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CLEVELAND – After leading the Kenyon College football team to its first win of the season this past weekend, junior linebacker Michael Kerr earned the North Coast Athletic Conference’s Athlete of the Week designation, the first of his career and the team’s first of 2025.  Kerr headlined an Owls defense that allowed zero points to the Oberlin College offense in …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s soccer team (5-5-3, 0-4-1 CL) hosted Spring Arbor University (8-5-1, 3-1-1 CL) for a Crossroads League matchup at CH4 Stadium on Saturday, October 11.  SAU took the early lead in the first half with a goal from David Magalhaes at the 3rd minute mark. Later in the second half of the game, …

WEEK 8 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEWS 6-1, 4-0 KMAC Centerburg Host 4-3, 2-2 KMAC Danville The Centerburg Trojans raced out to a 32-0 lead in a shut out win at home against Mount Gilead last Friday Night. Quarterback Blane Ball ran for 121 yards and a touchdown, Miles Marshall ran for 85 yards and a score and Shawn Carter found …

FARMINGTON, Pa. — Playing a bit short-handed, the Kenyon College women’s golf team finished off Carnegie Mellon University’s two-day Tartan Invitational on Tuesday with a team score of 737 strokes and a 15th-place finish. Due to academic obligations, the Owls played both rounds with four golfers, instead of the normal team of five. That Kenyon quartet consisted of Sasha Belova, …

DETROIT, Mich. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s bowling team began its 2025-26 season in the Midwest Collegiate Championship in Detroit, Michigan on October 4-5. MVNU competed in a stacked field of competition, placing 37th overall with a total of 6136. A three-hour delay caused by a power outage caused a little bit of adversity during the competition, but despite this, MVNU …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Kenyon College men’s swimming and diving team opened up the 2025-2026 season on Saturday afternoon in a rare quad meet, taking on NCAA Division II opponents Nova Southeastern University, Carson-Newman University, and the University of Indianapolis in Indianapolis. Although the Owls could not pick up any wins on the day, several swimmers logged top ten finishes, highlighted …

Week 7 High School Football Previews 6-0, 3-0 KMAC Mount Gilead at Centerburg 5-1, 3-0 KMAC GAME IS ON THE WMVO FACEBOOK PAGE, YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND WMVO RADIO The top 2 scoring offenses and the top 2 defenses  in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference will square off Friday Night at Centerburg. The Trojans come in averaging just under 39 points …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s tennis teams hosted a home match at the Ramser Tennis Courts against the Bishops of Ohio Wesleyan University on Tuesday, September 30.   The men’s tennis team fell to a final of 0-7. In the third singles slot, Noah Hill put up a fight against his opponent, with a first …

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Competing in the annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Region Championships, Kenyon College saw three members of its men’s team work through a singles bracket of 128 players to reach the quarterfinal round. That group included senior Paulo Pocasangre Kreling, junior Alejandro Gonzalez, and first-year Maximo Llamas Castellanos. Of those three, Gonzalez played his way into the …

High School Football Week 6 3-2 Mount Vernon host 0-5 Zanesville for their Homecoming Game The Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets currently sit in a playoff spot at the halfway mark of the season after a 38-22 win at Heath on Friday Night. Mason Richards nice season continued as he ran for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns and threw for 118 …