Mount Gilead High School

Weckesser’s 26 outdone by Bentley’s 29 in Northmor’s comeback win over Danville. Danville’s Walker Weckesser scored 26 points, and the Blue Devils took a seven-point lead into the fourth quarter, but a 29-point night by Grant Bentley and a 22-point fourth-quarter onslaught by The Golden Nights took home a come-from-behind one-point victory December 3.

Note:   Run separate from Girls basketball briefs and college basketball briefsMount Gilead Indians clip Loudonville Redbirds 63-41In the season opener for both schools, Mount Gilead’s boys basketball team fought off a first-quarter deficit and defeated Loudonville, 63-41 at home, Tuesday.Elijah Chafin started things off for the Indians with a nine-point opening quarter on three deuces and a “three”.

Ultimate Goal Centered on KMAC Championship. Dan Strasser doesn’t hold back on his expectations for the 2021-22 Mt. Gilead High School boys basketball team. With three of the five starters returning, and fingers crossed for the return of a fourth, Strasser said there is enough talent to make serious noise toward a Knox Morrow County Athletic Conference title.

Local schools vie at KMAC Cross Country Championships. It comes to down one race.The KMAC Cross Country Championships will be held at Mount Gilead High School this morning at 10 a.m. With runners from local schools giving it their all for a medal, here are some of the top runners and times in recent local races:

The Indians’ new head coach, Mike Reid, has his team attacking the challenge of coming back from COVID with a philosophy he borrowed from Mahatma Gandhi, "Be the Change." Coach Reid said, “It is not often one uses a quote from Mahatma Gandhi for football, but it really fits this year.”