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IWC joins SLIAC

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

ST. LOUIS, MO. ? The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) announced today that Iowa Wesleyan College has been approved for membership in the Conference upon the institution?s successful completion of the NCAA exploratory year and acceptance as a provisional member of the NCAA.Iowa Wesleyan, currently a member of the NAIA?s Midwest Collegiate Conference and Mid-States Football Conference, will ...

IWC accepted by SLIAC

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

ST. LOUIS, MO. ? Iowa Wesleyan College has been accepted into the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC), provided the school is also accepted as a provisional member of the NCAA.IWC is currently working on its application for membership in the NCAA, the deadline for which is Jan. 15, 2012.If all goes as planned, IWC, which is currently a member of the NAIA?s Midwest Collegiate Conference and ...

Group show opens Friday at Unity Gallery

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

Maharishi University of Management's Unity Gallery presents the group show, ?If Not For Space,? opening with a reception from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday.?If Not For Space? is curated by Emily Susanin Kessinger of Yellow Door Gallery of Des Moines. The artists are Laurel Farrin, James Shrosbree, Gyan Shrosbree, Ben Gardner and Andrew Casto.Unity Gallery is in the M.U.M. Library Building. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 7:15 ...

Mt. Pleasant?s eighth grade girls split pair of games with Ottumwa

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade girls? ?A? team dropped to 2-6 on the season with a loss to Ottumwa on Monday afternoon, while the ?B? team picked up another win and is now 7-1 overall.Ottumwa claimed a 6-3 lead by the end of the first quarter of the A game and held the lead from there. They were up 14-11 on the Panthers by the half, picked up a point to make it 23-19 by the end of the third quarter, and they ...

Panther middle school wrestlers host meet, finish 20-11

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant middle school wrestlers hosted a meet Tuesday night, Dec. 6.They competed against Washington, Keokuk, and Ottumwa, and came away with 20 wins and 11 losses as a team.Nine Panthers went home with two wins in the contest. For full Panther results, see below.***Kane Jacobs: won by fall vs. Ottumwa and WashingtonJarrett Wilson: won one match and lost one match by fall vs. OttumwaRyan...

Eighth grade girls claim A and B doubleheader win at home

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:48 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade girls? basketball team swept Aldo Leopold with an ?A? and ?B? victory last night in Mt. Pleasant.The A team won by a score of 36-25, and the B team topped their opponents by a final of 22-16.In the A game, Mt. Pleasant held the lead at the end of each quarter, going up 10-6 after the first, 16-14 at halftime, and 26-18 after the third quarter.Carolyn Lutovsky put up 21 ...

Freshmen girls roll Muscatine, start basketball season 2-0

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:48 pm2559d ago

The Mt. Pleasant freshmen girls? team is now 2-0 after trouncing Muscatine, 76-13, on Thursday night.The Panthers held Muscatine scoreless in the first quarter, going up 28-0, and had a 47-4 edge by halftime. At the end of the third, it was 64-9 in the Panthers? favor.Mary Wester had 23 points to lead Mt. Pleasant in the contest. Kelsi Phipps played the second quarter and scored 18 pts. Hannah Becker scored ...

Winfield-Mt. Union girls and boys split games with IMS

Ashlee De Wit Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:48 pm2559d ago

The Winfield-Mt. Union girls? basketball team took their second win of the season last night against IMS, while the boys? team suffered a home- and opening-night loss to the same school.The girls? game was a 45-28 final in the Wolves? favor.Cassie Kingery scored 15 points to lead the Wolves, going seven-for-10 from the floor, while Shelby Therme added 11 points in the win, making five of her eight shots ...

Taylor Shull breaks MPCHS career points record

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:48 pm2559d ago

With her first basket last night, Taylor Shull broke the MPCHS career points record for girls? basketball.Scoring 27 points in last night?s contest against Ottumwa, Shull climbed to 1,094 career points, claiming the number one spot in the high school record books.The previous record, set in 2006, was held by Lindsey Boldt, who scored 1,068 points while playing for the Panthers from 2003-2006.Boldt, like ...

Mt. Pleasant JV boys? basketball team drops season-opener to Xavier

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:48 pm2559d ago

The JV boys opened the season with a 59-48 loss to Xavier on Tuesday night.?The boys played with a lot of hustle and determination but just couldn't get over the hump,? said coach Tyler Rodgers. ?It may have been some jitters or nerves but a lot shots just didn't fall.?Trey Magnani and Zach Mulford led the scroing with 13 points apiece while Dustin Amos threw in nine. Both Amos and Magnani pulled down nine ...

Mt. Pleasant girls nab first win at No. 15 Ottumwa

Ashlee De Wit

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:48 pm2559d ago

The Panther girls earned their first win of the season last night, defeating Class 4A?s 15th-ranked Ottumwa 55-52.?We rebounded great, grabbing 16 offensive boards and 15 on defense,? Mt. Pleasant head coach, Joanna Settles said. ?And once again, we made more free throws than our opponents.?The Panthers went 19-for-25 from the line, and Ottumwa managed to go only nine-for-18.But both teams had to fight ...

Settles tries new position on basketball court: head coach

Ashlee De Wit

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:48 pm2559d ago

After years of playing basketball at W-MU and the University of Iowa, and after assistant coaching jobs at SCC and Mt. Pleasant, Jess Settles is trying something new: head coach of the men?s team at Iowa Wesleyan College.?(IWC Athletic Director) Mike Hamption called me on (Thursday) and said, ?We have a tough situation at Wesleyan ? we have 15 great guys without a coach. Will you step in and take over?? And it ...