Sports

WELLMAN ? The Panthers shook off some of their early struggles at the plate for a 11-5 win over Mid-Prairie last night.Mt. Pleasant came up with seven hits in the contest, and four of those were for extra bases: Joey Vaughn hit a triple, Ross Heitmeier had two doubles and Jacob Dilks also hit a double.Being aggressive at the plate did come at a cost: Mid-Prairie pitchers recorded 10 strikeouts in the game.But ...

DONNELLSON ? The New London softball team recovered from Wednesday?s loss in time to defeat Central Lee, 15-4, in six innings on Thursday.The Tigers scored two runs in the first inning, added eight in the fourth, one in the fifth and finished off the Hawks with a four-run sixth.Bria Mears went 2-for-2 at the plate for New London with a home run, double, two walks, two RBIs and three runs scored.Emily Parks was ...

MARION, IND. ? Iowa Wesleyan College hurdler Keith Brown narrowly qualified for the semifinals in the 110-meter hurdles after the first day of the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University.Brown, a freshman from Milwaukee, Wis., came in 18th of 31 participants in the hurdle race, taking the final transfer spot to the semis.He finished fourth of seven in his heat with a ...

NEW LONDON ? Quincy Porter?s seventh-inning single lifted New London over Central Lee, 8-7, in the Tigers? home opener on Friday night.The Tigers were down 7-6 and Porter was 0-for-3 with a walk when he stepped up to the plate in the final inning. New London had two outs, but Nick Oliver was on second and Grant McPheron was on first.Porter connected. The second baseman couldn?t field the ball, and it rolled out ...

Thursday2 p.m. ? Girls? shot put (W-MU: Lou Krieger-Coen)2:40 p.m. ? Boys? shuttle hurdle relay prelim (WACO: Brett Hesseltine, Dylan Carlson, Justin Freyenberger and Christian Roth; alternates: Alan Hesseltine and Kevin Anderson)4:50 p.m. ? Girls? 4x800-meter relay final (WACO: Jennie Greene, Brooke Hammond, Gaby Wagler and Madison Roth.; alternates: Sara Conwell and Jordan Rodgers)7:20 p.m. ? Boys? 400-meter...

The Mt. Pleasant boys? tennis team competed in the district tournament yesterday, but none of the Panthers made it past the second round of competition.In singles play, Kevin Nguyen lost his first-round match against Paul Horn from Davis County (6-0, 6-0).Matthew Zihlman defeated Centerville?s Tyler Walker in the first round (6-3, 6-0), but lost to Govi Punj of Fairfield in the second round (6-0, 6-0).In ...

WAYLAND ? Both WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union will be sending athletes to Des Moines next weekend for the state track and field meet.The Warriors qualified in three boys? events and three girls? events at the district/sectional meet, which they hosted in Wayland.The W-MU teams qualified in one boys? event and six girls? events.Max Fricke is the lone Wolf to represent the W-MU boys on the blue track at Drake ...

The seventh grade girls? track and field team participated in the Southeast Association of Middle Schools Conference Meet on May 7 in Burlington and placed third out of eight teams, led by Jenna Ludwig?s first-place finish in the 800 with a time of 2:38.02.The Panthers also had a number of top-six finishes.Ludwig took the silver medal in the 200 with a time of :29.65, as well as the 400 with a time of 1:07.5.Tw...