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W-MU football falls in close contest against Danville

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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 ...

WACO volleyball swept by Wapello

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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 ...

What to watch this weekend

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

Friday? Mt. Pleasant football @ Solon, 7:30 p.m.? New London football vs. Highland, homecoming game, 7 p.m.? WACO football vs. Lone Tree, 7 p.m.? W-MU football @ Danville, 7 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant volleyball @ Wilton Invite, 9 a.m.? IWC cross-country @ Grinnell College Les Duke Invitational, 10:45 a.m.? IWC volleyball vs. William Penn, 11 a.m.? IWC men?s soccer vs. Sterling College, 11 a.m.? IWC ...

Panthers win SEC game at Keokuk

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

KEOKUK ? The Mt. Pleasant volleyball team picked its second Southeast Conference road win this week when it defeated Keokuk in four sets last night.The Panthers narrowly lost the first game, 26-24, but won the next three: 25-19, 25-17 and 25-17.?The ... team came out a bit slow, making a big hole to climb out of,? Coach Luci Wulfekuhle said. ?It wasn't until about mid-game the Panthers picked up their game, but ...

W-MU XC runs at Van Buren, prepares for Fairfield

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

KEOSAUQUA ? Winfield-Mt. Union cross-country runners competed at the Van Buren Invitational on Tuesday, where the boys placed third out of six teams in the Class A division.The Wolves were led by Kevin Lintz, who placed fourth with a time of 18:36. W-MU?s Levi Giese rounded out the top 10 in the race with a time of 19:40.Mediapolis led the team scoring with 36 points, followed by Van Buren with 66 and W-MU with ...

IWC football players receive honors, team looks ahead to next matchup

Lauren Menning, Iowa Wesleyan College

News Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

Two Iowa Wesleyan football players received national recognition this week by the United States Collegiate Athletic Association.Quarterback Kevin McConnell was named Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Siena Heights. McConnell was 14-of-23 for 247 yards passing with two touchdowns while rushing for three touchdowns and 191 yards.Also receiving honors this week was defensive lineman Richard ...

Panther JV volleyball wins tourney

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The Mt. Pleasant JV team won its home tournament over the weekend with an undefeated record, going 5-0.The Panthers swept Van Buren, 21-4 and 21-10, and defeated Burlington ? they won the first set, 21-17, lost the second, 21-19, and won the third, 15-13.They then came out with a win over Davis County, despite losing the first set, 23-21. They won two straight to take the victory, two sets to one: 21-12 and ...

Fairfield?s ?Armless Archer? earns silver medal at Paralympics

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LONDON ? Matt Stutzman of Fairfield, the only archer in the 2012 London Paralympics without arms, earned a silver medal on Monday in the men's compound open archery finals.Stutzman advanced to the gold medal round Sunday, winning 6-4 in the semifinals against Guillermo Rodriguez Gonzales of Spain. Jere Forsberg of Finland won 6-4 in the finals, claiming the gold medal.Stutzman, dubbed the ?Games? most extraordin...

Panther football on the road for final non-district contest

Ashlee De Wit

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

In its final week of non-district play, the Mt. Pleasant football team is on the road once more.Now 0-2, the Panthers are looking for their first win ? and the momemtum that comes with it ? before they start playing district games.?I look at these first three games as builders for the rest of the season,? Coach Bob Jensen said.The Panthers host Ft. Madison in their first district contest of the season on Sept. ...

Warhawks no match for WACO

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

NEW SHARON ? The WACO football team upped its record to 2-0 with a win over North Mahaska, 40-14, and the Warriors will take their momentum into district play, which begins on Friday.WACO had the momentum from the start when the traveled to New Sharon, scoring first on quarterback Ben Fear?s 58-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Ayers midway through the opening quarter. Tucker Janecek carried the ball into the end ...

MP Golf names club champions on Labor Day

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

The 2012 Men?s and Women?s Golf Championship Match Play Tournaments came to a close on Labor Day.Gayle Rupp won her 15th Women?s Club Championship by defeating Steph Whitaker.The 84th annual Men?s Golf Championship was won by 17-year-old Kiley Miller, who defeated the 1999 Club Champion Troy Stith.Patrick Zielinski, a recent graduate of MPCHS and a member of the IWC golf team, defeated his former high school ...

IWC soccer falls to Culver-Stockton

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:51 pm2686d ago

HANNIBAL, Mo. ? The IWC men?s soccer team dropped its season opener at Culver-Stockton College yesterday in a double-overtime battle that ended, 3-2, on a penalty kick.The Wildcats struck first in the match and went into the second half leading, 1-0, but the Tigers answered with an unassisted goal by Mexime Tefo.Culver Stockton regained the lead within 10 minutes to go ahead 2-1, but Caio Da Costa tied the game ...