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Jun 19
IOWA CITY — Four members of the University of Iowa football team have been named to Athlon Sports’ Preseason All-Big Ten team, including first ...
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Jun 19
DES MOINES (AP) — A Department of Natural Resources biologist says Iowa's pheasant population likely will decline this year because of the cool ...
Jun 19
WINFIELD — Four runs were not enough for the Winfield-Mt. Union softball team, which fell to Mediapolis in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference North ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 19
WINFIELD — Three Winfield-Mt. Union errors helped the visiting Mediapolis baseball team to a five-run second inning on its way to a 10-2 Southeast ...
Jun 18
The Mt. Pleasant 12U Hot Stix softball team was the 2013 Iowa ASA Class B State Champion, winning the June 14-16 tournament in Nevada.
The team is ...
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Jun 18
Baseball
New London 10
Notre Dame 0
Matayo Christianer pitched a five-inning one-hitter, while Quincy Porter led the Tigers at the plate with a ...
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Jun 18
DES MOINES — The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships return to Drake Stadium this week.
Complimentary tickets are available for K-12 ...
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Jun 18
FT. MADISON — The Mt. Pleasant softball team split a pair of one-run games against Ft. Madison on Monday night, falling 4-3 in the opener, but ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 18
FT. MADISON — Fielding mishaps cost the Mt. Pleasant baseball team in the opener of a Southeast Conference doubleheader against Ft. Madison, which ...
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Jun 17
Winfield’s Jake Edwards golfed in the Iowa PGA Cedar Rapids Junior event on June 13, placing in a tie for ninth among 32 golfers in the 16-18 year ...
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Jun 17
Lake Odessa
Odessa ramps remained flooded.
Lake Belva Deer
The water is fairly clear. The recent warm weather is finally getting the water temps ...
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Jun 17
Softball
New London 5
Albia 1
New London 3
West Liberty 1
The Tigers went 2-0 at the West Liberty Tournament this weekend, allowing just two ...
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Jun 17
Tuesday
— WACO softball @ Louisa-Muscatine, varsity starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by JV.
— W-MU softball hosts Mediapolis, JV starts at 5:30 ...
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Jun 17
The following Mt. Pleasant games have been rescheduled:
JV/V baseball: the games at Oskaloosa from June 4 have been rescheduled for July 11 at ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 17
Mt. Pleasant Community High School has announced Mitch Anderson as the new head boys’ track and field coach. Anderson, who is also the head coach ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 17
BURLINGTON — The Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer team played a few offseason matches this weekend as they competed in the Adidas Boys’ Summer Soccer ...
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Jun 14
A basketball camp for girls in fourth to eighth grades is scheduled for June 24-26 at Mt. Pleasant Middle School.
The camp will run from 9:30 a.m. ...
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Jun 14
Softball
W-MU 4
L&M 3
The Wolves clawed out a narrow win over their SEISC North foe to end their eight-game skid.
New London 2
Central Lee ...
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By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 14
In each game they scored six runs, and in each game it was all they needed.
The Keokuk softball team swept Mt. Pleasant in an Southeast Conference ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 14
After going scoreless through the first five innings of the opener, Mt. Pleasant baseball came alive at the plate and posted 19 runs over the next ...
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Jun 13
Friday
— New London baseball hosts Central Lee, JV starts at 5:30 p.m.
— W-MU baseball @ Louisa-Muscatine, JV starts at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
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Jun 13
ALBIA — The Mt. Pleasant baseball team posted eight runs, but it still wasn’t enough to overcome host Albia in a nonconference contest on Wednesday...
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By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 13
WAPELLO — The Mt. Pleasant softball team put four runs on the board early and four runs on the board late to claim an 8-6, nonconference win over ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 13
WAYLAND — The dominant pitching and hot bats of the New London softball team were too much for the struggling WACO squad in a varsity twinbill on ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 12
With some big hits early — and good defense backing up a solid pitching performance — the Mt. Pleasant softball team shut out Ft. Madison in the ...
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By Michael Leach - Jun 12
ELDON — Cardinal put itself in good position for a win, but visiting New London got the hitting bug just in the nick of time Tuesday.
After ...
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By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 12
Mt. Pleasant’s Holly Long received the top honor from Southeast Conference girls’ soccer coaches this season, earning the title of SEC Player of ...
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By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 12
Mt. Pleasant’s Bo Vitale has earned an all-state honorable mention for his efforts this boys’ soccer season.
Vitale scored 27 goals on the year, ...
Jun 12
Baseball
Wapello 8
W-MU 0
The Wolves had three hits, but they couldn’t manufacture a run in their contest against Wapello on Tuesday night.
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By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 11
Fairfield’s Austin Gridley threw a no-hitter in game one to lead the Trojans to a 6-0 Southeast Conference victory over host Mt. Pleasant, but the ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 11
All three facets of the game were working for the Fairfield softball team, which stretched its win streak to 11 games with a Southeast Conference ...
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Jun 10
Softball
Van Buren 7, 10
WACO 0, 4
The Warriors had just seven hits over two games against Van Buren, unable to come up with enough offense to ...
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Jun 10
Tuesday
— Mt. Pleasant softball hosts doubleheader against Ft. Madison,
5:30 p.m.
— New London softball @ Cardinal, JV starts @ 5:30 p.m.
— New ...
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Jun 10
Two Mt. Pleasant families who are trying to raise money for international adoptions are holding a 5K run/walk at East Lake Park on Saturday, June ...
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Jun 10
Valley Community Golf Coach Robin Madole, daughter of Mt. Pleasant’s Marlyn and Shirly Madole of Mt. Pleasant, was named the 2013 golf recipient ...
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Jun 10
By ASHLEE DE WIT
Mt. Pleasant News
FAIRFIELD — New London’s Morgan Christner pitched a four-hitter and went 2-for-2 with two RBIs to lead the ...
Jun 07
NEW LONDON — The New London softball team pounded out 10 hits for eight runs while Tiger ace Morgan Christner and the defense held Van Buren ...
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Jun 07
Softball
Lone Tree 9
W-MU 2
W-MU fell to Lone Tree in North Division contest, and the Wolves look to break their losing streak tonight in a ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 07
WASHINGTON — Class 4A No. 9 Washington was too much for an exhausted Mt. Pleasant softball team to handle, and the Demons claimed a pair of ...
By Travis J. Brown - Jun 07
WASHINGTON — Mt. Pleasant’s Connor Shull and Dustin Amos both had sparkling pitching performances, and the Panthers swept Southeast Conference ...
Jun 06
It was a perfect Wednesday for New London. The Tiger softball team went undefeated at yesterday’s Mt. Pleasant Classic, finishing 3-0 on the ...
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Jun 06
Friday
— New London softball @ Fairfield Tournament.
— New London baseball @ Van Buren in Keosauqua, JV starts at 5:30 p.m.
— WACO softball ...
Jun 06
Mt. Pleasant’s Bo Vitale was named Southeast Conference Player of the Year for his efforts on the soccer field this season.
Vitale was tied for ...
Jun 06
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ golf team had its awards banquet, where the participants and letterwinners were recognized.
Pictured above is the team ...
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Jun 05
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ soccer team held their banquet on Tuesday evening.
Pictured are the special award winners. From left: Maddy Long (Player ...
Jun 05
BLOOMFIELD — Mt. Pleasant defeated Albia, 4-1, at the Davis County Tournament on Tuesday, but the Panthers couldn’t generate much offense in their ...
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Jun 05
PELLA — Four Mt. Pleasant golfers competed in the state co-ed tournament on Tuesday at Bos Landen Golf Course in Pella.
Kyle Kauffman teamed up ...
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Jun 05
Softball
IMS 12
W-MU 0
Iowa Mennonite’s Casey Perez did some damage with three hits — including two doubles — and four RBIs, leading IMS to a big ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 05
WINFIELD — Four early runs helped catapult the Winfield-Mt. Union baseball team to a victory over Iowa Mennonite in a Southeast Iowa Super ...
Jun 04
On May 19, the Mt. Pleasant USBC Bowling Association held its annual spring meeting and announced awards for the season.
Four members were ...
Jun 04
The Mt. Pleasant Youth 10 Traveling Soccer Team won the Oskaloosa Tournament on Saturday, June 1.
The team is pictured at left. Front row, from ...
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Jun 04
IOWA CITY — Jordan Cotton, a Mt. Pleasant native and the University of Iowa Hawkeye football team’s kicker returner, has been named to Phil ...
Jun 04
The Mt. Pleasant boys’ track and field team had its awards banquet Sunday night, recognizing both the athletes and Coach Scot Lamm.
Pictured is ...
Jun 04
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ track and field team celebrated its season and recognized award winners on Monday night at its annual banquet.
The special ...
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Jun 04
WEST BURLINGTON — After three scoreless innings, the West Burlington softball team put nine runs on the board in the fourth, and that’s all they ...
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Jun 04
NEW LONDON — The New London baseball team got on the board first, but a six-run inning by West Burlington lifted the Falcons over the Tigers, ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 04
WAYLAND — They hit, they bunted and they walked — the WACO softball team got on first any way it could. Then the Warriors stole their way around ...
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Jun 03
Baseball
W-MU 3
Columbus 2
Jacob Arnold pitched a complete game for the Wolves, striking out 11 batters. Arnold and Sam Jennings each knocked in ...
By Ashlee De Wit - Jun 03
“We couldn’t field, couldn’t hit, couldn’t pitch,” Coach Brent Broeker said. “We just really had no flow.”
The Mt. Pleasant baseball team lost a ...
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Jun 03
Tuesday
— Mt. Pleasant softball @ Davis County Round Robin Tournament, 11 a.m.
— Mt. Pleasant baseball @ Oskaloosa, JV starts at 5:30 p.m.
— New ...
Jun 03
NEW LONDON — Despite recording just one hit, the New London baseball team came up with a 7-1 win over visiting Holy Trinity Catholic on Friday.
The...
Jun 03
DANVILLE — The Bears were no match for Mt. Pleasant or Winfield-Mt. Union.
The Panthers and Wolves each picked up big wins over Danville and ...
May 31
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ tennis awards banquet was held on Wednesday in the MPCHS Commons.
Special award winners are pictured. From left, Aline ...
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May 31
— Mt. Pleasant baseball games against Eddyville-Blakesburg scheduled for yesterday were postponed; they have not yet been rescheduled.
— The Mt. ...
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May 31
Iowa Wesleyan College will host its seventh annual girls’ basketball camp on June 24-28.
The camp is for athletes in fifth through eighth grade, ...
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May 31
WAYLAND — It was a close game until the sixth inning, when the WACO softball team broke away with an eight-run frame to claim an 11-1 win over ...
May 31
DES MOINES — “We just came up a little short,” said Mt. Pleasant Boys’ Soccer Coach Neil Schmitz.
The Panther soccer team’s first-ever trip to the ...
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May 30
The Mt. Pleasant baseball games against Eddyville-Blakesburg that were postponed on Tuesday, May 28, have been rescheduled for tonight (Thursday, ...
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May 30
Current and former athletes and coaches from Mt. Pleasant Community High School will run a track and field camp at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex for ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 30
New London held off Gehlen Catholic on day two of the Class 1A girls’ golf tournament to remain in fifth place overall, led by top-20 finishes ...
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May 30
Friday
— Mt. Pleasant boys’ soccer in semifinal round of state tournament at Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines, 2:35 p.m.*
— New London baseball ...
May 30
Mt. Pleasant Community High School hosted an open house reception at Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club on Wednesday night in honor of Activities ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 30
A fifth-inning rally lifted the Mt. Pleasant baseball team over Mid-Prairie, 6-2, on Wednesday night at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex.
Quite a crowd ...
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May 29
After day one of the girls’ state golf tournament, Mt. Pleasant is sitting in seventh place in Class 4A and New London is fifth overall in Class ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 29
Second-half woes sunk the Mt. Pleasant girls’ soccer team, which ended the year with a 9-1 regional loss on its home field against Burlington.
Seve...
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May 28
Boaters around Iowa now know a little more about unwelcome visitors in lakes and streams.
At selected boat ramps across the state, 19 DNR fisheries...
May 28
SOLON — Bo Vitale scored his 27th goal of the season as the Panthers claimed a 1-0 win over Solon in the Class 2A Substate 5 final on Saturday, ...
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May 28
Softball
Columbus 11
WACO 2
Columbus pitchers Megan Pretz and Kelsey Pretz each issued a few walks but combined for a no-hitter against the WACO ...
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May 28
The power hitting of nine Ottumwa seniors — including two who will play NCAA DI softball next season — was too much for young Mt. Pleasant ...
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May 28
Mt. Pleasant Community High School has announced that there will be a public reception for Bob Jensen upon his retirement as activities director ...
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May 28
Tuesday
— Mt. Pleasant girls’ soccer hosts Burlington at East Lake Park for regional semifinal, 5 p.m.
— Mt. Pleasant girls’ golf at Class 4A ...
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May 28
Rain and summer sports don’t mix. The weather forced some baseball and softball cancellations over the Memorial Day weekend, and looks like it may ...
May 28
PANORA — You could say they decided just to let the chip shots fall where they may.
The New London boys’ golf team didn’t change anything up, ...
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May 24
Friday
— Mt. Pleasant softball hosts Ottumwa, 6 p.m.
— New London and W-MU boys' golf at state tournament at Lake Panorama National Resort in ...
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May 24
Lake Odessa
Odessa has come down a little bit since last week but all the ramps are still underwater.
Lake Geode
The water remains a little ...
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May 24
The Winfield-Mt. Union softball team came up with nine hits but managed only two runs in a loss to Pekin on Thursday.
The Wolves fell by a score ...
May 24
WEST BURLINGTON — The powerful bats of the West Burlington baseball team were too much for Winfield-Mt. Union to overcome in a 17-2 loss to the ...
May 23
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May 23
Mt. Pleasant’s Justin Dunn has signed his letter of intent to attend the University of Northern Iowa and compete on the track and field team next ...
By Ashlee De Wit - May 23
With Bo Vitale’s second-half goal and tight defense throughout the match, the Panthers held on to a 2-1 substate semifinal victory over Fairfield, ...
