Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The WACO boys used a strong start to pick up an SEISC South Division win at Holy Trinity on Friday night. The Warriors won the boys' game 64-52, but fell in the girls' game, 63-35.The boys' team scored 20 points in the first quarter to take a 20-9 lead into the second period. WACO outscored HTC by one point in the final three quarters and got out with the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FAIRFIELD ? Mt. Pleasant senior point guard Brady Sartorius reached a career milestone in the Panthers' win over Fairfield on Friday night.Sartorius hit 1,500 points in the third quarter against the Trojans. He also became the second leading scorer in Mt. Pleasant boys' basketball history.The top spot in Mt. Pleasant in school history belongs to Earl Nau, who played for ...

EUREKA, Ill. ? The Iowa Wesleyan women's basketball team took on the second place team in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings Saturday afternoon. The Tigers were outmatched by the Red Devils, falling 84-46 on the road.Iowa Wesleyan's offense struggled against one of the top teams in the conference. IW was held to 25 percent shooting from the field and less than 20 percent from behind the ...

EUREKA, Ill. ? In Saturday afternoon's men's basketball action, Iowa Wesleyan faced off against the Red Devils of Eureka College. The Tigers were looking to bounce back from a close loss to Fontbonne, but they would have their work cut out for them, as Eureka entered the day as one of the top teams in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings.Iowa Wesleyan jumped out to a quick lead, scoring a ...

By Justin Webster, Golden Triangle News Service FAIRFIELD ? The Panther girls' basketball went right down the wire with first-place Fairfield on Friday night, coming back in the final minute to force overtime. The Trojans, never-the-less, were able to grit out a 65-61 win in the extra period and stop Mt. Pleasant from tying up the Southeast Conference race.Fairfield jumped out to an early 14-5 lead, however, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The stars were aligned for the Mt. Pleasant and Washington to wrestle for first place in the Southeast Conference on Thursday night but the weather didn't quite cooperate.The Panthers and Demons have set up the potential conference championship-deciding match by each going undefeated so far in conference play. Mt. Pleasant's last-match win over Ft. Madison in mid-December ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OMAHA Neb. ? Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade sensation Blaine Frazier competed at the AAU Winter Nationals in Omaha, Neb. on Jan. 6-7 where he took on some of the best 100-lbs. wrestlers his age. Frazier defeated state champions and placers from Montana, Missouri and Nebraska on his way to the top spot.Frazier, who wrestles for the AAU team DC Elite, won five matches over the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan men scored in bunches on Tuesday night, topping Fontbonne 100-97 for their second win of the season. The Tigers dropped the Griffins to 1-6 in conference, moving one game ahead of them in the standings.The Tigers came out of the gates red hot. IW went 19-37 from the field and 9-18 from the three-point land over the first 20 minutes. They were especially ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant freshman boys' basketball team is on a three-game winning streak and all three games have been all Panthers. The MP ninth-graders smoked Ft. Madison 71-16 on Dec. 15, pulled past Washington 50-31 on Jan.5 and topped Mediapolis 50-16 on Monday for their third straight win.The win over Ft. Madison was on the back of a shut-down defensive effort. The Panthers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FAIRFIELD ? It's the biggest night in the year in the Southeast Conference basketball race for both boys' and girls' basketball.Tonight (Friday) the two top teams in both standings will compete for SEC glory. The first place Fairfield girls will host second-place Mt. Pleasant at 6 p.m., and the second-place Fairfield boys will host first-place Mt. Pleasant at 7:30 p.m.The ...