MOUNT VERNON -- That's one way to kill a rally.Class 3A 12th ranked Mount Vernon held 2A No. 13 Iowa City Regina scoreless for the first seven-plus minutes of the fourth quarter and won, 41-32, in the Rivalry Saturday girls' basketball finale Saturday night at ...

A winning streak has led to a pink streak in Dennis Roloff's hair.The artificial coloring is a result of a deal he made with his new girls' basketball team, the Mount Vernon Mustangs. Win five in a row, Roloff said, and he'd add a tinge ...

MOUNT VERNON -- They played an uncommonly clean game.And they kept alive their hopes for a clean divisional sweep.The Mount Vernon Mustangs wrapped up their second straight Wamac Conference East Division girls' basketball championship Tuesday night, handing over only five turnovers in a 54-39 victory ...

 Admit it, you expected Mount Vernon to plummet in girls' basketball this season, didn't you?All that height from two straight state finalists: Gone. More than three-fourths of their scoring: Vanished.But as we head down the stretch of the regular season, the first area team to ...

ANAMOSA -- If the Mount Vernon Mustangs have one more gear, pity the opposition.Taylor Dicus was perfect from the floor and perfect from the line, and Class 3A second-ranked Mount Vernon shot a blinding 74 percent from the field in the second half of a 68-26 ...

For a well-traveled coach like Gary Stamp, this is one long honeymoon period.Stamp is in his fourth year of his 13th coaching job. He's enjoying it as much as the day he was hired. Maybe more."This is a unique group of kids," Stamp said. "They ...