Prep Wrestling: Mount Pleasant 0-2 at FM, Other Wrestling Action:
Mount Pleasant had two double winners, Bowen Davis and Carson Coleman, but that was not enough as the Panthers went 0-2 at Fort Madison last night.
Davis, wrestling at 138 pounds, won both of his matches by fall.
Coleman earned a fall win and decision victory.
Fort Madison swept the double dual with a 52-27 win over Mid-Prairie and the aforementioned 53-24 win over Mount Pleasant.
Logan Pennock paced the Bloodhounds with a fall win and a tech fall.
Mediapolis Sweeps Home Double Dual
We did not get the anticipated Quinten Aney – Marcel Lopez matchup, but Mediapolis earned two wins sweeping their home double dual yesterday.
Aney earned two wins — one by fall, the other by forfeit — spearheading six other double winners for the Bulldogs, who earned a 46-30 win over Cardinal and a slim 42-41 win over New London.
Marcel Lopez had two tech fall wins while wrestling at 126 and 132.
His brother Dominic had a fall win and a forfeit victory via injury default.
Gage Burden picked up a fall and forfeit, as well.
New London, who went 1-1, picked up their won over Cardinal 53-24.
Notre Dame Romps at Wapello
No. 4 Notre Dame went 3-0, with wins over Columbus Community/Winfield-Mount Union, Wapello and Durant yesterday in Wapello.
Mount Pleasant native Blaine Frazier led a group of seven wrestlers who went 3-0 on the night.
Frazier, ranked No. 2 in the latest 132 pound rankings in Class 2A, earned two falls and a forfeit.
River Belger had a terrific showing, picking up three falls.
Lane Scorpil, 2A’s No. 2 at 120, registered a fall, tech fall and forfeit win for the Wildcats.
WACO Sweeps Van Buren Quad
WACO dispatched of Van Buren County, Pekin and Louisa-Muscatine sweeping a Super Conference quad in Keosauqua last night.
Louden Huisenga was one of eight wrestlers who went 3-0 on the evening.
Huisenga picked up a decision, major decision and fall victory.
Jonah Clark had two falls win and a forfeit.
Girls’ Prep Basketball: Mount Pleasant-Washington Meet Up in Pivotal SEC Tilt; Other Area Matchups:
The Mount Pleasant girls’ basketball team is back on the hardwood tonight and will look to end a five-game losing skid tonight when they welcome in Washington for a pivotal Southeast Conference matchup.
The Panthers are looking for their first win since a November 29th meeting with Ottumwa.
Washington earned win number on their season back on December 10th, a 49-30 triumph over Burlington.
The Demons dropped a 40-38 decision to Sigourney on Monday.
Washington is paced by junior guard Kaylin Long who is scoring 7.2 points per game.
Makenna Conrad is second on the team with 6.0 points per game. They’re averaging just 33 points a night as a team.
Mount Pleasant star Andrea Lopreato has been as advertised following her breakout sophomore season.
The do-it-all forward is scoring 16.7 points per game to go along with 8.4 rebounds.
Senior Kenna Lamm is also enjoying a coming out party.
Lamm is scoring 12.3 points per game, second on the team.
Tonight’s game will begin at 7:30 p.m. and you can listen on FM 105.5 and kilj.com.
Nathan Bloechl and Kent Bennett will have all the action.
Other Southeast Conference tilts tonight include:
- Fairfield vs. Burlington
- Fort Madison vs. Keokuk
Boys’ Prep Basketball: Mount Pleasant Gets Road Test Against Washington, SEISC Scraps:
The Mount Pleasant boys’ basketball team will get their first test against a ranked opponent tonight when the Panthers hookup with No. 4 Washington.
The Demons are 5-0 on the year and have received huge performances week in and week out by junior point guard Ethan Patterson, who’s scoring a league high 21.8 points per game.
Kasen Bailey, another all-conference player, checks in 12.4 points per game while Lucas Kroll is at 10.6 points.
Mount Pleasant’s strong second half against Cedar Rapids Washington wasn’t enough as the Panthers’ saw their two-game winning streak come to a close on Monday.
The Panthers are 2-1 in the last three meetings with the Demons.
That game tonight will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Washington High School.
In the Super Conference tonight:
- Holy Trinity at Central Lee
- New London at Danville
- Columbus at Highland
- Louisa-Muscatine at Lone Tree
- Cardinal at Van Buren County
- WACO at West Burlington
- Wapello at Winfield-Mount Union
All Super Conference matchups are girl-boy doubleheader, with the girls’ tipping at 6:00 p.m. and the boys’ at 7:30 p.m.
Women’s College Wrestling: Wesleyan Joins NAIA Top 25
For the first time in their program’s history, the Iowa Wesleyan women’s wrestling team has joined the NAIA Top 25 poll.
This week the Tigers check in at No. 20 in the poll with wrestlers Alaina Sunlin, Mia Palumbo and Joanna Vanderwood also cracking into the individual rankings.
Sunlin is No. 4 in the country at the 101-pound weight class, Palumbo is ninth at 109 while Vanderwood is No. 14 at 130.
Grand View is No. 1 in the latest rankings, followed up by Life University and Southern Oregon.
The team will be in action one last time before the New Year when they travel to the Ken Kraft Midland Championships in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on December 30th.