Cardington-Lincoln High School

Pirates unbeaten streak continues with 56-28 win over Freddies. Cardington-Lincoln won their 61st consecutive KMAC contest and 46th consecutive regular-season win, by trouncing Fredericktown 56-28 last week. Cardington-Lincoln moved to 8-0 and 5-0 in KMAC as they took a 15-point first quarter lead and coasted to victory. They played methodically and took care of the ball, committing only nine turnovers to 26 by the Freddies.

With six games played and one win logged against Pleasant High School, the Cardington-Lincoln boys basketball season is off to a tough start as the team looks toward the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) this year.

Cardington-Lincoln head girls basketball coach Jamie Edwards wants to make his final season at the helm a season to remember. His dream season was nearly derailed by a solid Danville team, and it took a solid run at the end of Saturday’s game to preserve the longest winning streak in the Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference.The Cardington-Lincoln Pirates girls basketball team outscored host Danville, 11-3, in the final minutes Saturday to escape with a 55-47 victory.

Lady Pirates remain undefeated by routing Lady Trojans 61-34. Scoring early and often and playing a suffocating defense, the Cardington-Lincoln Lady Pirates (6-0, 3-0 KMAC) kept their unbeaten season on course, and dominated the Centerburg Lady Trojans (1-4, 0-2 KMAC) 61-34, Wednesday evening.

Wenger scores 1000th career point but Northmor falls to Danville. Danville took an insurmountable 21-point lead in the first and rained on a milestone evening by Northmor senior shooting guard Lexi Wenger in finishing off a 67-52 victory, Saturday. Wenger scored 20 points in reaching and surpassing the 1000-point mark in her high school career.

The Cardington-Lincoln girls basketball season has kicked off as the team looks toward competing for its eighth straight conference title this year.

Freddies pull away from Utica, despite 21 from Dickson, then down Danville. In a girls high school basketball game, Nov. 29, that saw Fredericktown slowly and methodically edge away, the Freddies (2-1) defeated Utica (0-1) in their home opener, 53-34. The Freddies led 10-8 after one and 21-14 at the half.

Lady Pirates sink Vikings 66-35, tame Tigers 56-51The Cardington-Lincoln Lady Pirates upped their early-season record to 2-0, with a 66-35 drubbing of the Columbus Academy Vikings (0-1), last Tuesday.The Pirates jumped out to a 22-6 lead in the first quarter and increased the advantage to 39-18 at halftime.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s 10th ATHLETE OF THE WEEK nominations continues the established procedure of spotlighting student-athletes’ skills and performances on the fields and courts of action. In the season opener for the Cardington-Lincoln Girls Basketball team, the Lady Pirates took on the Ridgedale Rockets, and after a 10-10 first quarter, senior Beth Hardwick took control.

Pirate girls run and gun away from Rockets 58-26. The Cardington-Lincoln Pirates and Ridgedale Rockets girls basketball squads were tied 10-10 at the quarter, but C-L dominated the rest of the way, leading 27-17 at the half and allowed only 3 points in the third quarter to take a 37-20 lead, then romped to a 21-6 fourth quarter to win it 58-26.

Cardington’s run of state final-fours came to an end with an 11-1 loss in five innings to Sherwood Fairview on Saturday, May 29, at Elida Middle School.

Riley Burchett had three hits with two RBIs and two runs to lead host Cardington to an 11-0 win in five innings over Centerburg on Friday, April 30.

There is only one goal for Tod Brininger and the Cardington softball team: Win a state championship.