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Iowa Wesleyan hosted MacMurray College in Thursday night?s SLIAC conference volleyball action.The Tigers were looking to bounce back from two non-conference losses last Friday.IWU came ready to play and took down the Highlanders in three straight sets to improve to 5-5 in conference play this year.The Tigers came out focused in the first set of play against MacMurray.They played a fairly clean set and only ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsBURLINGTON ? The WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country teams were at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference tournament in Burlington.The W-MU boys had the best performance of either school, placing seventh, with 178 points. The WACO girls placed ninth, with 243 points. The W-MU girls and WACO boys were both unable to score as a team.Gavin Bencze had a big day for W-MU, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsFT. MADISON ? The 12th-ranked New London volleyball team just couldn?t quite get over the hump against No. 6 Holy Trinity on Thursday night.The Tigers played the Crusaders tough in the first game, falling 25-22, but HTC used momentum from the first game to top New London, 25-14 in game two, and 25-15 in game three, for a 3-0 sweep.Breanna Mettler was the lone Tiger with ...

Iowa Wesleyan hosted MacMurray College in Thursday night?s SLIAC conference volleyball action.The Tigers were looking to bounce back from two non-conference losses last Friday.IWU came ready to play and took down the Highlanders in three straight sets to improve to 5-5 in conference play this year.The Tigers came out focused in the first set of play against MacMurray.They played a fairly clean set and only ...

BY AARON VINERGolden Triangle News ServiceWAYLAND ? With two-thirds of the season completed, the WACO football team feels like they are finally hitting their stride.The Warriors, who made the transition to 8-man football, enter their seventh game of the season with a 3-3 record, but after winning three of their last four contests, they are riding a wave of momentum.?We have been playing really well and our ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsIt was a good night to be an Iowa Wesleyan Tiger on Thursday night. The IWU volleyball team snapped a seven-game losing streak to grab a conference victory during homecoming week, defeating Blackburn College, 3-1 (26-28, 25-23, 25-21, 25-14).Game one was competitive throughout as the teams went back and forth and neither team could get any separation.Trailing 23-21 late, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country team hosted their home meet on Thursday night and picked up three top-five finishes combined in the two races.The Wolves finished fifth in the boys? race, with 109 points and didn?t have enough runners to score during the girls? portion.Gavin Bencze was the fastest runner of the day, winning the boys? race in 17:07.22. Brock ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Iowa Wesleyan Men?s soccer team snapped a six-game losing streak on Thursday evening, defeating Grace University, 2-1.After going down, 1-0, in the first half, the Tigers tied the game before the break and scored the only goal of the second half to win their first home game of the season.Grace took the lead 24:09 on an unassisted goal by Jose Valadez, but IWU?s Ronaldo ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsIt was a day full of action at Iowa Wesleyan?s Ruble Arena on Thursday. The Tiger volleyball team took part in a daylong triangular, where they fell 3-0 to Mt. Mercy (25-20, 25-18, 25-9) and 3-1 to Hannibal-LaGrange University (25-21, 16-25, 25-21, 25-16).Cassandra Schwamborn had a big game in both losses. She finished the game against Mt. Mercy with a team-leading 11 kills ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsTaylor Murray is one of two junior runners on the Mt. Pleasant girls? cross-country team, which makes her one of just two upper-classmen.Murray is also a member of the MPCHS track and field team, where she runs distance and mid-distance races, and is on the Panther girls? basketball team.Murray met with The News on Wednesday evening after school. The questions will appear in ...