Sports

Iowa Wesleyan?s Mitchell, Bishop receive MCC honorable mention for golf

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

Iowa Wesleyan College golfers Blake Mitchell and Kayla Bishop have been named honorable mention all-Midwest Collegiate Conference selections, as the conference released its men?s and women?s golf awards this week.Mitchell, a sophomore from Loveland, Colo., received MCC men?s golf honors for the first time in his first season after transferring to IWC from Front Range (Colo.) Community College. He finished the ...

Mt. Pleasant, WACO host qualifying meets

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Track and field athletes across the state will compete in sectional and district meets at 4 p.m. today, looking for a berth at the state meet in Des Moines on May 17-19.Mt. Pleasant and WACO will host their respective qualfiying meets.The Panthers will see a lot of familiar competition, as the other four Southeast Conference teams ? Fairfield, Ft. Madison, Keokuk and Washington ? will each make the trip to Mt. ...

What to watch this weekend

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

Thursday? Mt. Pleasant boys? and girls? track and field at district/regional meet in Mt. Pleasant, 4 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant boys? tennis at district tournament in Fairfield, 9 a.m.? Mt. Plesasnt girls? tennis vs. Davis County, 4:30 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant boys? soccer vs. Washington, 4:30 p.m.? Mt. Pleasant girls? soccer at Washington, 4:30 p.m.? New London, W-MU and WACO at regional/district meet in Wayland, 4 ...

Governor?s Art Show

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

Fairfield High School freshman Samara McLain poses with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. McLain's self portrait was selected to hang in the governor's office at the state Capitol for Iowa Youth Art Month in March. An awards ceremony and a tour of the Capitol was held March 15.

Mt. Pleasant 10U team takes another tournament

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant 10U baseball team competed in the Diamond Dreams Invitational last weekend in Iowa City and won the tournament with an undefeated, 4-0 record on the weekend.The Panthers beat the Muscatine Tribe in the semi-finals, 19-4, and shut out the Iowa City Little Hawks, 8-0, in the finals.The Panthers are coached by Matt Lowery, Jason Bender and Tim Keldgord.The team is pictured above. Front row, from ...

Dorn named senior medalist at Ottumwa Invite

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

OTTUMWA ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? golf team placed seventh of 12 teams at the Ottumwa Invite on Thursday, where Lindsay Dorn was named senior medalist of the tournament.Dorn shot a 94 on the day to lead the Panthers. She was followed by Natalie Booton, 96; Courtney Mabeus, 109; and Emily Cox, 123. Danika Christner shot a 127.The Panthers scored a team total of 422. Waukee won the meet with a score of 345.Valley...

MP boys? tennis falls to Davis County

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

Davis County traveled to East Lake Park for a 7-1 rout of the Panther boys? tennis team on Thursday.Mt. Pleasant?s lone win came from Caleb Zimmerman in a singles match against Damen Dixon. Zimmerman won the close contest by a score of 9-7.The Panthers are now 3-7 on the season.They will play again at the Southeast Conference tournament in Ft. Madison on Monday. The tournament begins at 9 a.m.

MP Little League opening ceremonies postponed

N/A News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant Little League opening day has been postponed.The event was planned for Saturday morning at the fields on Cherry Street. It has not been rescheduled.

Edwards, W-MU boys? golf take runner-up spot at SEISC meet

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

FT. MADISON ? Jake Edwards led the Winfield-Mt. Union boys? golf team to a second-place finish at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference tournament at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course on Thursday.Edwards was the runner-up medalist at the tournament, scoring 77 on the day. After 18 holes, he was tied with Tanner Travis of Columbus, but Edwards shot a birdie on the first playoff hole to claim the runner-up title.The ...

Vitale?s hat trick gives Panthers a win over Ft. Madison

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

FT. MADISON ? Bo Vitale scored all three of the Panthers? goals in a 3-2, overtime win against Ft. Madison on Thursday.The Mt. Pleasant boys? soccer team got revenge on the Bloodhounds in the away match. Earlier this season, Ft. Madison came to East Lake Park and defeated the Panthers by the same score, 3-2.This time, Mt. Pleasant was determined to turn the tables.The Panthers scored first, and maintained a ...

Wagner goes on ?hunt of a lifetime?

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

Salem?s John Wagner didn?t even know he was entered in the contest that won him ?the hunting trip of a lifetime.? Now, he?s looking at a spot in the Safari Club International record books for an aoudad sheep that he shot in Texas, and he has no plans to stop there.It was just a couple weeks ago that Wagner got the phone call: he was told that a really nice sheep had been spotted near Alpine, Texas.On Saturday, ...

MP girls defeat Fairfield

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2559d ago

FAIRFIELD ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? golf team cruised to a win over Fairfield, 206-235, at the Fairfield Country Club on Tuesday.Natalie Booton was the medalist with a score of 43 on the par-37 course, seven strokes ahead of her nearest competitor.That competitor was teammate Lindsay Dorn, who claimed the runner-up medalist title with a score of 50 on the day.Courtney Mabeus shot a 55 and Danika Christner had ...