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"We got off the bus for graduation all sweaty and nasty but at least we had a State Championship!"
Batesville's First Softball Champs: A Mother & Daughter Story
"This utter sadness that people had and then a year and a half later to have joy in that moment, it was really moving to me."
An Unforgettable Season: 2012 State Champions in Boys Basketball
"I don't know if I would have gone to college if it wasn't for a sport."
Tristan Wirfs: Mount Vernon Mustang to University of Iowa Hawkeye
"When I first think of 6-on-6 basketball, what comes to mind is fast."
An Iowa Tradition: 6-on-6 Women’s Basketball
"He taught me a lot about wrestling. He taught me a lot about life."
Vance Light: Mount Vernon Wrestling Coach
"His mission was to be the best in the world and he went on to do it."
Logan Kelly: Champion Student Archer
"Be the best possible teammate, have the best possible attitude, give the best possible effort."
Jeff Meeker: Cornell College's Winningest Volleyball Coach
"We didn't get to be players because we were before Title IX."
Shirley Ryan: Mount Vernon Volleyball Coach
Football team
"He's gonna give the chance for everybody to be successful. That's what I think leaders do."
Drew Adams: Touchdown King
Cross County Sports
"In football, when we got in trouble, everybody got in trouble."
Cross County Hometown Teams
Hometown Heroes
"The value of sports to a small community extends well beyond just a competitive event."
Hometown Heroes
"Without her classmates knowing, she worked a full time job after school."
Ms. Clara Dixon Britt: School Days

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