saturday, May 19, for the substate final.Plooster met with The News on Wednesday before practice. The ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News FAIRFIELD ? The season came to an end for the Mt. Pleasant girls' tennis team on Wednesday in Fairfield. The Panthers competed in the Class 1A Region 7 individual and doubles tournaments. Mt. Pleasant failed to move any players further in the postseason.Quin Whaley and Erin Zihlman competed in the singles tournament. Whaley faced off against Lauren DiJulio of Davenport ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DONNELLSON ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' soccer team fell 3-2 to Central Lee in non-conference action on Tuesday.The Panthers held an early 1-0 lead when Jadyn Vongsavath broke the scoreless tie. He took an assist from David Blancas and knocked in the first goal of the game.Central Lee responded with three straight goals. The Hawks got two scores from Blake Wyrick and added ...

The Mt. Pleasant girls' track and field teams gave out its postseason awards this week, ahead of the state tournament in Des Moines, which begun this morning. Pictured left to right are award winners Maggie Cristoforo (MVP), Delaney McDowell (Panther Award), Avery Sutter (Newcomer of the Year) and Chloe Martin (Most Improved). The Panther girls will begin their state run today (Thursday) when the Class 3A meet ...

The Mt. Pleasant wrestling team gave their postseason awards out at the beginning of the spring. Pictured from left to right are the special award winners, listed left to right: Garrett Boecker (Panther Award), Dalton Bass (Most Falls; 25), Corbin Broeker (State Wrestling Award, Varsity Most Valuable Wrestler, Most Takedowns; 74) and James DeMeyer (Most wins; 37). Not pictured is Nate Wallace (State Wrestling Award).

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? Two more area golf teams are one good meet away from state. On Monday, both the New London and Winfield-Mt. Union girls' golf teams punched their tickets to the Region 5 state-qualifying meet with a one-two finish.New London shot a 358, which was the best score of any Class 1A qualifier on the day. Winfield-Mt. Union placed second with a 410. English Valleys ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer team clinched at least a share of the Southeast Conference title on Thursday, May 10, with a dominant win over Washington.The Panthers shut the Demons out 4-0 to finish the SEC season atop the conference at 6-2.Mt. Pleasant opened the scoring with 17 minutes showing on the first-half clock. Kalyssa Longhurst scored off a Demon ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls' tennis team was defeated in their first round regional matchup on Monday in Ft. Madison. The Panthers lost 5-0 against West Burlington-Notre Dame.The Panthers finished just five matches on the day. Per state rules, once one team has clinched the win with five victories, the match is finished.Erin Zihlman fell 6-0 and 6-1 to Claire ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union and New London golf teams are just one good outing away from a state berth. The Wolves and Tigers finished one-two at the Winfield 1A sectional tournament on Saturday, advancing both schools to the District meet.The two schools entered the sectional tournament needing to place top three to advance. W-MU won the meet with a final stroke ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' golf team is moving on to the district tournament after battling to a second-place finish in Thursday morning's substate at Flint Hills Golf Course in Burlington.The Panthers shot a 325, which was good enough for second place and a district berth. Oskaloosa won the event with a 316 to pick up the other qualifying spot.The Panthers were ...