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WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union football team rushed for more than 300 yards and got into the end zone three times against district foe Danville on Friday. Ultimately, however, the Wolves couldn?t hold on to the ball ? or the game ? dropping a 27-22 decision to the Bears.The team had six turnovers on the night: four fumbles and two interceptions.?One fumble was picked up for a touchdown and one interception ...

Winfield-Mt. Union students and staff showed up to school early today, chanting ?Let?s Go Hawks!? or ?Let?s Go ?Clones!?In anticipation for this weekend?s football game between Iowa and Iowa State, the entire school assembled in the gym for an all-student photo this morning, dressed in their Hawkeye and Cyclone gear.An award was given for ?Best Dressed Hawk Fan? and ?Best Dressed Cyclone Fan.?On Saturday at 1 ...

No. 6 New London 3Van Buren 0The Tigers routed the visitors in their home opener by scores of 25-6, 25-12 and 25-15, and are now 6-1 on the season. Wapello 3WACO 0WACO goes down by scores of 25-19, 25-13 and 25-18 in conference match, falls to 3-3 on the season.

PELLA ? Mt. Pleasant graduate Brayton Meeker is a member of the Central College football team.Meeker, a 5-foot-11, 235-pound junior linebacker, recorded a solo tackle and earned a varsity letter for the Dutch last season.Central returns 44 letterwinners and 19 starters (seven on offense, eight on defense and four specialty) from last year?s 5-5 squad.The Dutch are the third-winningest football team of any ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant football hosts Solon, freshmen start at 5 p.m., followed by varsity.? New London football @ Highland, 7 p.m.? WACO football @ Lone Tree, 7 p.m.? W-MU football hosts Danville, 7 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant, W-MU volleyball @ Wilton Invite, 9 a.m.? IWC volleyball hosts Blackburn College in Conference Quad Tourney, 10 a.m.? IWC volleyball hosts MacMurray College in Conference Quad ...

The Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade maroon team dropped its home and season opener to Edward Stone (Burlington) on Tuesday, 14-8, but the gold team came up with a 30-14 victory.In the maroon game, Zach Beason ran 15 yards for the Panthers? only touchdown, and then threw a pass to Chase Lamm for the 2-point conversion as the Panthers took an 8-0 lead in the second quarter.Edward Stone cut that lead to two with a ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The WACO cross-country runners competed at the Van Buren Invite on Tuesday, where they were led by Jennie Greene?s top-10 finish.Greene placed ninth of 40 runners in the Class A girls? race with a time of 19:16.Cheyenne Sedlacek was 25th with a time of 21:56, and Michaela Shaffer came in 37th at 26:37.On the boys? side, Dillon Douglas placed 34th with a time of 22:03, followed by Trevor Lynn in ...

The Webster University volleyball team wasn?t sure how to get here, but they certainly knew what they were doing once they got on the court, sweeping the Tigers in three sets by scores of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-14.The visitors? bus made a wrong turn on the way from St. Louis to Mt. Pleasant, pushing the match?s start time back by about an hour.IWC took an early lead in the first set and held on until late in the ...