Fredericktown High School

Last season, the Fredericktown Freddies boys basketball team went 6-6 in conference play and 12-13 overall last season, falling narrowly in a playoff matchup vs. the Utica Redskins. Heading into the 2022-2023 season, Fredericktown’s men’s basketball team is bringing back some of its top players, and looks like a dangerous team in the Knox Morrow Conference.

1972 Fredericktown High School graduate Curtis Reppart was that rare talent who excelled in the three most popular sports of the era: football, basketball, and baseball. Reppart played quarterback and defensive back on the football team, point guard on the basketball team, and shortstop the Freddie’s baseball squad.

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 ATHLETE of the WEEK WINNERS for this week are Elsa Hoam and Tyler Johnson.

Edison charges on an error in extras to put Freddies’ lights out, 5-4. An eighth-inning error resulted in a walk-off victory for Edison, to end Fredericktown’s season. Fresh from a 3-1 OHSAA Division 3 District Final victory over the Amanda-Clearcreek Aces, the Freddies (20-7) met Edison (23-8) at Elida High School in the Division-3 Regional semi-final June 2 and fell to the Chargers, 5-4.

he Mount Vernon News sports department’s 36th ATHLETE OF THE WEEK nominations continues the established procedure of spotlighting student-athletes’ skills and performances on the fields and courts of action. This week we have two hard-working and skillful student-athletes who led their teams to play-off wins.

2022 KMAC Baseball Final StandingsTeam Conference Record. 1.Fredericktown 11-1 2. Centerburg 10-2  3.East Knox 8-4  4.Northmor 6-6  5.Cardington-Lincoln 5-6. 2022 KMAC Final Stat Leaders - Batting 1. Brady Lester Fredericktown .508, 2. Bryar Householder East Knox .508, 3. Grayson Reynolds Centerburg .494

Freddies score early to fold the Aces, 3-1. Fredericktown scored three runs in the first and never looked back as they took down Amanda-Clearcreek, 5-1, in the OHSAA Division 3 District Final, May 25, to move on to the Regionals. The Freddies’ three-of-a-kind was more than the Aces could handle, as Amanda-Clearcreek fell to 18-7 on the season and Fredericktown improved to 20-6.

Nathan Streby of East Knox ran away from the men in the 800-meter run and Mount Vernon’s Sophie Zoldak did the same to the women in the 3200, as 16 local teams squared off at the Fredericktown track meet, on the Freddies’ track, April 29.

The Fredericktown High School Alumni Association is pleased to announce that a fully endowed scholarship has been established to honor the life of 1959 Fredericktown High School graduate, Janet Hadley Mather.