Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant baseball team has been on a tear since starting the season 0-5. The Panthers have won their last five games, four of which came by double-digits.Mt. Pleasant swept Keokuk, 18-6 and 5-4 on Tuesday. They topped Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, 10-0, on Wednesday and swept Ft. Madison 11-1 and 15-0 on Thursday.The Panthers dominated the first game against ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News PELLA ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? soccer team ran into a buzz saw on Tuesday in Pella.The Panthers gave their all trying to keep the high-powered Dutch team from scoring, but Pella broke out for 10 runs, winning 10-0 and ending the game on the 10-goal rule.The Panthers made it to Tuesday?s game by beating Washington, 10-0 on March 25.Mt. Pleasant won five games this year, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News MARSHALLTOWN ? Day one has come and gone at the Class 1A and 4A state golf tournaments in Marshalltown.The Mt. Pleasant girls finished the day in sixth place with a 401, nine strokes behind Washington for fifth and 10 strokes behind Nevada for fourth. Dubuque Wahlert leads the 4A girls? standings with a 368.Keri Herr leads the Panthers with a 92 after day one. She shot a ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DONNELLSON ? The Mt. Pleasant softball team made a statement in their season opener at Central Lee on Wednesday night.The Panthers plastered the Hawks, 14-0, in a game that only lasted three innings to start the year off with a bang.Mt. Pleasant scored seven runs in the first inning and seven more in the third to reach the mercy rule over. The Panthers had 12 hits over ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant baseball team is still searching for their first win on the young season but the Panthers played a couple of nail-biters against top-knotch teams this week.Mt. Pleasant fell, 3-2, to Iowa City Regina on Wednesday before dropping their home opener, 3-1, to North Scott on Thursday.On Wednesday, the Panthers had to come back after Regina scored the first run ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News LIVERMORE ? The time has come for the Mt. Pleasant boys? golf team. The Class 3A state golf tournament in Livermore began today (Friday) and will be taking place throughout the weekend.The first round began today at 10:30 p.m. The second round will be played tomorrow (Saturday) with an 8 a.m. start time.The Panthers had a full week of practice after punching their ticket ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DAVENPORT ? Baseball season is officially underway for the Mt. Pleasant boys.The Panthers took on Davenport Assumption in a road doubleheader on Tuesday night. Assumption took both games, 4-0.The Knights? pitching staff kept the Panthers off balance all night, holding Mt. Pleasant to seven total hits on the day.The game stayed tight through the first five innings of game ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FAIRFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant tennis teams both saw their seasons come to an end in Fairfield over the weekend.The Panther girls were taken down in individual tournament play on Thursday and the boys were knocked out, 5-1, by Fairfield Maharishi in their substate match on Saturday.In the girls? tournament, Erin Zihlman and Sheyanne Walter competed in the singles portion of ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DES MOINES ? Day one has come and gone at the Iowa High School State Track and Field meet.Of the many Henry County storylines, the most prevalent might be that of the Mt. Pleasant boys, who had a great first day of action and currently sit in third place as a team with 14 points.The bulk of those points came from 3200-meter runners Logan Murray and Cody Mertens.The two ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was a tale of two very different games for the Mt. Pleasant soccer teams on Thursday, but both stories ended with a Panther victory.The MPCHS girls crushed the Demons at East Lake Park in Mt. Pleasant, 12-2, and the boys? team took their road matchup 3-2 thanks to a penalty kick in double overtime by Payton Kelly.In the girls? game, it was Catherine Prough and Mary ...