Northmor High School

The Division VI and VII All-Ohio football teams were announced on Dec. 4 with a number of Mount Vernon News coverage area players selected.

The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference released their All-KMAC football selections for 2023. The conference includes Cardington-Lincoln, Centerburg, East Knox, Fredericktown, Mount Gilead, Loudonville and Northmor.

The No. 4 Northmor football team (10-3, 6-1) had a terrific season, but No. 1 Garaway (13-0, 5-0) has been unstoppable and it continued on Friday night in a 42-7 rout of the Golden Knights, where they scored all their points in the first half.

No. 4 Northmor Golden Knights (10-2, 6-1) vs. No. 1 Garaway Pirates (12-0, 5-0)

Quarterback AJ Bower was a touchdown machine in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference this year. This continued in the regional quarterfinals of the OHSAA Division VI, Region 23 football tournament, throwing three touchdown passes to lead No. 4 Northmor (10-2, 6-1) to a 31-6 win over No. 12 Trimble (6-5, 2-2).

No. 4 Northmor Golden Knights (9-2, 6-1) vs. No. 12 Trimble Tomcats (6-4, 2-2)

No. 4 Northmor (9-2, 6-1) had no trouble with No. 13 Dawson-Bryant (4-7, 1-6) in the opening round of the Division IV Region 23 football tournament on Friday night, with AJ Bower throwing for three touchdowns in a 44-22 win.

No. 4 Northmor Golden Knights (8-2, 6-1) vs. No. 13 Dawson-Bryant Hornets (4-6, 1-6)

Northmor finished off the regular season with with a 34-7 win over Loudonville, and they relied on a rushing attack fueled by sophomore running back Carson Campbell, who is this week’s Mount Vernon Athlete of the Week.

Carson Campbell finished the season with one of his best performances, going off for four touchdowns and 222 yards to lead Northmor (7-2, 5-1) to a 34-7 win over Loudonville (3-7, 2-5) on Friday night. The Golden Knights finished the season with a five game winning streak.

Cardington-Lincoln (12-10, 8-4) went 2-0 last week in volleyball action, led by Autumn Holt with 24 kills and Abby Ufferman with 76 assists over the two matches.

Northmor (7-2, 5-1) has been on a tear lately and on Friday night they won their fourth straight game 48-7 over Centerburg (4-5, 3-3), with quarterback AJ Bower throwing for five touchdown passes.

Fredericktown (16-3, 11-0) is leading the KMAC as the season winds down, and last week the Freddies remained hot with a pair of sweeps over conference foes Mount Gilead (0-19, 0-11) and Northmor (11-8, 6-5), with setter Julia Partington stuffing the stat sheet.

Centerburg hosts KMAC rival Northmor on Friday night with only two games left in the regular season.

Danville (5-14, 2-9) hosted Northmor (11-8, 6-5) on Oct. 3 and the Golden Knights came to play in a dominant three set sweep over the Blue Devils.

Northmor (6-2, 4-1) is getting hot at just the right time with the regular season winding down, with the Golden Knights winning their third straight game 31-3 over KMAC rival Mount Gilead (2-6, 0-5), who have lost five straight.

The Fredericktown Freddies managed just 28 yards passing in a 35-0 loss to the Northmor Golden Knights, Friday night in Galion.

In the movie “Hacksaw Ridge,” when Desmond Doss (played by Andrew Garfield) is dragging his comrades in arms to safety, he keeps going back, asking God to “help me get one more.”

The Northmor volleyball team returns a pair of All-KMAC players and two experienced seniors this season, and Coach Shelbie Wiseman hopes that they can lead the team to success in her first year at the helm for the Golden Knights.

The members of the Central District Baseball Coaches Association (CDBCA) selected the top high school baseball players from the area and invited them to play in all-star games Tuesday, June 6, starting at 5:30 p.m.