High School Football
The WACO Warriors will play Newell-Fonda this Wednesday, November 9th, at 1 pm with KILJ on the call with pregame at 12:45. Remsen St. Mary’s will play Lenox after the WACO game to decide who will play in the State Championship game.
The only team left in Mt. Pleasant’s district is North Scott as they will play Xavier at 7 pm on Thursday, November 10th.
The Mt. Pleasant football team held their annual football banquet last night where they honored all the players, coaches, family members, and other personnel involved in helping the Freshman, JV, and Varsity teams. Coach Striegel also announced awards to some of the players on the Varsity team starting with the First-Team All-District Team: Jacob Richtman, Zerek Venghaus, and Carter Amos. Bowen Davis and Wyatt Woodsmall made Second-Team All-District and Payton Walker was named District Punter of the Year.
For team awards, as voted upon by the players, Wyatt Woodsmall was Offensive MVP. Zerek Venghaus earned Defensive MVP and Harmon Ensminger emerged as Lineman of the Year.
For coaches awards, Bowen Davis earned Most Improved as he led the team in tackles with 52. Zerek Venghaus was awarded the Panther Award, as this award is given to the player who most embodies what it means to be a Panther. Venghaus rushed for 340 yards and 5 touchdowns on the season. Lastly, Jacob Richtman was given the Sportsmanship Award as he finished the season with 1,736 passing yards and 14 touchdowns. Coach Striegel talked about the season and what the senior class meant to the program.
Elementary Basketball Tournament
Mount Pleasant Christmas Holidays 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament for 3rd – 8th grade boys and girls will be held on Dec 17th, 2022. For more registration details contact Coach Ronnie Ashton at 319-931-2896.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed Friday at the 2022 Continental Athletic Conference Championship with the men capturing 5th place and the women earning 4th place. Two Tigers ran fast enough to compete at Nationals on November 18th, Logan Lucas, who ran a time of 27 minutes 52 seconds, and Lily Garnsey, who finished in 7th place with a time of 21 minutes
High School Football
The WACO Warriors will play Newell-Fonda this Wednesday, November 9th, at 1 pm with KILJ on the call with pregame at 12:45. Remsen St. Mary’s will play Fremont-Mills after the WACO game to decide who will play in the State Championship game.
The only team left in Mt. Pleasant’s district is North Scott as they will play Xavier at 7 pm on Thursday, November 10th.
The Mt. Pleasant football team held their annual football banquet last night where they honored all the players, coaches, family members, and other personnel involved in helping the Freshman, JV, and Varsity teams. Coach Striegel also announced awards to some of the players on the Varsity team starting with the First-Team All-District Team: Jacob Richtman, Zerek Venghaus, and Carter Amos. Bowen Davis and Wyatt Woodsmall made Second-Team All-District and Payton Walker was named District Punter of the Year.
For team awards, as voted upon by the players, Wyatt Woodsmall was Offensive MVP. Zerek Venghaus earned Defensive MVP and Harmon Ensminger emerged as Lineman of the Year.
For coaches awards, Bowen Davis earned Most Improved as he led the team in tackles with 52. Zerek Venghaus was awarded the Panther Award, as this award is given to the player who most embodies what it means to be a Panther. Venghaus rushed for 340 yards and 5 touchdowns on the season. Lastly, Jacob Richtman was given the Sportsmanship Award as he finished the season with 1,736 passing yards and 14 touchdowns. Coach Striegel talked about the season and what the senior class meant to the program.
Elementary Basketball Tournament
Mount Pleasant Christmas Holidays 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament for 3rd – 8th grade boys and girls will be held on Dec 17th, 2022. For more registration details contact Coach Ronnie Ashton at 319-931-2896.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed Friday at the 2022 Continental Athletic Conference Championship with the men capturing 5th place and the women earning 4th place. Two Tigers ran fast enough to compete at Nationals on November 18th, Logan Lucas, who ran a time of 27 minutes 52 seconds, and Lily Garnsey, who finished in 7th place with a time of 21 minutes 58 seconds.
The Tiger football team finished the season with a 4-6 record after losing to Waldorf 7-3 Saturday afternoon. The lone points of the game came on a 24-yard field goal from Lucas Mosqueda. Jeremiah Pauling led the Tiger defense in tackles with 11 and added an interception. Major Niccum tallied two sacks, and Jakim Brock had an interception, as well. The Tiger defense allowed only 213 yards on the day.
The men’s basketball team will play Culver-Stockton College at home tomorrow, November 8th, at 7:30 pm.
The women’s basketball team’s next game will be November 9th at home against Mount Mercy University at 5:30 pm. They are currently 2-1 on the season.
This Day in Sports History
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1989 – Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces he has the HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers.