Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? The Iowa Wesleyan basketball teams were swept at Spalding University on Saturday. The Tiger women fell 65-51 and the men dropped their contest 84-62.The girls' team trailed 40-29 at the half and couldn't scrap back against the Golden Eagles. Josie Zerrusen scored 21 points to lead the way. Darby Massner had 14 points and seven assists.Lastella Slack ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News RIVERSIDE ? Both Winfield-Mt. Union basketball teams put up a good fight in Riverside on Friday night but Highland pulled out both games. The Huskies won the girls' game 43-34 and the boys' game 56-43.The W-MU girls had to claw back from a rough first quarter. Highland shot out to an 18-4 lead at the end of the first quarter and the Lady Wolves' undefeated record was in ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union wrestling hosted a quad in Winfield on Thursday night. The Wildcats hosted Mt. Pleasant, WACO and Cardinal.It was Mt. Pleasant who had the best day of the four teams. The Panthers went 3-0, topping Columbus/W-MU 48-16, Cardinal 66-7 and WACO 50-21.Columbus-W-MU picked up a couple of wins in the quad. The Wildcats took down WACO 60-18 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Iowa Wesleyan had two players go over 20 points in Tuesday night's SLIAC opener, but it wasn't quite enough as the Tigers fell to Principia College 85-78.The Tigers couldn't seem to get any shots to fall from outside in the first half, going 2-16. The rough shooting from outside allowed Principia to stick with the Tigers early on, despite turning the ball over eight times ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The New London wrestling team picked up a couple of Southeast Super Conference wins on Thursday night, topping Van Buren and West Burlington-Notre Dame-Danville on their home mats.The Tigers rolled Van Buren 45-12, and gritted out a 33-21 win over WB-ND-Danville to grab their first two conference wins of the season.Full results for New London's home opener ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DANVILLE ? The WACO basketball teams were in Danville on Friday night for their first SEISC South Division doubleheader of the year. The girls' team fell 63-27 in their contest and the boys dropped their opener 86-57.The Warrior girls had a rough first half that led to the loss. Danville outscored WACO 21-3 in the first quarter and 19-7 in the second quarter to take a ...

GRINNELL ? The Iowa Wesleyan women's basketball team was back on the road in Tuesday night's action. They took on non-conference opponent, Grinnell College, and were looking to turn things around. The Tigers were unable to come back from a big second quarter by Grinnell, and fell 57-67 for their sixth loss of the season.Darby Massner and Caitlyn Welch started the Tiger offense off on a positive note, each ...

In Tuesday's edition of The Mt. Pleasant News, results from the bowling opener in Ottumwa were released. One name from the Panther girls' team was accidentally omitted.Alexis Wohlleber finished third on the varsity team, throwing a 128 in her first game and a 113 in her second game for a total of 241.The full scores for the varsity girls' individual games were Emily Shumaker with 347, Gillian Anderson with 268, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union girls held off the Arrows 48-40 to move to 3-0 on Tuesday night, but the boys' team dropped their season opener 70-26.A fast start helped the Lady Wolves pick up their third straight home victory. The Wolves nearly shut out the Arrows in the first quarter to take an 11-3 lead, and held on to a 22-16 advantage at halftime.W-MU had their ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant freshman basketball teams took on New London on Monday night in their first doubleheader of the year.The Tigers topped the hosting Panthers in both games. New London's freshman/sophomore team won the boys' game 49-29. The Tiger girls' JV team took down the Mt. Pleasant freshman/sophomore girls' team 36-32.The boys' game was back and forth in the first ...