Sports

Tuesday? Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball vs. Louisa-Muscatine at IWC Jamboree, 8 p.m.? New London girls? basketball vs. Columbus Junction at IWC Jamboree, 6 p.m.? WACO girls? basketball vs. Mediapolis at IWC Jamboree, 7:20 p.m.? W-MU girls? basketball vs. West Burlington at IWC Jamboree, 6:40 p.m. Wednesday? IWC women?s basketball hosts Mt. Mercy University, 7 p.m.

The Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball team is back on the court, and the Panthers return nearly every player from last season?s squad.The first official day of girls? basketbal practice was Monday, and the Panthers took the court that afternoon.?The first few practices have gone well,? Coach Joanna Settles said. ?Our focus is on communication, both on offense and defense. We?re also working on our shooting and ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Taryne Shull has signed her letter of intent to attend St. Bonaventure University and play basketball for the NCAA Division I Bonnies next year.Family, friends and teammates came to see Shull, a senior, sign the letter at the high school?s media center yesterday afternoon.Shull, a six-foot forward, made a verbal commitment to St. Bonaventure, located in western New York, in July.?I went on my ...

Saturday? Mt. Pleasant girls? basketball @ Cedar Rapids Kennedy, scrimmage, 8:30 a.m.? IWC women?s basketball hosts Waldorf, 1 p.m.? IWC men?s basketball @ Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, 7:30 p.m.

ST. PAUL, Minn. ? The Iowa Wesleyan College football team scored first, but then allowed their hosts 42 unanswered points in a 42-6 loss to Northwestern (Minn.).It was the Tigers? final game of the season, and they finish the year with a record of 2-8 overall and 2-7 in the UMAC.Wesleyan got on the board early in the game as Trey Todd made a 3-yard touchdown run with 10 minutes left to play in the first ...

DES MOINES ? When the Mt. Pleasant cheer team got to Des Moines last weekend for the state cheerleading championships, they were greeted by a photo of themselves ? the 2012 state champions ? on the cover of this year?s program.It was a photo of the Panther cheerleaders storming the mat after they were announced state champions.On Saturday, they got to relive that moment as they won their second straight Class ...

Twelve Mt. Pleasant volleyball players earned academic all-conference honors from the Southeast Conference.To be named academic all-conference, players must be a junior or senior with a cumulative 3.25 GPA.The Panthers who received the honor are listed below.Juniors: Hannah Becker, Emily Cox, Evelyn Kunch, Hattie Liechty, Jenna Stukerjurgen and Mary Wester.Seniors: Brianne Holtkamp, Ashley Loving, Brianne ...

Lake Belva DeerThe water is starting to cool down. Water temperature is in the low to mid 60s. Bluegill ? fair: bluegill fishing seems to be on and off. They are catching them first thing in the morning in eight to 10 feet of water. Crappie ? fair: a few crappies are still being caught. They seemed to have moved to deeper water. Lake of the HillsWater temperature is in the upper 50s. 2,000 trout were stocked ...