MOAC (mid-ohio Athletic Conference)

This week, the spotlight is on the 27 male student-athletes who were selected as Athletes of the Week.

This week we present 30 different females who were chosen ATHLETE OF THE WEEK, and we will follow up next week with the 27 males who were also selected.

Highland’s Juliette Laracuente owned the MOAC track championships by earning four gold medals, setting one meet record and tying another, May 9-11 on the Marion Harding track.

A six-run second inning propelled the Mount Vernon Lady Jackets (19-6, 10-2) to handing the Dublin Coffman Shamrocks (2-19, 0-8) their 13th straight loss, 12-3, May 10.

High School Baseball May 6: Cardington-Lincoln 8, Loudonville 0; Centerburg 11, Newcomerstown 7; East Knox 10, Danville 0; East Knox 12, Danville 2; Mount Vernon 11, Newark Catholic 3; Utica 6, Lakewood 5

Highland 11, River Valley 1; Highland 11, Clear Fork 1: Highland (19-3, 13-0) secured the MOAC title with a pair of back-to-back 11-1 victories, thanks to strong pitching by Zach Church and Kort Sears.

The MV boys team won nine events at the Jackets Invitational at Mount Vernon High School on May 5.

On May 6, the Mount Vernon Lady Jackets won a romp and a tight game, beating Mansfield 15-0 and Tri-Valley 9-5, to improve to 18-6 on the season and 10-2 in OCC play.

Konnor Daughriety knocked in six runs and blasted a homer to lead the Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets (16-4, 9-3) to an 11-3 win over Newark Catholic (14-5, 10-2) on May 6.

Highland 7, Galion 3. Abby Jordan provided some pop in the bat against Galion (5-9, 1-8), leading the Highland Fighting Scots (9-8, 7-3) to a 7-3 win on April 26.

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Landon Spearman was nearly perfect on April 27 against the Lucas Cubs (9-3, 5-1), with the Bulldog ace tossing a complete game one-hitter to lead East Knox (11-4, 7-3) to a 3-0 win. Landon Spearman was nearly perfect on April 27 against the Lucas Cubs (9-3, 5-1) on April 27, with the Bulldog ace tossing a complete game one-hitter to lead East Knox (11-4, 7-3) to a 3-0 win.

The Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets (13-5, 8-1) tamed the Mansfield Tygers (1-7, 0-6) on April 27, with a 15-1 blowout, no-hitting them in the process.

Mount Vernon 6, West Holmes 3 Caden Rowland was a standout at the plate and also on the hill for Mount Vernon (12-4, 7-3), putting together a solid day on the mound while pitching a complete game to get the win in a 6-3 victory for the Yellow Jackets over West Holmes (5-7, 2-3) on April 25.

Mount Vernon softball recaps

Saturday, April 29: Centerburg Baseball at Marion Harding, noon, Fredericktown Baseball at Pleasant, 10 a.m., Highland Baseball at St. Francis DeSales, 11 a.m., Mount Gilead Baseball at Granville, noon

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Mount Vernon baseball recaps

Mount Vernon 13, Marysville 6 The Mount Vernon Lady Jackets (10- 5, 5-1 in OCC play) used a five-run second inning to distance themselves from the Marysville Monarchs (13-3) en route to a a 13-6 win April 22. Ahead 9-6 after five, MV tacked on four more in the sixth to make it a runaway.