Danville High School

The No. 5 Danville Blue Devils won their first two rounds of the Division IV Central 1 Sectional/District Tournament, taking the Sectional title against No. 8 Ridgedale after an opening round win over No. 14 Liberty Christian.

These former Mount Vernon News area high school standouts will be in action in the week starting Mon Feb. 26.

Emotions were high in Highland where the Lady Scots (8-13, 5-9) honored the late Emma West, and Highland was able to put that energy into their play with a 50-30 win over a talented Danville (15-7, 8-4) team on Feb. 13.

The Danville girls’ basketball team (14-6, 8-4) came away with a big 52-43 win over KMAC rival East Knox (5-13, 2-9) in front of a home crowd on Senior Night, with their upperclassmen leading the charge on both offense and defense to take the conference victory.

The Danville girls’ basketball team completely ran away with the game from the start against Lucas on Jan. 25, as their defense was about as good as it gets in a 62-11 victory.

The Danville boys’ basketball team got a strong one-two punch out of Wesley Payne and Walker Weckesser, as they combined for 38 points in a 58-47 win over Mount Gilead on Jan. 20.

It was a battle between two of the top teams in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference on Jan. 12 with Centerburg (9-2, 5-1) hosting Danville (11-4, 6-2), and the Trojans were lights out shooting while playing outstanding defense in a 57-21 win.

Kylee Hess put on a show scoring the basketball with a 19 point game, leading Danville (10-3, 5-1) to a 50-42 win over KMAC rival East Knox (4-8, 1-5) on Jan. 6.

Blake Sipes had a standout performance for the Fredericktown boys’ basketball team (4-4, 2-1) on Jan. 5, leading the Freddies to a 66-47 win over KMAC rival Danville (1-10, 0-4).

The Cardington-Lincoln boys’ basketball team (5-1, 3-0) bounced back with a 63-43 win over KMAC rival Danville (1-7, 0-3) on Dec. 22, making it five wins in six games to start the season for the Pirates.

Senior Ella Proper has put together a top notch career for the Danville Blue Devils (6-2, 3-1), and last week she reached the 1,000 point milestone in a win over Knox Morrow Athletic Conference rival Fredericktown (4-3, 1-2). The Blue Devils are now in first place in KMAC.

Last week the Danville boys’ basketball team (1-3, 0-0) edged out Ridgewood (1-2, 0-0) for their first win of the young season, but they couldn’t keep up the momentum with a pair of losses to Granville Christian Academy and Smithville.

It was a thrilling matchup in KMAC girls' basketball action between rivals Danville (3-2, 1-1) and Centerburg (2-2, 1-1) on Dec. 9, with Ella Proper and Kylee Hess combining for 43 points in a 71-69 double overtime win for the Blue Devils.

Mount Vernon News local football scoreboard Sept. 15

Mount Vernon's Logan Eggert placed third of 183 entrants in the Varsity Division 1 5,000 meter boys' high school finals at Saturday's Newark Invitational.

This week’s ATHLETES of the WEEK are Laura Lonsinger (Mount Vernon soccer) and Jacob Hackman (Danville football).

Danville volleyball team hopes the fast start will continue throughout the season

The Danville Blue Devils are looking to build on last season’s success, so much so that the team slogan for this upcoming play is “Unfinished business.”

Danville High School softball’s third annual "Launch it for Louis” hit-a-thon fundraiser was held July 19 at D.A.R.C.I. Field, home of Danville softball, and the event raised $10,200, with full funds going to finance a four-game road trip to South Carolina at the start of the 2024 season.

The Danville Blue Devils took their 3-3-2 record into the final game of the North Central Ohio Summer League softball season on July 18 against the Loudonville Redbirds, who finished their regular season at 16-7. Danville was 18-7 during the regular season.