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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 tennis falls to Cedar Rapids Xavier

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter September 30, 2025

If Cedar Rapids Xavier being a Class 1A team in girls’ tennis seems like a cheat code, well, it probably is. The Saints eliminated Mount Vernon 5-0 in a 1A team regional match Wednesday, Sept. 24,...

MV tennis stuns Newton 5-0

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter September 24, 2025

The Mount Vernon girls’ tennis team closed the regular season undefeated, then put an exclamation point on that by opening regional play with a 5-0 win over Newton on Saturday, Sept. 20. But the good...

MV places second at WaMaC tennis meet

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter September 18, 2025

Mount Vernon ninth grader Stella Dvorak won the WaMaC title at No. 1 singles Thursday, Sept. 11 at the Mount Vernon High School tennis courts. Pretty amazing for someone who only got into competitive...

MV tennis record improves to 8-0

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter September 10, 2025

Mount Vernon girls’ tennis improved to 8-0 with a 9-0 win over Waverly-Shell Rock on Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Go-Hawk Tennis Courts in Waverly. Coach Brenden VanWey said that Emily Schnoor and Mae...

Mount Vernon’s Stella Dvorak and Ashtyn Rollinger celebrate a point in the doubles match.

Mount Vernon tennis picks up three more wins

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter September 3, 2025

Fall tennis seems to be working out quite well for Mount Vernon, as the Mustangs improved to 7-0 last week with three more wins. Mount Vernon beat Maquoketa 9-0 on Monday, Aug. 25, beat Union Community...

MV girls tennis continues undefeated streak

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter August 28, 2025

Mount Vernon girls’ tennis remained undefeated this fall at 4-0 after picking up wins over Waverly-Shell Rock and Marion last week in Mount Vernon. On Tuesday, Aug. 19, the Mustangs won 8-1 over the...

MV tennis nabs pair of WaMaC matches

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter August 20, 2025

Mount Vernon girls’ tennis won a pair of WaMaC matches last week, wiping out South Tama County, 9-0, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, and nudging past Grinnell, 5-4, on Thursday, Aug. 14. Against STC, the Trojans...

Stella Dvorak chases a ball during Mount Vernon’s first tennis on Thursday, August 7.

MV tennis wins fall opener

Ryan Suchomel, Sports Reporter August 13, 2025

Mount Vernon girls’ tennis opened its first fall season in triumphant fashion last week, winning a four-team round robin tournament Thursday, Aug. 7, on their home court. Mount Vernon totaled 218...

MV girls’ tennis season ends

Ryan Suchomel, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun May 21, 2025

It was a two tough postseason draws for the Mount Vernon girls’ tennis team. “The Catholic schools are almost always way above our ability level,” Mount Vernon Coach Crystal Eskelsen said. Especially...

MV girls’ tennis second at WaMaC meet

Ryan Suchomel, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun May 13, 2025

Mount Vernon girls’ tennis finished second at the WaMaC Meet Tuesday, May 6, at Independence. Grinnell won all seven head-to-head matchups with Mount Vernon, and beat them in team points, 36 to 32. The...

MV girls’ tennis lose to Grinnell

Ryan Suchomel May 7, 2025

Mount Vernon girls’ tennis lost its only match of the week, falling to Grinnell 6-3 on Tuesday, April 29. Tallulah Norton had the only singles win at No. 3, but the Mustangs did get two doubles wins. A...

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