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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL BRIEFS

By Staff reports | Mar 31, 2022

Lady Jackets defeat three Kentucky teams to start season, Big seventh leads Lady Knights charge over Bucyrus 14-4, Lady Blue Devils demolish Delaware Christian 17-1, Lady Bulldogs use big first, late scores to take down Utica, 13-3

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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL BRIEFS

By Staff reports | Mar 31, 2022

East Knox baseball begins with 6-2 win over Fairfield, Highland starts MOAC season with 4-1, 13-5 wins over Ontario, Bentley sharp on the mound, at the plate as Northmor shuts out Bucyrus 10-0, Lester homers twice in 9-run second as Fredericktown sinks Vikings 14-1, Centerburg scores late to top Licking Valley 6-3, Redskins put up three threes and topple Blue Devils 10-3, East Knox loses in walk-off to Newark Catholic, 12-11

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Let's Talk Sports The Masters: Casual interest or MUST-SEE?

By Mike Blake | Mar 31, 2022

This is a great time of the year for sports. Major League baseball is just about to start; March Madness (NCAA basketball) is in its final weekend; NFL trades and signings are in full swing; the NBA and NHL are winding down to play-off time and the NBA championships and the Stanley Cup; and “sports spectacular” season is upon us. Some sporting events even the casual fan or non-fan takes interest in. They include arguably the premier professional golf event of the year, The Masters, April 7-10.

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Ladies go on the offensive, deal Gators first loss, 16-5

By Submission | Mar 28, 2022

Nine different Kenyon College players scored goals Saturday as the Ladies lacrosse team handed the previously unbeaten Allegheny College Gators a 16-5 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) loss on the Blue Turf at Robertson Athletic Complex.

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East Knox softball is motivated to 'win a little every day'

By Bob Martin | Mar 28, 2022

The East Knox softball team is coming off a tough season where the Bulldogs went 8-14 overall and 5-9 in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC), and Coach Jake Ulrey hopes that his team can turn things around this spring through mental discipline and hard work.

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Northmor baseball is battle-tested to make tournament run

By Andy Nghiem | Mar 28, 2022

With nine returning seniors and 17 players who were on the squad last year, Northmor coach Buck Workman starts his 22nd year at the Golden Knights’ helm adapting to his personnel with a focus on “getting it done.”

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Kenyon Ladies fall to Cardinals twice in rainy doubleheader

By Submission | Mar 28, 2022

The rain fell, the runs fell and the Ladies fell twice. In less than ideal conditions, the Otterbein University Cardinals took both games of the doubleheader against the Kenyon College softball team, Friday, March 25. Although the Ladies jumped out to a lead in game one, the Cardinals were able to erase the deficit and take the first game, 12-11. Game two proved to be more of a defensive battle, but Otterbein completed the sweep with a 4-2 win.

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Sports Briefs

By Staff reports | Mar 28, 2022

Cougar men and women perform on the track at Cedarville. The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their outdoor season on Saturday, March 26 in the Yellow Jacket Collegiate Open, hosted by Cedarville University.

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4 local basketball players earn All-Ohio Div. III, IV honors

By Staff reports | Mar 28, 2022

The Division III and IV boys basketball All-Ohio teams were announced this week by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. The four local student-athletes honored included three frequent mentions and Athlete of the Week winners in the Mount Vernon News and were recognized for their outstanding performances. The four student-athletes representing four area schools were among the division III and IV honorees. Division I and II honorees will be announced later this week.

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MVNU peppers Eastern Nazarene 28-11 as Ranck scores six to reach 100 career points

By Submission | Mar 28, 2022

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By Staff reports | Mar 24, 2022

Fighting Scots student-athletes earn Winter MOAC recognition. Honors and recognition to 13 members of Highland High School’s winter athletic programs have been announced by the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference.

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Kenyon Ladies dominate in 18-8 lacrosse win over Mount Union

By Submission | Mar 24, 2022

After starting their season with six road games, the Kenyon College women’s lacrosse team won their first home game of the season, as they dominated the University of Mount Union, 18-8. The Ladies move to 6-1 on the season while Mount Union slides to 2-2.

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Freddies softball does little things, has high expectations

By Michael Tanchevski | Mar 24, 2022

With high expectations to compete for a KMAC Championship and win the Districts for starters, new Fredericktown softball coach Jeff Keener is confident that 2022 will be a big season for the Freddies.Keener hopes to build on last season’s third-place conference finish and sectional tournament victory.

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Highland baseball moves to MOAC, expects to build on legacy

By Bob Martin | Mar 24, 2022

The Highland Fighting Scots are coming off one of the best seasons in school history where the baseball club dominated on the diamond going racking up a school record 29 wins with only three losses, while being named KMAC Co-champions, as well as sectional and district champs.

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Glover's walk-off homer in extras secures Cougars a split with IWU

By Submission | Mar 24, 2022

 The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (14-9, 9-3) split its doubleheader, and its four-game series, with the Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcats (11-13, 7-5) on Monday, March 21 in Mount Vernon.

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Lady Jackets continue preseason roll with 18-5 stinging of Highland

By Staff reports | Mar 24, 2022

Mount Vernon high School softball coach Ryan Pentz cautions that these early games are only scrimmages before the real action starts for the Lady Jackets, this weekend in Florida. But in their pre-season tune-up against Highland, March 22, the Lady Jackets were running on all cylinders, hitting, pitching, errorless fielding and pushing runs across early and late.

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Six local athletes earn All-Ohio girls basketball honors

By Staff reports | Mar 24, 2022

The Division I, II, III and IV girls basketball All-Ohio teams were announced this week by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association and seven student-athletes representing six Knox County area schools were among the honorees.

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KMAC all-conference wrestlers selected; 25 athletes honored

By Staff reports | Mar 24, 2022

The Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference made its annual all-league selections in wrestling and the 2022 honorees included all-league award winners and team champions. This year, local teams in our coverage area were well-represented, with three Northmor wrestlers named to the first team, along with one wrestler apiece from Centerburg and East Knox. In all, 25 local wrestlers from five schools were honored.

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Let's Talk Sports Sports Slang: Who or what’s the GOAT?

By Mike Blake | Mar 24, 2022

Let’s talk sports slang. In the past few weeks in sports, we have been inundated with sports-speak or sports slang. First, Tom Brady’s retirement/non-retirement story was often accompanied by references to the quarterback as the GOAT. Not an old goat at age 44, but THE GOAT. Back in the day, a goat was an athlete who failed, lost or messed up at the worst possible time; he lost the game, or at least fans pinned the loss on the player. Today, GOAT means “Greatest Of All Time,” and that term-acronym has been attached to Brady, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods, Martina Navratilova or the Williams sisters, Secretariat and others. Lots of sports arguments and discussions come from whom you consider the GOAT in your preferred sport.

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By Staff reports | Mar 21, 2022

Lady Jackets top Pickering North in softball. The Mount Vernon Softball team continued its exhibition season with a 5-3 win over Pickerington North on March 17. Taking the sting out of its opening-season loss to Triway, the previous day, Mount Vernon connected eight hits and played errorless ball in topping the Panthers.

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