Wooster High School

These former Mount Vernon News area high school standouts will be in action in the week starting Mon May 13.

These former Mount Vernon News area high school standouts will be in action in the week starting Mon May 6.

These former Mount Vernon News area high school standouts will be in action in the week starting Mon April 29.

The Ashland Arrows won the Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling title on Feb. 17, with three wrestlers taking individual titles, and Coach Tommy Butler winning OCC Coach of the Year.

Winning streaks continued, school records were set and conference rivals went head to head in local boys' hoops last week, and here are some games to highlight from the Mount Vernon News coverage area from last week.

West Holmes (13-5, 10-1) moved into a tie for first place in the Ohio Cardinal Conference with a key win over OCC leading Mansfield Senior (17-2 11-1), which followed conference wins against Wooster (4-13, 3-7) and New Philadelphia (3-15, 1-9) last week.

The New Philadelphia and Wooster boys’ basketball teams battled all four quarters, but the Quakers ended up on the winning side with a 47-42 victory over the Generals on Jan. 9.

The Ohio Cardinal Conference released their All-Conference selections and individual awards. The conference consists of high schools from Mount Vernon, Ashland, Lexington, Madison Comprehensive, Mansfield Senior, New Philadelphia, West Holmes and Wooster.

Lexington High School was well represented at this year’s Ohio Cardinal Conference cross country meet, with both the boys’ and girls’ teams winning conference titles.

Ashland (5-4, 3-3) took it to Ohio Cardinal Conference rival Wooster (2-7, 1-6) on Friday night, handing the Generals their fifth straight loss in a 34-0 blowout led by a three touchdown effort by running back Cayden Spotts.

The Mansfield Senior Tygers (6-2, 5-0) ran all over Wooster (2-6, 1-5) last week and scored 25 unanswered points in the second half to take a 35-7 win over the Generals. It was the fifth straight win for the Tygers who are first in the Ohio Cardinal Conference.

Of 43 Central Ohio natives on college football rosters this week, 16 made game contributions to their teams. How did your favorite high school stars of yesterday perform on Saturday?