The Posey County News

By Chris Morlan The North Posey baseball team played their first game of the postseason last Friday evening from Rockport in a game against the Perry Central Commodores. North Posey wasted no time taking control of this game and cruising to a 5-0 win over Perry Central. With the win, this advanced North Posey to the sectional championship game against the Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats who beat Forest Park in their semi-final game. This was the second time North Posey has play

New Mount Vernon Wildcat head football coach Brad Higginson rallies the troops following a meeting with the community on Friday evening. Photo by Dennis Marshall By Dennis Marshall The first public look at Brad Higginson’s Mount Vernon football program came Friday night. While players moved through competitions and drills at Memorial Field and families filled the stands, kids chased autographs and the Wildcats’ new head coach addressed the community for the first time. For Ea

Mount Vernon third baseman Lacey Allyn scoops up this grounder during sectional softball action this week. The Wildcats fought hard but could not overcome Memorial. Photo by Garry Beeson By Dave Pearce The Mount Vernon Wildcats may or may not have been the best team in the Evansville Memorial Sectional. If you go sheerly by record, the Wildcats were head and shoulders above anyone else in the group. But as is often said, anything can happen on a given day...and it did. A walk

North Posey junior Lilly Hester holds up on this pitch during the sectional championship loss to Evansville Memorial on the campus of the University of Evansville over the weekend. Photo by Dave Pearce By Chris Morlan On Memorial Day, the North Posey softball team began their postseason with the Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 3A, Sectional 32 played on the University of Evansville campus at the James and Dorothy Cooper Stadium. The Lady Vikings’ first opponent