Articles Tagged: Sydney Huber

No. 4 Mount Vernon put a 41-5 mid-game ambush on No. 6 Harlan and hit 14 of 24 from long distance in a 67-25 Class 3A girls’ state basketball quarterfinal rout.

Meet the 2023 Gazette all-area volleybal team. Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester and Clear Creek Amana’s Jackie Clubb are selected as player and coach of the year.

All-state volleyball: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester is an Elite selection and the Class 3A player of the year.

Last year’s 2A champion, third-ranked Western Christian ruled its new neighborhood, outdueling No. 1 Mount Vernon in a four-set Class 3A state volleyball final, 25-23, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, Thursday afternoon at Xtream Arena.

Pumped and prepared (but not overly prepared), No. 1 Mount Vernon spotted No. 4 Davenport Assumption the first set, then roared back to win Wednesday’s Class 3A state volleyball semifinal in four (23-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-20) at Xtream Arena.

With Chloe Meester at the service line, players like Brooke Ellyson got their swings in an early Mount Vernon surge, and the Class 3A second-ranked Mustangs swept No. 9 Center Point-Urbana, 25-11, 25-23, 25-19, in a Wamac Conference East Division volleyball match Tuesday night at Center Point-Urbana High School.