Girls Basketball Briefs

By Bob Martin and Mike Blake | Feb 1, 2022

Mount Vernon area girls' basketball roundup. Lady Pirates clinch seventh-straight KMAC title. Recovering from team illness, lost practice and a rare lost game, the Cardington-Lincoln Lady Pirates focused on the task at hand …and secured their seventh-consecutive KMAC league title, with a 50-32 romp over Mount Gilead, Saturday, Jan. 29. The win improved C-L to 15-1 this season and 11-0 in KMAC play, increasing their consecutive KMAC winning streak to 68 games.

Knox County sports: Highlights of a unique year

By Bob Martin and Mike Blake | Jan 3, 2022

The 2021 calendar year in sports was a unique one, as COVID-19 restrictions, protocols, illnesses, responses and mandates affected the nation, entire schools, and impacted high school sports as well. The Ohio School Athletic Association recommended policies to follow and offered legal consequences of non-compliance. State and federal mandates affected athletes, practices and scheduling.