Sports : Mount Vernon Mustangs defeat No. 11 Vikettes 45-41

Mount Vernon Mustangs defeat #11 Vikettes 45-41

MOUNT VERNON - The No. 11-ranked Vinton-Shellsburg Vikette varsity basketball team took on the Mount Vernon Mustangs and the Mustangs earned a 45-41 win at Mount Vernon High School on Dec. 14.

Alyssa Griffith led the Vikettes with 11 points, Sophia Kreutner scored eight, Brylee Bruce and Kalie Burke scored six each, Abby Davis scored five, Julia Johnson scored three and Ashlie Meyer scored two.

The Vikettes will return to Garrison Fieldhouse on Friday, Dec. 17 to take on the Benton Bobcats in one of the biggest games of the 2021-22 season and it will be a crowded house.