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Hot wings contest to heat up Mt. Pleasant

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

MT. PLEASANT (GTNS) ? Chicken wing fans, assemble. Wings in the Spring is coming to Mt. Pleasant?s Central Park 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday.Expected to bring together at least a dozen amateur chefs from around the southeast Iowa area to downtown Mt. Pleasant, the first-ever Wings in the Spring chicken wing cooking contest will award cash prizes to the top competitors as well as the people?s choice recipient.In ...

New London boys' track turns in personal bests at Mediapolis

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

The New London boys' track team finished in a two-way tie for sixth place Tuesday, April 5, at the Mediapolis track meet; New London tied with WACO with 31 points. Senior Austin Allen medaled in two events, the long jump and 100 meter dash, with two second place finishes. Allen's jump of 19'-6" and time of 11.46 in the 100 meter were both season bests. Along with Allen turning in season bests, Josh ...

Mt. Pleasant track, tennis postponed

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

The Mt. Pleasant boys' and girls' track meet at Centerville tonight has been postponed. The meet has been rescheduled to tomorrow evening, starting at 5 p.m.The Mt. Pleasant girls tennis meet at Fairfield tonight has been postponed to tomorrow afternoon. The meet will start at 4:30 p.m.The boys' tennis meet against Fairfield has also been postponed and will be made up on Tuesday, April 12, starting at 4:30 ...

Mt. Pleasant boys' golf runners up to Washington in season opener

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

The Mt. Pleasant boys' golf team opened its 2011 season with a second place finish at Washington, 161-184. Mt. Pleasant's Aaron Schleisman and Ross Heitmeier each shot a 45 to lead the varsity team as Washington's Joseph Harris shot a two under par 33 to win medalist. Sully Dameron's 48 led the JV team, while Dustin Higginbotham shot a 49 over the nine-hole, par 35 course. Washington also won the JV ...

MP girls' golf second at Keokuk tournament

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

The Mt. Pleasant girls' golf team finished second to Washington, 359-387, at the Keokuk tournament on Thursday, while Natalie Booton picked up another medalist finish. Booton shot an 87 on the par 72 course, while Courtney Mabeus shot a 109, also in the medal play format. Lindsay Dorn and Mackenzie Notestein won the runner up medal after shooting an 85 in best shot format. Morgan Barton and Danika ...

Henry County sets PQA, TQA producer sessions June 6

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

MT. PLEASANT ? The Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are teaming up to provide training for pork producers and others who need certification in either Pork Quality Assurance Plus program or Transport Quality Assurance.A certification session for each has been set on June 6 in Henry County.The session will be held at the ISU Extension and Outreach Henry County office in ...

MP boys' soccer falls in double OT to Centerville

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

The Mt. Pleasant boys' soccer team suffered a heartbreaker on Tuesday, April 5 in its first game of the season, a 2-1, double overtime loss to Centerville. Mt. Pleasant scored first on a goal from Austin Foster at the 17:50 mark in the first half before Centerville tied the game at 1-1 at 10:02 in the second half on a free kick. Centerville won the game on a goal with two minutes to play in the second ...

Mt. Pleasant girls' tennis falls at Centerville

N/A Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

The Mt. Pleasant girls tennis team dropped to 1-2 overall this season after a 6-3 loss at Centerville Tuesday afternoon. Kirsten Snyder remained undefeated in singles play after a 8-6 win over Kenzie Richmond, while Makayla McClellan improved to 2-1 on the season with a 9-7 win over Brogan Bulechek. Snyder with Britanny Medina won their doubles match against Richmond and Delaney Evers, of Centerville, ...

Mt. Pleasant boys' track overtakes records, cut times at Burlington

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

More records fell and more season best times were posted Tuesday evening at the Carl C. Johannsen Relays in Burlington for the Mt. Pleasant boys' track team. The 4x800 meter and shuttle hurdle relay teams each posted times fast enough to break into the all-time records for Mt. Pleasant en route to second place finishes at the meet. The 4x800 team of Tommy Thorne, Eric Hahn, Scott Hahn and Tylor Hoyle landed ...

Mt. Pleasant girls' golf opens season with win over Fairfield

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

The Mt. Pleasant girls' golf team started its 2011 season Tuesday, April 5 with a win over Fairfield, 222-237. Natalie Booton, district champion from last season, won the individual title of medalist at the meet, beating out Fairfield's state qualifier Sami Herman by one stroke, 47-48. The Fairfield Country Club is a par 37 course. Courtney Mabeus followed Booton with a 54 against Fairfield, followed ...

Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer routs Centerville in season opener

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

With a 5-0 lead at halftime, the Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer team rolled to a season opening win over Centerville on Tuesday, April 5, 9-0. The Panthers found scoring from six different players as Florencia Leunis, Erin Watt and Holly Long each scoring two goals in the win. DeAnn Scott, Allie Liechty and Sarah Pieper each scored once against Centerville. "The defense of Leah Boughton, Hannah LeBlanc, ...

Mt. Pleasant girls track posts season best times at IC West

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:46 pm2560d ago

Though the Mt. Pleasant girls' track team finished sixth in a field of eight teams loaded with 4A schools, the team finished the night with six season best times in events Tuesday evening at the Iowa City West relays. "We try to find the best competition we can; running against the big schools makes us work harder and prepares us well for conference, district and state meets at the end of the season," said ...