The Mustang Moon

18/02/2025

Motivated, Mindful, and Magnificent Mavrik | Personality profile by Isabella Kenniston

Standing tall at 5’2″, Mavrik Schweer plays in the libero position on the Mount Vernon varsity volleyball team and on her club team. These defense specialists cannot serve nor rotate to the front line, but they do wear a separate color jersey from the rest of the team to be recognized easily. Pr...

14/02/2025

STANGS TROT ON WOLVES | Story by Porter Chatman

Mount Vernon had a close, but triumphant win over Marion on Feb. 7, winning 65-63. The 15-5 Mustangs lost in their last appearance against the 7-11 Wolves in January and the Stangs were looking for their revenge. The Mustangs took the lead early, leading Marion 12-9 in the first quarter with three s...

13/02/2025

MUSTANGS MAKE HISTORY ONCE AGAIN: Mount Vernon Girls Wrestling Places 2nd as a Team, and Puts 5 on the Podium | Story by Mavrik Schweer and photos by Polly Hinrichs

Mount Vernon Mustangs Girls Wrestling brought home five place winners sixth place and above, two state finalists, a back-to-back state champion, and a runner up team finish at IGHSAU State Wrestling Tournament on Friday, Feb. 7. Entering Friday, the Mustangs were second in team points and each wrest...

13/02/2025

Mount Vernon Mustangs Defeat Marion Wolves 75-52 in Girls Basketball Rematch | Story by Tommy Rhomberg

The Mount Vernon Mustangs once again proved their dominance over the Marion Wolves with a commanding 75-52 victory Friday night. This win came two and a half weeks after their last matchup with the Wolves, where the Mustangs won by a closer score of 67-58. From the tip-off, Mount Vernon established....

13/02/2025

Sophomore Basketball Team Clutches a Win Against Marion | Story by Seth Rushford

The Mount Vernon sophomore boys basketball team secured a hard fought 50-47 victory over Marion on Friday night, showing a large improvement against a defensive scheme that had troubled them before. Marion started in a 1-3-1 zone defense, a strategy that disrupted Mount Vernon’s offense earlier in...

12/02/2025

MUSTANGS TRAMPLE THE BLOODHOUNDS | Story by Alex Briesemeister

The Mount Vernon Mustangs took on the Fort Madison Bloodhounds at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Feb 8. This hard-fought basketball game came down to the wire where the Mustangs were able to pull away for the win 61-50. Mount Vernon had the superior record of 14-4 compared to Fort Madison’s 9-...

12/02/2025

Congratulations to Chloe Meester, who was honored Friday night as the 2024-25 Gatorade Iowa Volleyball Player of the Year. Also honored were our three girls basketball seniors: Sydney Huber, Eryn Jackson, and Chloe Meester. Scroll through to the end to see pics of senior night! Mount Vernon beat Marion Friday 75-52. Photos/ Renee Vig

08/02/2025

The Mount Vernon Girls Wrestling Team is Class 1A State Runner Up! Individual results:
105lbs: Kate Martin 4th place
110lbs: Kiersten Swart 2nd place
145lbs: Addi Whisner 6th place
155lbs: Kaylee Kintzel state qualifier
170lbs: Gracie Pinckney 5th place
190lbs: Libby Dix State Champion

08/02/2025

Libby Dix (190) from Mount Vernon is a back-to-back Class 1A State Champion! Photo/ Avery Thurn

08/02/2025

Kiersten Swart from Mount Vernon is Class 1A State Runner Up at 110 in Wrestling. Photo by Avery Thurn

07/02/2025

Loading…A Gamer’s Journey | Personality Profile by Alex Briesemeister

Senior Noah Boerner shares how video games have played a huge role in his life.

07/02/2025

Five of our Girls State Wrestlers have advanced to wrestle today, and have secured medals! (Kaylee Kintzel was not able to wrestle due to injury)
The team is currently in 2nd place as a team and each girl will be wrestling again today to see how high they can climb on the podium. Wrestling today between 10:15 and 11:30 are
Kate Martin & Kiersten Swart- 10:15ish
Addi Whisner- 10:45ish
Gracie Pinckney- 11ish
Libby Dix- 11:30ish
(guestimates from athletic director Matt Thede)
You can watch at this link: https://www.watchighsau.com/
Pictures from last night at state from Avery Thurn:

06/02/2025

Tommy Rhomberg: Mount Vernon's Future in Golf | Personality profile by Porter Chatman https://themustangmoon.com/23209/spotlight/mount-vernons-future-in-golf/

05/02/2025

PORTER CHATMAN: YOUNG BASEBALL PLAYER WITH BIG DREAMS | Personality Profile by Tommy Rhomberg

Sports are a big thing for the people of Mount Vernon, so moving here from California four years ago may help Porter Chatman chase his goal of playing baseball at a Division 1 school. Chatman, a sophomore, eventually hopes to make it to a major league baseball team. Chatman, an amazing middle infiel...

05/02/2025

Congratulations to the Mount Vernon Wrestling Team for qualifying for 2025 State Duals to be held Feb. 8 at Xtream Arena in Coralville. The final results from Regional Duals last night were Mount Vernon over Assumption 34-31, and Mount Vernon over Burlington Notre Dame-37-35. Photos by Avery Thurn.
Pictured:
215-Andrew Dix (Mount Vernon) over Amir Dunlap-Gillespie (Assumption, Davenport) (Fall 0:45)
190-Caysen Curran (Mount Vernon) over Bridge Anderson (Burlington Notre Dame) (MD 9-0)
126-CJ Martin (Mount Vernon) over Jared Glendening (Burlington Notre Dame) (Fall 2:54)
113-Cooper Krob (Mount Vernon) over Peter Nguyen (Assumption, Davenport) (Fall 4:25)
165-Cooper Hird (Mount Vernon) over Rolan Alvarez (Assumption, Davenport) (Dec 10-3)
285-Ethan Wood (Mount Vernon) over Maxwell Azzaline (Assumption, Davenport) (Dec 7-3)
120-Jake Haugse (Mount Vernon) over C**t Boyles (Burlington Notre Dame) (Fall 3:01)
150-Mikey Ryan (Mount Vernon) over Lane Pennington (Assumption, Davenport) (TF 20-3 2:46)
215-Watson Krob (Mount Vernon) over Kamryn Wolkenhauer (Burlington Notre Dame) (Fall 3:25)
144-Jase Jaspers (Mount Vernon) over Tate Sherwood (Burlington Notre Dame) (Fall 2:56)

05/02/2025

Congrats to Cooper Krob and the MVHS wrestlers headed to Class 2A State Duals! Personality profile by Ben Slauson

Mount Vernon Wrestling qualified for 2A State Duals, beating both Assumption and Burlington in regionals on Feb. 4 to qualify. At Assumption, Cooper Krob, wrestling above his weight class at 113 instead of 106, pinned his opponent in three rounds. Not giving his opponent an inch, Krob kept control o...

03/02/2025

Jefferson White (MVHS '08) gives shout outs to Lisbon and Mount Vernon in his interview with CBS about being the voice for the new Hunger Games audiobook!

Jefferson White, star of "Yellowstone," is the narrator of the audio book edition of "Sunrise on the Reaping," a new Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins. It focuses on Katniss Everdeen's future mentor Haymitch Abernathy as he competes in the 50th annual games.

02/02/2025

Students love art teacher Bonnie Ahrens! Check out this J-term video created about her by Collin Clark, Rylee Ge**er, and Chris Jones: