New London, IA- The New London Community School District will be searching for a new Activities Director after Emily Parks announced on Facebook that she will not be returning to the position when the next school year starts.

In the post, Parks stated that the decision to step away from her hometown school after holding the position for three years was not an easy one but she felt it was the right one for her family,

“Family comes first and going to have two 2 years and under it feels like the best thing for myself and family.”

Parks will still be involved in Tiger athletics as she looks to continue coaching softball and volleyball. She ended the post by thanking everyone at the New London Community School District and the community for their support.

Prep Wrestling- IAwrestle has updated their boys and girls high school wrestling rankings and with the girls’ regional meet only a week away and the boys’ district meet taking place on February 10^th its now crunch time for the wrestling season.

On the girls’ side, Tatum Wolford of Wapello is the only wrestler from southeast Iowa represented in their top 10 rankings for each weight class as Wolford is ranked 8^th in the 155-pound weight class.

For the boys in Class 1A, New London and WACO have two wrestlers ranked in the top 12 and Wapello has one wrestler ranked in the top 10.

For the Tigers, Kane Fornseen enters the rankings at the #11 spot in the 120-pound weight class, while Michael Raines is ranked 12^th in the 165-pound weight class.

WACO is headlined by Gage Samo and Louden Huisenga with Samo ranked 7^th in the 113-pound weight class and Huisenga placed 3^rd in the 190-pound weight class.

Wapello’s Zach Harbison is ranked 9^th in the 144-pound weight class.

In Class 2A, Burlington Notre Dame slipped down the team rankings to 5^th with six individual wrestlers ranked. Colt Boyles is ranked 5^th in the 106-pound weight class, Carter West is also ranked 5^th in the 113-pound weight class, CJ Davis was located 4^th in the 126-pound weight class, Blake Wilson is ranked 8^th in the 144-pound weight class, and Dirk Boyles is 10^th on the list in the 150-pound weight class.

Kaiden Dietzenbach, the highest ranked Nike, is stationed in 2^nd for the 132-pound weight class with Kade Blume of Roland-Story in pole position—his only loss of the season.

For other local teams, Fairfield’s Cael McCabe is ranked 2^nd in the 106-pound weight class.

Washington has two wrestlers ranked in Aaron Boone for the 132-pound weight class and Chase Greiner in the 157-pound weight class. Boone is ranked 5^th and Greiner is placed at #7.

Russel Coil is ranked as the 3^rd best wrestler in a senior heavy 285-pound weight class for Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union. Ty Scorpil is ranked 9^th in the 126-pound weight class.

Lastly, Kyler Crow of Mediapolis finds himself ranked 7^th in the 165-pound weight class.

For Class 3A, Braxton Hutchinson is the lone member of Burlington to crack the list as he ranks 5h in the 106-pound weight class.

To round out the list, Fort Madison has three wrestlers ranked with Logan Pennock slotted at the #9 spot in the 132-pound weight class, Nolan Riddle is ranked 10^th in the 157-pound weight class, and Issac Thacher is placed 4^th in the 190-pound weight class.

Mount Pleasant, IA- The two Southeast Conference foes met last night at the Iris Bowling Center for a rematch of their duel over a month ago. Despite the new location, it was a similar result with the Panthers dominating in the girls’ match and the Trojans edging out a win by 117 total pins.

The girls’ match saw Bethany Drury led the way with a two-game total of 374. She had the highest single game total of 222. Madelynn Millard finished with 286 total pins followed by Addison McGehearty and Natalie Brush as they bowled a 276 and 274, respectively.

Addison Harris was the top bowler for Fairfield with a two game total of 246 pins. After the Baker Rotation, the Panthers took match handily 2,249-1,500. The Panthers are now 4-1 in conference play.

In the boys’ match, Fairfield outpaced Mt. Pleasant by 41 pins in round one and 76 pins in round two to take the match 2,721-2,604.

Ethan Cass finished with the highest two game total and the highest game total for the match, finishing with 474 total pins and a game high of 252 pins for the Trojans.

Conner Sizemore and Alec Payne were the two leading bowlers for Mt. Pleasant last night with totals of 394 and 378, respectively. Henry Pforts had the highest single game total for the Panthers with a 220.

The Panthers are now 1-4 in conference matches, while the Trojans are 4-1.

Mt. Pleasant will take on Louisa-Muscatine on Monday, January 22nd. Fairfield will compete at the Ottumwa Bowling Invitational tomorrow.