Obituaries

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsMEDIAPOLIS ? Two Henry County teams have advanced to the Southeastern Super Conference tournament final this weekend.Both New London and Winfield-Mt. Union moved on to the tournament finals, which will take place in Mediapolis on Saturday, Sept. 24.New London, who dropped out of the Class 1A top 15 rankings this week, swept all four of their matches at Notre Dame in Thursday ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The New London football team took a giant step in their push for the playoffs on Friday night.Thanks to a last-minute touchdown catch by Dallas Bell, the Tigers upended Montezuma, 28-22, in a game that had major playoff implications.Bell caught the pass from Tiger quarterback Blake Nehring on fourth down with just 28 seconds left on the clock and the game tied ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? The 13th-ranked New London volleyball team is really starting to hit its stride.The Tigers made quick work of Cardinal on Thursday night, sweeping the Comets 25-15, 25-5 and 25-4 to pick up their fourth 3-0 win in a row.Cardinal was able to stick around in the first set, staying with the Tigers throughout the game, but New London dominated in the next two sets ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsFT. MADISON ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? cross-country team continued to roll over local competition at the Ft. Madison Invitational on Thursday night.The Panther boys won the meet, which included all five SEC teams plus Burlington, with 23 points. The MPCHS girls were fourth, with 72 points, which was just one point back of third-place Washington.On the small school side, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade football team moved to 1-1 on Tuesday night with an 8-6 win against Keokuk.Josh Mueller caught the Panthers? first touchdown pass of the season. Sam Jerrell added the two-point conversion, which turned out to be the difference in the contest.Defensively the Panthers had three takeaways. Jerrel had two interceptions on the day, and Morgan ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant Middle School volleyball teams hosted Ottumwa in non-conference games on Thursday night. The Panther eighth-graders were defeated in all but one set and the seventh-graders went 1-2-1.In the eighth-grade ?A? match, Mt. Pleasant fell, 21-8 and 21-2. Maddie Moore was 4-6 serving with four points and Emma Pieper was 3-3 serving with one point.In the ?B? game, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant volleyball made it two dominating SEC wins in a row on Thursday night with a 3-0 sweep of Keokuk.Two days after their sweep at Washington, the Panthers dominated the first two sets and hung on in a tight third to drop the Chiefs, 25-12, 25-13 and 26-14.After Keokuk scored the first two points of the night, the Panthers went on a 4-0 run early in the first set to ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsFAIRFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant and Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country teams were both present in Thursday night?s Fairfield Invite, and again it was the Panther boys who won the day.No. 6 Mt. Pleasant dominated the big school boys? race, with 18 points. The Panther girls finished fifth, with 97 points in the big school girls? race. W-MU finished fourth in both small school races, ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? The WACO volleyball team fought valiantly against the eighth ranked Holy Trinity Crusaders on Tuesday night, even leading the third set for most of the game, but the Warriors were unable to avoid the sweep, falling 25-4, 25-17 and 25-21.A couple of big serving streaks for HTC in the first set led to an easy Crusader win. The Warriors kept the second set closer, but ...

BY ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant freshmen football team heads into their matchup with Washington tonight with a 2-1 record. The Panther wins came against Clear Creek-Amana, 25-20, and New London, 27-22. Their lone loss was a 24-0 defeat against Mediapolis in their second game.In their latest game, on Tuesday against New London, Brody Bender had a great day through the air and on the ground.B...