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ALL AREA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM 2023-24 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: GAVIN TOOMBS, FREDERICKTOWN COACH OF THE YEAR: DEREK DIBLING, FREDERICKTOWN FIRST TEAM TREVIN HARRIS CENTERBURG GRAYSON REYNOLDS CENTERBURG BLAKE SIPES FREDERICKTOWN JACK MARHEFKA MOUNT VERNON GAVIN TOOMBS FREDERICKTOWN SECOND TEAM CARSON RINEHART FREDERICKTOWN ISAIAH SULE CENTERBURG TREVOR BELLMAN FREDERICKTOWN WESLEY PAYNE DANVILLE ANDREW BURKE MOUNT VERNON

LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (0-2) opened its season in Lake Wales, Florida against Warner University (6-10) on Wednesday, February 28. MVNU fell in the first game by a final score of 5-6. MVNU started strong as it got off to a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Mollie Pentz, Kiera Myer, …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — On Wednesday, the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) released its annual women’s basketball All-NCAC teams, and Kenyon College’s Claudia Cooke collected all-conference recognition. The senior secured a spot on the All-NCAC Second Team, her first all-league laurels. Cooke was a consistent and significant contributor throughout the season, and she was the only Owls player to start all …

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (3-3) bounced back with a win over Cornerstone University (2-1) on Tuesday, February 27. After falling to Point Park and Cornerstone on Monday, February 26 to begin the spring season, MVNU’s offense carried it to a 13-3 victory in the series finale against the Golden Eagles. A big first inning set …

CLEVELAND — For the second time in as many years, Gefen Bar-Cohen was named to the All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) men’s basketball team. The conference made the announcement Tuesday and the Kenyon College junior learned of his spot among the third-team selections.  Bar-Cohen, a 6-4 forward, started all 26 games for the Owls during the 2023-24 season. He led …

DAVENPORT, Fla. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (2-3) began its spring season on Monday, February 26 in Davenport, Florida. MVNU started the day with a seven-inning game against Point Park University (6-5). MVNU found itself down after a two-run third inning from Point Park got the scoring started. The Pioneers added another run in the third inning to …

HAMILTON, Ohio – On Sunday afternoon, the Kenyon College baseball team kicked off its 2024 season from Hamilton, Ohio for two seven-inning matchups against the Miami University Hamilton Harriers.  A high-powered offensive inning in each game propelled the Owls over the Harriers in the doubleheader opener, winning 6-5 in the first game and 8-6 in the second of the opening …

CLEVELAND — Serving as interim head coach of the Kenyon College diving program, Stan Randall was named today the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Diving Coach of the Year. The award comes a few days after Randall directed senior Israel Zavaleta to the NCAC Diver of the Year award for the third straight season. Zavaleta won both the one-meter and three-meter …

BEREA, Ohio – The Kenyon College men’s lacrosse team made the trip to northeast Ohio on Wednesday night to take on the Baldwin Wallace University Yellowjackets for the squad’s first away game of the season.  In a close contest that saw six lead changes despite Kenyon controlling nearly every statistical category, the Owls were able to score meaningful goals down …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (14-13, 4-13) fell to (RV) Marian University (21-6, 11-6) by a score of 78-81 on Tuesday, February 21 in Ariel Arena. MVNU battled back in its home finale as it went on a 15-0 run to cut Marian’s 20-point lead to just a 43-38 score near the end of the …