Danville High School

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.

Danville entered the fourth week of the North Central Ohio Summer League with a 2-3-1 record and met the Northwestern (West Salem) Huskies on July 12, a week after splitting a doubleheader against them.

Danville came into the third week of the North Central Ohio Summer League with a 1-2-1 record and took its swings against Northwestern (West Salem) on July 5.

The second week of the North Central Ohio Summer League saw Danville playing a doubleheader against Johnstown, which was coming off a season in which it advanced to the Final Four in the playoffs.

In softball, Centerburg, Danville and Loudonville are playing in the eight-team North Central Ohio (NCO) Summer League that includes Ashland Crestview, Johnstown, Northwestern, Norwayne and Mapleton.

The showcase of talented local high school student-athletes who have signed to continue their academic and athletic careers in college continues. Danville High School celebrated one of its own stars who will move on after the current season.

In the last year, the Danville Junior High School cheerleading team has focused on expanding the use of stunting throughout Knox County.

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 Mount Vernon News sports department’s MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK is a weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools. Based on their performances, we will select an ATHLETE of the WEEK and recognize other outstanding athletic accomplishments. Our Athletes of the Week are Jaylyn Workman (Danville Basketball) and Trenton Collins (Utica basketball).

More than 50 fans, teammates, school officials and family members met Dec. 6 at the Danville High School lobby to support Lady Blue Devils senior softball player Cordelia “Cordi” Richert as she officially signed to play college ball at Wittenberg University.

The Danville girls’ basketball team is coming off a district championship season in which they went 20-6 and 10-2 in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference, and while the team graduated a large group of seniors, six letter winners are coming back and look to lead the team to another title run.

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 Cally Carpenter (Fredericktown basketball) and Max Payne (Danville football).

Danville’s dreams of a Regional title came down to the last minute, when victory was snatched away by Warren JFK, with a come-from-behind touchdown and a 2-pt. conversion with 39 seconds left.

Danville pulled off a second furious finish in as many weeks to advance to the Division VII, Region 25 final against Warren JFK.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK is a weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools. This week’s ATHLETE of the WEEK winner is a second-time honoree, Levi Lyons (Danville football).

Held scoreless, and down 20 points heading into the fourth quarter, the Danville Blue Devils performed a comeback for the ages and took down a determined Lucas team, 27-20, Saturday night.

Following an epic playoff win over Hillsdale, Danville continues its quest for a state football title against the Lucas Cubs.

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 Zoya Winkelfoos (Highland volleyball) and Kaiden Colopy (Danville football).

The Danville Blue Devils (10-2) marched into the OHSAA Division 7, Region 25 semifinals with a 42-41 victory over Hillsdale (7-5) on Friday night.

Friday night at Howard, two local football rivals fought it out in the Knox County version of Army-Navy or Ohio State-Michigan.