Obituaries

By GTNS Sports Staff The Southeast Conference saw a mix of familiar faces and new stars this season, and the area's three big schools were all effected.Three players from last year's All-GTNS big school volleyball team returned to the court, and all three are back this year. Four new faces round out the team.Mt. Pleasant had two players selected to the squad this year. Fairfield led the way with four players ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The tides are beginning to change for small school football teams in Southeast Iowa, as more and more teams look to move from 11-man football to Class 8-Man.With a wave of schools holding sessions to look at the possibility of the move, ahead of IAHSAA redistricting this winter, the pressure is on all the area teams to make a decision.New London, which is coming off a ...

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has released their women's basketball preseason coaches poll for the 2017-18 season. This year, the top spot went to Greenville University with a total of 60 points, including four first place votes in the poll.Iowa Wesleyan finished the poll with twenty-eight total points. Last season, IW finished 10-13 overall. The Tigers will be under the direction of first ...

Over the weekend, the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference hosted the women's soccer conference tournament. After the championship match, the All-Conference awards were released. The SLIAC Player of the Year went to Paige Townsend from Westminster College. The Coach of the Year award was given to Jeff Wardlaw from Greenville University.Iowa Wesleyan had one individual receive honors for the 2017 season. ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? A big decision is about to be made for the Winfnield-Mt. Union football team.On Wednesday, the W-MU school board will look at a proposal for the school to move from Class A football to Class 8-Man football for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.Every two years, the Iowa High School Athletic Association re-classifies teams around the state according to their BEDS report ...

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? You saw that scrum. It was a lot like the one last year when the quarterback lost his helmet and it ended up being passed around in downtown Iowa City bars.Nate Stanley's helmet is safe.?I kept my helmet on and strapped it up super tight,? Stanley said.You saw that scrum. Somehow, linebacker Josey Jewell found his family. Somehow, he found them on the 10-yard line ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FULTON, Mo. ? The Iowa Wesleyan football took a couple of tough losses in a 1-3 month of October that ended the Tigers' chances for a .500 record, but the team can end the year on a high note this weekend in Fulton.The Tigers sit at 2-7 overall and 2-6 in conference play, and will take on Westminster College squad that sits just above .500 at 5-4 overall and 5-3 in the ...

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has announced their player of the week award winners. Maxwell Trautmann was named SLIAC Men's Soccer Player of the week in the final player of the week awards for the fall season.Trautmann earned the honors for his play last week for the Tiger soccer team. He scored two goals in Iowa Wesleyan's 4-2 win over Eureka College, and he had the assist on the Tigers lone ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The high school volleyball coaches of Southeast Iowa selected their picks for the Southeast Iowa All-Star Volleyball Classic last week, and Mt. Pleasant senior Kalynn Batey was selected to the team.Batey stepped up as the top hitter on the Panther team this year, tallying over 200 kills to finish third in the Southeast Conference.The senior outside hitter also has 12 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade girls' basketball team began the season with two wins over Washington on Tuesday night.The ?A? team pulled away in the second half to take down the Demons 19-7. The ?B? team held on to their lead throughout the second half to win 12-6.In the ?A? game, Mt. Pleasant led 4-2 at the end of the first quarter and 9-4 at the end of the ...