Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News CEDAR FALLS ? Pat Canby, a 2017 graduate from Mt. Pleasant, will be representing the Panthers in the 2017 Shrine Bowl, which takes place this Saturday, July 28.The Shrine Bowl is an annual All-Star game between northern and southern Iowa. Graduating seniors play in one last Iowa high school game. Canby will be playing for the south team.Canby, who also runs track and ...

The Mt. Pleasant fifth and sixth-grade youth tackle football program registration is underway. The program is available to any youth entering into fifth or sixth-grade in the fall of 2017.The program begins the week of Aug. 14, with the first six Sunday games beginning Sept. 10. Sign-ups can ignore the late registration fee on the registration form, as Mt. Pleasant?s partnership with the Youth Sports Foundation ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Hayden Kujala came to Mt. Pleasant in the fall of 2014 to play football, but a different sport now occupies his free time.The ever-growing sport of disc golf, which has taken off in Mt. Pleasant in the last few years, caught Kujala?s eye in early 2016. He has since grown his game to be good enough to earn a sponsorship with Lift Disc Golf, a company located in Punta Gorda, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Southeast Conference champions were represented well this year on the All-SEC baseball team, which was released this week.The Panthers had 10 total representatives. Five players made the first team, three made the second team and two were honorable mentions.Leading Mt. Pleasant on the All-SEC first team was a trio of infielders. The Panthers had three of the four ...

By Bill Gatchel, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? It was a tough night on the baseball diamond for the Fairfield Trojans Wednesday as their chances of playing in the state tournament were quashed by the Davenport Assumption Knights by an 11-1 final score.The game started off well when Hunter Hoskins hit a home run ball over the center field fence to put the Trojans up 1-0. However that lead would be ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. DODGE ? The Fairfield softball team was down to their last three outs in Wednesday?s Class 4A seventh-place game, but the Trojans were not about to go back home without a win.After falling 4-0 to Carlisle in their first consolation game, the Trojans staged a seventh-inning comeback to upend Sergeant Bluff-LutonTrailng 5-4 against SB-L in the seventh, Kenady Waugh ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News RIVERSIDE ? To say the Highland baseball team was stunned after their district semifinal game on Thursday night would be quite the understatement.The Huskies, who have been nearly unhittable in the last two years, ran into a Pekin team that had everything working for them. The Panthers exploded offensively for the second time this year against Highland and upset the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? There were two very different results for Henry County baseball teams on Tuesday night in Burlington. New London moved on with a four-inning 14-1 victory over Holy Trinity Catholic but Winfield-Mt. Union dropped a 10-3 game against Burlington Notre Dame.The Tigers scored in every inning of their contest, putting up one run in the first, two in the second, six ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The softball postseason heats up this weekend as the two remaining Henry County teams play in regional semifinals. New London will play at Sigourney tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m., and Mt. Pleasant will host Maquoketa on Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m.The Tigers enter tonight?s game after an 8-7 win at Moravia on Wednesday. Sigourney defeated Winfield-Mt. Union, 7-1. The Tigers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ­? With just a week left until the postseason, the Mt. Pleasant baseball team has put together a seven-game winning streak.The Panthers won their seventh straight at Community Field in Burlington on Thursday night, coming back from a three-run deficit to top No. 9 Knoxville, 5-3.The Panthers put the first two runners on in the first inning but couldn?t quite ...