Mount Vernon High School

The No. 5 Mount Vernon baseball team had an opening round bye and beat No. 35 Logan 7-0 in the Division I, Central 4 Sectional Final on May 15, led by a masterful performance on the hill by senior ace Konner Daughriety.

Mount Vernon’s Marissa Rutter had a huge day a the Ohio Cardinal Conference track and field meet, winning the conference title in three events and a silver in another. She has had an incredible season and this time out gave her the Mount Vernon News Athlete of the Week Award for the second time.

Marissa Rutter was recognized for her dominance on the track by being named Ohio Cardinal Conference Runner of the Year, after earning 49 points in the OCC meet to lead the Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets to a runner up finish.

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

The following school events are scheduled to take place in Knox County this week.

The Mount Vernon track and field teams both took first place at the Yellow Jacket Invitational on May 3, beating out Newark, East Knox and Utica in that respective order for both boys’ and girls’ events.

The Mount Vernon softball team improved to 18-7 on the year, and are riding a seven game winning streak after their 3-1 road win over Ohio Cardinal Conference rival Lexington on May 3.

The following school events are scheduled to take place in Knox County this week.

The following events are scheduled to take place in Knox County this month.

Logan Eggert put together a fantastic performance at last Saturday’s Fredericktown Invite, winning both the 800 meters and the 1600 metes, and also being part of the meet record setting 4x400 meter relay team.

The Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets continue what has been a solid track and field season, with both the boys’ and girls’ teams taking first at the Fredericktown Invitational on April 26.

The Madison Comprehensive softball team blew out Columbian and then beat Mount Vernon in back-to-back conference matchups to make it six straight wins for the Rams. The wins brought them to 11-7 overall, and 4-3 in the Ohio Cardinal Conference.

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

The following school events are scheduled to take place in Knox County this week.

Mount Vernon improved to 13-3 on the season, with the Yellow Jackets beating the Madison Comprehensive Rams in back-to-back days this week. This was the 10th straight win for the hot Mount Vernon squad, who are now 8-2 in the Ohio Cardinal Conference, good for second.

Reagan Frazee, a 10th-grade student at Mount Vernon High School, has qualified for the USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program Eastern Championships, set to take place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina May 2-5.

The Mount Vernon girls’ track and field team won the Sara Robinson Relays at Lakewood on April 19, and the boys’ team was the runner up, with three school records being broken in the meet.

These former Mount Vernon News area high school standouts will be in action in the week starting Mon April 22.

Mount Vernon hosted a dual meet with Ohio Cardinal Conference rival Mansfield Senior on April 16, and both the girls’ and boys’ track and field teams came out on top for the win.

Hailey Rudrick was a beast at the plate for the Mount Vernon softball team in an 18-3 win over OCC rival Ashland on April 15, going yard three times and knocking in seven runs to lead the Yellow Jackets.