"Conditioning needs to mimic 🏈... violent, fast, and explosive." ~Cal Dietz Cal Dietz You can get into football shape without traditional aerobic work. You would think 🏈 coaches would hate traditional aerobic work... soft and slow.

Norm Armstrong 2023 in 2days. 35 teams from across the state are coming and the weather looks to be in our favor. I want to thank all the teams coming. Here’s to pushing our athletes to the next level🫡 @MileSplitIL BW Athletics #westinvite23

MVTHS Track and Field at Edwardsville tomorrow. Field events 11am. Track events Noon. Dress for the cold! #RamTough!!

Thanks to Carson Prost (Rend Lake) and Quani Rudd (SIUE) for taking time to discuss the requirements of a student-athlete (classroom, weights, film, study table, off-season, etc) at the college level with our older camp session today.

Parents r concerned about myth that strength training will stunt child's growth. They don't think twice about their child play 6-7 bball games in weekend tournament + do this month after month after month from elem age thru hs. That's a huge recipe for long term disastrous injury

𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃: Jacob Morrison's next stop is Carbondale, Illinois!!🖊️ #1Team1Goal | #Salukis

All of this!

Love this pyramid👇

Most HS quarterbacks think they need to specialize year-round… working with their private trainers. Seems that playing 🏀 and running track works, too.

IBCA Charter HOF Player Coleman Carrodine was an All-Stater at Mt. Vernon High School. He went on to play at Western Illinois where he was All-Conference (IIAC) twice & also was an NAIA All-American in 1962. Coleman was the team captain for the Leathernecks & scored 2,128 points.

Sara Rennie is one of our early pioneer coaches in Girl's Basketball. The IBCA HOF'er began her coaching career at Mt. Vernon H.S. in the 1976-77 season. Her teams won 603 games and reached the Sweet 16 3x. Sara's teams were a dominate force in the South Seven Conference.

Not only did he have an OUTSTANDING season on the field, he also maintained his 4.0 in the classroom, while completing his rotations for dietetics. One of the most hardworking individuals I have met in my life and a true student athlete. I’m beyond proud of you @_Jack77_ !

Mount Vernon's boys bowling team placed fifth overall at the sectional with 6,110 pins and qualified for the state finals. Travin Elliott led the Rams with 1,299 pins and a 7th place finish overall. tournamentbowl.com/Open/standings…

TFC’s Dan Casey with a huge SB giveaway.

Coaches and AD's Bluford(Webber) High School is hosting a 1A Sectional again this year. We are hosting home meets on the following dates. If it does not specify gender, then it is COED. Contact me @ [email protected] and add the meet on Athletic net to join.

Rams win triangular meet morningsentinel.com/sports/mt_vern…

Today's MV Ram Invite is canceled. Weather conditions are not good for the rest of the afternoon and evening. There will be no make-up date.

PARENTS: Don't build your happiness around your kid’s athletic performance. If you get in a bad mood because they played bad, take a break from the game. Your kid needs to have tough performances to learn, not have great performances to make you feel good. 🗣️ Bhrett McCabe, PhD