Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys' tennis team had a rough time on Tuesday night against a stacked West Burlington-Notre Dame team. The Panthers fell 7-2 in their non-conference contest, falling to 4-3 overall this season.Mt. Pleasant lost five of their six singles matches, but their lone win was a sweep. Ethan Weber took the No. 1 singles match 8-0. Corbin Broeker fell 8-2 in the No. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News KEOKUK ? The Mt. Pleasant girls' track and field team strutted their stuff at the Keossippi Relays in Keokuk on Tuesday evening. The Panthers won the meet with 189 points, finishing 56 points ahead of second-place Clark County, Mo.Mt. Pleasant had a handful of wins on the night, including a couple of one-two finishes. Abby Ryon (10:46) and Taylor Murray (11:45) finished ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DES MOINES ? The area's top track and field athletes are just days away from the 2018 Drake Relays in Des Moines. A pack of Panthers lead the list of qualifiers with New London's Carson McSorley representing the county's small schools.The first day of action for the Henry County qualifiers will be Friday, April 27. Mt. Pleasant's Lexie Magnani will be throwing the shot ...

By Douglas Brenneman, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? When coaching against the school one played at, there is always extra incentive to win. Washington boys soccer head coach Sally Hart has yet to enjoy that feeling and after Mt. Pleasant High School took a 3-1 Southeast Conference victory Monday at Washington.?That's my alma mater, so it is always interesting to see the maroon on the other side ...

This week, the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance and the Mt. Pleasant Middle School are working together to take away hunger. On April 24-26, middle school students and business people will work together in a meal packaging event. This is a great opportunity to teach students to be community minded and for them to engage in volunteerism inside and outside of our community.The goal this year is to package ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant girls had to use every last shot to hold off Muscatine in their home Triangular on Friday. The 10th-ranked Panthers won the meet with a score of 203, nipping Muscatine's 204. Burlington finished third with a score of 262.Anni Liechty led the way for Mt. Pleasant with a score of 43, which was good enough for individual runner-up honors. Elli Liechty ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' golf team picked up a fourth-place finish on Saturday in the Washington Demon Invitational. Seven teams competed in the event. Mt. Pleasant shot a 352, finishing behind Washington (317), Pella (324), and Oskaloosa (337).Trace White had the best day for the Panthers, shooting a 75 on the day. He shot a 40 on his front nine and a 76 on his ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls' track and field team competed in Washington on Thursday night. The Panthers scored 65 points for second place, falling only to Benton-Van Horn's 78.The Panthers had one win on the day. The 4X800 team of Maggie Cristoforo, Maggie Jennings, Cristina Carthey and Taylor Murray dominated the 4X800 with a time of 10:01.24.Mt. Pleasant also ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer team faced their toughest opponent yet on Thursday evening at East Lake Park. The Panthers fell 4-0 against a very tough Holy Trinity Catholic squad.The Panthers were on their heels in the first half, battling a strong Crusader offense. Mt. Pleasant was able to hold HTC for almost 15 minutes before HTC's Elle Rashid broke the 0-0 tie with a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OSKALOOSA ? The Mt. Pleasant girls' golf team competed at a touranment in Oskalooas on Thursday. The Panthers finished sixth out of 11 teams with a score of 414.Mt. Pleasant was led by Anni and Elli Liechty, who each shot sub-100 rounds. Anni finished at 95 to lead the team, and Elli finished two strokes behind her, scoring a 97.Tori Witthoft shot a 107 for the third best ...