Sports

Brandon Dunavant turned in a time of 17 minutes, 50 seconds in Saturday’s Clay Minton Invitational cross country meet at Coleman Park, Sulphur Springs. Teammate Joseph Nguyen crossed the finish line in 11 th place (18:04). The duo were dependable No. 2 and No. 3 competitors for the Running Raiders in cross country and distance track events last year.

It is no secret the Rugged Red are expecting big things in 2023. The 2022 team averaged 49 points per game while allowing 22 points per game.

The sound of clashing pads against two opposing teams sounded off in a Saturday morning scrimmage at Rivercrest High Schools. The Rebels and the Detroit Eagles tested their skills against an opponent after the hell week of twoa- days.

The Detroit eagles won their own volleyball tournament for the first time in its history on Aug. 12 with a 2-point final set against the scrappy Dodd City Lady Hornets.

The Mount Vernon Varsity Tiger Volleyball Team is working on performance as they are getting as much playtime as possible in early season matches and tournament play. The Lady Tigers had 21 kill shots in 83 attempts for 25.3 percent accuracy.

The Mount Vernon Varsity Tiger Football Team will travel to Eustace to scrimmage the purple and gold Bulldogs, since the playing field in Mount Vernon is not ready this week. Scrimmages start at 5 p.m.

Experience under the Friday night lights is one of several outstanding qualities shared by the Rugged Red defensive backs. Fans should expect to see some playmakers on defense to equal the explosiveness and excitement being offered up by the Rugged Red offense.

Coaches had a good first look at the Red Raiders during Friday’s scrimmage versus DeKalb. Varsity, JV Red and JV Grey teams all had reps in the controlled scrimmage format.

The Mount Vernon High School Tiger Football team members and coaches have been sweating it in the locker room for the past two months and on the practice field this week as a new set of players move up from younger teams and returning players seek a starter position.