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Alex Miller won his quarterfinal match at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall Friday night to advance to the Saturday morning state semi finals. Miller beat Vincent Hill of Morton 6-3. Hill has a 30-8 record on the season. . . . read more
Attention Students Interested in Wrestling! There will be an informational meeting for first-year wrestlers immediately after school on Nov. 1 in Coach Docherty’s room, 112G. Returning wrestlers will meet after school on Nov. 2 . . . read more
Blake Stricklin (38-6, sophomore) won 3rd place in the class 2A 135 pound weight class this weekend in Champaign. It took 4 matches to bring home a medal in one of the most elite tournaments in the country. Stricklin won his first . . . read more
Three Mt. Vernon Rams wrestlers will be heading to Champaign this weekend to compete against the "best of the best" at the Illinois State Wrestling Tournament. Wrestlers competing will be Blake Stricklin - 135 pound weight class, Torrey . . . read more
The Mt. Vernon Rams Wrestlers traveled to Argenta Friday and Saturday to compete in the Argenta-Oreana Invitational Tournament. 16 Teams competed in the tournament. Mt. Vernon finished fourth, which is the highest finish for the . . . read more
The Mt. Vernon Wrestling Rams opened the season with a win over the Belleville East Lancers 35-29 on Tuesday. Winners for Mt. Vernon were Chase Cavender, Chris Kendrick, and Eric Heinzman, all with pins. Blake Stricklin earned a tech fall . . . read more
Wrestling season is almost here and senior Nick Vosburgh is more ready than ever. Nick has been wrestling for seven years and loves every minute of it. “The competition is the best part. If you win you get all the glory, if you . . . read more
Four Mt. Vernon wrestlers were named to the Southern Illinois Coach's Association all-south team last week. First team wrestlers were: junior Chris Kendrick (140 pounds), freshman Blake Stricklin (130), junior Torrey Pollard . . . read more
The man, the myth, the legend: Coach Tickner. This school year is, sadly, Coach Tickner‟s last year teaching at Mt. Vernon. I have some really good memories from Tickner's freshman health class. Like Tickner's useless, but more than . . . read more
Wrestling season ended with the regional match at Effingham High School on February 7. “We did very good as a team,” said Torrey Pollard,10. “It was a very nice school with nice mats, and that made it easier to focus,” . . . read more
After a quarterfinal loss to Adam Sheeley of Geneseo, Blake Stricklin became Sheeley's biggest fan. Sheeley had to win his semifinal match for Stricklin to continue in the state tournament. Sheeley defeated Kurtis Neubauer of . . . read more
Blake Stricklin won his first match today at the IHSA state wrestling meet in Champaign. Stricklin left little doubt that he was ready for the challenge from senior, Edgar Cuevas (35-13) of Vernon Hills. Stricklin won in . . . read more
Freshman Blake Stricklin was all business Friday and Saturday at the wrestling class 2A sectional in Springfield. He finished second in a field of 12 wrestlers in the 130 pound weight class to advance to the state tournament this . . . read more
Ram wrestlers placed second Saturday at the Effingham Regional. The team was bested only by Carbondale. They will be sending 7 wrestlers to Sectionals next Friday and Saturday in Springfield. The Rams had 4 Regional Champions. . . . read more
A pin by Blake Fields in the final match of the night gave Mt. Vernon a narrow 36-34 varsity victory at Mascoutah. The rams go to 1-1 in dual meet competition on the season. The JV team had an easier time, beating Mascoutah . . . read more
