Obituaries

Members of the Mt. Pleasant football team warm up before an early practice on Thursday morning. The Panthers are just over two weeks away from their first regular season game against Ottumwa on Aug. 28.

By AARON VINERGolden Triangle News ServiceSoutheast Iowa had some of the best softball in the state in 2015.With Fairfield, New London and Mt. Pleasant each punching their tickets for a coveted trip to Fort Dodge this season, and teams such as Highland and Mid-Prairie enjoying a high spot in the rankings for much of the season, much of that talent came from the Golden Triangle coverage area.With so many ...

By ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union alumni football teams are just hours away from their third annual matchup. The two teams, who split the first two games of the series, kick off at 8 p.m. at Winfield-Mt. Union High School.The Warriors will be looking to make it two-in-a-row after an 18-6 win last year in Wayland, and could get the first road win of the series with a ...

OTTUMWA ? The Mt. Pleasant Panther Trap Team traveled to the Ottumwa for the Southeast Iowa Scholastic Conference Championship. The Mt. Pleasant Panther Trap Team came away from this meet as the conference champions for the second time in three years capturing the prized trophy from Ottumwa.The Panthers also had 18 individuals place in the two the Conference Shootout as well as the E-Conference Shoot. In ...

By ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsMEDIAPOLIS ? The Mt. Pleasant Soccer team picked up a road win on Tuesday evening in Mediapolis when Lauren Ralls scored the game-winning goal in overtime for a 3-2 victory.After falling behind early 1-0 early, the Panthers scored twice in a row to take the lead.The first was by Hattie Liechty, who put the ball in the back of the net after an assist from Maddy Long. The ...

By ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Mt. Pleasant boys? soccer team hosted Iowa City Regina on Tuesday at East Lake Park in Mt. Pleasant. The Panthers fell in their home opener by the final score of 3-0.It was a tough task for Mt. Pleasant to contain a Regina team that went 16-3 last season. The Regals poured shot after shot towards the net, but goalkeeper Noah Brown was on his game.The first Regina goal ...

By ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsThe Iowa Wesleyan softball team was unable to figure out Westminster pitching Wednesday afternoon in a conference doubleheader at home. The Blue Jays held the Tigers to one run in two games, winning the first game 8-0 in five innings and the second game 5-1.After a scoreless first inning in game one, Westminster shortstop Brittany Hodge lined a single to left field off of IWC ...

Matthew Murphy hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning on Wednesday evening in a game that was rescheduled from the day before. Murphy?s heroics gave the Iowa Wesleyan baseball team an 11-10 victory over Monmouth College and revenge for a loss earlier this season.Iowa Wesleyan got on the board early, scoring three runs on three hits in the first inning. Tanner Anderson led off the inning with a ...

Tanner Anderson greets Matthew Murphy after Murphy's walk-off single on Wednesday evening against Monmouth College.

By ANDY KRUTSINGERMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union boys? basketball team will be moving on to the district semi-finals after a fourth quarter spree led the Wolves to a 48-41 win over Pekin on Thursday night. The 24-point fourth quarter output was enough to move W-MU to the semi-finals where they will look for shootout revenge over Holy Trinity.Nerves may have played a part in a low-scoring ...