Lexington High School

Lexington and Madison Comprehensive both struggled to start the season, and both teams were looking for their first win when they went head-to-head on April 3. Senior Colton Murfield came out and pitched a complete game shutout, whiffing Rams left and right, to take a 5-0 win for the Minutemen.

The Lexington girls’ track team is coming off a 2023 season where they won the OCC and the district, as well as taking first at the Upper Sandusky Invite, Edison Invite, Marion Invite and Galion Invite.

The Lexington boys’ track team has three All-State athletes returning to this year’s team, and Coach Michael Moore sees big things especially for his relay teams.

The Lexington softball team has five returning starters and 11 letter winners coming back this season, and while Coach Todd Galownia knows the Ohio Cardinal Conference will be a battle, his team has a goal to take the title this spring.

West Holmes was well represented in the Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) accolades, as they had the player of the year in Keegan Uhl, coach of the year with Lindsy Belden and four others selected for All-OCC.

Local boys’ wrestling teams recently competed in their sectional championships last weekend, and below are some highlights of winners and top wrestlers in their respective meets.

Mount Vernon (10-11, 7-0) battled right to the end against the top team in the Ohio Cardinal Conference in Lexington (20-2, 14-0), but the Minutemen were able to hold on for a 61-58 win over the Yellow Jackets for Coach Scott Hamilton’s 200th career win.

The Ashland Arrows won the Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling title on Feb. 17, with three wrestlers taking individual titles, and Coach Tommy Butler winning OCC Coach of the Year.

Winning streaks continued, school records were set and conference rivals went head to head in local boys' hoops last week, and here are some games to highlight from the Mount Vernon News coverage area from last week.

The final month of regular season action is here for the local girls' basketball teams, and here are a few games highlighted from last week as the teams focus on finishing strong and setting themselves up for the postseason.

The Freddie Invite was held on Jan. 13 with 22 teams competing, and New Philadelphia came away with the top spot with a score of 285.

The West Holmes girls' basketball team (8-4, 6-1) took on Lexington (6-8, 5-3) in a back-and-forth matchup on Jan. 11, with the Knights walking away with a 49-45 win led by Keegan Uhl's 13 points.

The following events are scheduled to take place in Lexington this week.

On Dec. 9 the Lexington wrestling team took second in the Hillsdale Austin Smiley Tournament at Hillsdale High School with a score of 225, behind Plymouth’s score of 233. The Wooster Generals were fifth in the tournament wit a score of 146.5.

The Division III All-Ohio football team was announced on Dec. 6 and a number of Mount Vernon News coverage area athletes were selected, with New Philadelphia leading the way with nine honorees.

West Holmes (1-1, 1-0) suffered a tough opening night loss to Dover (2-1, 0-0), but were able to bounce back with a conference win against Lexington (0-3, 0-1).

The Loudonville girls’ basketball team started off the year 2-0, with the win over Mount Gilead a big one as the Indians were last year’s KMAC champions.

The following events are scheduled to take place in Lexington this month.

The Ohio Cardinal Conference released their All-Conference selections and individual awards. The conference consists of high schools from Mount Vernon, Ashland, Lexington, Madison Comprehensive, Mansfield Senior, New Philadelphia, West Holmes and Wooster.

The following event is scheduled to take place in Lexington this week.