The Centaur, Mount Vernon High School’s yearbook, won Iowa High School Press Association’s yearbook of the year for the third year in a row. The yearbook also won several individual awards for staff of the yearbook.

Earning first place were: cover by Lily Rechkemmer; feature photo with caption / student life- out- of-school related “Loads of Snow” by Susanella Daugherty; feature photo with caption / student life- school related “Tug-of-War” by Kade Kaiser; infograph /mod “Favorite Trending Movie” by Cassidy Olberding; photo illustration “Senior Superlatives” by Cassidy Olberding and Lily Rech- kemmer; sports action photo / caption “Twooo!” by Jayce Pendergrass; sports feature photo/ caption “Celebration and Devastation” by Jayce Pendergrass; total package “Volleyball” by Jayce Pendergrass.

Earning second place were: sports action photo/ caption “’Stang Shove” by Lily Rechkemmer; feature photo/caption “All in the Family” by Jayce Pendergrass; theme “Hear the Herd” by Lily Rechkemmer.

Earning third place were: feature photo with caption / student life- out- of-school related “Paint the Town” by Jayce Pendergrass; sports action photo / caption “State Star” by Renae Woods; sports feature photo/caption “Extremely Excited Coaches” by Jayce Pendergrass; total package “Jobs and Internships” by Lily Rechkemmer, Susanella Daugherty and Adam Zehms.

Honorable mentions went to: Infograph /mod “Kierstan Swart” by Jayce Pendergrass; infograph /mod “Commencement Speakers” by Lydia Marshall and Kade Kaiser; photo illustration “MVHS” by Lily Rechkemmer; photo illustration “Lillian Bishop” by Lily Rechkemmer; sports story “Different Strategies Lead to State Success” by Cassidy Olberding; story/student life- school related “Martha Parsons Family and Activity Complex Opens” by Colin Bentley.