Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FAIRIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' golf team picked up another Southeast Conference win on Thursday, taking down rival Fairfield 171-183.The team was led by Jake Moffett, who finished at 39 for the only sub-40 round of the night. Rhett Zeglen finished two strokes behind Moffett with a 41 to earn runner-up honors.Trace White tied for third-place overall with a 42. Fairfield'...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News CENTERVILLE ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' tennis team had no troubles on Tuesday evening in a non-conference road matchup with Centerville. The Panthers swept the Big Reds 9-0 to move to 3-1 on the season.The Panthers domianted the first three singles matches. Ethan Weber swept his opponent in the No. 1 match, 8-0. Corbin Broeker took the No. 2 match 8-1 and Jaxon Hoyle picked ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WELLMAN ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' track and field team added another win to the record books on Tuesday night, taking the Mid-Prairie meet by 65 points. The Panthers scored 148 points to lead the 17-team field, and Mid-Prairie finished second with 83 points.Mt. Pleasant won nine events on the day, including eight victories in individual events.Rylan Seberg was a double-winn...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Jake Lowe is a senior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther boys' track and field team.Lowe has been a sprinter and hurdler for Mt. Pleasant all four years and is a member of the 2015 state champion shuttle hurdle relay team. He made the 110-meter high hurdle finals last year after returning from injury just in time for the state qualifiers.Lowe met with ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News EDDYVILLE ? It was another dominant night for the Mt. Pleasant boys' track and field team on Thursday. The Panthers scored 151 points to top the field at the Eddyville-Blakesburg relays, topping second-place Pekin by 56 points.The Panthers won seven events on the day. Chase Lamm won two of those, taking the 400-meter hurdles in 58.43 seconds and winning the 110-meter high ...

Trace White chips the ball onto the second green during Mt. Pleasant's win over Keokuk on Tuesday evening.By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys' golf team was back at home on Tuesdsay evening for a Southeast Conference showdown with Keokuk. The Panthers took five of the top six spots individually and ran away with a 162-196 win.Trace White took medalist honors, shooting a one-over 37 on ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant girls' tennis team took on West Burlington-Notre Dame in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday evening. The Panthers were bested by WB-ND 8-1.Mt. Pleasant went 5-1 in singles competition. The lone win came in the No. 5 match when Shaleen Thiengmany swept her opponent 8-0.Quin Whaley fell 8-3 in the No. 1 matchup. Erin Zihlman dropped the No. 2 matchup 8-2. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News All four Henry County teams were in action on Tuedsay night in Mt. Pleasant. The hosting Panthers finished second in Class A with 108.50 points, falling only to Cedar Rapids Prairie, which won with a score of 119.50.New London had a nice showing, scoring 86 points for third place in Class B. Winfield-Mt. Union scored 26 points in Class B and WACO scored 21. Danville won ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London and Winfield-Mt. Union golf teams met up at Deerwood Golf Course in New London for a dual meet on Friday, April 13. W-MU took the boys' match 176-181 but the Tigers took the girls match 186-210.Kaleb Hagge led W-MU once again, shooting an even par 36 for the W-MU boys. Nolan Ross wasn't far away from Hagge, tying for second place with a 39.The ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer team saw their undefeated streak come to an end on Monday evening in Ft. Madison. The Bloodhounds topped the Panthers on a breakaway goal by Taylor Shannan with just two minutes to go.Mt. Pleasant scored first after an almost 30-minute scoreless streak started the game. The Panthers got on the board with a goal from Mary West. ...