Mount Vernon High School

Congratulations to the 2023 Homecoming Court.

Of 43 Central Ohio natives on college football rosters this week, 16 made game contributions to their teams. How did your favorite high school stars of yesterday perform on Saturday?

Ian T. Hawthorne, Hannah M. Hofferberth and Mateo Pechon Elkins are Mount Vernon High School's three National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists for 2024.

This week’s ATHLETES of the WEEK are Laura Lonsinger (Mount Vernon soccer) and Jacob Hackman (Danville football).

The Mount Vernon Boys Yellow Jackets Soccer team faced off against, Lexington, resulting in a 1-1 draw.

Mount Vernon volleyball recaps

Principal Rob Gross struggles to adequately explain Barbara Holdren’s value to Mount Vernon Middle School.

Northmor won its own cross-country invitational as five local teams finished in the top six, August 21. Northmor’s Ryan Lehman won the boys competition and Loudonville’s Tess Schultz took home first on the girls side.

Last season’s Mount Vernon High School girls tennis team went 10-11 for coach Steve Tier and assistant Erica Gray and finished in fourth place in the OCC with a 4-3 mark

The Mount Vernon News sports department is in its third year of the MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK, a school-year weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools.This week’s ATHLETES of the WEEK are Kameron Stover (Highland volleyball) and Jonnie Askew (Mount Vernon football).

Eight Ohio Cardinal Conference football teams have games scheduled this week.

The Mt. Vernon Yellowjackets (1-9) start the season against the Marion Harding Presidents (1-9) on Aug. 18 at Mount Vernon HS.

Mt. Vernon Yellowjackets(1-0) and seven other Ohio Cardinal Conference football teams are scheduled to play this week.

Mount Vernon High School head coach Jay Campbell said he really likes the direction of the team culture and the strides they have made in developing leaders within the program. “We look forward to seeing how that impacts our play on the field," he said.

The Mount Vernon volleyball team is playing its last season in the Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) and will be joining the Licking County League next year, and the team hopes to make the best of their final year in the OCC, driven by a core group of returning players to propel them on a deep playoff run.

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

The No. 3 Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets went all the way to the regional finals of the OHSAA Division 1, Region 1 volleyball state tournament, losing a 3-1 match to No. 1 Olentangy Liberty on May 20.

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

Two Yellow Jackets won double gold to lead Mount Vernon to team wins in their own meet. Our Athletes of the Week are Sarah Phillips (Mount Vernon track) and Jack Craigo (Mount Vernon track).

The Mount Vernon High School boys tennis team competed in the Ohio Cardinal Conference tournament at the College of Wooster and Wooster High School last week.