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Men?s season ends with loss to St. Ambrose

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DAVENPORT ? The Iowa Wesleyan College men?s basketball team ended its season with an 86-79 loss to St. Ambrose University in the MCC Tournament on Wednesday night.Eighth-seeded IWC was unable to topple the No. 1 seeded Fighting Bees and ended its season with an overall record of 12-14. St. Ambrose improves to 23-8 overall and will continue its run in the tournament against fifth-seeded Waldorf College on Friday ...

Colton Aplara places eighth at state

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DES MOINES ? On Saturday night, Mt. Pleasant?s Colton Aplara celebrated his first-ever trip to the state wrestling tournament by taking his place on the podium.Aplara lost his first match of the tournament, but came back with a win in the first round of consolation matches on Thursday.He then defeated Jordan Rouse Ankeny on Friday afternoon by a 4-3 decision to advance in the tournament.The 220-pounder?s win ...

Sawyer Farris takes third in state wrestling tournament

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

1:00 p.m., SaturdayWith a 4-2 decision, Farris defeated Erickson to take the third-place spot at the state wrestling tournament. 10:40 a.m., SaturdayNew London-WMU's Sawyer Farris (120) pinned Matt Bieber, Clear Lake, in 3:29 during his consolation semi-final match this morning.The senior upped his record to 46-1 on the season and moves on to the consolation finals later today, when he will face Mediapolis' ...

What to watch this week

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

Monday? Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball vs. Ft. Madison, at Mt. Pleasant, district tournament, 7 p.m. Tuesday? Mt. Pleasant Christian School basketball vs. staff, parents and alumni, in Cottrell Gym, 6 p.m. Wednesday? IWC men?s basketball vs. St. Ambrose University, in Davenport, MCC Tournament, 7 p.m. Thursday? Mt. Pleasant boys? basketball team at district tournament game*, tentatively at Fairfield, 7 ...

What to watch this weekend

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

Friday? State wrestling tournament in Des Moines.? Mt. Pleasant Christian School basketball at HACC Tournament in Des Moines.? W-MU girls? basketball vs. Burlington-Notre Dame, regional tournament, in Winfield, 7 p.m. Saturday? IWC basketball vs. St. Ambrose University, at Ruble Arena, women start at 1 p.m. and men play at 3 p.m.? IWC track and field at University of Dubuque. Next weekMonday? Mt. ...

WACO, W-MU drop first-round district games

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

The WACO and Winfield-Mt. Union boys? basketball teams have been eliminated from postseason play after suffering losses in their first-round district tournament games last night.The Warriors dropped a 44-41 decision to Holy Trinity Catholic in Wayland, while the Wolves were knocked out after a 59-29 road loss to Sigourney.WACO played a close game against the Crusaders, holding a 12-11 edge at the end of the ...

Turnovers plague Tiger women in loss to No. 13 Mt. Mercy

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Mt. Mercy University turned 28 Iowa Wesleyan College turnovers into 33 points en route to an 83-74 victory in Midwest Collegiate Conference women?s basketball play Wednesday night at Ruble Arena.IWC fell to 16-10 overall and 12-5 in the MCC and, with one regular season game remaining, clinched third place in the conference. The Mustangs, ranked No. 13 in the latest NAIA Division II Top 25 Coaches? poll, improved ...

JV boys split games

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The JV team claimed a 55-50 win over Washington on Friday night before dropping a narrow game against Burlington, 52-49, on Monday.Against rival Washington, the Panthers took an early lead.?We played a great first half but came out a little flat in the second half for the second game in a row,? Coach Tyler Rodgers said. ?Fortunately, we were able to make free-throws and some key defensive stops when we needed ...

Brown highlights MCC meet

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

STERLING, Ill. ? Keith Brown won the Midwest Collegiate Conference title in the men?s 55-meter hurdles to lead the Iowa Wesleyan College track and field teams at the MCC Indoor Championships on Saturday.Brown?s time of :07.63 in the hurdles broke the meet record previously held by Christian Awah of Ashford University last year with a time of :07.69. His time also broke the school record time of :07.65, which he ...

Women win, men fall to Ashford

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

The Iowa Wesleyan College women?s basketball team jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first 12 minutes and never looked back on their way to defeating Ashford University 67-40 Saturday afternoon at Ruble Arena.The win moves the Tigers to 16-9 overall and 12-4 in the MCC. Ashford falls to 9-18 overall and 5-11 in conference play. The Tigers remain in sole possession of third place in the MCC standings.The Tigers ...

Trapshooters take gold

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

Twelve members of the Mt. Pleasant trapshooting team traveled to Montrose to compete in the Satellite Iowa Winter Games on Feb. 11, getting some practice in during the offseason.?After a winter of not shooting, they still had the edge,? Panther Coach John Klopfenstein said.One Mt. Pleasant squad took first place in the team event with a score of 354. They beat out the West Central Illinois team, which scored ...

Eighth grade boys' teams go 1-2 against James Madison, Fairfield

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

The Mt. Pleasant eighth grade boys? basketball team came home with a 1-2 record from contests in Burlington and Fairfield in the last week.The ?A? team lost to James Madison, 49-26, and to Fairfield, 42-23.Keegan Pullis had 18 points to lead the Panthers against James Madison, while Cale Christner and Alex Carrasco each added four points.Against Fairfield, Darren Hunter was the leading scorer with eight ...