Mount Vernon High School

The East Central Indiana Classic (ECIC) wrestling competition was held December 23, and Mount Vernon High school placed third out of 16 competing teams, with 181.5 points. Jay County won with 206.0, Oak Hill was second with 196.0 and Bluffton finished behind Mount Vernon, with 172.0.

East Knox stays undefeated, outlasts Danville, 52- 47. The East Knox Bulldogs started slowly, then ramped up their offense higher each quarter to remain unbeaten and improve their record to 6-0, 5-0 in KMAC play, with a hard-fought 52-47 win over host Danville. The Tuesday night loss dropped the Blue Devils to 2-6 and 1-5 in KMAC.

East Knox tops Granville, 61-47 to remain unbeaten. In a non-conference matchup, Saturday, East Knox came from behind to down Granville Christian, 61-47. Remaining undefeated at 5-0, the Bulldogs dropped Granville to 1-3, after a tight first quarter that ended with EK on top 9-8. The Bulldogs were outplayed in the second quarter, 20-13, to go into the locker room at halftime down 28-22. The Bulldogs came out shooting in the third and took over with a 20-9 run, led by Sam Whitney and Peyton Lester with seven points each and Ethan Rine with six.

MOUNT VERNON – Slow starts had become the norm for the Mount Vernon girls basketball team.Head coach Nathan Short was determined to end that.The Yellow Jackets began Saturday’s game with a 13-2 run, putting to bed any hopes of a Lexington upset.

Mount Vernon High School released the following list of senior students named to its honor, merit and achievement rolls for the first quarter of the 2021-22 school year.

Mount Vernon High School released the following list of junior students named to its honor, merit and achievement rolls for the first quarter of the 2021-22 school year.

Mount Vernon High School released the following list of sophomore students named to its honor, merit and achievement rolls for the first quarter of the 2021-22 school year.

Mount Vernon High School released the following list of freshmen students named to its honor, merit and achievement rolls for the first quarter of the 2021-22 school year.

Taking first place, swimming against five teams in a December 8 meet at River Valley, the Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets swim team “dominated the pool,” according to Head Coach Kevin Steel.

Chafin deadly at the line in Mount Gilead’s overtime win over Northmor, 79-70. Elijah Chafin calmly hit 15-of-17 at the line and scored 10 points on overtime, as Mount Gilead (3-3, 2-2 KMAC) came from behind to take down the Northmor Golden Knights (3-3, 2-2 KMAC), 79-70, Tuesday night.

Scots lose game at the line to Pleasant, 62-57. The Highland Scots traveled to Pleasant High School on Dec. 4, and in a tough and close game, that was decided by free throw performance, the Scots went home with a 62-57 loss in what was the first win of the season for Pleasant. Mount Vernon wins 62-61 thriller over Mansfield. A tight first half moved into a come-from-behind situation in the second half for Mount Vernon (2-2, 1-0 OCC), as they beat Mansfield (2-2 1-1 OCC) in a thriller, 62-61.

Jackets roll to season-opening win over HighlandThe Mount Vernon Co-Ed Varsity Bowling team jump-started the 2021-2022 season against Highland at Colonial City Lanes in Mount Vernon, Nov. 26th.With experience and returning lettermen on both sides of the lane, Mount Vernon pulled off a sweep as both the Boys and Girl varsity squads won.

CENTERBURG – Centerburg boys basketball assistant coach Ed Lambert offered pizza for any player who collected eight rebounds on Wednesday.Party at Mick Mead’s house.Mead collected nine rebounds in the second half alone to go along with his game-high 14 points in the Trojans’ 63-53 season-opening win over Mount Vernon.Wednesday’s game was the first-ever regular season meeting between the two Knox County schools.

Yellow Jackets wrestlers look for post-season successThe Mount Vernon wrestling team went last year, and head coach Nate Cornell is counting on his seniors, who have been in the program for four years, to achieve the team goal – post-season tournament success.

With the season opener less than a week away, Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets head coach Nick Coon is enthusaistic about his team’s prospects.

Mullins, Askew named to OCC All-Conference team, Centerburg Signing Day today, Milhon earns position on All-NCAC Team

As the Nov. 2 election approached, 11th graders at Mount Vernon High School prepared to cast their ballots in a mock election, according to a press release from Kids Voting Ohio.

MOUNT VERNON – It took all season for the Mount Vernon boys basketball team to get good momentum, only to go down to an unfortunate draw.The Yellow Jackets won four out of five before getting bounced in the Division I sectional finals against eventual state runner-up Westerville Central.

Ohio Cardinal Conference officials have named their all-conference teams for several sports and Mount Vernon girls have received recognition and have been honored for their strong seasons in volleyball and soccer and Yellowjacket boys have been acknowledged for their work in soccer.The 2021 OCC All Conference Girls Volleyball selections include:Senor, Emma Summerfield – First team; sophomore Jurnie Gleason and senior Maddie Sinsel – Second team.

It took less than two years of college competition, but Mount Vernon High School graduate, Kimberly Trapp is now at the top of the list for the Indiana University East women's soccer team in career goals scored.