Going the distance

FEATURED PICTURE · photo courtesy of Bob "Scoop" Lana, Marion Times Mount Vernon’s Matt Winder is the first over this set of hurdles at the Marion track meet last week.

Mount Vernon resident named Cornell AD
May 07, 2008
A seven-year resident of Mount Vernon with a history of serving all levels of athletics has been named athletic director at Cornell College.

Lions post best round at Plum River
by Crystal Eskelsen · May 07, 2008
The Lisbon-Mount Vernon girls’ golf team is improving at a very steady rate – if only the season were a few weeks longer.

Lisbon seventh at Big East
by Crystal Eskelsen · May 07, 2008
The Lisbon boys’ golf team finished in the middle of the pack at the Big East conference meet Thursday, May 1.

Mustang tennis improves to 4-2
by Jake Krob · May 07, 2008
Mount Vernon High School’s girls’ tennis team carries a winning record into post-season play this week.

MV finishes a solid second at Marion
by Crystal Eskelsen · May 07, 2008
The Mount Vernon boys’ track and field team finished in a strong second at the Marion Invitational Tuesday, April 29.

MV-L dominates at Monticello
by Crystal Eskelsen · May 07, 2008
The Mount Vernon-Lisbon girls’ track team dominated the competition at Monticello, Tuesday, April 29, winning the meet with a team total of 179 points.

Mount Vernon ready to compete at sectional tournament in Epworth
by Crystal Eskelsen · May 07, 2008
The Mount Vernon boys’ golf team competed in a 13-team tournament at Kalona Tuesday, April 29, and finished second with a team score of 321.

Mustangs struggle against tough EIHC foes
by Crystal Eskelsen · May 07, 2008
The Mount Vernon-Lisbon boys’ soccer team had a rough week, facing two of the Eastern Iowa Hawkeye conference’s toughest teams in Solon and Iowa City Regina.

MV-L edged 1-0 by Solon
by Crystal Eskelsen · May 07, 2008
Mustangs now ranked 14th

Team posts first winning season since 1993, despite 0-2 finish at IIAC Softball Tournament
by Kerry Kahl · May 07, 2008
Cornell’s most successful softball season in several years came to an end Friday morning during Day 2 of the Iowa Conference Tournament.

Mount Vernon-Lisbon moves up to No. 12
by Crystal Eskelsen · April 30, 2008
The season is officially half over and the Mount Vernon-Lisbon girls’ soccer team made it through without a loss.

Lions golf well at Big East meet
by Crystal Eskelsen · April 30, 2008
The Lisbon-Mount Vernon girls’ golf team competed at the Big East Conference meet Monday, April 28, at the Plum River golf course in Preston.

Mustangs golf well despite cold
by Crystal Eskelsen · April 30, 2008
The Mount Vernon boys’ golf team suffered its first loss of the season Monday, April 28 at Tipton.

MV-L jumps out to a 2-0 lead over WL
by Crystal Eskelsen · April 30, 2008
Traditionally when Mount Vernon-Lisbon and West Liberty boys meet on the soccer field it is a well played game on both sides.

Falcons place in every event, win big, at Anamosa
by Crystal Eskelsen · April 30, 2008
It was about two-thirds of the way through the girls track meet in Anamosa when the announcer came over the loud speaker to say that “Holly Salzbrenner has moved to Mount Vernon from West Delaware.”