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Five from Henry County recognized at Governor?s Scholar Ceremony

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

WEST DES MOINES ? On Sunday, April 29, 442 high school seniors across Iowa will be honored at the Tenth Annual Governor's Scholar Recognition Ceremony at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines, starting at 1:00 p.m.Five Henry County students are among those honored: Jackson Bell and Kevin Nguyen from Mt. Pleasant; Grant McPheron from New London; Brennan Haymond from Winfield-Mt. Union; and Christian Roth from WACO.The ...

Mt. Pleasant 10U baseball team wins tournament

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

The Mt. Pleasant Panthers 10U baseball team won the Cedar Rapids Washington Spring Tournament last weekend. They went 3-0, defeating Cedar Rapids Cougars Green, 6-0; Quad City A's, 6-1; and the Burlington Mudd Dawgs, 4-3, in the finals.The team is coached by Matt Lowery, Jason Bender and Tim Keldgord.The boys on the team are pictured above. Back row, from left: Brody Bender, Tucker Johnson, Jacob Stukerjurgen, ...

Taylor takes first in three events, Panthers claim team title

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

WEST BRANCH ? Leslie Taylor won three individual events and ran the leadoff leg of the winning 4x100 relay to aid the Mt. Pleasant girls? track and field team in a first-place team finish at West Branch last night.The Panthers scored 170 points as a team, beating out the second-place host team, West Branch, which scored 144. Solon took third place with a score of 126.Taylor took the gold in the 100-meter dash ...

Long?s goal wins it for MP

Ashlee De Wit

News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

Forward Holly Long scored on a goal kick with just over three minutes left in the game to break a scoreless tie and give the Mt. Pleasant girls? soccer team a 1-0 Southeast Conference win over Keokuk at East Lake Park on Thursday.It was the third match in four days for the Panthers girls, who defeated Fairfield in the conference opener on Monday and were dealt their first loss of the season by Burlington Notre ...

Panthers take second in Washington

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

WASHINGTON ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? golf team beat Ft. Madison but fell to the home team at a triangular in Washington yesterday.The Panthers were led by Patrick Zelinski?s 40, while Quinn Daniel, Kiley Miller and Kyle Kauffman each shot a 41 to give the Panthers a team total of 163.Washington scored 157 as a team and Ft. Madison finished with a 202.Medalist Alex Thode from Washignton shot a 36 on the par-35 ...

W-MU golf defeats Lone Tree

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

WINFIELD ? The Winfield-Mt. Union golf teams hosted Lone Tree at the Twin Lakes Golf Club yesterday afternoon, and the Wolves won the meet on both the boys? and girls? sides.The W-MU boys were led by co-medalists Jake Edwards and Brody Heying, both of whom shot a 39. Klayton Booth scored a 42 for the Wolves, and Eric Spencer had a 45 for the team total of 165.The Lone Tree boys? scored 202 as a team.Also ...

Sanchez, Tigers dominant in shutout win over Clarke

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

PEOSTA ? Jacob Sanchez and Marcus Ledbetter combined on a four-hit shutout and received plenty of early offense as the Iowa Wesleyan College baseball team whitewashed Clarke University, 7-0, Tuesday afternoon at A.J. Spiegel Park.The Tigers scored all of their runs in the first two innings and finished with 13 hits to improve to 9-6 in Midwest Collegiate Conference play and sweep the three-game series for the ...

ISU Extension hosting monarch, pollinator class

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

AMES ? Iowa landowners who want to be part of the buzz surrounding pollinators can learn more about establishing monarch butterfly and other pollinator habitat on their land at an upcoming series of workshops across the state.?If you have questions about adding high-diversity habitat for monarchs and other pollinators to your land, these workshops are an excellent opportunity to gather information and begin ...

MP girls? soccer dealt first loss of the season

Ashlee De Wit

Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

The Mt. Pleasant girls soccer team took the field for the second day in a row, and this time they were dealt their first loss of the season: a 5-0 decision against the Class 1A 13th-ranked Burlington Notre Dame in a non-conference match.The Panthers are now 3-1 on the season.The Panthers were without three of their usual starters because of a conflict with the Iowa High School Jazz Band Championships in Des ...

Panther girls? golf outshoots Keokuk

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

KEOKUK ? The Mt. Pleasant girls? golf team claimed a narrow win over Keokuk at the Keokuk Country Club on Tuesday night.The Panthers outshot the Chiefs 228-231, led by runner-up medalist Natalie Booton?s 53 on the par-36 course.The medalist was Keokuk?s Katie Edwardson with a 44, but it wasn?t enough to keep Keokuk ahead of Mt. Pleasant in the team scores.Lindsay Dorn shot a 57 for the Panthers, while Courtney ...

Tigers scratch out split

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

LA CROSSE, WIS. ? Hits were few and far between for the Iowa Wesleyan College softball team, but the Tigers manufactured enough offense to split a doubleheader against Viterbo (Wis.) University Tuesday afternoon at the Viterbo Outdoor Athletic Complex.The Tigers and V-Hawks played a pair of low-scoring games, with Viterbo winning the opener 3-1 before IWC bounced back for a 3-2 win in the second game. The two ...

SEISC annouces all-academic list for winter sports

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:50 pm2687d ago

The Southeast Iowa Super Conference has released its all-academic list for winter sports. To qualify, a student must be a junior or senior athlete on the basketball, wrestling, or bowling team, or a cheerleader or manager for one of these teams. The student must have earned a 3.25 GPA in the most recent grading period.From New London: Caitlin Chiri, Olivia Lounsbury, Bria Mears, Caitlin Rice, Dalton Dudley, ...