Articles Tagged: Mount Vernon High School

Benton Community hosts Monticello in a Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ basketball regional-final showdown Saturday. Solon, Mount Vernon and Center Point-Urbana also chase state-tournament berths.

Anamosa’s Austin Scranton, Iowa City West’s Kyler Scranton and Mount Vernon’s Jackson Jaspers are The Gazette’s 3 stars from the Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament Friday.

Full results from Friday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling semifinals, where Austin Scranton became Anamosa’s first finalist in 20 years and Union Community sent three wrestlers to the finals.

Photos from Friday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Full results from Thursday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling quarterfinals, where Solon’s Jordan Schmidt won a thriller against Independence’s Kaden Kremer and South Tama’s Amare Chavez used a snub as fuel.

Here are Wednesday’s results and team scores from the Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament. Mount Vernon is in second place with five quarterfinalists. One, Ethan Wood, considered not wrestling this season, but is thankful he went out again.

This week’s Pinning Combination podcast takes a look back at Penn State’s one-sided win over Iowa, Iowa State’s Super Bowl Sunday win over Northern Iowa and previews this week’s boys’ state wrestling tournament.

Here is a class-by-class breakdown of the 2024 Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, which begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Girls’ basketball Super Ten: Status quo from last week to this week; Clear Creek Amana remains a firm No. 1.

Action from the Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ wrestling state duals tournament Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Creston won the state championship.

Don Bosco won the last four matches to beat top-seeded Alburnett for the Class 1A title. Creston won its first title since 2007, winning the final match for a 36-33 win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Southeast Polk rolled through the 3A field

Alburnett Coach Clayton Rush knew exactly how long it had been since his team wrestled for a State Duals title. The wait ended. The Pirates beat Nashua-Plainfield to reach the Class 1A State Duals finals for the first time since 2016.

Mustang junior is program’s first champion, but coach vows it won’t be the last

Decorah’s Naomi Simon captured the 170-pound at the IGHSAU state wrestling tournament Friday night at Xtream Arena in Coralville. She became the first Iowa female to become an undefeated four-time state champion.

Girls’ basketball: Kobi Lietz’s 3-pointer at the buzzer sends Solon past Mount Vernon, 55-54, in a Wamac Conference East Division thriller.