The Hot Stix 12U softball team finished third in the gold bracket of a 12-team tournament in Burlington on Aug. 20-21, after finishing second in the gold bracket the weekend before. The gold bracet consists of the top six teams in the tournament.The team has a 10-2 record so far this fall season with two tournaments to go.The girls are coached by Willy Amos, Randy Schinstock, Jason Smith and Lee Fraise.Th...
Area high schools start fall competition today with season openers for the WACO and W-MU volleyball teams.WACO hosts a triangular against Central Lee and Washington, and W-MU travels to Pekin to play teams from Pekin and West Burlington.Fall sports in Mt. Pleasant begin tomorrow, when the football team opens at Clear-Creek Amana.See the Fall Sports Preview in today's edition of the Mt. Pleasant News for ...
The Jerry Stark Memorial Youth Basketball Tournament will be on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Muscatine Community Y.Tournament proceeds will benefit the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program of Muscatine County, a program of the Muscatine Community Y.The round-robin tournament has two divisions ? seventh grade boys and eighth grade boys ? and registration is limited to the first four teams in each ...
Preseason rankings for the volleyball teams of the Midwest Collegiate Conference were released this week, and Iowa Wesleyan finished eighth out of 10 teams in the conference.League coaches picked Viterbo and Grand View as co-favorites, followed by St. Ambrose.Viterbo finished 38-5 overall last year and went undefeated in the MCC, finishing one game ahead of Grand View for the regular season title.St. ...
Lake OdessaThe water temperature is cooling down with the cooler nights. Bluegill - Good: With a little work and knowledge of the lake anglers are catching some big bluegills. Work the deeper water of the sand run and Yankee chute areas. Crappie - Good: There are some slab crappies being caught along the trees dropped into deeper water. Also try down in Burris ditch near the outlet. Slip bobbers and minnows ...
Mt. Pleasant?s Braden Shull decided Monday night to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball organization.?My dream has always been to play Major League Baseball, and this puts me a step closer to realizing that dream,? Shull said.The Phillies called him with an offer at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, and he decided to sign the papers at 10:30 p.m. ? 30 minutes before the deadline.?It was a very, ...
Iowa Wesleyan College was picked to finish sixth in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League this season, according to the 2011 preseason coaches? poll released by the MSFA on Friday.The Tigers received 22 points in the poll of league coaches, finishing one point behind Trinity International (Ill.) University for fifth. They were ranked ahead of Waldorf and Olivet Nazarene.William Penn University ...
Mt. Pleasant Head Football Coach Bob Jensen will hold a meeting for parents and guardians of sophomore and varsity football players at 6 p.m. tonight, Aug. 11.The informational meeting is regarding insurance and consent to treatment forms, school and team eligibility rules, and other, general things that involve parents.One main purpose of this meeting is for parents to get to know the coaches, ask questions...
Lake OdessaThe Toolesboro road remains open. All the ramps are now open and cleared off for anglers to use. The water level will continue to fall as there is still some water up in the trees. The river ramp is also open. Bluegill - Fair: With a little work and knowledge of the lake anglers are catching some big bluegills. Work the deeper water of the sand run and Yankee chute areas. Crappie - Fair: There are ...
Official practice for Iowa fall sports teams begins today, Aug. 8, and competition begins later this month.The Mt. Pleasant football team begins its season at Clear Creek-Amana on Friday, Aug. 26.The next morning, Panther volleyball opens with a game at Clarke, Osceola.The cross-country team will run in its first meet at Williamsburg on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 30.Athletes have also arrived on the Iowa ...
Wins came in handfuls for Golden Triangle News Service teams in 2011, and when it came tournament time, a few more dug a little deeper.Mid-Prairie was just over .500 with a 20-18 record in the regular season, but second-year head coach Justin Lutjen never let his team stop believing they could beat anyone. After all, the Golden Hawks faced a gauntlet of ranked opponents during the regular season, 15 in all, ...
Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Fairfield High School invite all interested businesses to a Fairfield WORKS! Kickoff Event at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 21st Century Room at the high school.The meeting will provide an overview to the Fairfield WORKS! program, discuss different ways business partners can get involved, and gather input from the business community.Fairfield WORKS! is a program started by the ...
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