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Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun

The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun

The community newspaper for Mount Vernon and Lisbon

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun

Sports: Year in Review 2025

January 8, 2026

January Lisbon took the championship crown at the Lions Duals Saturday, Jan. 4, besting five different schools via points in the event. Mount Vernon bested Clayton Ridge, AC/GC and C.R. Washington at...

MV football players earn All-District honors

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter December 11, 2025

Mount Vernon had 20 players make first- or second-team All-District, or honorable mention. Not too bad for a team that finished 6-4 overall, 3-2 in District 3. "It was good to get a lot of recognition...

Mount Vernon’s Kellen Haverback (No. 8) tries to fire off a pass under a tight Clear Lake defense.

Mustang FB season ends at Clear Lake 41-0

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter November 5, 2025

Like Ned warns in “Groundhog Day …” Watch out for that first step, it’s a doozy. No. 9 Mount Vernon had a disastrous start to its first-round Class 3A playoff game on Friday night at top-ranked...

Mount Vernon’s Maddox Curran (No. 11) returns the ball for some yards in play against Davenport Assumption.

Mustangs FB stampedes past Knights 42-6

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter October 29, 2025

Mount Vernon, coming off back-to-back district losses, got up off the mat in a big way and took it to Davenport Assumption 42-6 on Friday, Oct. 24, at Jack & Pat Bush Stadium in Davenport. With...

Lisbon FB earns post-season honors

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter October 29, 2025

For Lisbon football, there were some diamonds to dig up during their 0-8 season. The Lions had three players earn first-team all-district honors in Class 1A, District 5 for the 2025 season. Senior...

Lisbon FB loses to Dyersville-Beckman 63-0

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter October 23, 2025

There’s an old saying, “the pioneers take the arrows.” Lisbon football moved up to Class 1A for the first time in school history this fall, and took its share of arrows, finishing the year 0-8. “It...

Mount Vernon’s Graham Yanda (No. 40) and Matthew Goodlove (No. 80) work at tackling a Central Dewitt player.

Mustangs FB sliced by Sabers 33-24

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter October 15, 2025

DEWITT – The road to the UNI-Dome got a lot rockier this past week, with No. 4 Mount Vernon losing 33-24 Friday, Oct. 10, to Central DeWitt at Birney Field. The Sabers were the real deal, outgaining...

Lisbon’s Henry Reiling (No. 61) and Nathan Ahrendsen (No. 65) close on a Northeast player

Lisbon FB loses to Camanche 44-9

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter October 15, 2025

Camanche piled on Lisbon on Friday, Oct. 10, and won 44-9 at F&T Stadium. That dropped the Lions to 0-7 with No. 6 Dyersville Beckman (6-1) coming to town for Senior Night on Friday, Oct. 17. “They...

Cornell homecoming games recap

October 15, 2025

Rams take Ripon down to the wire in 22-14 Homecoming loss Cornell's 111th Homecoming was a battle the Rams never led, but were certainly never out of before falling one possession short in a 22-14 Midwest...

Mount Vernon’s Michael Ryan (No. 3) advances the football down the field for the Mustangs.

Mustangs FB stomps Pointers 34-14

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter October 8, 2025

There are a lot of tried-and-true alarm clocks that can wake you up after a nap. For the No. 4 Mount Vernon football team, an 84-yard touchdown pass from Center Point-Urbana’s Brennen Merkle to Kinnick...

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