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Wednesday, Jan. 18 -- Fredericktown Boys Basketball at Colonel Crawford, 6 p.m.; Centerburg Girls Basketball vs. Mount Gilead, 7:30 p.m.; Danville Girls Basketball vs. Cardington-Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.; East Knox Girls Basketball at Northmor, 7:30 p.m.; Utica Girls Basketball vs. Watkins Memorial, 7:15 p.m.

Mount Gilead 65, Northmor 63. Matt Bland of Mount Gilead (7-6, 5-3) and Grant Bentley of Northmor (7-6, 5-3) battled in a shootout on Jan. 13, in which the Indians squeaked by with a 65-63 win thanks to a last second clutch shot by Aaron Gannon.

Danville (5-7, 3-5) had three players in double figures led by Ella Proper’s 16 points, to fuel an upset comeback 43-34 win over Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC)-leading Mount Gilead (11-2, 6-1) on Jan. 11, handing the Indians their first KMAC loss of the season.

Mount Gilead 61, Danville 59. Matthew Bland had a hot hand from deep and showed why he is one of the top players in KMAC this season, with a 27-point performance to lead Mount Gilead (6-6, 4-3) to a 61-59 win in a see-saw battle with Danville (4-7, 1-5) on Jan. 10.

Mount Vernon 66, Ashland 43. Mount Vernon’s Caden Rowland has missed some time due to injuries but the 6-foot-3 senior showed no signs of rust in his return, leading the way with big scoring night on Jan. 6 in a 66-43 win over Ashland.

The Danville Blue Devils (4-7, 2-5) combined a monster display of offense and defense against Patriot Prep, with Kylie Hess leading on both ends of the court in a blowout 72-24 win over Patriot Prep (2-2, 2-0) on Jan. 5.

Last week, The Mount Vernon News recapped some of the great performances by local school programs and their student-athletes in 2022, and this week we wrap up our review of last year with cross-country and wrestling.

Trenton Collins was an unstoppable force in the second half for Utica (6-2, 1-1) on Jan. 3.

Freshman Ella Bouton put on a show with a double-double against Delaware Christian, leading Fredericktown (3-8, 0-5) to a 44-24 win on Jan. 2 to snap a five-game losing streak.

The year 2022 was a banner year in local high school sports. Last time, we took a look back at football, boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball. This time out, we review volleyball and track. We will follow up with wrestling and cross-country next week.

Centerburg 48, Northridge 45 Kayla Larimore was tough to stop in a double-double performance to lead the Trojans (4-6, 1-4) to a 48-45 victory over Northridge (4-6, 2-4), Dec. 29.

The post-COVID sports year was an exciting one.

On the first night of Highland's Holiday Showcase, the Fighting Scots (3-6, 0-5) utilized a complete team effort to take a 47-46 win over the Horizon Science Academy Hawks (5-5, 0-1).

Fredericktown (2-7, 0-5) benefitted from another solid scoring night out of Cally Carpenter, who is among the top scorers in the KMAC this season.

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Cardington-Lincoln (7-2, 5-0) won their fifth in a row, and were led by a pair of Lady Pirates who hit double figures in a 38-33 win in overtime over KMAC rival Centerburg (3-4, 1-3) on Dec. 21.

Madison Comprehensive 59, Mount Vernon 54. Mount Vernon (4-3, 2-3) had a big night from Hudson Rohler against Madison Comprehensive (5-3, 2-2) last week, and despite a solid showing the Yellow Jackets took a five-point loss, 59-54.

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Danville 53, Northridge 51. Danville (3-3, 1-2) and Northridge (3-5, 2-4) battled it out until the end with a fourth-quarter shootout, and Jaylyn Workman was able to make some timely free throws down the stretch to help seal a 53-51 win for the Blue Devils on Dec. 20.