By Ashlee De Wit - May 22
NEW LONDON — Central Lee had an answer for every run the Tigers scored, eventually claiming a 5-4 win over their hosts.
The New London softball ...
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May 22
DAVENPORT – Mt. Pleasant baseball opened its season with a doubleheader on the road Tuesday night, dropping both games to Davenport Assumption.
The...
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May 22
WINFIELD — With a five-run fourth inning, the Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team topped Louisa-Muscatine, 6-5, for their first win of the season.
L&M...
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May 22
Softball
W-MU 10
L&M 7
An eight-run first inning lifted the Wolves over L&M on Tuesday.
IMS 4
WACO 3
Iowa Mennonite School claimed a narrow ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 21
DES MOINES — Two medal winners and a broken school record highlighted the WACO track and field athletes’ trip to the state meet over the weekend.
T...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 21
IOWA CITY — The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ golf team claimed first place, and the New London boys were second in the team totals at the district ...
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May 21
Tuesday
— Mt. Pleasant baseball @ Davenport Assumption, 3 p.m.
— New London baseball @ Central Lee in Donnellson, 5:30 p.m.
— New London softball ...
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May 21
CALAMUS — The New London girls’ golf team advanced to state with a team score of 392 in the Region 4 tournament at the Wapsi Oaks Country Club in ...
May 21
Baseball
Wapello 8
W-MU 0
W-MU was no match for the Indians’ pitching in a game shortened by lightning.
Cardinal 12
New London 7
In a season-op...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 21
DES MOINES — He had nothing to lose.
With the Class 3A shot put title sealed, Mt. Pleasant’s Emmett Wester had one throw remaining in his high ...
May 21
OSKALOOSA — They’re moving on.
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ golf team scored 387 at yesterday’s Class 4A Region 3 Tournament, good enough for second ...
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May 20
There will be a tryout for the 2013-14 third grade tournament team at Mt. Pleasant Middle School on Wednesday from 7-8 p.m.
For more info call ...
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May 20
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ soccer team finished regular-season play on Friday night at home with a 1-0 win in double overtime against Class 1A ...
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By Ashlee De Wit - May 20
Scoring in all six hurdle events at the state track meet, the Mt. Pleasant teams have won back-to-back shuttle hurdle titles.
What is it that ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 20
DES MOINES — Tension gave way to adrenaline, which melted into tears of joy as the Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ shuttle hurdle team won the Class 1A ...
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May 20
Friday
Mt. Pleasant girls
Long jump — 1. Leslie Taylor, 18-0. Shot put — 4. Mary Wester, 38-7; 21. Elinor Krieger-Coble, 34-03. Distance medley — ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 20
DES MOINES — The Mt. Pleasant track and field teams scored in every single hurdle event at the state track meet, helping the boys’ team to a ...
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May 18
Mt. Pleasant defended its titles in both the girls' and boys' shuttle hurdle relays at the state track and field meet at Drake Stadium in Des ...
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May 17
Mt. Pleasant whitewashed Danville, 6-0, in boys’ soccer Thursday to finish the regular season at 11-3, its best record in the last 10 years. The ...
May 17
Cassie Kingery, top photo, anchored the Winfield-Mt. Union shuttle hurdle relay to the best qualifying time among Class 1A stick teams Thursday ...
May 17
By ASHLEE DE WIT
Mt. Pleasant News
DES MOINES — They’re back, and they’re ready to defend.
Both Mt. Pleasant shuttle hurdle teams claimed the No. ...
May 17
Mt. Pleasant and area track teams are off to a solid start at the Iowa High School Co-Ed Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Karlie Wade, ...
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May 16
Friday
— Mt. Pleasant, WACO and W-MU boys' and girls' track and field @ state meet in Des Moines.
— Mt. Pleasant girls' soccer hosts Mid-Prairie ...
May 16
COLUMBUS JUNCTION — The Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer team defeated Columbus Junction, 2-1, on Tuesday night and competes in its final regular-season ...
May 16
DES MOINES — With their class-leading time of 1:06.73, the Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ shuttle hurdle team of Anna Crawford, Karlie Wade, Emily ...
May 15
Mt. Pleasant senior Faith Pope has signed his letter of intent to attend Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, and play basketball for the ...
May 15
AKRON, Ohio — In their first season in the USCAA, the Tigers’ softball team finished fourth in the nation.
The Tigers went 2-2 at the USCAA ...
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May 15
Thursday
9:00 a.m. — 1A girls’ shuttle hurdle prelim: Anna Crawford, Karlie Wade, Emily Mathews and Cassie Kingery (W-MU)
11:30 a.m. — 1A girls’ ...
May 14
NEW LONDON — The New London girls’ golf team came up with a big win on their home course on Monday, advancing as a team to the regional final. ...
May 14
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer team allowed just one goal, but that was enough for Class 1A No. 2 Iowa City Regina to claim a win over the Panthers ...
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May 14
AMES (AP) — Iowa officials are offering two interactive websites showing the state's byways and bicycle trails.
The state Department of Transportat...
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May 14
AKRON, Ohio — The Iowa Wesleyan College Tigers’ softball team won their first game in the USCAA Softball National Championships, defeating St. ...
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May 14
The Iowa National Guard, in conjunction with the National Football League, is hosting three High School Player Development (HSPD) football camps ...
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May 14
The Mt. Pleasant eighth-grade girls’ track and field team traveled to Ft. Madison on May 6 for the Southeast Iowa Association of Middle Schools ...
May 14
Mt. Pleasant’s Corbin Remick received an award for his service as a track meet volunteer from the Iowa Track Officials Association.
Each official ...
May 13
County schools added a few more state qualifiers in track and field, as athletes from Mt. Pleasant, Winfield-Mt. Union and WACO have earned ...
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May 13
Tuesday
— Mt. Pleasant boys' soccer @ Columbus Junction, 5 p.m.
Thursday
— Mt. Pleasant, WACO and W-MU boys' and girls' track and field @ state ...
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May 13
NEW LONDON — The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ golf team won their sectional tournament at New London on Friday and New London placed second overall. ...
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May 13
MORAVIA — The Mt. Pleasant boys’ golf team competed Friday at its sectional meet at The Preserve on Rathbun Lake in Moravia, and the Panthers’ ...
May 13
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ tennis team fell to Pella Christian in the first round of their regional tournament on Saturday.
The boys’ team competed ...
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May 13
Lake Odessa
All the ramps on Odessa are still underwater.
Lake Geode
The water continues to clear up but is still a little cloudy. Largemouth ...
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May 10
Girls’ golf
Williamsburg 176
Mt. Pleasant 194
Washington 205
Courtney Mabeus led the Panthers with a score of 45.
Girls’ soccer
Mt. Pleasant ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 10
Editor’s note: this is part two of a two-part series. Read part one here.
“Mt. Pleasant has such a proud tradition of athletics,” said Jim ...
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May 10
RIVERSIDE — The Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ track and field team automatically qualified for state in three events, while the WACO boys qualified in ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 10
Running on their home track on a rainy but warm night, the Mt. Pleasant track and field teams earned 17 automatic bids to the state meet.
The ...
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May 09
Friday
— Mt. Pleasant boys’ golf @ sectional meet at the The Preserve on Rathbun Lake in Moravia, hosted by Centerville.
— Mt. Pleasant girls’ ...
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May 09
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ district tennis meet at Maharishi in Fairfield, which was scheduled for today (Thursday), has been postponed until Friday ...
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May 09
Grace Edwards was named second team all-conference and the Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ golf team placed fifth of seven teams at the Southeast Iowa ...
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May 09
On Monday, the Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade girls wrapped up their season when they placed second overall in the Southeast Middle School Association ...
May 09
The Iowa Wesleyan College softball team has been given the No. 4 seed for the USCAA Softball Small College World Series.
The Tigers (18-13) will ...
May 09
Mt. Pleasant’s Dalton Conrad signed his letter of intent to attend Mt. Mercy University and play basketball for the Mustangs next season.
In the ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 09
Editor’s note: this is part one of a two-part series. Read part two here.
In Mt. Pleasant, there are many, many opportunities for youth to be ...
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May 08
WEST BURLINGTON — The New London girls’ track and field team placed fourth overall and the boys took sixth in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference ...
May 08
Mt. Pleasant’s Kiley Miller’s 75 was the lowest score at the Southeast Conference boys’ golf tournament, earning him medalist honors.
The Panthers’...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 08
FAIRFIELD — Led by runner-up medalist Courtney Mabeus and aided by team depth, the Mt. Pleasant girls’ golf team came home from the SEC tournament ...
May 07
COLUMBUS JUNCTION — WACO’s Dylan Carlson was the conference champion in the 110-meter hurdles (14.86 seconds) and Kevin Anderson won the high jump ...
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May 07
FT. MADISON — The New London girls’ golf team won the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division tournament at Sheaffer Golf Course on Monday, ...
May 07
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ golf team hosted the Southeast Conference tournament today at Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club.
Pictured is the Panthers’ ...
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May 07
Iowa Wesleyan College’s Jacob Neilson, a senior from Bakersfield, Calif., has been named to the 2013 USCAA honorable mention all-American team.
Nei...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 07
The No. 15 Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer team picked up a 2-1 victory over Marion last night in a girls’ and boys’ doubleheader at East Lake Park. The ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 07
Mt. Pleasant’s Taylor Beatty claimed the No. 1 singles championship in the Southeast Conference girls’ tennis tournament in Fairfield yesterday, ...
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May 06
Tuesday
— Mt. Pleasant boys' golf hosts SEC tournament at Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club, 9 a.m.
— Mt. Pleasant girls' golf @ SEC tournament ...
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May 06
Lake Odessa
All the ramps on Odessa are still underwater.
Lake Geode
The water is starting to clear up. Largemouth bass — good: anglers are also ...
May 06
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ tennis team began Southeast Conference Tournament play this morning in Fairfield.
In the photo, the Panthers’ Shelby ...
May 06
The Iowa Wesleyan College softball team has qualified for the USCAA National Tournament after finishing the regular season at 18-13.
The Tigers ...
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May 06
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is accepting public comments on proposals for five hunting and trapping seasons through May 23.
The ...
May 06
The Morning Sun PTO held at Donkey Basketball game at the Morning Sun School gym Sunday evening.Teams from Morning Sun, Wapello, Mediapolis and ...
May 03
Led by North Division medalist Jake Edwards, the Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ golf team won the Southeast Iowa Super Conference meet at Sheaffer Golf ...
May 03
In the photo, Mt. Pleasant’s Emily Hatfield serves at a meet earlier this season. The meet that the Panther girls were supposed to play in ...
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May 03
Saturday
— Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer hosts Burlington Notre Dame at East Lake Park, 12:30 p.m.
— Mt. Pleasant girls’ soccer @ Burlington, 5 p.m.
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May 03
The Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division track meet at West Burlington and the North Division meet at Columbus, both of which were ...
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By By Rusty Ebert - May 03
Keosauqua and Fairfield businessman Tom Louden thought at the start of the Boston Marathon that the race would be remembered for the outstanding ...
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May 03
FT. MADISON — The New London boys’ golf team finished as the runner-up in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South after scoring 353 at yesterday’...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 03
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer team dominated Ft. Madison in a Southeast Conference matchup, 7-0, upping its season record to 7-2 overall (6-1 SEC) ...
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May 02
FT. MADISON — The Mt. Pleasant seventh grade girls’ track and field team placed second overall out of six teams at the Ft. Madison Invitational on ...
May 02
WELLMAN — The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ golf team placed fifth of 10 teams at the Mid-Prairie Tournament on Tuesday, just one stroke behind the ...
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May 02
FT. MADISON — The New London golf teams each came up with wins in their triangular meet on Tuesday against Mediapolis and Holy Trinity Catholic.
Th...
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May 02
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ tennis team lost a 7-2 meet against still-undefeated Keokuk, while the boys’ team picked up a decisive win over Fairfield ...
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May 02
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ golf team picked up a win at Fairfield on Tuesday, 201-219, led by medalist Courtney Mabeus’ score of 46.
“Courtney had a ...
May 02
Mt. Pleasant’s Cameron Frank has signed his letter of intent to attend the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and play basketball for the Rangers ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 02
WAYLAND — With a win from Jennie Greene in the 200-meter dash and quite a few other top-six finishes, the WACO girls’ track and field team claimed ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 01
WASHINGTON — The Mt. Pleasant girls’ track and field team won its second straight Southeast Conference title last night in Washington.
The boys ...
Apr 30
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ tennis team defeated Fairfield, 5-4, and the boys’ team dropped a meet against a tough Keokuk team, 8-1.
In the girls’ ...
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Apr 30
RIVERSIDE — The WACO girls’ track and field team placed third of four teams and the boys were fifth of six teams at the Highland Co-Ed Meet on ...
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Apr 30
BURLINGTON — The Mt. Pleasant girls’ golf team took third of 14 teams in the Burlington Invitational at Flint Hills Golf Course on Monday.
Pleasant...
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Apr 30
The New London High School track meet that was postponed due to rain on on April 23 will not be rescheduled.
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Apr 30
The Iowa Wesleyan College baseball team split two games with Ashford University on Saturday, winning game one, 5-1, and falling 6-5 in a nine-innin...
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Apr 30
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — The Iowa Wesleyan College track and field teams competed at the Illinois College True Blue Open on Saturday.
The IWC men’s ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Apr 30
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ soccer team continued Southeast Conference play at home against Keokuk Monday night and came out on top, 2-1, in a match ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Apr 30
FAIRFIELD — With his jump of 6-5 1/4, Logan Mulford broke a long-standing school record in the high jump.
The Panther senior jumped 1/4 of an inch ...
Apr 29
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ tennis team upped its season record to 4-1 with a 7-2 victory over visiting Ft. Madison in a conference meet at East Lake ...
Apr 29
FAIRFIELD — The Mt. Pleasant boys’ golf team defeated Keokuk in a Southeast Conference dual meet on Friday before taking sixth place of eight ...
Apr 29
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer team fell to 5-2 on the season with a pair of losses at the end of last week. The Panthers dropped a conference ...
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Apr 29
Tuesday
— Mt. Pleasant boys’ and girls’ track and field @ Southeast Conference meet in Washington, 5 p.m.
— Mt. Pleasant boys’ tennis hosts Keokuk ...
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Apr 29
DONNELLSON — A pair of career bests led the Mt. Pleasant girls’ golf team to a second-place finish at the Central Lee Invitational at Green Acres ...
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Apr 29
The IWC men’s golf team competed at the Scot-Fire Invitational over the weekend.
The Tigers finished sixth out of 12 teams with a two-day score of ...
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Apr 29
FT. MADISON — The Mt. Pleasant boys’ tennis team played the same team and got the same results, but Coach Tyler Rodgers saw improvement.
The ...
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Apr 29
KEOKUK — Led by Baylee Lindell’s 52, the New London girls’ golf team topped Keokuk in dual meet at Keokuk on Friday.
The Tigers shot a 215 to beat ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Apr 29
DES MOINES — The Mt. Pleasant girls’ track and field team had three placewinners (top-six finish) at the Drake Relays this weekend — the most ...
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Apr 26
BURLINGTON — The Mt. Pleasant boys’ tennis team topped Notre Dame/West Burlington, 6-3, in an away meet at Dankwardt Park on Thursday.
No. 2 ...
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Apr 26
ELSAH, Ill. — Iowa Wesleyan softball picked up a pair of five-inning road wins over Principia College on Thursday, 10-0 and 9-1.
In the opener, ...
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Apr 26
FAIRFIELD — The Mt. Pleasant girls soccer team traveled to Fairfield on Thursday evening and came away with a 3-2 win over the Trojans.
Allie ...
Apr 26
WAYLAND — The WACO girls’ track and field team won the Class B division of its home invitational, the Ekstrand Relays, on Thursday, and the Mt. ...
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Apr 26
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ golf team placed fourth of 18 teams at the Moravia Tournament on Thursday.
They played the Reserve Golf Course, which is ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Apr 25
It looks like it may finally be spring. Unfortunately, for the spring sports teams, it’s arriving a little late.
This season’s weather has wreaked ...
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Apr 25
Friday
— Mt. Pleasant boys' and girls' track and field, W-MU girls’ track and field @ Drake Relays in Des Moines, 8 a.m.
— Mt. Pleasant boys' ...
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Apr 25
CANTON, Mo. — The Iowa Wesleyan College baseball team lost both games of a doubleheader against Culver-Stockton College on Wednesday in Canton, ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Apr 25
The Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union has made regional assignments for the girls’ golf teams.
Postseason information for Class 1A boys’ golf ...
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Apr 25
DURANT — The Winfield-Mt. Union boys’ golf team traveled Tuesday to the Wildcat Invite in Durant at the Wahkonsa Country Club.
“We played in ...
