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Friday? Mt. Pleasant football vs. Ft. Madison, homecoming game, 7:30 p.m.? IWC volleyball vs. Westminster, 7 p.m.? New London football @ Lone Tree, 7 p.m.? WACO football vs. Van Buren, homecoming game, 7 p.m.? W-MU football @ Highland, 7 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant volleyball @ Ottumwa Tournament, 8:30 a.m.? IWC football vs. Lindenwood University, 1 p.m.? IWC men?s soccer vs. MacMurray College, 3 p.m.? ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade football team traveled to Burlington to play Edward Stone on Tuesday. The Panthers won the ?A? game by a score of 38-0 but fell in the ?B? game, 14-0.The seventh grade football teams hosted Edward Stone on Tuesday and swept the visitors: the maroon team won, 26-0, and the gold team won a 8-6 battle.In the eighth grade A game, Dshundric Foster finished with 197 yards rushing and ...

?All three phases of the game we haven?t been good on, and we know that,? Mt. Pleasant Football Head Coach Bob Jensen said. ?The coaches know it, the kids know it, and I?m sure the fans can see it.?The Panthers are now 0-3 and begin district play with their homecoming game against Ft. Madison (1-2) on Friday.?We have so much to work on, but this week we?ve been focusing on defense and our coverage teams ? we ...

GREENVILLE, Ill. ? The Iowa Wesleyan men?s and women?s soccer teams traveled to Greenville, Ill., on Tuesday to take on the Greenville College Panthers.The Tiger men fell by a close, 3-2 score and the women were routed, 9-1.The women played first, and both sides were fighting for their first win of the season.The Panthers struck first, and with eight minutes left in the first half, they led 3-0.The Tigers ...

Fairfield financial institutionsFairfield financial institutions will host a community blood drive from 8-11:30 a.m. June 7 in the First National Bank lower-level community room.Donors who last gave blood on or before April 12 are eligible to give at this drive.For appointments to donate, contact the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center at 800-452-1097 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5159 ...

Receiver Ridge Hobbs had six catches for 170 yards and scored both of the IWC football team?s touchdowns in a 41-14 loss to Taylor University on Saturday.Taylor scored twice before IWC got on the board with Kevin McConnell?s 80-yard touchdown pass to Hobbs in the first quarter. Micah Slifer?s kick was good to get the Tigers within seven at 14-7.But the Trojans ran away with the game from there, scoring three ...

DANVILLE ? The W-MU football team scored its first points of the season in the form of four touchdowns against Danville, but still fell to the Bears on Friday, 31-28.Quarterback Max Fricke rushed for 175 yards in 21 attempts and all four touchdowns for the Wolves on the night.Conner Shellabarger carried the ball 30 times for 214 yards to lead the Wolves in that category.Fricke was one-for-three for 28 yards ...

WAPELLO ? Wapello defeated WACO in three games on Thursday night: 25-9, 25-20 and 25-13.The Warriors struggled offensively in the game: Erika Leichty and Hannah Black topped the team with two kills each.Ashlyn Hammen had four assists and Kaitie Miles added three.Leichty and Katelyn White each had 10 digs and Rosemary Skriver contributed nine.Skriver had three aces on the night and Black served two.Black also ...