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NL boys swept in weekend games

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NEW LONDON ? Despite scoring 43 points, the New London Tigers dropped their Saturday game to Wapello. The final score was 59-43.It was the Tigers? second loss of the weekend. They were on the low end of Friday night?s final, 52-23, against Central Lee.The Tigers managed only two points in the first quarter and five in the fourth against the Hawks on Friday.Matayo Christianer and Cameron Watson put up seven ...

Harper, Tigers return from long layoff to hold off Waldorf

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FOREST CITY ? Jeff Harper scored 22 points in his return from an ankle injury and the Iowa Wesleyan College men?s basketball team held off a late charge by Waldorf College for a 77-71 win Wednesday night in Midwest Collegiate Conference play.The Tigers played for the first time in 25 days and shot 50.8 percent from the field, never trailing to improve to 8-3 overall, 3-1 in the MCC. The Warriors made it interesti...

New London drops two to Holy Trinity

Ashlee De Wit

News Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

NEW LONDON ? Both the New London boys? and girls? basketball teams struggled in their matchups against Holy Trinity on Tuesday night, the boys dropping a 62-37 decision and the girls falling by a score of 45-25.Through the first half of the girls? game, neither team was having much luck at the basket ? the Crusaders were up 15-6 at halftime.In the third quarter, both teams picked up the pace, Holy Trinity ...

WACO girls drop game to Mediapolis

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

WAYLAND ? Michaela Kremer scored 18 points, but it wasn?t enough as the Warrior girls dropped a 60-42 conference game to undefeated Mediapolis on Tuesday night.The Bullettes jumped to an early lead, taking control of the game by a score of 19-14 by the end of the first quarter. They had stretched that lead to 33-21 by the end of the half.The Warriors outscored Mediapolis in the third quarter, showing a little ...

Shull gets offseason break, heads to spring training in February

Ashlee De Wit

News Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

While the Mt. Pleasant basketball teams have been on break, Mt. Pleasant graduate Braden Shull has also been on an athletic break.Shull was drafted by the Philadelphia Philles? Major League baseball team, and agreed to join the organization in August. He moved to Clearwater, Fla., to play the end of the season with the Gulf Coast Phillies before playing in the fall instructional league.He came home after that ...

What to watch this week:

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News Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

TuesdayMt. Pleasant wrestling at Mediapolis, 6:30 p.m.WACO basketball vs. Mediapolis, in Wayland, freshman/sophomore girls and boys start at 4:30, followed by varsity girls and boys.W-MU basketball vs. Lone Tree, in Winfield, girls start at 6 p.m.New London basketball vs. Holy Trinity, in New London, girls start at 6 p.m.*UPDATE* The WACO wrestling meet listed in the newspaper today was cancelled, and it ...

Back on the court

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On Jan. 6 ? one week from tomorrow ? the Panthers will be back on the basketball court. The boys host Washington, starting with the freshman game at 4:45, and the girls travel to play the Demons, also starting at 4:45.Each of the WACO, W-MU and New London teams has a game at home on Tuesday, Jan. 3. WACO hosts Mediapolis, W-MU hosts Lone Tree and New London will host Holy Trinity. Girls? games start at 6 p.m.

Villalobos receives Player of the Week honor

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Senior guard Adilene Villalobos, from Tucson, Ariz., has been named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Women?s Basketball Player of the Week, as announced by the MCC on Monday.Villalobos posted a pair of strong performances off the bench last week as IWC split a pair of games at the La Quinta Stritch Holiday Classic hosted by Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) University on Dec. 19 and 20.She averaged 13.5 points and ...

Tyler McGuire prepares for next MMA fight

Ashlee De Wit

News Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

After claiming a win in just over a minute in his first-ever Mixed Martial Arts fight, Mt. Pleasant?s Tyler McGuire, 25, is going back for round two.He will fight in the Extreme Challenge 201, again at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, on Jan. 14.He doesn?t know yet whom he will be fighting, and he also says that it doesn?t matter ? he?s ready for anything.McGuire?s first MMA fight was on Aug. 27. At ...

Holgorsen takes WVU to Orange Bowl

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

MORGANTOWN, W. VA. ? In one week, Mt. Pleasant native and West Virginia University football coach Dana Holgorsen will take his team to the Orange Bowl, becoming one of only seven coaches in history to make a BCS game during his rookie season as a head coach.Holgorsen led the No. 23 Moutaineers to a 9-3 record this year after taking over for former head coach Bill Stewart in June. He was the first-ever WVU ...

Winter break: coaches comment

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

The Christmas season brings a break in the schedules for winter sports teams.See what the Mt. Pleasant coaches do to keep their players in shape. Joanna Settles, girls' basketball When do you start practicing again??We start (today). On Saturday, we have a five-team scrimmage at Cedar Rapids Kennedy.? What was the effect of the break on the players??Well, they did some working out on ...

No. 4 MP spreads out scoring in win over Osky

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Sports Sep. 30, 2018 10:49 pm2687d ago

OSKALOOSA ? Seven Panthers scored in a 45-33 Mt. Pleasant win over Oskaloosa on Tuesday night.The boys were ahead 27-16 by the half, leading throughout the game, and went on to get the win.The team is now 7-1 on the season.Cameron Frank led the team with 12 points, followed by Blake Vandenberg with eight and Nick Lyon with seven. Dalton Conrad and Ryan Hanna put up six points each, while Jordan Ashton ...