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Nine New London softball players earned all-conference recognition for their efforts this season.Five Tigers were named first team in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division.New London ace Morgan Christner is second in all classes across the state with 360 strikeouts on the season, more than twice as many as any other pitcher in the conference.The freshman has a 1.35 ERA in 228 2/3 innings pitched ...

Mt. Pleasant?s Taryne Shull has made a verbal commitment to attend St. Bonaventure University in New York and play basketball for the NCAA Division I Bonnies.Shull, a 6-foot forward, is going into her senior year at Mt. Pleasant Community High School.?(St. Bonaventure) sent me a lot of letters and started calling me in April,? she said. ?I went on a visit in June and fell in love with the school. When I came ...

Mediacom has announced that it will provide statewide television coverage for the upcoming Iowa girls? high school softball championship games.Iowans will be able to tune-in on cable television and watch Mediacom?s live coverage of all five championship games to be played Friday, July 26.In partnership with the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU), Mediacom is providing live, statewide coverage of the ...

New London Community High School has planned a send-off for the softball team as it heads to the state tournament in Ft. Dodge on Sunday.The team is leaving from the school at 1:30 p.m. For the send off, parents and community members can arrive at 1:15 p.m. to line the 100 block of Main Street in New London. Fire trucks and a police car will escort the team vans out of town.The Tigers play their first state ...

Six Mt. Pleasant players were awarded all-Southeast Conference recognition for their efforts this softball season, including a pair of first team selections.Sammi Goble and Leslie Taylor were named first team all-conference.Goble, the team?s only senior, led the SEC with six triples this season. She was a team leader in batting average (.403, third in the SEC) and slugging percentage (.597, fourth in the ...

DANVILLE ? The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team got on the board early and held off Danville late in the game to win last night?s district contest by a score of 4-3.The Wolves? bats came alive early and they posted two runs in the first frame. Lucas Rappenecker singled to start it off, and Darren Hunter hit followed with a double. Kolt Rossiter had a single that scored them both.?It was big to get two runs on ...

OSKALOOSA ? Mt. Pleasant scored early, maintained a lead and then closed the door on Oskaloosa with a 10-run seventh inning for a 14-3, nonconference victory on Thursday night.Holding a 4-3 lead, the Panthers put up a 10 spot in the final frame, leaving the Indians with little chance to close the gap.?Everything kind of fell into place,? Mt. Pleasant Coach Brent Broeker said. ?We had three hits in a row, and ...

The Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team hosted Springville in a makeup game to end the regular season on Thursday night.The Wolves fell by a score of 12-2 in the contest. They finished with three hits, led by Matthew Neibuhr with two. Kyle Davis also had a hit.W-MU is now 6-16 overall and starts the district tournament with a game against Danville, which will be at Danville at 7 p.m. on Tuesday (July 16).