Prep Baseball: Mount Vernon 4, Triad 0
MOUNT VERNON -- Mount Vernon scored four runs with 11 hits in a win over Triad.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Waterloo 10, Mount Vernon 1
WATERLOO — Gunner Lundius and Jake Wylie each produced two hits, but Mount Vernon fell to Waterloo.
View ArticleBoys Basketball Player of the Year: Mount Vernon's Braden Fitzjerrells
It was a memorable season on the basketball court for Braden Fitzjerrells this year.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Crystal Lake South 6, Mount Vernon 4
MOUNT VERNON — Crystal Lake South scored six runs on six hits in a victory over Mount Vernon.
View ArticlePrep Softball: Carbondale 13, Mount Vernon 4
MOUNT VERNON — Taja Dedecker belted two home runs with three RBIs as Carbondale defeated Mount Vernon.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 5, Harrisburg 3
MOUNT VERNON — Reed Millwood had three hits and an RBI as Mount Vernon defeated Harrisburg.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 19, Cahokia 1
CAHOKIA -- Mount Vernon scored 19 runs on nine hits in a one-sided victory over Cahokia.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 3, Belleville Althoff 0
MOUNT VERNON -- Darick Hayes batted in two runs for Mount Vernon in a win over Belleville.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Herrin 11, Mount Vernon 5
MOUNT VERNON — Maclane Parks and Braden Heuring each drove in two runs as Herrin defeated Mount Vernon.
View ArticleMarion softball moves one step closer to South Seven title
MARION — The Marion softball team moved one step closer to a South Seven Conference championship on Thursday afternoon.
View ArticleHerrin downs West Frankfort for SIRR softball title
HERRIN — The Herrin softball team put an early end to what was basically the SIRR Ohio Division championship game Monday afternoon.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Du Quoin 1, Mount Vernon 0
MOUNT VERNON -- Du Quoin held Mount Vernon to just two hits in a low-scoring affair.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 7, Carbondale 0
CARBONDALE — Aaren Morgan hit a double and had an RBI for Mount Vernon in a win over Carbondale.
View ArticleCahokia outdistances Centralia, rest of field at South Seven meet
CARBONDALE — The race in the South Seven Conference girls track meet figured to be for runner-up behind a powerful Cahokia team.
View ArticleCarbondale softball tops Mount Vernon, stays in conference hunt
CARBONDALE -- The Carbondale softball team needed a win to remain in the hunt for a potential share of the South Seven Conference championship, and the squad delivered with a 5-3 victory over Mount...
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 16, Cahokia 1
MOUNT VERNON — Darick Hayes drove in a pair of runs as Mount Vernon beat Cahokia to clinch the South Seven Conference championship.
View ArticlePrep Softball: Mount Vernon 9, Benton 0
BENTON — Eb Casey pitched a shutout for Mount Vernon in a win over Benton.
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View ArticleCarbondale tops Mount Vernon for first South Seven soccer title since 2012
CARBONDALE — Carbondale beat Mount Vernon 6-0 behind Faith Golz' first career hat trick to seal the Terriers' first South Seven girls soccer title since 2012 on Monday at the Fralish Soccer Complex.
View ArticleMarion, Waterloo, Carbondale emerge as regional winners
MARION -- On a rainy night at Wildcat Stadium, Marion eliminated Mount Vernon 11-0 behind hat tricks by Blake Clark and Alaina White — and Waterloo did the same to Herrin, 11-1 — to set up Friday's...
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 8, Olney 1
OLNEY — Reed Millwood hit three doubles and had three RBIs for Mount Vernon in a win over Olney.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 9, Marion 1
MARION -- Reed Millwood hit a double and batted in two runs for Mount Vernon in a win over Marion.
View ArticleFreeburg sends Mount Vernon baseball packing
TROY — By the time Ty Dill and Keegan Baxmeyer took their second at-bats Thursday, they had already sent the Freeburg Midgets well on their way to the Class 3A Triad Sectional championship game.
View ArticleRams look to new coach for fresh start
Longtime Mount Vernon assistant Mark Goodheart takes over a Rams team that fell from a 7-4 playoff team that advanced to the second round three years ago to a 5-13 record the last two seasons.
View ArticleCharleston triumphs over Mt. Vernon
MOUNT VERNON — Charleston scored three times in each half Friday night to easily beat Mount Vernon 41-14 in non-conference high school football action.
View ArticleBelleville Althoff rolls past Mount Vernon, 55-16
MOUNT VERNON — Althoff’s weapons were far too many for Mount Vernon on Saturday.
View ArticleMarion races out to 48-0 lead in rout of Mount Vernon
MARION — On a night set aside to honor those who have battled cancer in Marion, the host Wildcats made sure to take care of football business early. Marion raced out to a 48-0 lead after one quarter...
View ArticleCentralia wins first boys golf conference title in seven years
CARBONDALE — Centralia had once dominated the South Seven, with six consecutive boys golf championships, and Thursday returned to its glory days by winning its first title in seven years over two-time...
View ArticleTerriers hit on all cylinders, rout Rams
CARBONDALE -- The Carbondale football team was firing on all cylinders on the offensive side of the ball Friday night.
View ArticleMarion soccer advances to regional championship game
MARION — Top seed and host Marion beat Mount Vernon, 8-0, on Thursday to advance to the championship game of the Marion 2A boys soccer regional.
View ArticlePrep Girls Basketball: Mount Vernon 36, Carterville 31
MOUNT VERNON -- Kendal Ryan scored 14 points for Mount Vernon in a victory over Carterville.
View ArticleTerriers' teamwork erases Rams' double-digit lead
CARBONDALE — The Carbondale girls basketball team used a 12-point run in the third quarter and erased a double-digit deficit on its way to a 54-49 win over Mount Vernon Thursday.
View ArticleKoester’s basket lifts Carterville to win over Marion
CARBONDALE — Bailey Koester’s basket with 5.3 seconds left lifted Carterville to a 41-39 win over Marion in the second game of the opening night of the 38th Annual Carbondale Mid-Winter Girls...
View ArticleMount Vernon girls hold on to beat Marion
MARION — Mount Vernon hit 4-of-6 free throws in the last 25 seconds to hold onto a 61-56 win over Marion in a South Seven Conference girls basketball game Thursday at Virgil “Cuss” Wilson Gymnasium on...
View ArticlePrep Girls Basketball: Herrin 63, Mount Vernon 55
MOUNT VERNON — Grace Lehnhoff scored 17 points for Herrin in a victory over Mount Vernon.
View ArticleCarbondale led by Martin, Beane and Acree in win over Mount Vernon
CARBONDALE — Carbondale’s 46-32 win over Mount Vernon was an exercise in patience.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 11, Pinckneyville 1
PINCKNEYVILLE — Chandler Meyer hit a home run with three RBIs as Mount Vernon defeated Pinckneyville.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 4, Marion 0
MOUNT VERNON -- Quinton Kujawa pitched a complete game shutout for Mount Vernon in a victory over Marion.
View ArticleBarczewski hits, pitches Mount Vernon past Carbondale
CARBONDALE — Danielle Barczewski pitched a complete game and drove in four runs to lift Mount Vernon past Carbondale, 6-3, Thursday in South Seven Conference prep softball.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 6, Carbondale 0
MOUNT VERNON -- Walker and Weston Brockhouse combined to pitch a shutout for Mount Vernon in a win over Carbondale.
View ArticlePrep Baseball: Mount Vernon 19, Cahokia 0
MOUNT VERNON -- Chandler Meyers drove in four ruins for Mount Vernon in a big win over Cahokia.
View ArticleMount Vernon plates five runs in tenth inning to down Marion
MARION — A great pitcher’s duel turned into a wild extra inning affair when Marion and Mount Vernon hooked up on the baseball field on Thursday.
View ArticleMount Vernon, Brockhouse blank Massac County to win regional title
CARBONDALE — Walker Brockhouse threw a three-hitter for his third shutout of the season and hit his third home run of the year to lead Mount Vernon to its sixth regional title in the last eight years...
View ArticleMount Vernon falls to Civic Memorial in sectional semifinal
SALEM — Baseball season for Mount Vernon came to an end Wednesday afternoon as Civic Memorial defeated the Rams, 4-3, on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning in a Class 3A high school...
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