Mt’neers football loses to Cassville, Mt. Vernon volleyball seeded second in district play

The Mt. Vernon High School football team hosted the Class 3, third ranked Cassville Wildcats on Saturday and lost 26-0.
 
With the loss, the Mt’neers fall to 3-5 on the season and are scheduled to play at Summit Christian Academy this Friday night to close out the regular season.
 
Mt. Vernon is currently in fourth place in the Class 3, District 6 standings with 29.02 points. Cassville leads the district with 44.96 points, followed by Seneca (41.82 points), Nevada (34.19 points), Mt. Vernon, Reeds Spring (26.75 points), Aurora (17.97 points) and Hollister (12.45 points).
 
Volleyball
 
The Lady Mt’neers volleyball team played three games last week to close out their regular season, winning two of them.
 
Mt. Vernon hosted Branson on Thursday, Oct. 15 but lost to the Lady Pirates in three sets, 14-25, 26-28 and 21-25.
 
The Lady Mt’neers hosted Cassville on Tuesday, Oct. 13 and won in three sets, 25-13, 25-20 and 25-16. Savanna Dampf led with 17 kills, Ziah Schmutz added 15 kills, Elli Eddington had 12 kills and led with 14 digs and Ruth Fish led with 44 assists.
 
Mt. Vernon started their week by hosting Carthage on Monday, Oct. 12 and won in five sets, 25-23, 20-25, 23-25, 25-23 and 16-14.
 
Ziah Schmutz led with 18 kills and had 11 digs and 15 assists, Eddington added 13 kills and 16 digs, Dampf had 11 kills, Hale led with 20 digs, Fish added 10 digs and led with 22 assists and Elsey Schmutz ended the game with 10 digs.
 
The Lady Mt’neers are 18-8-5 on the season and will play against the winner of Hollister and Aurora tomorrow night in the semifinals of the Class 3, District 11 Tournament in Hollister. Clever is the top seed, followed by Mt. Vernon, Hollister, Reeds Spring, Forsyth and Aurora.
 
The tournament was scheduled to begin yesterday with the semifinals being played tomorrow night and the championship game scheduled for Saturday.