Centerburg High School

Centerburg's girls basketball team won its third game of the season, beating Licking Valley 44-35.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s MVN ATHLETE OF THE WEEK is a weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools. Our Athletes of the Week are Ella Proper (Danville basketball) and Colton Martin (Centerburg basketball).

The Centerburg girls’ basketball team is coming off a tough season in which the Trojans went 2-21 overall, and 0-12 in KMAC play. Coach Bo Glenn hopes that this season will be a turnaround for his squad with another year of experience, and the team has a mantra of “It’s Time” heading into the season.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK is a weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools. Our ATHLETE of the WEEK WINNERS for this week are Gwyn Sands (Centerburg volleyball) and Max Payne (Danville football).

Centerburg 16, Danville 11. The Centerburg Trojans (7-1, 4-0) and the Danville Blue Devils (6-2, 3-1) went head to head in a marquee matchup, and while the second-ranked (Div.7, Reg. 25) Blue Devils were favored, the No. 6-ranked (Div.5, Ref. 19) Trojans came out on top 16-11, in a back-and-forth battle until the end.

The high school football season has reached a point in which teams know who they are and what they need to do to get better.

Danville 28, Cardington-Lincoln 20.Cardington-Lincoln (1-6, 0-4) hosted a tough Danville (6-1, 3-0) squad last week and while the Pirates hung tight with the Blue Devils, they couldn’t complete the upset in a tight 28-20 loss.Danville, third-ranked in Division VIi, Region 25, went up 14-0 after one quarter, but the Pirates put six points on the board in the second to make it 14-6 going into the half.

Northmor Golden Knights boys and girls teams sweep first-place titles at the 48th annual McGowan Invitational Cross-Country meet, Sept. 10.

When the Centerburg High School marching band plays outside off the school grounds, it needs a trailer, and not just any trailer, to haul dozens of instruments with them.

The Centerburg Trojans are coming off an 11-11 season in which they went 6-6 in KMAC play.

Lady Pirates top Northridge 3-0. Cardington-Lincoln started the net season with a straight-set victory over Northridge, 25-14, 25-12, 25-15, August 19.

The Centerburg football team is coming off a play-off season win which they went 6-4 overall and 4-3 in KMAC play. During the season, they outscored opponents 271-207, and they are looking to build on that, facing challenges that include what head coach Andy Colella calls, "the challenge from withiin."

Centerburg is coming off a 12-16 season where the Trojans ended with a tight 3-2 loss in the playoffs. The Trojans ended 5-9 in conference play and aim for better results this spring.

“New culture, new expectations, a new way of conducting operations.” That’s the attitude of first-year Centerburg head baseball coach Josh Moss.

It came down to a final shot that bounced off the rim, as seventh-seeded Johnstown-Monroe (13-11) went on the road and held on to win its Division III sectional final 43-40, over Centerburg, in a hard-fought defensive match-up.

HOWARD – A sudden 9-0 deficit didn’t worry Centerburg boys basketball coach John Marhefka.“Did I look worried?” Marhefka said with a smile after the game.

Lester’s buzzer-beater 3, propels East Knox to road OT win over Smithville, 45-44. The host Smithville Smithies came into their home non-conference game against the visiting East Knox Bulldogs, with an 11-2 record and a first-place standing in Wayne County Conference play at 8-1. The Bulldogs entered at 11-4 and 8-2 in KMAC play, and the game lived up to the hype of two top teams battling it out, with the outcome going down to the final buzzer, with East Knox coming from behind and prevailing, 45-44 in overtime.

Knox County boys' high school basketball roundup. Centerburg sits atop the KMAC with win over Northmor.

Despite huge game by Payne, Trojans beat Danville by 23. Spencer Payne had a career night for Danville, but it wasn’t enough for the Blue Devils to derail undefeated (in KMAC) Centerburg, Monday night. The Trojans countered with six players in double figures to dominate the Devils for a, 88-65 victory, Jan. 18. Centerburg improved to 12-1 on the season and 8-0 in KMAC and Danville fell to 4-10 and 2-8 in KMAC)

Trojans remain unbeaten in KMAC with 71-32 romp over Pirates. Centerburg improved to 11-1 and remained unbeaten in KMAC play at 7-0, with a thorough 39-point shellacking of Cardington-Lincoln (3-10, 1-7 KMAC), 71-32, Tuesday night at home. Controlling the action and shooting well, Centerburg hit 18 field goals and eight threes, to six and six for Cardington. Protecting the ball well, Centerburg turned the ball over only three times, to 10 for C-L.