Sports

The Mt. Pleasant Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for Panther cheerleading camp and kindergarten flag football.Cheerleading camp is for children from kindergarten through fifth grade, and will be on Saturday mornings from Sept. 10 to Oct. 8 at the Cottrell Gym.Each cheerleader will be taught jumps, chats and flexibilty exercises, and then will cheer at the Oct. 14 Panther football ...

For the Panthers? first week, Head Football Coach Bob Jensen didn?t know what to expect from his team, most of which was new to varsity football. This week, in the team?s home opener, he?s looking for a solid performance as the team tackles even tougher competition.?I hope to show up and play a solid game again,? he said. ?We made mistakes, but I hope we can improve from week one. We?ll have to be better.?To...

Pictured is the Mt. Pleasant Hot Stix 10U softball team, which took first place at the Keosauqua End of Summer Slam Tournament on Aug. 27.Front row, from left: Keelyn McNamee, Jacklyn Goodman, Delaney McDowell, Trinity Krabill, Dani Broecker.Middle row: Coach Tisha Horn, Maddie Williamson, Abby Smith, Kelsey Notestein, Anni Liechty, Chloe Beavers, Chi Glaha, and Coach Carla McNamee.Back row: Coach Tony ...

WILLIAMSBURG ? Sophomore Hannah Weber led the young Mt. Pleasant cross-country girls to a fourth-place finish last night, Aug. 30, with a time one and a half minutes faster than she ran last year in the Williamsburg Raider Invitational.?Hannah Weber is running very well, as are Emma Ludwig and Natalie Ita,? Coach Jean Caboth said.Weber dropped her finish time to 16:35 in the 2.5-mile varsity race, good for ...

The Henry County Whitetails Unlimited group donated $1,200 to the Mt. Pleasant Community High School trap shooting team.The team was started last year by John Klopfenstein, and 20 students joined. Klopfenstein was the head coach, assisted by Mike Vens.The trapshooters competed during the spring season in the Junior Varsity division and won the state championship. The team then continued practicing and ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? The Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team was competitive throughout but took four losses to begin a new year at the Mt. Mercy University Zio Johnos Mustang Invitational on Friday and Saturday.Wesleyan posted its best performance on Saturday against Avila, winning the first two sets to take firm control of the match, only to see the Eagles come back to even the match at 2-2. and then win the ...

Mt. Pleasant football?s Head Coach Bob Jensen will put mostly inexperienced players on the field tonight, many of whom will be starting a varsity game for the first time.The team opens its season on the road, and will once again face non-district opponent Clear Creek-Amana in game one.Last season against Clear Creek-Amana, the Panthers lost 28-20.?We were down 21-0 early and came back, but we couldn?t ...

W-MU volleyball lost both non-conference matches yesterday against Pekin and West Burlington.West Burltington took it in two, defeating the Wolves 25-11 and then taking a narrow 27-25 victory.The Wolves took Pekin to three games, going down in the first 25-23, then taking the second game by the same score, and finally losing 15-6 in the final game.Erica Robison led the team with 11 kills. Shelby Therme ...