New London?s Jen Loyd took home a hand-crafted birdhouse as a prize for winning the women?s side of the five-mile Running Wild trail race.The race was at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge, near Wapello, on Aug. 27.Racers could choose between three- and five-mile courses. Each course wound through the wetlands, which are filled with with great egrets, herons, ducks, deer, turkeys and other wildlife, as ...
WINFIELD ? W-MU got its first volleyball win of the season in its home opener against conference opponent Van Buren last night. The Wolves took all three games, never letting Van Buren score more than 17.?Last week we had a lot of unforced errors and a lot of new varsity starters,? Head Coach Dave Pieart said.But last night, Pieart didn?t see that same nervous group: ?We served particularly well, and our ...
Iowa Wesleyan College will attempt to fire up its offense against Quincy (Ill.) University Saturday night on the road in a non-league game.The Tigers sputtered offensively in an opening 42-7 loss to eighth-ranked William Penn University last week. IWC gained just 223 yards against the Statesmen, including just 36 yards in the second half, and Penn eventually pulled away with three touchdowns in the final 15:13 ...
Friday, Sept. 2: Mt. Pleasant football vs. Williamsburg, Mapleleaf Field, 7:30 p.m.New London football vs. Montezuma, New London High School, 7 p.m.WACO football vs. North Mahaska, WACO High School, 7 p.m.W-MU football at Cardinal, in Eldon, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3: Mt. Pleasant cross-country at Pella Invite (Central College)IWC football at Quincy University, in Quincy, Ill.IWC ...
The Mt. Pleasant Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for Panther cheerleading camp and kindergarten flag football.Cheerleading camp is for children from kindergarten through fifth grade, and will be on Saturday mornings from Sept. 10 to Oct. 8 at the Cottrell Gym.Each cheerleader will be taught jumps, chats and flexibilty exercises, and then will cheer at the Oct. 14 Panther football ...
For the Panthers? first week, Head Football Coach Bob Jensen didn?t know what to expect from his team, most of which was new to varsity football. This week, in the team?s home opener, he?s looking for a solid performance as the team tackles even tougher competition.?I hope to show up and play a solid game again,? he said. ?We made mistakes, but I hope we can improve from week one. We?ll have to be better.?To...
Pictured is the Mt. Pleasant Hot Stix 10U softball team, which took first place at the Keosauqua End of Summer Slam Tournament on Aug. 27.Front row, from left: Keelyn McNamee, Jacklyn Goodman, Delaney McDowell, Trinity Krabill, Dani Broecker.Middle row: Coach Tisha Horn, Maddie Williamson, Abby Smith, Kelsey Notestein, Anni Liechty, Chloe Beavers, Chi Glaha, and Coach Carla McNamee.Back row: Coach Tony ...
WILLIAMSBURG ? Sophomore Hannah Weber led the young Mt. Pleasant cross-country girls to a fourth-place finish last night, Aug. 30, with a time one and a half minutes faster than she ran last year in the Williamsburg Raider Invitational.?Hannah Weber is running very well, as are Emma Ludwig and Natalie Ita,? Coach Jean Caboth said.Weber dropped her finish time to 16:35 in the 2.5-mile varsity race, good for ...
KALONA ? The W-MU girls took seventh of nine teams in the Iowa Mennonite School Early Bird Cross-country Meet yesterday, Aug. 30, and the WACO girls were right behind them.WACO senior Madison Roth was the team?s top finisher, taking eighth overall with a time of 17:41.The rest of the WACO team left a gap after Roth, and the team score totaled 244.?Eighth is probably higher than I expected ? there were a ...
WILLIAMSBURG ? The Mt. Pleasant boys? cross-country team placed third out of nine teams at the Williamsburg Raider Invitational last night, Aug. 30, but will need to close gaps between their runners to become a top-place finisher this season.Senior Zach May finished first for the Panthers and third overall with a time of 17:17 in the 3.1-mile race.?He ran an aggressive, strong race,? Coach Mitch Anderson ...
The Henry County Whitetails Unlimited group donated $1,200 to the Mt. Pleasant Community High School trap shooting team.The team was started last year by John Klopfenstein, and 20 students joined. Klopfenstein was the head coach, assisted by Mike Vens.The trapshooters competed during the spring season in the Junior Varsity division and won the state championship. The team then continued practicing and ...
CEDAR RAPIDS ? The Iowa Wesleyan College volleyball team was competitive throughout but took four losses to begin a new year at the Mt. Mercy University Zio Johnos Mustang Invitational on Friday and Saturday.Wesleyan posted its best performance on Saturday against Avila, winning the first two sets to take firm control of the match, only to see the Eagles come back to even the match at 2-2. and then win the ...
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