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By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News OTTUMWA ? Sometimes the turning point in sports comes at an obvious point, and for the Mt. Pleasant volleyball team it was a barn-burner of a third set that almost made it to 30 points.The Panthers were tied 1-1 in sets with Ottumwa, falling 25-21 first and taking the second 25-19. The two teams battled back and forth in the best set of the night, but it was the Bulldogs ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WEST BURLINGTON ? The Winfield-Mt. Union volleyball team fell in three sets in its season opener Thursday night. The Wolves dropped the first two gams by the same score, 25-17, and fell 25-15 in game three.Freshman Jenna Buffington had a nice performance in her first high school game. She had eight kills in 26 attempts and added 10 digs on the defensive side of the ...

Iowa Wesleyan University received 21 points in the coaches poll this season. Last season, the Tigers won three games, improving their win total by two games under first year head coach, Mike Richtman.Iowa Wesleyan lost several key players on offense, but will look to returners Jaquez Hall, Rudy Amezcua, and Tyree Thomas to step up. Hall had four touchdowns and averaged 53.5 yards per game for the Tigers last ...

Fans sitting on the far side of the gym couldn?t quite see the scoreboard above during the WACO volleyball tournament on Monday, but that didn?t stop this West Burlington fan. His scoreboard app worked perfectly for he and other fans in his section.

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Volleyball season is officially upon us as eight Southeast Iowa teams gathered in Wayland on Monday night for the first tournament of the year.Two pools of four teams played a round robin tournament to set up the championship and third place games. Wapello defeated Van Buren to take the tournament title and Pekin took third over Centerville.WACO, Columbus, Van ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Football season officially got underway in Wayland on Thursday night when the Warriors took on Hartwick-Ladora-Victor (HLV) in their season opener. A short-handed WACO roster couldn?t quite hang with a speedy HLV squad, falling 67-20.WACO was without a handful of players either with early season injuries or suspensions. HLV capitalized early against the younger Warriors, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) released their preseason soccer polls on Wednesday. Iowa Wesleyan was picked eighth in the men?s poll and the women were picked at the bottom of the rankings, in 10th.The IW men are ranked ahead of Eureka College (ninth) and MacMurray College (10th). The Tigers took down both teams at home last season, beating the ...

With volleyball season just around the corner, three of the four Henry County teams warmed up in New London on Tuesday evening. New London, Mt. Pleasant and Winfield-Mt. Union were three of eight teams to compete in timed scrimmages to get tuned up for the 2017 season. Pictured here is Mt. Pleasant's Ashlee Menke.

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News Brace yourself sports fans because this is the last Friday without football in Henry County until at least late October.WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union each play their home openers next week, and both Mt. Pleasant and New London will take the field on Friday, Aug. 25.Today we look ahead at the schedules of the three small school teams in the area. First let?s take a quick ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News Henry County gymnasiums will soon be filled again with volleyball fans as the fall sports schedule gets underway later this month. Today we look ahead at the small school landscape, and the schedules for New London, WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union.Familiar faces will lead the way in 2017 for a New London team that has been a perrenial power in the Southeast Iowa Super Conferenc...