Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARION ? Monday night was a marquee win for the Mt. Pleasant boys. The Panthers, currently ranked No. 7 in the AP poll and No. 6 in the Gazette poll in Class 3A, took down 4A power Linn-Mar (No. 6/No. 8), 72-62 on the road.It took a total team effort, but it was the starting five for Mt. Pleasant that was able to flex their muscle. The Panthers played a solid defensive ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BLOOMFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant girls' basketball team bounced back from Saturday's home loss with a dominant road win on Tuesday night. The Panthers crushed Davis County 60-30, winning every quarter on the night.Mt. Pleasant took a 12-8 lead after the first quarter and dropped 20 points in the second to help stretch the lead to 32-20 at halftime.The Panthers continued to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Ft. Madison ? The Mt. Pleasant boys' basketball team remained unbeaten in Southeast Conference play on Friday night. The Panthers dominated Ft. Madison 62-38 for their third SEC win of the season.Ft. Madison hung in early. The Panthers outscored the Bloodhounds 19-11 in the first quarter. Mt. Pleasant's offense struggled a bit in the second quarter but the Panthers still ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? The WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union basketball teams wrote another chapter in their rivalry on Friday night, and this one went down as a double winner for the Warriors.WACO got out to an early lead and hung on for a 43-40 victory in the girls' game. The Warrior boys used a big second half to pull away with a 54-36 in the boys' game.The girls were up first and an ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was a busy weekend for the Mt. Pleasant girls' basketball team. The Panthers stayed within one game of the SEC lead on Friday night with a 58-27 win over Ft. Madison, but fell to an unbeaten Central Lee team, 49-32, on Saturday.Friday's conference game got out to a slow start offensively with both teams struggling to find the bucket. The Bloodhounds took an early 2-0 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News IOWA CITY ? The Mt. Pleasant wrestling team had a big day on Saturday, finishing second in the Iowa City Regina tournamnent. The Panthers scored 161 points, falling only to Solon, who won the meet with 212.5 points. Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union was tied for fourth with 108 points. Fairfield, the only other SEC team in the field, finished seventh with 81 points.Mt. Pleasant ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The Mt. Pleasant wrestling team put the Southeast Conference on notice Thursday night in Ft. Madison.The Panthers grinded out a 39-33 win on the road, pinning five Bloodhounds during the night and grinding out a 39-33 win on a Jaden Davis pin in the final match.The Panthers started things out right, getting back-to-back quick pins. James DeMeyer picked up a ...

Iowa Wesleyan's women's basketball team took on Blackburn College Saturday afternoon in the final conference game of 2017. First year head coach Jack Bruns and the Tigers picked up their first win after defeating the Beavers 61-59.In the first quarter of play, both teams took a little while to get their offenses going. The score was tied on three different occasions before Blackburn hit a three pointer with 4:07 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Both Mt. Pleasant basketball teams will be back in action tonight (Friday) as the Panthers take on Ft. Madison in Southeast Conference action.The Panthers will be looking to keep up momentum gained in the conference after sweeping Keokuk last Friday. The boys' team enters tonight's action 2-0 in the SEC, and the girls come in 1-1.The Mt. Pleasant boys will be on the road. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Iowa Wesleyan gave first-place Greenville a sweat in the first half in Wednesday night's women's basketball game, but the Tigers couldn't get their first win, falling 69-52.The Tigers used a balanced scoring attack in the first half to stick with the Panthers, but Greenville still took the first two quarters 16-13 and 21-13 to take a 37-26 lead at halftime.The Panthers ...