Students of Character

By Theresa Rose · Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 4:07 pm CDT

Mount Pleasant High School is proud to announce the 2021 August/September Students of Character, AARON PHANTHOUVONG, AVA LOWERY, and GRACE VAN DE BERG!! All three of these students have demonstrated Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. Students are nominated by the MPCHS faculty each month. If you see these students at school or in the community, please tell them to keep up the good work!

Additional nominees:

Cohen Aplara

Madelynn Lambert

Bryan Oliva Tute

Montana Hazelwood

Mason Carkhuff

Shalynn Allen

Destiney Vargas

Izabelle Mathews

Treyvin Allen

Owen Genkinger

Henry Adams

Jahmal Dodson

Tina Tran

Prep Volleyball: SEC Tournament Day Two Tonight

By Nathan Bloechl · Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 4:01 pm CDT

KILJ — The Mount Pleasant volleyball team will look to stay hot tonight when they take part in day two of the Southeast Conference tournament at Fairfield High School.

The Panthers went 3-0 dropping just one set on day one, sweeping both Fort Madison and Washington.

Tonight Mount Pleasant will link up with Keokuk and Fairfield.

The Trojans will be Mount Pleasant’s Class 4A-Region 3 First Round opponent one week from now.

The Panthers are 19-13 on the season while Fairfield is 9-19, yet the Trojans will host that tilt.

Prep Volleyball: Notre Dame Meets West Burlington, New London at Cardinal, Mediapolis Battles Winfield

By Nathan Bloechl · Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 4:00 pm CDT

Get your popcorn ready, tonight’s action in the Super Conference will be Hollywood stuff.

At West Burlington tonight, powers collide when the Lady Falcons play host to 1A’s top ranked Notre Dame.

West Burlington enters play No. 9 in Class 3A and are 27-2 on the year.

Notre Dame, last year’s state champions, are 31-8.

West Burlington is paced by Sophia Armstrong and her 4.5 kills per set, while Gabby Derry leads Notre Dame with 4.0 kills per set.

Historically, West Burlington has won 12 of the last 18 against Notre Dame, but the Nikes have won two straight.

Tonight’s tilt will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Elsewhere, New London will travel to take on Cardinal this evening.

The Tigers are No. 13 in Class 1A this week and are 23-13 on the year, Cardinal is 4-24.

New London is looking for 20 consecutive wins against Cardinal — they’ve won 19 straight against the Comets.

They’ve also won four of five as they seem to be peaking at the right time.

Tonight’s game will start at 7:30 p.m.

In our other featured matchup, Winfield-Mount Union will play host to Mediapolis tonight.

The Lady Wolves are 19-10 on the year and have been playing some of the their best volleyball down the stretch — but as have Mediapolis.

Both teams have won their last five, so something will give tonight.

Mediapolis have won 19 of the last 20 fixtures between the two clubs, with Winfield-Mount Union breaking that streak last season in a 3-0 win.

Other area matchups:

  • Holy Trinity at Central Lee
  • Van Buren County at WACO
  • Lone Tree at Highland
  • Pekin at Wapello
  • Louisa-Muscatine at Columbus

Prep Football: WACO Up to No. 5, Fort Madison Drops Ou

Prep Football: WACO Up to No. 5, Fort Madison Drops Out

By Nathan Bloechl · Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 3:59 pm CDT

KILJ — WACO has surged up to No. 5 in the latest Radio Iowa Football Poll, while Fort Madison has dropped out.

8-Player

1. Montezuma (8-0), LW #1 vs Woodward Academy
2. CAM (Anita) (7-0), LW #2 @ Boyer Valley
3. Easton Valley (7-0), LW #3 @ #9 Kee
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #4 vs Glidden-Ralston
5. WACO (8-0), LW #5 Idle
6. Turkey Valley (7-0), LW #7 @ West Central
7. Lenox (7-0), LW (X) @ Fremont-Mills
8. Audubon (6-1), LW #9 @ Woodbine
9. Kee High (7-0), LW #10 vs #3 Easton Valley
10.Newell-Fonda vs LW (X) vs AR-WE-VA

Class A

1. West Hancock (7-0), LW #1 vs #4 North Butler
2. Grundy Center (6-1), LW #2 vs North Tama
3. North Linn (7-0), LW #4 vs Maquoketa Valley
4. North Butler (7-0), LW #5 @ #1 West Hancock
5. Woodbury Central (6-1), LW #2 @ Missouri Valley
6. Logan-Magnolia (6-1), LW #6 vs Lawton-Bronson
7. Lisbon (6-1), LW #8 @ Starmont
8. East Buchanan (6-1), LW #9 vs South Winneshiek
9. Belle Plaine (6-1), LW #10 vs Lynnville-Sully
10.Mount Ayr (5-2), LW (X), @ Southwest Valley

Class 1A

1. Van Meter (7-0), LW #1 vs #9 AC/GC
2. Iowa City Regina (7-0), LW #2 vs Durant
3. Underwood (7-0), LW #3 vs Carroll Kuemper
4. Dike-New Hartford (7-0), LW #4 @ Central Springs
5. Sigourney-Keota (7-0), LW #5 vs Van Buren
6. West Sioux (6-1), LW #6 @ Sioux Central
7. Pella Christian (6-1), LW #7 vs Central Decatur
8. Dyersville Beckman (7-0), LW #8 vs MFL Mar Mac
9. AC/GC (7-0), LW #9 @ #1 Van Meter
10.South Central Calhoun (6-1), LW (X) vs Belmond-Klemme

Class 2A

1. Southeast Valley (7-0), LW #1 vs @ #9 Spirit Lake
2. Waukon (6-1) LW #2 vs Union
3. West Marshall (6-1), LW #3 @ Albia
4. OABCIG (6-1), LW #4 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5. West Lyon (5-2), LW #6 @ Cherokee
6. Greene County (6-1), LW #7 @ Clarke
7. North Fayette Valley (6-1), LW #8 vs Oelwein
8. Estherville Lincoln Central (4-3), LW #5 vs Pocahontas Area
9. Spirit Lake (5-2), LW #9 vs #1 Southeast Valley
10. Central Lyon/GLR (4-3), KW (X) vs Okoboji

Class 3A

1. Harlan (7-0), LW #1 vs Creston
2. West Delaware (6-1), LW #2 @ #7 Independence
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (7-0), LW #3 vs MOC/Floyd Valley
4. Solon (7-0), LW #4 @ #10 Grinnell
5. Humboldt (7-0), LW #5 vs #6 Nevada
6. Nevada (7-0), LW #6 @ #5 Humboldt
7. Independence (7-0), LW #7 vs #2 West Delaware
8. Benton (6-1), LW (X) @ Maquoketa
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-2), LW #8 @ Sioux City Heelan
10.Grinnell (5-2), LW (X) vs #4 Solon

Class 4A

1. North Scott (7-0), LW #1 vs Fort Madison
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-1), LW #2 @ Newton
3. Bondurant-Farrar (7-0), LW #3 @ #6 Indianola
4. Lewis Central (5-2), LW #4 vs Dallas Center-Grimes
5. Norwalk (6-1), LW #5 vs Carlisle
6. Indianola (6-1), LW #6 vs #3 Bondurant-Farrar
7. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-1), LW #7 @ Western Dubuque
8. Winterset (6-1), LW #10 vs DSM Hoover
9. Webster City (5-2), LW (X) @ Storm Lake
10.Decorah (5-2), LW (X) vs Waterloo East

Class 5A

1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-0), LW #1 vs Johnston
2. Southeast Polk (6-1), LW #2 @ Ankeny Centennial
3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #4 vs #8 Dowling Catholic
4. Urbandale (6-1), LW #5 vs Waukee
5. Ankeny (5-2), LW #7 @ Waukee Northwest
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-2), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
7. Iowa City High (6-1), LW #3 vs Davenport West
8. Dowling Catholic (4-3), LW #8 vs #3 WDM Valley
9. Dubuque Senior (5-2), LW #9 vs Pleasant Valley
10.Linn-Mar (6-1), LW #10 @ Davenport Central

Major League Baseball: Braves Win, Sox Advance, Giants Take Lead

By Nathan Bloechl · Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 3:58 pm CDT

Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0 

Joc Pederson hit a pinch-hit three-run home run to lift the Braves to a 3-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers last night.

Ian Anderson helped guide the Braves second shut out in as many games.

Atlanta has taken a 2-1 series lead.

Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5 

Tampa Bay rallied from down 5-0 but Boston’s Kike Hernandez hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the Red Sox advanced past the Rays with a 6-5 win.

Boston will await the winner of Houston and Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series.

San Francisco 1, Los Angeles 0 

Four Giant pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout as San Francisco took control of the series with a 1-0 win over the Dodgers last night.

Evan Longoria’s 5th inning solo home run proved to be the difference in the game.

Max Scherzer took the loss striking out 10 over seven innings for the Dodgers.

Sports, Tuesday, October 12th

By Nathan Bloechl · Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 11:31 am CDT

Prep Volleyball: SEC Tournament Day Two Tonight:

The Mount Pleasant volleyball team will look to stay hot tonight when they take part in day two of the Southeast Conference tournament at Fairfield High School.

The Panthers went 3-0 dropping just one set on day one, sweeping both Fort Madison and Washington.

Tonight Mount Pleasant will link up with Keokuk and Fairfield.

The Trojans will be Mount Pleasant’s Class 4A-Region 3 First Round opponent one week from now.

The Panthers are 19-13 on the season while Fairfield is 9-19, yet the Trojans will host that tilt.

Prep Volleyball: Notre Dame Meets West Burlington, New London at Cardinal, Mediapolis Battles Winfield: 

Get your popcorn ready, tonight’s action in the Super Conference will be Hollywood stuff.

At West Burlington tonight, powers collide when the Lady Falcons play host to 1A’s top ranked Notre Dame.

West Burlington enters play No. 9 in Class 3A and are 27-2 on the year.

Notre Dame, last year’s state champions, are 31-8.

West Burlington is paced by Sophia Armstrong and her 4.5 kills per set, while Gabby Derry leads Notre Dame with 4.0 kills per set.

Historically, West Burlington has won 12 of the last 18 against Notre Dame, but the Nikes have won two straight.

Tonight’s tilt will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Elsewhere, New London will travel to take on Cardinal this evening.

The Tigers are No. 13 in Class 1A this week and are 23-13 on the year, Cardinal is 4-24.

New London is looking for 20 consecutive wins against Cardinal — they’ve won 19 straight against the Comets.

They’ve also won four of five as they seem to be peaking at the right time.

Tonight’s game will start at 7:30 p.m.

In our other featured matchup, Winfield-Mount Union will play host to Mediapolis tonight.

The Lady Wolves are 19-10 on the year and have been playing some of the their best volleyball down the stretch — but as have Mediapolis.

Both teams have won their last five, so something will give tonight.

Mediapolis have won 19 of the last 20 fixtures between the two clubs, with Winfield-Mount Union breaking that streak last season in a 3-0 win.

Other area matchups:

  • Holy Trinity at Central Lee
  • Van Buren County at WACO
  • Lone Tree at Highland
  • Pekin at Wapello
  • Louisa-Muscatine at Columbus

Prep Football: WACO Up to No. 5, Fort Madison Drops Out:

WACO has surged up to No. 5 in the latest Radio Iowa Football Poll, while Fort Madison has dropped out.

8-Player

1. Montezuma (8-0), LW #1 vs Woodward Academy
2. CAM (Anita) (7-0), LW #2 @ Boyer Valley
3. Easton Valley (7-0), LW #3 @ #9 Kee
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #4 vs Glidden-Ralston
5. WACO (8-0), LW #5 Idle
6. Turkey Valley (7-0), LW #7 @ West Central
7. Lenox (7-0), LW (X) @ Fremont-Mills
8. Audubon (6-1), LW #9 @ Woodbine
9. Kee High (7-0), LW #10 vs #3 Easton Valley
10.Newell-Fonda vs LW (X) vs AR-WE-VA

Class A

1. West Hancock (7-0), LW #1 vs #4 North Butler
2. Grundy Center (6-1), LW #2 vs North Tama
3. North Linn (7-0), LW #4 vs Maquoketa Valley
4. North Butler (7-0), LW #5 @ #1 West Hancock
5. Woodbury Central (6-1), LW #2 @ Missouri Valley
6. Logan-Magnolia (6-1), LW #6 vs Lawton-Bronson
7. Lisbon (6-1), LW #8 @ Starmont
8. East Buchanan (6-1), LW #9 vs South Winneshiek
9. Belle Plaine (6-1), LW #10 vs Lynnville-Sully
10.Mount Ayr (5-2), LW (X), @ Southwest Valley

Class 1A

1. Van Meter (7-0), LW #1 vs #9 AC/GC
2. Iowa City Regina (7-0), LW #2 vs Durant
3. Underwood (7-0), LW #3 vs Carroll Kuemper
4. Dike-New Hartford (7-0), LW #4 @ Central Springs
5. Sigourney-Keota (7-0), LW #5 vs Van Buren
6. West Sioux (6-1), LW #6 @ Sioux Central
7. Pella Christian (6-1), LW #7 vs Central Decatur
8. Dyersville Beckman (7-0), LW #8 vs MFL Mar Mac
9. AC/GC (7-0), LW #9 @ #1 Van Meter
10.South Central Calhoun (6-1), LW (X) vs Belmond-Klemme

Class 2A

1. Southeast Valley (7-0), LW #1 vs @ #9 Spirit Lake
2. Waukon (6-1) LW #2 vs Union
3. West Marshall (6-1), LW #3 @ Albia
4. OABCIG (6-1), LW #4 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5. West Lyon (5-2), LW #6 @ Cherokee
6. Greene County (6-1), LW #7 @ Clarke
7. North Fayette Valley (6-1), LW #8 vs Oelwein
8. Estherville Lincoln Central (4-3), LW #5 vs Pocahontas Area
9. Spirit Lake (5-2), LW #9 vs #1 Southeast Valley
10. Central Lyon/GLR (4-3), KW (X) vs Okoboji

Class 3A

1. Harlan (7-0), LW #1 vs Creston
2. West Delaware (6-1), LW #2 @ #7 Independence
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (7-0), LW #3 vs MOC/Floyd Valley
4. Solon (7-0), LW #4 @ #10 Grinnell
5. Humboldt (7-0), LW #5 vs #6 Nevada
6. Nevada (7-0), LW #6 @ #5 Humboldt
7. Independence (7-0), LW #7 vs #2 West Delaware
8. Benton (6-1), LW (X) @ Maquoketa
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-2), LW #8 @ Sioux City Heelan
10.Grinnell (5-2), LW (X) vs #4 Solon

Class 4A

1. North Scott (7-0), LW #1 vs Fort Madison
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-1), LW #2 @ Newton
3. Bondurant-Farrar (7-0), LW #3 @ #6 Indianola
4. Lewis Central (5-2), LW #4 vs Dallas Center-Grimes
5. Norwalk (6-1), LW #5 vs Carlisle
6. Indianola (6-1), LW #6 vs #3 Bondurant-Farrar
7. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-1), LW #7 @ Western Dubuque
8. Winterset (6-1), LW #10 vs DSM Hoover
9. Webster City (5-2), LW (X) @ Storm Lake
10.Decorah (5-2), LW (X) vs Waterloo East

Class 5A

1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-0), LW #1 vs Johnston
2. Southeast Polk (6-1), LW #2 @ Ankeny Centennial
3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #4 vs #8 Dowling Catholic
4. Urbandale (6-1), LW #5 vs Waukee
5. Ankeny (5-2), LW #7 @ Waukee Northwest
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-2), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
7. Iowa City High (6-1), LW #3 vs Davenport West
8. Dowling Catholic (4-3), LW #8 vs #3 WDM Valley
9. Dubuque Senior (5-2), LW #9 vs Pleasant Valley
10.Linn-Mar (6-1), LW #10 @ Davenport Central

Major League Baseball: Braves Win, Sox Advance, Giants Take Lead:

Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0 

Joc Pederson hit a pinch-hit three-run home run to lift the Braves to a 3-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers last night.

Ian Anderson helped guide the Braves second shut out in as many games.

Atlanta has taken a 2-1 series lead.

Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5 

Tampa Bay rallied from down 5-0 but Boston’s Kike Hernandez hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the Red Sox advanced past the Rays with a 6-5 win.

Boston will await the winner of Houston and Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series.

San Francisco 1, Los Angeles 0 

Four Giant pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout as San Francisco took control of the series with a 1-0 win over the Dodgers last night.

Evan Longoria’s 5th inning solo home run proved to be the difference in the game.

Max Scherzer took the loss striking out 10 over seven innings for the Dodgers.

Weekend Accident Updates

By Theresa Rose · Monday, October 11th, 2021 at 9:15 pm CDT

Here are updates from accidents that occurred over the weekend….

On Saturday a little before 2 pm, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle accident.  It occurred at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Old Highway 34.  Samuel Carrasco of Mount Pleasant pulled out in front a southbound truck driven by Robert Newman, also of Mount Pleasant.  Minor injuries were reported.  Carrasco was cited for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device.

Then, the Iowa State Patrol reports another accident on Saturday; this one around 5:45 pm on 220th Street at the Highway 218 overpass.  Derald Letts of Mount Pleasant was westbound on 220th Street approach the overpass when he crossed the eastbound lane of travel, went onto the southbound shoulder, striking the southeast guardrail of the overpass before continuing on westbound on 220th, back to the westbound lane of travel before striking a concrete wall.  Derald Letts and a passenger, Barbara Letts were transported to University Hospitals by MedForce while another passenger, Jeffrey Letts as transported for treatment of injuries to Henry County Health Center.  Assisting at the accident were the Henry County Sheriff’s Office and EMS.

Robert Ross

By Theresa Rose · Monday, October 11th, 2021 at 8:20 pm CDT

Robert Cecil Ross, 66, of Farmington, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 10:42 a.m. at his home. Arrangements are pending with the Schmitz Funeral Home Farmington.