Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The ball just couldn?t get on net for the Mt. Pleasant boys? soccer team on Thursday evening.The Panthers took on non-conference foe Burlington at East Lake Park in a defensive battle that ended with Mt. Pleasant going scoreless and falling 1-0.The wind at East Lake was howling in the first half and teams had trouble with longer shots towards the goal, but Burlington did ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News EDDYVILLE ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? track and field team was back in the winner?s column on Thursday night in Eddyville.The Panthers won six events and scored 187 points to take the meet. Pekin was second with 136 points.Mt. Pleasant won both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. Keegan Rich won the 100-meter race in 11.54 seconds and Rylan Seberg took the 200-meter ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? track and field team took second place in Washington on Thursday night.The Panthers won three events and scored 122 points, 17 behind first place Benton and 21 in front of third place Washington.Bailey Johnson had a big day for the Mt. Pleasant throwers. She won the discus competition with a 110-07 and took second in the shot put with ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant tennis teams split their matches against Fairfield on Thursday evening. The Panther boys won 7-2 on the road and the girls lost 7-2 at home.In Fairfield the Panther boys took down the Trojans 4-2 in singles matches and swept the doubles matches.Ben Zihlman won the No. 1 singles match, 6-4 and 6-4 over Gannon Courtright. Ethan Webber dropped Logan Williams,...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant tennis teams made it close against Fairfield on Thursday, but both teams fell in a couple of tight matchups.The boys? team hosted the Trojans and fell, 5-4, and the girls? team dropped their game 6-3 on the road.In the boys? meet, Ben Zihlman and Ethan Weber continued their success at the top.Zihlman took down top Trojan Navin Martin, 8-2, in the No. 1 ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys? soccer team had their home opening game on Thursday evening at East Lake Park.The Chiefs scored early goals in both the first and second half to spoil the Panthers? home opener as Keokuk walked out with the 3-1 win.Keokuk opened the game with a bang when Austin West scored 12 seconds into the game to put Mt. Pleasant in an early hole.The Panthers ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The sun was out and the weather was perfect for the Denny White Relays on Thursday night at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex in Mt. Pleasant.Mt. Pleasant won nine events on the night to win Class A with 210 points.WACO won three events and scored 80 points on the day. New London had 44 points and Winfield-Mt. Union scored 23 points.Logan Murray was a double winner in the ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant boys? golf team had their first home meet of the year on Thursday in a triangular against SEC rivals Washington and Ft. Madison.The Panthers won the meet with a final score of 151, which topped Washington (153) by two strokes. Ft. Madison finished in a distant third, with a 197.Trace White and Jeff Cox were co-medalists for the Panthers, each finishing at ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News It?s almost time again for the Denny White Relays in Mt. Pleasant, and for the 12th straight year it will be Mike Jay making the call for the relays.Jay, who was named National Track and Field Announcer of the Year in 2015, will be in Mt. Pleasant to call the relays. He has been calling the event since 2005.Jay also announces the Drake Relays, U.S. Olympic Trials, ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? golf team had its first meet on Thursday night against SEC-rival Washington.The dual was as close as possible. The Panthers and Demons tied through the first four scores, at 169-169, which meant the two teams had to go to tiebreakers.The No. 5 players tied, at 45, and the Demons took the meet in the second tiebreaker by having the best ...