Obituaries

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News UNIONTOWN, Pa. ? The Iowa Wesleyan men?s basketball team closed out their season with a win Thursday morning.The Tigers took on Florida National in their USCAA consolation game and won in a high-scoring shootout, 94-87.The Tigers led, 43-41, at halftime and outscored Florida National, 51-46, in the second half to end trip to Uniontown with a seven-point victory.Steven ...

Mt. Pleasant's "Maroon Mob" was as loud as ever in Thursday night's district championship win over Ft. Madison. Here, the MP student section celebrates a three-pointer during the Panthers' big run in the second half.

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News BURLINGTON ? No. 9 New London and Danville squared off for the third time this year on Thursday night in Burlington, and with the season on the line it was the Tigers who came out on top.New London stormed back from a halftime deficit to knock out the Bears, 51-38, to put themselves one win away from a state tournament berth.For the second time in three matchups between ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News Ft. Madison gave No. 4 Mt. Pleasant all they could handle on Thursday night but the Panthers pulled out a district championship.Mt. Pleasant had to come back from an 11-point deficit in the second quarter and trailed by six points at halftime, but in the end, it was the Panthers who stayed alive, 62-51.The Bloodhounds came out punching in the first quarter. Ft. Madison ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News The Mt. Pleasant Christian School picked up two wins in Tuesday night?s home doubleheader against Keokuk Christian Academy.In their last home games of the season, the girls? team won, 49-38, and the boys? team won, 68-39.Annika Rynders scored a season-high 22 points to lead the Knights to victory in the girls? game.In the boys? game, it was Bryant Gehrig and Morgan Van ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DANVILLE ? The Winfield Mt. Union boys gave Danville a sweat in the first quarter of Thursday night?s district quarterfinal but the Bears exploded in the final three periods and knocked the Wolves out, 68-28.Brock Fricke was on fire for W-MU in the first period. He hit two threes and finished with 11 points to lead the Wolves as they kept it close, trailing 20-15 after one ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News DES MOINES ? All four state-qualifying wrestlers from the area were in action during Day One of the state wrestling tournament on Thursday, and all four picked up at least one win.Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union duo Jarod Kadel (106 lbs.) and Tucker Morrison (170 lbs.) had the best days of the four, each picking up wins in Class 2A.Kadel breezed through his match for an 8-1 ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? It was an uphill battle for a young WACO basketball team in Thursday night?s district quarterfinal against New London.The Tigers were at home and had a major boost with senior post Ben Dentlinger back with the team, and despite still not being 100 percent healthy, New London looked as sharp as ever, knocking out WACO, 79-45.Dentlinger?s return was noticed ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News The Iowa Wesleyan basketball teams closed their 2016 season out with a sweep on Wednesday night against Fontbonne University.The women won a nail-biter, 48-44, and the men reached triple digits in a 108-82 blowout.The Tiger women trailed, 18-16, at halftime and battled back to take the lead in the second half.The two teams found themselves all knotted up at 40-40 with ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsGREENVILLE, Ill. ? The Iowa Wesleyan basketball teams had a tough night on Wednesday, losing both games against Greenville College.The women?s team dropped their game, 85-57. The men fell in a shootout, 122-114.The women lost all four quarters in the game. Greenville led, 37-28, at halftime and pulled away in the second half with a 48-29 advantage.Hunter Clark scored 12 ...