Articles Tagged: Mount Vernon High School

Photos from Solon’s 56-50 win over Mount Vernon in girls’ basketball on Tuesday night.

Girls’ basketball: Class 3A No. 3 Solon sinks 22 of 23 from the free-throw line, rallies past No. 13 Mount Vernon, 56-50.

Photos from the 2023 Solon Girls’ Wrestling Invitational on Monday.

The response to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s first sanctioned season of wrestling has been deafening. Participation numbers have rapidly grown in the first half and many are excited about trajectory, even though officials work toward improvements.

Girls’ basketball: Iowa City Regina tops Mount Vernon in a 2A/3A top-10 encounter, 48-44.

United World Wrestling World Cup was another entertaining event. We peruse a few results from the weekend in college and high school wrestling.

Mount Vernon has been successful to open the boys’ wrestling season. The Mustangs have sandwiched a tournament title between two dual meet victories to begin the year. Mount Vernon topped Clear Creek Amana, 45-28, Thursday night at home.

Mount Vernon senior Claire Gaffney remembered the influence former Mustang girls’ wrestlers had on her. She’s filling that role for new Mustangs wrestlers.

Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter has been named the 2022 Gazette area prep football player of the year. He’s an Iowa commit, for both football and wrestling. The Gazette’s coach of the year is Mount Vernon’s Lance Pedersen, who led his Mustangs to the Class 3A state championship game.

Prep volleyball: Iowa City Liberty’s Cassidy Hartman and Allie Kelly headline The Gazette’s 2022 all-area team.

In the Iowa high school girls’ basketball notebook: Cascade rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to shock West Liberty, 60-56. Plus, Mount Vernon went 3-0 against MVC teams.

Here are 16 Gazette-area wrestlers to keep an eye on during the 2022-23 Iowa high school boys’ wrestling season.

Photos from Mount Vernon’s girls’ basketball win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Rivalry Saturday 2022.

Girls’ basketball: Trailing midway through the third quarter, Mount Vernon dominates late and pounds Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 56-30, at Rivalry Saturday.

Girls’ basketball: Xavier-Heelan rematch highlights Rivalry Saturday, which features 12 ranked teams and five newcomers.