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Freddies walk-off 6-5 win over PiratesA three-run ninth that ended with a walk-off game-winning single by Braden Sapp on a 2-2 pitch, seized victory from defeat April 28, in a 6-5 Fredericktown victory over Cardington-Lincoln.Cardington got all their runs in a five-run fourth that turned a 3-0 deficit into a 5-3 lead, an advantage they held into the final inning.Teegan Ruhl led off the seventh with a single, and Daichi Yamazaki followed with another base hit.

Mount Gilead scores 48 runs to sweep Tygers. Many teams don’t score 48 runs in a month. The Mount Gilead softball team did it in a single day, a doubleheader sweep over the Mansfield Tygers. The Indians had put only eight runs across the plate in their last four games. Sitting at 2-9 in the season, 2022 turned around with an epic onslaught, April 30, when the Indians destroyed Mansfield 15-4 and 32-6 … yes, 32 runs in a single game. They had an inning for the ages in game two, when they came knocking for 29 runs in the second inning.

Asher’s 3 homers, 10-run fifth propel Lady Scots to 21-13 win over Galion. Stevie Asher bombed out three home runs, and 10 was the number of the afternoon for the Highland Lady Scots, Wednesday as they powered up to a 21-13 football score victory over Galion. Highland scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth to turn a 12-11 deficit into a 21-12 lead, and the win marked the 10th consecutive win by the Lady Scots to tie a school record originally set by the 2018 team.

Back-to-back fives lead Mount Gilead over Danville 12-5. Mount Gilead came back from an early 1-0 deficit and used back-to-back five-run innings to discharge the Danville Blue Devils, 12-5, April 17. Lemaster’s 2-hitter, Reynolds’ 4 RBIs lead Trojans over Knights, 12-0. Daniel Lemaster pitched a two-hit shut out and the Centerburg Trojans made their five hits count as they scored 12 runs to lance the Northmor’s Golden Knights, 12-0, April 27. Grayson Reynolds took care of the offense for Centerburg with three hits and four RBIs and the Trojans also reached base on six walks, five hit batters and four Golden Knight errors.

Whether or not the Mount Vernon area may feel this way yet, spring is here and with that comes allergy season. With the pandemic still lingering around it could serve to be a confusing time for people trying to evaluate whether a symptom is COVID-19 or allergies, and UnitedHealthcare of Ohio CMO Dr. Gary Grosel had some pointers for the public.

Highland improved its season mark to 6-2 with a doubleheader sweep of Fredericktown, 3-2 and 4-2 on April 23, to drop the Lady Freddies to 8-4. In the opener, Highland put a run in in the first, took a 2-1 lead in the sixth, only to have Fredericktown come back with two to tie the score. Highland scored the tie-breaker in the top of the seventh.

Armose drives in seven as Golden Knights sweep Redbirds. Andrew Armrose drove three runs in the first game and four more in game two, to lead Northmor to a doubleheader sweep over Loudonville, 5-3, 11-1 on April 23.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s 30th 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 we have four stars of the diamond who did their talking with their bats, and out-powered the competition.

Lady Jackets score in bunches, sweep Whippets 17-2, 12-4 . The Mount Vernon Lady Yellow Jackets ran their season record to 11-2 and 6-0 in Ohio Cardinal Conference play with back-to-back wins over West Holmes, 17-2 and 12-4. Lady Scots score big in later innings to beat Harding 12-4 , Shelby 6-1. Highland’s Lady Scots seem to wake up their bats later in the game, as they scored three runs in the third and poured it on with two in the sixth and five in the seventh to down Marion Harding 12-4 on April 14, and they put four runs on the board in the fourth and two in the sixth to down Shelby, 6-1 on April 20

Mount Vernon takes a pair from West Holmes, 10-3, 2-0. The Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets got the best of the West Holmes Knights, April 19-20 with back-to-back wins, 10-3 and 2-0.Centerburg scores 40 runs in two games in two blowouts. The Centerburg Trojans scored, scored and scored some more, running their record to 7-1 with a 26-3 assault on Eastmoor Academy, April 19 and a 14-4 rout of Mount Gilead, April 20.

Let’s talk big-money contracts. The big baseball news lately hovers around the “Face of the Yankees,” and one of the faces of major league baseball, Aaron Judge. Judge is larger than life. At 6-foot-7 and 282 pounds, he IS a big man. When he hits home runs – in his 2017 rookie season he hit 52 of them and in his career he has 159 bombs in 584 games -- his exit velocity and distance are second only to teammate Giancarlo Stanton.

Bulldogs run up football score on Indians, 27-0. It was softball, but the final was football-scorey, as the East Knox Bulldogs rang up 27 runs to down Mount Gilead, 2-0, April 14.Danville no-hits Northmor, romps to 10-0 victory, wins second game 14-6. In the resumption of a suspended game, a four-run Danville first inning was all the Lady Blue Devils needed, as two-pitcher shut out nd not hit the visiting Northmor Lady Knights, 10-0, April 15.

Golden Knights hold Danville to one hit in 13-1 romp.The Danville Blue Devils took a 1-0 lead after one inning, but were held to one hit and the Northmor Golden Knights scored five in the second and seven in the fifth and connected for eight hits to take a 13-1 decision April 15.

Friday, April 22Board of Directors of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District meeting.Kent State University Tuscarawas, 330 University Drive NE, New Philadelphia, Ohio.WHEN: 9 a.m.

Let’s talk rally caps. Baseball season is here … get out your rally caps. OK, they look dumb, but you can’t overlook anything that guarantees your team a win. Your team is down a couple of runs in the ninth. You need them to rally and their bats have been dead all game. How do you wake them up? A cheer? A dance? Banging a drum? Rally caps.

The Zanesville Civil War Roundtable will meet Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at the Putnam Presbyterian Church located at 467 Woodlawn Ave., Zanesville.

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

The Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) will host an Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 16, from noon until 4 p.m.

The Knox County Pomona Grange met on Monday, March 21, at Wayne Grange on State Route 95. The meeting was called to order by Master Lonnie Totten with 24 members and three guests present. After the opening of the grange, the 5th degree was presented. Master Lonnie Totten thanked all that participated in the degree.