Obituaries

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWEST BURLINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball team played shut down defense all day and hit eight three-pointers in a 60-23 win over West Burlington on the road Thursday night.The Panthers reached double-digits in all four quarters and held the Falcons to five points or less in the first three periods to breeze through with their second straight dominant win.The ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWAPELLO ? The New London wrestling team picked up two more dual wins on Thursday night in Wapello.The Tigers competed in a triangular with the Indians, as well as Cardinal. New London crushed Cardinal, 69-6, and topped Wapello, 45-29.Full results of the triangular can be found below, with the New London wrestler listed first.New London 69 vs. Cardinal 6: 120: Kohlton Hank ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant wrestling team got over a big hump on Thursday night with an SEC win over Ft. Madison.The Panthers topped the Bloodhounds as well as the Titans of West Hancock in their home triangular, defeating Ft. Madison 48-28, and West Hancock 63-18.Mt. Pleasant won the last six matches against the Bloodhounds to take their second SEC win of the year. Corbin Broeker, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsLETTS ? WACO wrestling split their triangular at Louisa-Muscatine on Thursday night.The Warriors beat Highland, 54-24, in their first dual but couldn?t top the hosting Falcons, falling 64-18.Full results of the meet can be found below with WACO?s wrestler listed first.WACO 54 vs. Highland 24: 170: Adrian Unternahrer wins by forfeit. 182: Tim Ackles wins by forfeit. 195: ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ? After losing four senior starters, Iowa is in the midst of a major rebuild this season.The recent performances of its freshmen suggest that those efforts might not take very long.The Hawkeyes (5-5) have had serious struggles so far, most notably losing to Nebraska-Omaha at home. But that adversity has revealed reasons for optimism, because their freshmen have shown serious promise so ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade girls? basketball teams closed out their season at home on Thursday night.The Panthers swept Ft. Madison, with the ?A? team winning, 17-11, and the ?B? team winning, 25-4.Mt. Pleasant had to stage a comeback in the ?A? game. The Panthers trailed, 6-2 after the first quarter and 8-7 at halftime.Mt. Pleasant went on a 5-0 run in the third period ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsKEOKUK ? The Mt. Pleasant wrestling team started their Southeast Conference schedule with a band on Thursday night.The Panthers blasted the Chiefs, 57-21, in their first SEC action, picking up four pins along the way.The meet started out with a Garrett Boecker win by forfeit at 182 lbs. Dalton Bass picked up a win by decision at 195 lbs., and Dalton Shull won by forfeit at ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? Winfield-Mt. Union High School was packed with wrestling fans on Thursday night, as the Columbus/W-MU grapplers took on WACO and New London in a triangular meet.New London was the big winner of the day, defeating Columbus/W-MU, 58-18, and WACO, 67-3. The Warriors picked up the closest win of the day, defeating Columbus/W-MU, 42-40.New London and Columbus/W-MU ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsOne of the most intense games of the early 2016-17 SLIAC slate took place Tuesday night at Ruble Arena between the Iowa Wesleyan men and Principia College.The Tigers had two shots to tie the game in the last 13 seconds but Principia held on late for an 83-80 road win.The Panthers started out on a 9-3 run before IWU could get their feet under them and get the offense going.Th...

The Iowa Wesleyan men?s basketball team took on Blackburn College in Carlinville, Ill., Saturday afternoon.The Tigers were looking to remain unbeaten in conference after picking up a win against MacMurray in their first conference game of the season last week.IWU had four members reach double figures to help them secure a 76-65 win over the Beavers.The Tigers were the first to score in the contest after ...