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The Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets came into their tournament opener at “The Hive” having lost the last two regular season games and 3 of their last 4 and unfortunately for them they couldn’t right the ship in time to move on to a District Final in Division Two. The Jackets, playing in a District Semifinal Monday Night fell 55-48 to …

OBERLIN, Ohio — Scoring 4,460 points at Oberlin College over the last two days, Kenyon College junior Josh Greville concluded the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Heptathlon with a new program record and a second-place finish. Greville broke his own record of 4,171 points, which he set last season. He finished better than 10 other competitors and only fell short …

OBERLIN, Ohio — Sunday at Oberlin College, Kenyon College sophomore Sadie Olson competed in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Pentathlon, a precursor to the conference championship meet next weekend. Olson racked up 1,875 points and wound up in 15th place. Olson’s best result in the five-event series came in the shot put. Her throw measured 24-10 (7.57 meters) and …

The Fredericktown Girls Basketball team had a historic season, winning the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference and making it to the District Final unfortunately for them it ended Saturday with a loss in the Division Five District Final versus Africentric 46-38 at Ohio Dominican University. The Freddies finished with 20 wins and Cally Carpenter became the school’s All Time Leading scorer …

ALL SUPER Q TEAMS BOYS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: GAVIN TOOMBS, FREDERICKTOWN Toombs 18.3 points per game and 7 rebounds per game COACH OF THE YEAR: DEREK DIBLING FREDERICKTOWN FIRST TEAM GAVIN TOOMBS, FREDERICKTOWN CARSON RINEHART, FREDERICKTOWN JACK LAWRENCE, CENTERBURG ISIAH COLUMBER, MOUNT VERNON ZANE BARBER, MOUNT VERNON SECOND TEAM TREVIN HARRIS, CENTERBURG NIKOS GIAKOUMAS, MOUNT VERNON ASHTON SPAULDING DANVILLE …

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (14-13, 6-11 CL) traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana where it defeated the Marian University Knights (11-16, 5-12 CL) by a score of 78-69 on Wednesday, February 19.  The away matchup was a thrilling back-and-forth contest, with Marian initially taking the lead in the first five minutes of the game. However, Mount …

GAMBIER, Ohio — In freezing conditions that tested both teams’ resilience, the Kenyon College men’s lacrosse team continued its perfect start to the season with a commanding 13-7 home victory over Baldwin Wallace University. The Wednesday afternoon win propelled the Owls to an impressive 3-0 start for the seventh straight season. Junior midfielder Mike Kapral delivered a standout performance, netting …

RIO GRANDE, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s volleyball team (1-9) hit the road for a match at the University of Rio Grande (8-3) on Tuesday, February 18. After dropping set one 17-25 and set two 22-25, MVNU showed its resiliency by battling back to take set three 25-22. The fourth set belonged to the Red Storm as it took …

The Centerburg Lady Trojans basketball team picked up win number 21 Tuesday Night as they knocked off East Knox for the 3rd time this year with a 63-41 win in the Division Six District Semifinals. East Knox (11-12) got on the board first on a bucket by Malena Streby but Kenlee Fairall and Kayla Larimore hit back to back threes …

The Lady Yellow Jackets Girls Basketball team improved to 18-5 with an easy win in the District Semifinals in Division Two Girls basketball tournament action 57-29 over Columbus Briggs. The 8 seed Briggs got the scoring started with Te’Asia Ray hitting a three but Mount Vernon followed that up with a 14-0 run on a Kymber Bell two, Kaitlyn Thompson …