Sports

Jones caps career with first team NAIA D-II all-American honors

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Iowa Wesleyan College senior Anna Jones, a senior from Cornell, Ill., has capped her Tiger career by being named an NAIA Division II first team women?s basketball all-American for the 2011-12 season.Jones is one of 10 players named to the NAIA D-II all-American first team squad. She is the 22nd NAIA all-American in school history and the seventh under Women?s Basketball Coach Steve Williamson. ...

Fairfield Area Weighted Blankets

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

The Fairfield Area Weighted Blankets group will hold its first 2018 workshop, following a two-week display set up at the Fairfield Public Library by Carol Sutton.The workshop will 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.The workshop is open to all ages and gender, and there is no charge.Over 100 of the weighted blankets made by members of the group have been given free to individuals, both children ...

Mt. Pleasant girls' track and field team prepares for final indoor meet

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

The Panther girls? track and field team is preparing for their final meet of the indoor season after coming home from the Central College Indoor meet at Pella on Saturday afternoon with a number of top-10 finishes.?Everyone had a chance to run multiple events, so this was the first chance for the coaching staff to get times on everyone,? Coach Dave Hutchcroft said. ?Once again the competition was tough with the ...

What to watch this week

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

Tuesday? MP boys? track at Iowa State Indoor meet in Ames, 4 p.m.? IWC baseball doubleheader vs. Hannibal-LaGrange University, in Mt. Pleasant, 3 p.m.? IWC softball doubleheader vs.Culver-Stockton College, in Canton, Mo., 2 p.m. Wednesday? IWC baseball doubleheader vs.Graceland University, in Mt. Pleasant, 3 p.m.

Brown earns All-American honors in 60m hurdles

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

GENEVA, Ohio ? Iowa Wesleyan College's Keith Brown, a freshman from Milwaukee, Wis., finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles, earning All-American honors at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships over the weekend.Brown finished the finals with a time of :08.18, despite a leg injury.Clyde Young of Langston (Okla.) University won the event with a time of :07.90, setting a new championship record ...

Five MP cheerleaders named academic all-conference

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

Five Mt. Pleasant cheerleaders were named to the academic all-conference list.To make the list, students must be a junior or senior team member, cheerleader or manager, and have at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA.This year?s honored cheerleaders are junior Amy Buckert, junior Chelsey Stark, senior Hailie Baccam, senior Katherine Hall and senior Claire Melzer.

MP cheerleaders to perform at state basketball tournament

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant Competition Squads have brought home 11 trophies this season and will be finishing the year with the honor of performing halftime routines for the two Iowa Boys State Basketball Tournament 3A semifinal games on Thursday, March 8, in Wells Fargo Arena.A select few teams who perform well at the Iowa Cheerleading Championships in November are asked each year to perform at the tournament. The Mt. ...

Danville rolls St. Albert in opening round

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

The top-seeded Danville Bears cruised to a 68-39, first-round win over St. Albert (Council Bluffs) yesterday afternoon, maintaining their undefeated record on the season. The Bears are now 26-0.Three Danville players scored in double figures in yesterday?s contest: Steven Soukup had 18 points, followed by Michael Soukup with 16 and Collin Bartsch with 15.The Bears play fifth-seeded Nordaway Valley (23-2) in ...

100 year celebration of state tournaments

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

In observance of the first 100 years of the state tournament, the IHSAA brought together a panel of former state tournament coaches, school administrators, veteran fans (some of whom were former players and coaches), members of the media and game officials to recall ?great moments from state tournament games.?Here are some of those moments that have local connections.1912: The Iowa High School Athletic Council ...

State basketball: it takes a town

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

At the Evans Middle School gym in Ottumwa, the Panthers defeated Centerville for a trip to the state tournament.It was the third time in as many years that Coach Paul Rundquist led his team to a berth in Des Moines.That feeling ? the excitement, satisfaction and anticipation ? of winning a substate game never gets old for the coach.?Absolutely not,? Rundquist said.Rundquist has been the head coach of the Mt. ...

Fourth grade girls? basketball team wins tournament

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant fourth grade girls? tournament team won their first basketball tournament this past weekend here in Mt Pleasant. They defeated Hamilton, Ill., Washington and Clear Creek.The team members are pictured at left. Front row, from left: Lexie Magnani, Isabel Ashton, Ashley Elmore, Haylie O'Donnell and Kenna Smith. Back row, from left: Coach Ronnie Ashton, Maggie Cristoforo, Lydia Stewart, Serenity ...

Shull named to IGCA first team, INA second team all-state

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

Mt. Pleasant senior basketball player Taylor Shull was chosen first team all-state by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association and second team all-state by the Iowa Newspaper Association.The IGCA released their teams this morning, naming Shull among the eight first team selections for Class 3A.Shull was also one of the eight girls on the Class 3A INA all-state team. She was chosen by members of the media as one of ...