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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 …

The Fredericktown Lady Freddies took down Madison Plains 49-29 Friday Night to advance to a District Semifinal Wednesday Night at home. The Lady Freddies (18-4) got back to back put backs by Kennedy Algire and a make from Cally Carpenter to take a 6-0 lead on the Golden Eagles 2 minutes into the game Friday Night. Mackenzie Reeves got Madison …

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Kenyon College Owls finished the four-day North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship on Saturday night with two more event titles, 1,642 team points and the runner-up spot on the podium. For 40 years now, since the first conference championship was held in 1985, Kenyon has placed either first or second.  Host Denison …

UPLAND, Ind. —  The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s track & field teams competed in the Crossroads League Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Taylor University on February 14-15. The men’s team placed sixth overall at the conference meet with a total of 33 points. Marian University won on the men’s side with 315 points, followed by Indiana Wesleyan …