Utica High School

Utica held a 17-8 lead after a half of play, but the Redskins weren’t able to hold off Johnstown-Monroe, who came back with a 22-7 second half advantage to take a 30-24 win.

Utica's Junior High Golf team recently participated in an exciting match against Johnstown and Newark Catholic, creating memorable moments on the golf course.

Utica (9-9, 4-7) went 2-1 last week with the Redskins getting swept by Johnstown-Monroe (13-3, 9-2), and then responding a 3-1 win over Lakewood (4-13, 1-10, and a sweep win over Granville Christian Academy (0-13, 0-10).

Mount Vernon News local football scoreboard Sept. 15

Utica volleyball coach Lisa Ritzer is looking for her team to build on last year, a season in which the Redskins struggled in terms of wins and losses but scored high points in development.

Licking County Wrestling Competition Night is a Wednesday night can’t-miss event for grappling fans and competitors.

After a couple of seasons in which Mount Gilead finished near the bottom of the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) baseball standings, Coach Mark Kennon is firing up his team with a strong belief system, hoping that helps them turn the corner and be more competitive in the wins-losses columns this year.

The Mount Gilead (MG) Indians are coming off a rough season on the softball diamond in which they failed to win a KMAC matchup and went 6-12 overall, and while the team could have some bumps in the road due to lack of team experience, MG softball coach Morgan Dettra hopes that her team can be competitive and improve as the season progresses.

Our Athletes of the Week are Grace Sipes (Fredericktown basketball) and Trenton Collins (Utica basketball).

High School Wrestling Recaps

Mount Vernon’s Brock Blankenhorn took first place in the 106-lb. weight class.

Selections for the 37th edition of the Utica Redskins Athletic Hall of Fame were announced.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK is a weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools. Based on their performances, we will select an ATHLETE of the WEEK and recognize other outstanding athletic accomplishments. Coming out of the holiday break, intensity was not a problem as several athletes showed no rust from the layoff. Two athletes who performed brilliantly in back to-back games include our Athletes of the Week, Ella Bouton (Fredericktown basketball) and Trenton Collins (Utica basketball).

Gavin Posey, a Utica High School graduate and former Redskins football star, brought his success on the gridiron and in the classroom to the Eagles program.

The Mount Vernon News sports department’s MVN ATHLETE of the WEEK is a weekly feature that spotlights local student-athletes and their schools. Based on their performances, we will select an ATHLETE of the WEEK and recognize other outstanding athletic accomplishments. Our Athletes of the Week are Jaylyn Workman (Danville Basketball) and Trenton Collins (Utica basketball).

The Utica Redskins girls basketball team had an admittedly rough season in 2021-22, going 3-23 overall and 1-15 in Lucking County league play. The Lady Redskins’ high points last year came early, as they lost their last 18 games in a row. After losing to Fredericktown 53-34 to start the season, the Utica girls won back-to-back games, beating Northridge 51-34 and Fairfield Christian Academy 45-36 to go 2-1 in the year.

Utica 41, Indian Creek 20. The Utica Redskins faced Indian Creek Sept. 16 and the Redskins turned on the offense in a 41-20 win to improve to 2-3.

Danville 28, Fredericktown 7. Danville took on Fredericktown on Sept. 9, and Walker Weckesser had a strong day throwing the ball, leading the Danville squad to a 28-7 victory. Danville improved to 3-1 on the season and the Freddies fell to 2-2.

Utica wins Hux Invitational SC runThe Utica Redskins hosted the Hux Invitational Cross-Country run August 30 at 4H Camp Ohio in Utica and used the home-course advantage to take home the hardware.In the men’s 5000 meters, Utica won it all among six teams, with 39 points.

Cardington-Lincoln takes two of three at C-L Invite. Cardington-Lincoln took advantage of the home court and took two of three matches, but fell to Newark in the vhanpionship round of the Cardington-Lincoln Volleyball Invite, Aug 27.