Mount Vernon News

Cougars lacrosse team opens with 11-1 win over HeidelbergThe Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s lacrosse team (1-0) opened the2022 season in dominat fashion, scoring at will to defeat Heidelberg University (0-1) by a final score of 11-1at Cougar Field on Wednesday, February 9.The Cougars dominated the matchup with three goals in each of the first three quarters and allowed only one goal with just 3:02 remaining in the game.

Basketball leaders propel their teams to an OT win and a blow-out The Mount Vernon News sports department’s 22nd ATHLETE OF THE WEEK nominations continues the established procedure of spotlighting student-athletes’ skills and performances on the fields and courts of action. Based on performances, we ask ADs, coaches and the community to nominate one boy and one girl from their athletic programs to compete against other schools’ nominations. This week, a leader on both ends of the court helped her team take down a previously undefeated rival and a player’s career night inspired his team to a blow-out victory.

Lady Pirates resume winning ways with 54-11 demolition of Rockets.The Cardington-Lincoln Lady Pirates got back on track in a big way, demolishing Ridgedale, 54-11 Monday, Feb. 7. After dropping two of their last four, losing to strong Division II programs at River Valley and Clear Fork, sandwiched around securing their seventh consecutive KMAC title and increasing their KMAC winning streak to 68 games with wins over Mount Gilead and Fredericktown, Cardington-Lincoln has a nonconference matched scheduled against the Ridgedale Rockets

Big fourth quarter by Highland not enough to take down Northmor. Host Northmor withstood a furious Highland scoring frenzy in the fourth, with a twine-ruffling output of their own, the nail down a 67-63 victory, Feb. 8.

Let’s talk sports mascots and nicknames. Recently, two rather tepidly received sports nicknames were unveiled – the Cleveland Guardians and the Washington Commanders. That brings us to a jaundiced view of peculiar mascots and team names.

OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.

OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.

William “Bill” Ray Seymour, 74, Thomson, Georgia, entered into eternal rest on Jan. 26, 2022.

Nena D. Blair, 74, of Mount Vernon passed away on Jan. 25, 2022, at Knox Community Hospital.

Together we can

The best part of writing fiction is that you get to create your own world, Utica author Dan Long, Jr. told the Mount Vernon News.

This has been an exciting NFL play-off season, and it all culminates in the Feb. 13 Super Bowl between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams. Often, the Super Bowl is not as great a game as the fierce play-offs that precede it, and this year, the Big Game has big shoes to fill. But is the coverage super or over-kill? The game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC, but the pre-game starts with “Road to the Super Bowl” at 12 noon, then five-and-a-half hours of pregame coverage before the game.

OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.

Sheridan "Sherry" Ann Durbin, 73 of Ontario, Ohio, passed away on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, in Yuma, AZ.

Girls softball registration set for Feb. 16, March 5. Mount Vernon girls softball will be holding registration for the 2022 spring season. Registration is for girls ages 5-16 as of Jan. 1, 2022. Registration will be held at the Urton Clock House at Ariel Foundation Park on the following Saturdays: Feb. 26 and March 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mount Vernon area girls' basketball roundup. Lady Pirates clinch seventh-straight KMAC title. Recovering from team illness, lost practice and a rare lost game, the Cardington-Lincoln Lady Pirates focused on the task at hand …and secured their seventh-consecutive KMAC league title, with a 50-32 romp over Mount Gilead, Saturday, Jan. 29. The win improved C-L to 15-1 this season and 11-0 in KMAC play, increasing their consecutive KMAC winning streak to 68 games.

Mount Vernon area boys' basketball roundup. Freddies break open game in second half to top Liberty Union, 61-43. Fredericktown played host to Liberty Union, Jan. 27, in a non-conference matchup, and while the Lions controlled the first half, the Freddies came on even bigger in the second half to down Liberty Union 61-43. After being down 29-23 at halftime, Fredericktown amassed a 38-14 second-half advantage to win their eight in a row and increase their season record to 10-7, 6-5 in KMAC. The loss sent Liberty Union home with a 9-11 mark, 6-4 in Mid-State Buckeye play.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s 20th ATHLETE OF THE WEEK nominations continues the established procedure of spotlighting student-athletes’ skills and performances on the fields and courts of action. This week, a girls basketball team player stepped up when others around her were ill and the team was up against it. On the boys’ side, a wrestler performed in golden fashion.

Every young ballplayer who has progressed from Little League to high school ball, and even those who don’t play for their school teams, yearns to hit the diamond in summer and play more ball. Babe Ruth League gives 13-to-16-year-olds the chance to play. This year, those kids were almost deprived of the chance to play, but the game will go on, thanks to a dedicated team of baseball lovers

Let’s Talk Winter Olympics. The next major sports event coming up is not the Super Bowl and not March Madness. It is the Winter Olympics. Beijing 2022 will host the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Feb. 4-20. Sometimes thought of as “the Summer Olympics’ little brother or sister,” to those of us who prefer cold-weather sports or who applaud and embrace the athleticism on skates or skis, the artistry of dancers and gymnasts on ice, the elegance of skating in pairs, the speed of skaters, the excitement of downhill, the precision of bobsled (OK, they call it “bobsleigh”) steering and the fierce national competition in the hockey arena, the Winter Olympics stands on its own as a must-see event for true sports fans.