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By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. MADISON ? The Mt. Pleasant cross-country teams made quite the statement in Ft. Madison on Thursday night, sweeping a meet which included all other SEC teams, plus Burlington.Cody Mertens and Kyle Vanderham went one-two to lead the boys? team to a dominant win and the girls placed three in the top eight to take the top spot despite competing without lead runner Abby ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan men?s soccer team simply wore down Cornell College in its non-conference home game on Wednesday evening. The Tigers outlasted the Rams 3-1 behind three second-half goals.The first half was quiet as neither team was able to get quality rushes at the net. After 45 minutes of play the Tigers and Rams were all knotted up at 0-0.In the second half, however, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Four of the five Henry County teams will open league play this week as district and conference play begins in high school and NCAA Division III football.Mt. Pleasant will begin its district play on the road. WACO will be at home for the second straight week. Winfield-Mt. Union will be celebrating homecoming and Iowa Wesleyan will host its first home game of the season. New ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was an exciting day for Henry County volleyball on Thursday. Three of the four teams picked up wins on the night and the only loss came in an all-Henry County game.Mt. Pleasant finished the first half of the Southeast Conference season at .500 when they topped Keokuk 3-1 on the road.Keokuk won the first set 25-23 but Mt. Pleasant bounced right back to take the next ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The sixth-ranked New London volleyball team continued to cruise through the early parts of the season on Tuesday, picking up a SEISC South Division win over Van Buren in three sets.The Tigers swept Van Buren 25-17, 25-17 and 25-15 to move to 6-0 in the conference. They have only lost one set over their first six games.New London was led offensively by Breanna ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FAIRFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant volleyball saw a couple of close sets against a talented Fairfield squad on Friday night but it wasn?t meant to be, as the Trojans excaped in both the first and second set, and ran away with the third to complete the sweep.The Trojans defeated the Panthers by a combined five points in the first two games. Fairfield gritted out game one 25-22 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WINFIELD ? It doesn?t get much closer than Thursday night?s SEISC North game between Winfield-Mt. Union and Highland.W-MU clawed back from a 2-1 deficit to win the match 3-2 in one of the tightest games of the year in Southeast Iowa.The Huskies were able to hold a steady lead throughout the first set. Aided by a strong serving game, the Huskies took the opener 25-18 to ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? Everything is coming up roses for the New London volleyball team.The Tigers moved up to sixth in the IGHSAU top-15 poll in Class 1A and celebrated Thursday night with a dominant win over SEISC South Division rival Burlington Notre Dame.New London swept the Nikes, 3-0, and none of the sets were ever in any doubt. The Tigers took game one 25-4, game two 25-15 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News For the first time this fall, all five area football teams will be on the gridiron in the same weekend.Mt. Pleasant and WACO will host non-district oponnents. Winfield-Mt. Union, New London and Iowa Wesleyan will all be on the road.This week will mark the home opener for Mt. Pleasant and the season opener for IW. New London will be playing their first road game and both ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OSCEOLA ? The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team built a little momentum this weekend as the team prepares for the conference opener tonight (Tuesday). The Panthers traveled to Clarke High School in Osceola and went 3-1 in the tournament.The Panthers picked up wins over Lamoni, Chariton and Martensdale-St. Mary?s before falling just short of a perfect day with a loss to the ...