Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News It wasn't easy for the two-time defending champions on Tuesday night. Mt. Pleasant gave Cedar Rapids Xavier all they could handle in the fourth quarter, but just couldn't get over the hump in a 68-62 loss.The two teams traded blows early on. The Saints jumped out to an early lead but Mt. Pleasant cut it to two points by the end of the quarter. Xavier led 11-9 after one ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? New London and Notre Dame squared off in an SEISC double-header on Tuesday night and fans saw a couple of close games that ended in a split. The Tiger boys pulled off a 68-59 victory, but the girls fell just short in a 49-43 loss.The boys' team, fresh off a state berth last season, has started the year without star small-forward Mason Porter, who is currently ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OTTUMWA ? The Mt. Pleasant bowling teams had their first meet of the season on Monday evening. The two teams traveled to Ottumwa to take on the hosting Bulldogs, Fairfield and West Des Moines Valley.The Panthers weren't able to outscore Ottumwa in either matchup, but the girls did finish ahead of SEC-rival Fairfield.The Mt. Pleasant boys shot a 2,295. Levi Mills led the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News LINCOLN, Neb. ? The Iowa Wesleyan men's basketball team played two games this weekend in the Synder Classic at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The Tigers were topped 117-54 by the hosting Prairie Wolves on Friday, and fell short against Carroll College, 88-75, on Saturday.The Tigers couldn't get anything to fall in the first half against Nebraska Wesleyan. The Prairie Wolves ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAVERLY ? The Iowa Wesleyan women's basketball team had their hands full on Tuesday night. The Tigers were in Waverly where they took on the eighth-ranked Wartburg Knights.The Tigers had trouble sticking with the Knights early. Wartburg jumped out to a 20-point lead in the first quarter and won every quarter, handing the Tigers a 96-40 loss. IW struggled to stop the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union released its All-State selections for the 2017 season on Wednesday and two Henry County athletes were named to the teams.A pair of New London seniors, Breanna Mettler and Carson McSorley, were honored as second-team All-Staters in their final year of high school volleyball.Mettler was New London's big hitter once again this year, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? From start to finish, the Winfield-Mt. Union girls' basketball team dominated on Tuesday night.The Wolves scored the first 11 points of the game and never looked back in a 48-15 clubbing of Lone Tree.The W-MU energy was on display in the first quarter. The Wolves pulled down a flurry of offensive rebounds, and rattled Lone Tree on defense to jump out to a ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News DUBUQUE ? Things were going smoothly through the first half for the Iowa Wesleyan men's basketball team on Tuesday night but a rough second half led to a 76-56 loss to an undefeated University of Dubuque team.The Tigers scored the first four points of the game to get things started, and although Dubuque took the lead early, it was IW who was on the advantage for the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News PELLA ? The Mt. Pleasant girls gave 10th-ranked Pella all they could handle through one half of basketball on Tuesday night, but the Lady Dutch were able to pull away in the second half to hand the Panthers a 58-37 loss.Mt. Pleasant showed the Lady Dutch that they were there to compete early on. The Panthers outscored Pella 14-13 in the first quarter to hold a lead after ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News RIVERSIDE ? Everything was running smoothly for the New London girls' basketball team through the first three quarters in Riverside on Tuesday night, but a fourth-quarter comeback stunned the Tigers in their first game.Highland was able to come back from a four-point deficit to start the fourth quarter, take the lead, and top the Tigers 39-33.New London's best quarter was ...