Sports

Friday? State wrestling tournament in Des Moines.? Mt. Pleasant Christian School basketball at HACC Tournament in Des Moines.? W-MU girls? basketball vs. Burlington-Notre Dame, regional tournament, in Winfield, 7 p.m. Saturday? IWC basketball vs. St. Ambrose University, at Ruble Arena, women start at 1 p.m. and men play at 3 p.m.? IWC track and field at University of Dubuque. Next weekMonday? Mt. ...

The WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union boys? basketball teams have been eliminated from postseason play after suffering losses in their first-round district tournament games last night.The Warriors dropped a 44-41 decision to Holy Trinity Catholic in Wayland, while the Wolves were knocked out after a 59-29 road loss to Sigourney.WACO played a close game against the Crusaders, holding a 12-11 edge at the end of the ...

Mt. Mercy University turned 28 Iowa Wesleyan College turnovers into 33 points en route to an 83-74 victory in Midwest Collegiate Conference women?s basketball play Wednesday night at Ruble Arena.IWC fell to 16-10 overall and 12-5 in the MCC and, with one regular season game remaining, clinched third place in the conference. The Mustangs, ranked No. 13 in the latest NAIA Division II Top 25 Coaches? poll, improved ...

The JV team claimed a 55-50 win over Washington on Friday night before dropping a narrow game against Burlington, 52-49, on Monday.Against rival Washington, the Panthers took an early lead.?We played a great first half but came out a little flat in the second half for the second game in a row,? Coach Tyler Rodgers said. ?Fortunately, we were able to make free-throws and some key defensive stops when we needed ...

Twelve members of the Mt. Pleasant trapshooting team traveled to Montrose to compete in the Satellite Iowa Winter Games on Feb. 11, getting some practice in during the offseason.?After a winter of not shooting, they still had the edge,? Panther Coach John Klopfenstein said.One Mt. Pleasant squad took first place in the team event with a score of 354. They beat out the West Central Illinois team, which scored ...

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade boys? basketball team came home with a 1-2 record from contests in Burlington and Fairfield in the last week.The ?A? team lost to James Madison, 49-26, and to Fairfield, 42-23.Keegan Pullis had 18 points to lead the Panthers against James Madison, while Cale Christner and Alex Carrasco each added four points.Against Fairfield, Darren Hunter was the leading scorer with eight ...

The SEI Super Conference Boys Basketball ?Shootout? games will be played on Feb. 10. These games pair up the first place team in the North Division against the first place team in the South Division. The second-place teams in each division through the 10th-place teams will also play each other.All games are to be played at the South Division schools, with the exception of the first place teams: Lone Tree will ...

DONNELLSON ? The New London boys? basketball team managed only eight points in the first half as Central Lee rolled to a 75-30 victory over the Tigers.The Hawks put up 23 points in the first quarter and added 32 in the second quarter to gain a 55-8 lead at halftime.They slowed down in the second half, scoring 12 points in the third quarter and adding eight in the final eight minutes.New London scored nine in ...