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...
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...
Lisbon senior Tiernan Boots brought home silver from the state wrestling tournament.
“I’m at peace with myself, knowing that I gave it my all,” Boots said. “There’s not much more that...
Lisbon coach Aaron Helmrich has had a sneaking suspicion all season his team might be pretty darn good.
At the Class 1A District Meet on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Colfax-Mingo, the Lions certainly proved...
Mount Vernon boys’ wrestling won its Class 2A District Meet on Saturday, Feb. 15 in Ballard, and qualified nine wrestlers for this week’s state tournament in Des Moines.
Mount Vernon scored 233.5...
No. 13 Lisbon didn’t quite have enough juice to upset No. 4 Jesup in a Class 1A, Region 4 dual Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Jesup.
Jesup won, 41-22, and earned a spot in the 1A state duals, finishing fourth....
The good news for Mount Vernon boys’ wrestling? They got a banner to hang up in the gym: State Duals Qualifier in Class 2A.
“There’s a lot of those things in there already,” Mount Vernon coach...
Mount Vernon senior Libby Dix just finished her high school wrestling career Friday, Feb. 7, at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Dix held up two fingers to the crowd.
“At first I kind of forgot,” Dix...
There was history being made all over the place for the Mount Vernon and Lisbon girls’ wrestling programs on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Class 1A State Qualifier in Solon.
Mount Vernon won the team title...
As anticipated, the Tri-Rivers Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 1, at North Linn High School ended up becoming a lot of matches where Lisbon had to square off against Alburnett.
The No. 2 Pirates came out...
Let’s focus on the positive.
Mikey Ryan and Ethan Wood won WaMaC titles Saturday, Feb. 1, at the conference meet at Benton Community High School in Van Horne.
Top-seeded and ranked No. 2 in the state...
With the dual on the line, No. 8 Mount Vernon was able to send out senior Jakie Haugse to wrap things up against No. 20 Solon on Thursday, Jan. 23, in Solon.
Just 25 seconds later, and the dual was...
