Looking back over the previous week in Wells Fargo Arena, a couple things stood out after Mount Vernon won a state title in girls’ basketball.
1. Defense. Mount Vernon set a 3A record for fewest points...
Mount Vernon senior Joe Briesemeister was named the WaMaC East Division Player of the Year recently by league coaches.
Briesemeister averaged 16.9 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, plus 2.0 assists,...
Both Lisbon track teams and the Mount Vernon girls track team competed at the IATC Indoor Championships on Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14, at the Lied Recreation Center in Ames.
Lisbon senior...
4 Mustangs picked for IPWA All-State team
Seniors Sydney Huber and Chloe Meester were both first-team picks in Class 3A by the Iowa Press Writers Association All-State girls’ basketball team, released...
There is a very good possibility that in a few years, Northern Iowa offensive tackle Joe Briesemeister may end up having to try and block North Dakota State defensive end Ethan Wood.
Both are Mount...
After winning a state championship Friday night, the Mount Vernon girls’ basketball team stayed up late, late, late into the night in the hotel lobby and hotel rooms, soaking up how good it all felt.
And...
Local athletes Macklen Meyer, Sawyer Blum, Andrew Smith, Dalton Johnson, Ricky Ryan, Quinlan O’Connor, Eli Casey, Beckett Curran, and Beckett Meyer wrestled recently in the Iowa AAU State Wrestling...
Former Lisbon coach Smith entering Hall
Former Lisbon wrestling coach Brad Smith is among the inductees for the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame 2025 class. Smith, who had two coaching stints at Lisbon,...
Ryan Suchomel, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• March 5, 2025
There’s not a lot of players than can push future Northern Iowa offensive lineman Joe Briesemeister, who is 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, off the block. But Keokuk’s 6-foot-11, 250-pound junior Jaxon Clark...
Ryan Suchomel, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• March 5, 2025
Every super hero origin story is unique. The Mount Vernon 2025 girls’ basketball team has one, too. No. 1 Mount Vernon opened Class 3A state tournament play Monday, March 3, against West Marshall (19-5)....
Wrestling in the state finals is fun. But winning it?
“It’s a lot better, obviously,” Mount Vernon junior Jase Jaspers said. “A lot better. I know I put in my work, and it finally paid off...
Every Monticello 3-pointer landed like a dagger. At the end of the Class 2A district semifinal, the Lions lay bleeding on the court.
Et tu, Brute?
The Panthers sunk 13 3-pointers, including eight...
