Mount Vernon News

MOUNT VERNON – Mr. And Mrs. Gerald (Gary) Fesler of Kenyon Road, Mount  Vernon will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 20, 2021.

The Mount Vernon News is looking for sportswriters and reporters to write about community news and sports to help keep residents informed. We cover Knox County sports, including the Ohio Cardinal Conference, KMAC and local colleges, as well as community receation, sports and events.

KMAC ALL LEAGUE in Golf. The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) consisting of the Cardington,Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, Fredericktown, Highland, Mt Gilead, Northmor along with affiliate member Elgin (girl’s golf) High Schools and Middle Schools has announced the following All League award winners and team champions.

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

The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) consisting of the Cardington,Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, Fredericktown, Highland, Mt Gilead, Northmor along with affiliate member Elgin (girl’s golf) High Schools and Middle Schools would like toannounce the following All League award winners and team champions.Audrey Brininger Cardington-Lincoln Volleyball Player of the YearMichaela McGill Mt.

Let’s Talk Sports for 11-13-21 Let’s Talk sportsmanship and respect. Sports is about competition and doing your best on the field or in the arena and not getting off the gas until victory is assured.

Thursday, Nov. 11All Veterans are invited to attend the annual East Knox Veterans Day Breakfast honoring those who have served in the U.S.

The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) consisting of the Cardington, Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, Fredericktown, Highland, Mt. Gilead, Northmor along with affiliate member Elgin (girl’s golf) High Schools and Middle Schools has announced the following All League award winners and team champions. Dane Nauman of Highland and Max Lower of Northmor were named Players of the Year.

Keep Knox Safe: ASK and Safe Bar Training is a free training for bars, restaurants, breweries and other alcohol-serving establishments to adhere to Mount Vernon's new DORA compliance requirements.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s eighth group of ATHLETE OF THE WEEK nominations continues the established trend of spotlighting student-athletes’ skills and performances on the fields and courts of action. This week, Volleyball takes center stage for the ladies and football is the focus for the guys. Highland has a nominee in each category,

This season’s football play-offs started last week, and there were six local schools in the competition in three divisions/regions. This week, there are still three schools standing (one in each division/region) for the semi-finals: Highland, Northmor and East Knox.

Let’s talk about the World Series. Is it just me, or was the entire spectacle of this year’s World Series simply not as exciting as it was back in the day?

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

The Highland Scots earned their way into the OHSSA volleyball play-offs and then advanced to round-two, after sweeps over Granville and Bloom-Carroll. The Flying Scots (2204 and 14-0 MOA), advanced to the play-offs with a 3-0 District Semi-Final win versus Granville, Oct. 27. The Scots won the match 25-15, 25-7, 25-9. The Cardington-Lincoln Pirates continue to roll over the net. Cardington-Lincoln, 21-3 continued on in its season with 3-0 sweep over Fairbanks, Oct. 29 and a first-round play-off win, 3-1 over Johnstown Northridge, Oct. 30.

Northmor ground game and one bomb beats Freddies 28-14The Freddies jumped into the lead, but sixth-seeded Northmor built on a 7-6 first quarter lead and never looked back, defeating 11-seeded Fredericktown 28-14 in Division VI, Region 23 action.Ben Mast completed a 23-yard TD pass to Xavier Mullins, less than five minutes in, to give the Freddies a 6-0 lead, but a determined Golden Knights defense and three Max Lower scores followed by a Marcus Cortez bomb-and-run of 74 yards to Andrew Armrose, put the Knights too far ahead for a successful comeback.

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

Hannah Vaughn Earns Second Crossroads League Bowler of the Week Honor. For the second time this season, Hannah Vaughn of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s bowling team has been named the Crossroads League Women’s Bowler of the Week.

The high school play-off season has begun and local teams are represented well in the action. Last night, Highland fced off against Linden McKinley , and today, there are four games scheduled that receive local support. Here is a preview of each match-up.East Knox vs. Reedsville Eastern, Centerburg vs.Nelsonville-York, Fredericktown vs.Northmor and Danville vs.Newark Catholic

Let’s talk Old-school vs. New-school and football positions. Things change and I am all right with that. Things evolve and that, too, can be a good thing. But, sometimes things were OK the way they were and changing them for the sake of change is not all that acceptable. I guess it might be a case of old-school vs. new-school, and while this column deals with some of that, I believe we will share many columns on good old-school and poor old-school vs. improved new-school or you-really-messed-it-up new-school.

Friday, Oct. 29A meeting of the Development Advisory Committee of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.WHERE: Tappan Lake Marina,33315 Cadiz-Dennison Road, Scio, Ohio.WHEN: 9 a.m.