Obituaries

By K.J. Pilcher, The Gazette CLEVELAND ? Expectations for Spencer Lee have been sky high from the moment he announced he wanted to wrestle at the University of Iowa.The prospect of a three-time World champion, training with Tom and Terry Brands at a school with recent lightweight success was accompanied with Lee's potential to be one of college wrestling's best ever.Lee demonstrated why he garnered so much ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News TITUSVILLE, Fla. ? Iowa Wesleyan softball dropped two games on Thursday to close out their spring break trip to Florida. The Tigers fell 8-0 against Missouri Baptist in the morning game and then lost a back-and-forth battle 8-5 against Marywood University later in the day.The IW offense couldn't get off the ground against Missouri Baptist. The Tigers were one-hit in their ...

By Jeff Linder, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? Lisa Bluder and Jim Flanery will meet Saturday in Los Angeles.They have collided before in Chicago. Literally.It's Bluder's story, so we'll let her tell it:?It was Nike Nationals (an AAU summer tournament) in 2016, and (assistant) Jan (Jensen) and I were taking a cab to a restaurant in Chicago. Our cab smashed into another car.?That car belonged to Flanery, the coach ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News AUBURNDALE, Fla. ? The Iowa Wesleyan baseball team finished off their spring break trip in Florida on Friday. The Tigers struggled to contain an offensive explosion from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, falling 20-3.RPI scored runs in each of the first four innings to jump out to a commanding lead early. The Tiger defense gave up four runs in the first inning, three in ...

By K.J. Pilcher, The Gazette CLEVELAND ? Only two teams have been in the national title discussion this season.Top-ranked Ohio State and defending champion Penn State have been in a category of their own with little conversation of challengers to the top-two spots.The talk of a fierce team battle between the two remains the same, leading up to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, beginning Thursday at ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Sign-ups for New London Little League T-ball, baseball and softball will be on Tuesday, March 20, and Thursday, March 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will also be a sign-up period on Saturday, March 24, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.These sign-ups are for all girls and boys in pre-k through sixth-grade. They will take place at the New London Fire Station. A parent must accompany ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News AMES ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' track team took part in the Iowa State Indoors on Tuesday night. The Panthers walked away with four top-15 placements against a packed field of teams.The best result of the day again went to Cody Mertens. Mertens took ninth place in the 3200-meter run, crossing the tape in just over 10 minutes, at 10:01.87.The Panthers had two runners place ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News PELLA ? The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade basketball team is doing big things around the state. The Panthers finished second in their regional tournament in Pella on Saturday, which qualified them for the state tournament in early April. Mt. Pleasant was second to Newton, who won the regional.The Panthers have had a great tournament schedule this year after a strong regular ...

By Mike Hlas, The Gazette Tyler Cook, the leading scorer and rebounder on the 2017-18 Iowa men's basketball team, announced Friday he was making himself an early-entry for June's NBA Draft.?After talking with the coaches and my family, I am going to test the NBA Draft process,? Cook said in a release sent by Iowa's sports information department. ?It is my dream to play professionally and not hiring an agent at ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MT. VERNON ? Two Henry County schools were present at the Demon Indoors on Thursday night in Mt. Vernon. Mt. Pleasant and New London were both in action and each school had a handful of top-25 finishes.The best result of the day went to New London's Carson McSorley. She finished second in the 400-meter dash, crossing the tape in 1:01.65. Mt. Pleasant had two runners in the ...