WEST BURLINGTON ? Cardinal?s girls/boys basketball doubleheader vs. West Burlington scheduled Tuesday was postponed due to inclement weather. Both games will be made up next Monday.
BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsMT. UNION ? Despite being a holiday, or maybe because the Mt. Union City Council was called to order on Memorial Day, the metal folding chairs in the city?s community hall were filled as the community engaged in a heated discussion regarding the city dissolving, which led to one individual being led out by sheriff?s deputies.On Monday, the council voted 4-0 to pass a resolution ...
BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsDespite race relations often being a topic of heated debate, discussion during Thursday night?s community workshop on race relations was, according to many who attended, open, honest, civil and helpful.Held at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library and hosted by members of the Mt. Pleasant Human Rights Commission, the Keokuk Association for Rights and Equality (KARE) and the Burlington ...
LONE TREE ? Area wrestling teams were unable to crown any champions at Saturday?s SEISC wrestling tournament in Lone Tree, but one Pekin wrestler came close.Pekin senior Austyn Vogel claimed two consecutive wins by fall to reach the championship match at 152 pounds, before losing to Bradley Conley of Mediapolis in the championship round by a 10-4 decision. The runner-up finish was Vogel?s second straight at the ...
Girls: Pekin 49, Highland 45PACKWOOD ? Pekin left its late-game blues behind and came back from a fourth-quarter deficit to pick up a 49-45 home win over Highland Friday.Trailing 33-30 at the start of the final quarter, the Panthers poured in 19 points in the final eight minutes to win their second game in a row.Leading the way for the Panthers on offense was Samantha Wright with 14 points and Beth Atwood with ...
Karley Williams scored 14 points for the Fairfield girls? JV team Thursday, but the Trojans fell to Iowa City Regina 42-37.Williams also had three steals to lead the Trojans defensively. Teammate Delaney Neil tallied seven points along with seven boards, and Taylor Ferrel and Mackenzie Flattery scored six apiece. Madison Roberts finished with four points and seven rebounds.The Trojans play at home vs. Centervill...
MOUNT PLEASANT ? Michael Fritz won three more matches Friday at a wrestling meet in Mount Pleasant, and three other Trojans were double-winners on the day.Fritz pinned all three of his opponents in 1:24 or under. Zach Barnes, Trenton Hanen and Alex Sisomphane joined in on the fun with a pair of wins apiece.Hanen won by fall in 59 seconds and 1:39, Barnes earned a 15-0 win by technical fall and pinned another ...
Defensive intensity was lacking in the Fairfield girls? 71-50 loss to Iowa City Regina Thursday, and head coach Mick Flattery put the blame squarely on his own shoulders.?I?d fire the defensive coordinator if I was a football coach, and the defensive coordinator here is me,? said Flattery. ?We gave up 71 and 66 points this week. We?re just not guarding anybody right now with any intensity or any strategy in ...
Shawn Ruckman of Fairfield bowled a 300 game as part of a 759 three-game series Jan. 2 at Champion Bowl in Ottumwa.
Trojans vs. Cancer night provided an uplifting atmosphere at Fairfield High School Thursday night, but head coach Tyler Miklo saw little that was uplifting about his Trojans? 58-38 loss to Iowa City Regina.?There?s no magic to it. We?re not a team that?s good enough to get away with not giving our maximum effort all the time, and I felt there were times where we weren?t giving our maximum effort tonight,? Miklo ...
WAYLAND ? The Van Buren wrestling team pulled away with a dual win vs. WACO Thursday, winning nine matches to claim a 54-15 victory in Wayland.Tyler Runyon (106), Unity Daugherty (113), Jacob Heisel (126), Hunter Coffman (132), Sheldon DeWitt (138), Jesse Fuller (145), Sam Dickinson (152), Curtis Thomas (182) and Mitch Garrels (195) all earned six points apiece for Van Buren via forfeit.The Warriors also lost ...
MEDIAPOLIS ? Mediapolis showed with its ranked third in Class 2A wrestling Thursday, drilling Pekin 79-0 in Mediapolis.Lone Tree also was scheduled to compete Thursday, but they dropped out of the triangular.The Panthers kick off the postseason Saturday at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament in Lone Tree.
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