Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News One year ago, the Mt. Pleasant and New London boys' basketball teams were each two games away from the state tournament, with each team playing on the same Thursday night. Flash-forward to today, and it all seems to be happening again.The Panthers and Tigers find themselves in almost the exact same situation as last season. Mt. Pleasant will be hosting Ft. Madison once ...

By K.J. Pilcher, The Gazette AMES ? Paul Glynn has had to rally a few times in his wrestling career.The moments haven't been numerous, but they have occurred. The University of Iowa 133-pounder does not want to be in that position, but he demonstrated it's one he can overcome.Glynn fell into an abyss-like hole against Markus Simmons but climbed out for an 8-7 victory, helping the seventh-ranked Hawkeyes ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Revenge was sweet for the New London boys on Tuesday night. The Tigers knocked out Notre Dame 55-49 in their district semifinal in Mt. Pleasant, getting payback for a 10-point loss at home the last time the two teams met.Notre Dame never led in the game, but they kept it close all night long. The Tigers used strong defense and a boat-load of offensive rebounds to advance ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade boys grinded out a couple of wins against Ft. Madison on Tuesday night. The Panthers topped the Bloodhounds 39-33 in the ?A? game and 15-14 in the ?B? game.Dewon Trent led the ?A? team to victory with 18 points. Sam Jerrel scored 13 points and Reece Kempker had five.In the ?B? team's win, Dalton Church led the way. He scored over half of Mt. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade girls' ?A? team fell to 9-1 on the year with a 15-14 loss in Ft. Madison on Tuesday. The Panthers had won their first nine games before picking up their first loss.The Panthers came back from a 10-4 deficit in the third quarter to nearly steal the game. They trailed 6-2 after the first quarter and 8-4 at the half.Kate Schimmelpf...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys were in postseason form on Monday night for their substate quarterfinal game against West Liberty. The Panthers took a while to get rolling but eventually blew out the visiting Comets 75-25 to move one game closer to a state tournament berth.West Liberty's zone defense gave Mt. Pleasant a little sweat in the first quarter. The Comets were able to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London boys may not have shot the ball extremely well in their district opener against Lone Tree on Thursday night, but the Tigers' speed and athleticism was still too much to overcome.The Tigers cruised to a 61-37 victory over Lone Tree, punching their ticket to the Class 1A District 9 semifinals.The New London backcourt came to play early and often. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The WACO boys had a couple of 30-plus point losses to Notre Dame during the regular season, but the Warriors gave the Nikes a sweat in their first round game in New London on Thursday night.The Warriors were able to run with the Nikes all night long, but a spattering of Notre Dame three-pointers sank WACO as the Nikes escaped 53-44.The two teams battled back ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DES MOINES ? All seven of Henry County's state qualifying wrestlers were in action on Thursday as the state tournament got underway in Des Moines. There were plenty of highs and lows but when the dust settled, six of the county's matmen moved on to day two and three are still in contention for a state championship.Both Mt. Pleasant wrestlers competed in the afternoon ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union basketball team showed a ton of fight in their regional opener against Holy Trinity on Wednesday night but the Crusader defense stepped up in the final minutes and HTC ran away late for a 53-38 win.The Wolves relied heavily on senior post Lexee Hartsock in the first half. Hartsock scored the team's first 11 points and kept W-MU in the game ...