The top-ranked Mount Vernon girls’ basketball team won a pair of blowouts last week, winning Tuesday, Jan. 7, at South Tama, 100-21, and beating Vinton-Shellsburg on Friday, Jan. 10, at home, 77-25. The Mustangs are riding a 10-game winning streak.

Against the Trojans, Mount Vernon led 34-9 after one quarter, and 63-11 at halftime.

Chloe Meester led a balanced attack with 23 points and eight rebounds. Sydney Huber had 22 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. Meester was also recently named the Gatorade Player of the year for volleyball in Iowa.

Taylor Franck and Courtney Franck each added 10 points and Savanna Wright had nine points.

Off the bench, senior Erin Jackson added eight points and freshman Quinn Pershing had seven points.

“Speed was the name of the game,” Mount Vernon coach Nate Sanderson said. “Our defense created a number of live ball turnovers that allowed us to get a number of easy buckets in transition.”

Mount Vernon (10-1) got off to another hot start against the Vikings, leading 42-6 at halftime.

Wright led the scoring with 16 points. Huber had 14 points, Meester had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Taylor Franck finished with 10 points.

Courtney Franck had six points, five rebounds, seven assists and seven steals, and Pershing added a career-best 11 points off the bench.

“2025 has been a good year for shooting the basketball,” Sanderson said. “That trend continued as we shot 56.1 percent.

“Since the new year, we are shooting 58.5 percent from the field, including 49.2 percent from beyond the arc.”

Mount Vernon hosted Center Point-Urbana on Tuesday, Jan. 14, and hosts Independence on Friday, Jan. 17.