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The Iowa Wesleyan volleyball team picked up the win Tuesday night against non-conference opponent Knox College.The Tigers took five sets to defeat the Prairie Fire (25-14, 25-21, 16-25, 24-26, 15-8), and the win moves IWC to 9-16 on the year.Marissa Bozik had a huge match for the Tigers, recording 20 kills on 44 attempts. Dakota Flesner added 10 kills and 13 digs in the match.Lindsey Johnson had 37 of the ...

NEW LONDON ? They didn?t get a win, but they did give Holy Trinity a good match.The New London volleyball team was swept by Class 1A top-ranked Holy Trinity (33-3 overall) on Tuesday.The No. 4 Tigers lost by scores of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-11 ? it?s the closest New London has come to defeating the powerful Crusaders, who have held the No. 1 spot since the preseason rankings.New London?s Jorgi Krieger and Emily ...

The Mt. Pleasant football team meets what will likely be its toughest opponent of the season on Friday night when it hosts No. 8 Washington.The Demons are 5-1 this season, their only loss to No. 3 Pella in a non-district game.Their main offensive weapon is running back Alex Coker, who has carried for 741 yards in 91 attempts (8.1 yards per carry) and scored 12 touchdowns for Washington this season.?It?s ...

CENTERVILLE ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? cross-country team took second to Class 3A No. 10 Oskaloosa at Centerville on Tuesday, led by Ellie Conrad?s sixth-place finish.The boys? team placed fourth in a field of 13 teams, including some tough competition. Logan Murray led the Panthers with a fifth-place finish.On the girls? side, Mt. Pleasant scored 63 points to finish as the runner-up in a 12-team field. Oskaloosa...

Blake Mitchell had a strong day on the links on Sunday, taking medalist honors at the Waldorf College Invitational to lead Iowa Wesleyan College men?s golf to a third-place team finish.Mitchell shot a round of 70, beating Central College's Mike Maller by one stroke and take the individual title. As a team, the Tigers shot a 309, finishing just four strokes behind Central College, which won the team title.Waldorf...

The Iowa Wesleyan College soccer teams had a rough go against Principia College on Saturday in Elsha, Ill. The Tiger men fell 7-1 while the women were shut out, 13-0.Tyler Hitt scored the lone goal for the Tigers in the men's game. Hitt's goal came in the 57th minute. The Panthers scored four goals in the first half and tacked on three more in the last 45 minutes of play.On the day, the IWC men took 14 shots, ...

WAYLAND ? The WACO football team couldn?t match Lisbon?s ground game in a 30-6 loss at home on Friday night.The Lions scored once in every quarter. They had a 3-yard touchdown run in both the first and second quarters; after halftime, they made a 55-yard run into the end zone and then scored their final touchdown on an 11-yard run.WACO got its only score with 2:38 left in the first quarter. Tucker Janecek ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? The Winfield-Mt. Union boys? cross-country team took home some hardware from Monday?s Columbus Invite, as both Johnathan Quinn and Gavin Benzce claimed a medal at the meet.Quinn led the Wolves with a 12th-place finish in 18:22 and Benzce completed the course in 18:37 to finish 15th overall.Benzce was followed by Levi Giese in 24th with a time of 19:30 and Kollin Lintz in 25th with a time of ...