Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County athletes will flood the state track and field meet in Des Moines next weekend.The county saw plenty of athletes punch their ticket to Des Moines after a huge day at the Class 3A state qualifier in Mt. Pleasant and Class 1A state qualifier in Wayland.Although a full qualifying list is not yet out, each top-two finisher from Thursday advanced to state. More ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? The season will continue for the Mt. Pleasant boys? golf team.The Panthers came up clutch on Thursday in their sectional tournament in Burlington. Not only did they place in the top two, which qualified them for districts, but they took home a sectional championship for good measure.The Panthers won on a tie-breaking fifth score over Mt. Vernon when both ...

MEDIAPOLIS ? The Winfield-Mt. Union golf teams swept yet another SEISC North Division opponent on Tuesday. This time it was Mediapolis on the road at Heritage Oaks Golf Course.The boys? breezed by the Bulldogs, 168-254. The girls? team shot a 204 and the Bullettes did not have enough golfers to qualify.Kaleb Hagge had another great day, shooting a 36 to lead all golfers. He made birdies on holes one, three and ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News In their last meet before Tuesday?s Southeast Conference championship, the Mt. Pleasant boys took down a couple of SEC teams on Friday night.The Panthers won thier home triangular with a 161. Washington placed second with a 170 and Ft. Madison was third, at 201.Jeff Cox took first place overall in the meet. He made birdie on both the fourth and sixth holes and finished at ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News In what has become a yearly tradition since the new millennium, the Mt. Pleasant track and field teams celebrated two more Southeast Conference championships on Thursday night.Both Panther teams eclipsed 100 points during the SEC meet, which was held at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex in Mt. Pleasant. The boys won with 141 points and the girls topped the field with 101 points.M...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It was the tale of two meets for the Mt. Pleasant tennis teams on Thursday evening against Fairfield Maharishi.The girls? team put on a dominating performance, defeating Maharishi, 9-0, on the road. The boys? team dropped their matchup, 8-1, at home.The girls dominated in about every match at their meet in Fairfield. Maharishi was held to two sets or less in seven of the ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News After a thrilling match earlier this year that didn?t quite go their way, the Panther boys got their revenge Thursday night over SEC-rival Fairfield.The Panthers shut out the Trojans, 2-0, flipping the script from a loss in penalty kicks the last time these two teams took the field.Dallas Peebler had the first quality chance of the game when he forced Panther keeper ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? tennis team was in Burlington on Thursday night for a showdown with Notre Dame-West Burlington.The Panthers were defeated, 6-3, in the matchup. They won two singles matches and one doubles match.Quin Whaley had the highest win individually for the Panthers. She won the No. 3 matchup, 8-4. Sheyanne Walter took the No. 6 match in a tight ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys? tennis team picked up another win on Tuesday, defeating Notre Dame-West Burlington at Dankward Memorial Park in Burlington, 6-3.The Panthers went 4-2 in singles matches. Ben Zihlman took the No. 1 match 10-7. Ethan Weber won the No. 2 match 1-2. Corbin Broeker took the No. 5 match, 10-5, and Nick Sandeen won the No. 6 match 10-3.Falling in singles ...

By Allan Mandel, Golden Triangle News Service Fairfield?s Emma Rosner scored all five goals in a 5-0 home win over Mt. Pleasant on Thursday.The Panthers had a solid first half, trailing only 1-0 at the break.?I think our play in the first half went well,? said Panther forward Catherine Prough. ?We got our legs going. We held possession most of the first half. I think that was the best defensive half we?ve had ...