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Iowa Wesleyan hosts girls? basketball camp

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Registration is now being accepted for the 2012 Iowa Wesleyan College Girls? Basketball Camp, which will be July 16-19 at Ruble Arena on the IWC campus.The camp, which is for girls entering fifth to eighth grades, will include morning sessions all five days from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m..IWC Women?s Basketball Coach Steve Williamson will head the camp, and will focus on teaching offensive and defensive fundamentals ...

Booton competes at state

Ashlee De Wit Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

ANKENY ? Mt. Pleasant?s Natalie Booton placed in the top half of golfers at the Class 3A Girls? State Golf Tournament at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny this week.Booton shot rounds of 93 and 95 on the par-71 course for a two-day total of 188, which earned her 26th place overall in a field of 54 competitors.The first day on the course was windy, and Booton put a score of 50 on the first nine holes, but came ...

Mt. Pleasant 12U team wins tournament

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

The Mt. Pleasant 12U boys baseball tournament team won the Linn-Mar tournament with a 4-0 record.The Panthers beat two Linn-Mar teams as well as Muscatine and Mt. Vernon.Team members are pictured at left.Front row, from left: Jake Moutrie, Jordan Magnani, Isaac Kuster, Colby Potts and Treyton Larkin.Back row, from left: Coach Mike Potts, Paul Rundquist, Joey Staats, Nick Steffens, Bryce Anderson, Caleb Potts, ...

What to watch this week

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

Friday? New London baseball vs. Van Buren, in New London, JV begins at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow.? W-MU softball vs. Holy Trinity, in Winfield, varsity begins at 6:30 p.m.? W-MU/WACO baseball vs. IMS, in Winfield, JV begins at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow.? WACO softball at Harmony in Farmington, varsity begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant and W-MU softball at Danville Tournament, 9 ...

Panthers blast Golden Hawks in first baseball season win

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

WELLMAN ? The Panthers shook off some of their early struggles at the plate for a 11-5 win over Mid-Prairie last night.Mt. Pleasant came up with seven hits in the contest, and four of those were for extra bases: Joey Vaughn hit a triple, Ross Heitmeier had two doubles and Jacob Dilks also hit a double.Being aggressive at the plate did come at a cost: Mid-Prairie pitchers recorded 10 strikeouts in the game.But ...

Tigers down Hawks

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

DONNELLSON ? The New London softball team recovered from Wednesday?s loss in time to defeat Central Lee, 15-4, in six innings on Thursday.The Tigers scored two runs in the first inning, added eight in the fourth, one in the fifth and finished off the Hawks with a four-run sixth.Bria Mears went 2-for-2 at the plate for New London with a home run, double, two walks, two RBIs and three runs scored.Emily Parks was ...

Brown runs at nationals

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MARION, IND. ? Iowa Wesleyan College hurdler Keith Brown narrowly qualified for the semifinals in the 110-meter hurdles after the first day of the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University.Brown, a freshman from Milwaukee, Wis., came in 18th of 31 participants in the hurdle race, taking the final transfer spot to the semis.He finished fourth of seven in his heat with a ...

Tigers scrape out win in home opener

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NEW LONDON ? Quincy Porter?s seventh-inning single lifted New London over Central Lee, 8-7, in the Tigers? home opener on Friday night.The Tigers were down 7-6 and Porter was 0-for-3 with a walk when he stepped up to the plate in the final inning. New London had two outs, but Nick Oliver was on second and Grant McPheron was on first.Porter connected. The second baseman couldn?t field the ball, and it rolled out ...

Tigers drop home, season opener

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

NEW LONDON ? The Tiger girls dropped their season-opening softball game against West Burlington-Notre Dame, 12-1, in five innings.West Burlington-Notre Dame, last year?s state softball runner-up, scored all 12 runs on 11 hits, and didn?t have an error in the field.Errors were a big factor on the New London side, as the Tigers committed eight on the night.?I don?t think we hit well enough to win the game but ...

Video of champions

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

Relive the excitement of a state championship on the blue oval!Click the links below the photo to watch video of Henry County athletes winning track and field state titles in the 3A shuttle hurdle races as well as the 1A and 3A 100-meter hurdles at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The Mt. Pleasant boys in the shuttle hurdle relayThe Mt. Pleasant girls in the shuttle hurdle relayLeslie Taylor and Kelsi ...

Class 1A state track and field: meet schedule for WACO and W-MU athletes

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

Thursday2 p.m. ? Girls? shot put (W-MU: Lou Krieger-Coen)2:40 p.m. ? Boys? shuttle hurdle relay prelim (WACO: Brett Hesseltine, Dylan Carlson, Justin Freyenberger and Christian Roth; alternates: Alan Hesseltine and Kevin Anderson)4:50 p.m. ? Girls? 4x800-meter relay final (WACO: Jennie Greene, Brooke Hammond, Gaby Wagler and Madison Roth.; alternates: Sara Conwell and Jordan Rodgers)7:20 p.m. ? Boys? 400-meter...

MP boys? tennis plays at district tournament

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

The Mt. Pleasant boys? tennis team competed in the district tournament yesterday, but none of the Panthers made it past the second round of competition.In singles play, Kevin Nguyen lost his first-round match against Paul Horn from Davis County (6-0, 6-0).Matthew Zihlman defeated Centerville?s Tyler Walker in the first round (6-3, 6-0), but lost to Govi Punj of Fairfield in the second round (6-0, 6-0).In ...