Highland High School

Through five weeks of football, a dozen local student-athletes find themselves among the top performance players in Ohio high school football. The top name on the list is Highland's ground-gaining Dane Nauman, who ranks sixth in Ohio with 935 yards rushing on 127 attampts for a 7.36 yard per carry average, and 187.0 yards per game, with 11 touchdowns

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK is a weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools.

Highland 3, Clear Fork 0. Highland remained undefeated and improved to 11-0 and 7-0 in MOAC play, with A 3-0 sweep over visiting Clear Fork, Sept. 15, by set scores of 25-16, 25-17, 25-12. The Scots got off to a quick start, sputtered in the middle, but finished strong in their match to stay undefeated in the MOAC.

Highland 27, Ontario 17. The Highland Fighting Scots traveled to Ontario on Sept. 9, and Dane Nauman added to his long list of big production days, as the junior running ran all over the Ontario defense to lead Highland to victory, 27-17, improving to 2-2 on the year.

In a battle of the last two unbeaten teams in MOAC play, the Highland Fighting Scots played three tough sets before sweeping the Galion Tigers 3-0 by scores of 25-21, 27-25, 26-24.

Highland stays undefeated, hands Loudonville first loss. Highland’s Lady Scots met the Loudonville Lady Redbirds in a battle of unbeaten volleyball teams, and Highland left with a 7-0 record and Loudonville dropped to 5-1 after a straight-set victory, Sept. 3 on Highland’s home court 25-13, 25-15, 25-9.

Elsa Hoam of Fredericktown cruised home in first at the 3rd Annual Highland Flying Scots Cross Country Invitational over the 2022 Labor Day weekend. Mild temperatures and cloud cover provided favorable conditions for the 624 runners that raced in six different races on Saturday.

Highland wins 127th-straight conference match 3-0, over Pleasant. Brininger surpasses 1000-career kills, C-L tops Danville, 3-0. Centerburg sweeps Mount Gilead, 3-0. Wooster hands Mount Vernon first loss, 3-0.

The Mount Vernon News sports department is starting its second year of the MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK, a school-year weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools.