Cardinal boys top MSAE PioneersThe Cardinal boys? basketball team defeated Maharishi School for the Age of Enlightenment 70-55 Tuesday.Cardinal (2-1) led 30-17 in the second quarter before MSAE went on a 13-0 run. The Comets led 38-36 at halftime. Cardinal would eventually pull away in the second half.Junior Cody Streeby led the Comets with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Kaleb Durflinger scored 15 points and ...
The Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball team got off to a strong start against Southeast Conference foe Fairfield, but the Trojans didn?t go away quietly ? they made a up a 13-point halftime deficit and forced overtime before falling to the Panthers by a score of 49-46.?It was nice to get that first conference win,? Mt. Pleasant Coach Joanna Settles said. ?None of them are going to come easy.?Mt. Pleasant (2-2 ...
Pekin girls, boys defeat Wapello The Pekin girls? basketball team traveled Thursday to Wapello and earned a victory by the score of 47-29.Beth Atwood led the Panthers with 21 points. Sloan Reighard put in 13 and Samantha Wright scored seven.Jessica Horras and Madelyn Baker each were not able to play, so Pekin coach Davis Eidahl had to shakeup his lineup a bit.?I give our bench a great deal of credit,? Eidahl ...
Eighth grade A team loses to Edward Stone The Fairfield eighth grade girls? basketball team was defeated Thursday by Burlington Edward Stone 32-28.The Trojans were up 9-8 at halftime and held a lead in the fourth quarter, but couldn?t hold on for the win.?These girls never quit fighting,? coach Derek Philips said. ?They played hard until the final buzzer. We made some mistakes that we got away with against ...
Fairfield wrestlers compete in West DelawareThe Fairfield wrestling team traveled Saturday to West Delaware for the Bob Murphy Invitational.Davenport Assumption, Decorah, and Waterloo East were among the teams joining West Delaware at the tournament.Bryce Lunsford (160) is now 3-3 on the year after going 2-2 Saturday. Lunsford placed second for his weight class at the invite.Austin Francisco (170), Maxwell ...
Pekin High School hosted the Pekin Invitational Saturday.Pekin, Cardinal, Van Buren, Albia, Iowa City Regina, Moravia, Davis County, Washington and Ottumwa all competed at the tournament.Cardinal?s Drayton Hamm (106) finished fourth, Ryan Cale (120) finished third and Josh Ramos (182) finished second.Pekin?s Trenton Conger won the 220 weight class. Scott Entminger (182) finished fifth, Zach Buller (126) ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsArea mental-health officials and providers were warned Wednesday morning ? dollars would be tight at both the state and federal levels next year for the funding of existing programs.State Representatives Dave Heaton (R-Mt. Pleasant) and Curt Hanson (D-Fairfield) met with area coordinators of disability services for mental health and area board of supervisors members at the ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? It will be a few months before the crack of the bat can be heard on high school baseball and softball diamonds across Iowa.WACO, however, is already in spring-training mode as Superintendent Jeff Dicks told school board members at the board?s regular meeting Wednesday evening that he wants the board to make a decision in January regarding whether the school will field ...
The Pekin wrestling team hosted Lynnville-Sully, B-G-M (Brooklyn) and Sigourney-Keota for the first competition of the season Tuesday.Pekin struggled when it came to team scores because they only had seven wrestlers available to compete.?We only had seven guys to put on the mat, so we knew the team results weren?t going to happen,? Pekin coach Al Chapman said.The Panthers lost to Lynnville-Sully 54-18. Scott ...
Pekin wins over Lone TreePekin took down Lone Tree 61-56 Tuesday.Beth Atwood led the Panthers with 22 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Point guard Gwynne Wright was productive as well, posting 15 points, four rebounds and two steals.Samantha Wright put in nine points. McKenna Gambell scored eight points and brought down seven rebounds. Madelyn Baker scored seven points and had six boards.The Panthers ...
Girls' BasketballThe Fairfield eighth grade girls? basketball team traveled Tuesday to Burlington Aldo Leopold and won 45-13.The halftime score was 20-7, and nearly the same total for both teams was duplicated in the second half.Ashtyn Drish led the Trojans with 10 points. Sophie Allen put in eight points. Lynsey Finney and Taylor Myers each scored six.?We started off slow, but got going late in the second ...
BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsIf you need a wrench turned on your vehicle in a couple of years, you might want to contact Michael McKenzie or Jaymie Peterson.The pair were the top competitors in the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association Automotive Skills Contest Dec. 16 at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC).With their first-place showing, the pair now advance to the National Automotive Technology ...
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