Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? Maroon and gold ruled the day at Rodeo Park in Ft. Madison on Thursday evening. The Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams each rolled to conference gold. It was just the third time in school history for both teams to win the SEC championship in the same year; previously claiming both titles in 1999 and 2007.First up were the Panther girls, who scored 36 points to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News For some teams, the second-to-last Friday of the regular season means a chance to clinch a playoff spot. For others, it may mean trying to earn some momentum with the first win of the season. Whether fighting for a postseason spot or just trying to get on the ?W? board, everything gets a little more intense when the game is set to be a nail-biter.That is the reality for ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Francis Bittle is a junior at Mt. Pleasant High School and a member of the Panther cross-country team.Bittle is a new runner for the Panthers this year. She met with The News on Tuesday before practice.The questions are listed in bold with Bittle's answers following.Did you grow up here in Mt. Pleasant? Kind of. I grew up in Mt. Pleasant, Burlington and in Ohio a little ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DAVIS COUNTY ? The fifth-ranked New London Tigers finished the regular season at a scalding hot 34-4 on Saturday when the Tigers swept five teams to win the Davis County tournament.New London took down Lynnville-Sully, Centerville, Albia, Davis County and Iowa City Liberty to take the tournament title.The Tigers rolled Lynnville-Sully 21-6 and 21-7. Kaylor Schulte had six ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News COLUMBUS ? The Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team finished the regular season with a bang on Tuesday night, topping Columbus Community in four sets.W-MU domianted the first set 25-14 before getting nipped in the second set 25-22. The Wolves took the third set 25-13 and the fourth set 25-15 to finish the year off with a win.Jenna Buffington and Lexee Hartsock co-led the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DONNELSON ? The WACO volleyball team got off to a great start on Tuesday night, winning the first set in its final regular season game at Central Lee, but the Hawks were able to take the next three sets to top the Warriors 3-1.WACO put Central Lee on upset alert with a 25-22 win in the opening set, but Central Lee shook it off and cruised in the next two sets, winning 25-7 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team was in control all match long during Tuesday night's senior night home game. The Panthers controlled all three sets and took down Keokuk 3-0 in Southeast Conference play.The closest set of the night was the first. The Panthers kept a steady lead due to multiple kills from their outside hitters and a steady block up front, but Keokuk was ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team went 1-3 on Saturday at their annual home tournament. The Panthers picked up a three-set loss to Pekin, got swept by Holy Trinity and Central Lee, and lost to Notre Dame in three sets.Mt. Pleasant went down early in their win against Pekin. MP fell in 25-21 in the first game and had to battle to win the second game 25-20. Mt. Pleasant took ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WACO's football game at Baxter on Friday night lasted just one half but it was the highest scoring game of any of Henry County's games with 70 total points being scored. The Warriors kept it close early on but Baxter scored the last four touchdowns of the game to knock off WACO 50-20.Colton Horak scored twice in the first quarter to jump-start the WACO offense. After a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News TROY MILLS ? The Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams ran at the North Linn Invitational at Troy Mills on Saturday. The Panther boys finished fifth out of 21 teams with 134 points and the girls placed fifth out of 17 teams with 198 points.Cody Mertens finished second individually with a time of 16:42. The Panther junior placed second to only defending Class 3A champion Jeremy ...