Local Sports

DAVENPORT, Fla. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (9-1) played a non-conference game against WHAC opponent Cornerstone University (0-4) at the North East Regional Park on Thursday, February 27. MVNU came out hot, putting up four runs in the top of the opening inning. Cornerstone responded at the bottom of the inning with a solo home run to …

DAVENPORT, Fla. —  The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (8-1, 3-1 CL) took the field at North East Regional Park on Wednesday, February 26, to conclude its Crossroads League series in Florida with another doubleheader against the Bethel University Pilots (4-4, 1-3 CL). Game 1 Summary: The game remained scoreless until the top of the fourth inning when Bethel took …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For the fourth time over the last six weeks, a member of the Kenyon College women’s indoor track and field team has been picked as the North Coast Athletic Conference’s (NCAC) Mid-Distance/Distance Athlete of the Week. Ellianne Retzlaff received her first career Athlete of the Week award after a strong showing at home in the Kenyon Tune-Up. …

WINONA LAKE, Ind. —  The No. 8 seeded Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (14-15) traveled to the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center on Tuesday, February 25, to take on the No. 1 seeded Grace College Lancers (24-5) in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals matchup. MVNU started strong offensively, jumping out to an 8-4 lead over the Lancers at the 18:22 …

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 …