Jaclyn Herrera, a Mount Vernon High School graduate and a sophomore at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., was one of two softball players at the university named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball All-Tournament team.


Jaclyn Herrera, a Mount Vernon High School graduate and a sophomore at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., was one of two softball players at the university named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball All-Tournament team.
The Mount Vernon Lady Tiger Softball team claimed the Area title by defeating the Lucas Lovejoy in two games on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16. The fell to Van in the Regional Quarterfinal game on Tuesday, May 19. See the May 21 edition of the Optic-Herald for game details.
The Mount Vernon Lady Tigers will faced the Lucas Lovejoy Leopards in the area round of competition on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16 in a best two-out-of-three series. The Lady Tigers won the first game 4-1 and the second game 6-4. The Lady Tigers are the area champions.