Calli Irvin battles at the net to put the volleyball across for the Lady Tigers. The Mount Vernon Lady Tiger volleyball team will play at Liberty Eylau at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16.

The Mount Vernon Tigers will travel to Texarkana to face the Liberty-Eylau Leopards for the second game of district play for 2009. Liberty-Eylau is the Division I representative for District 16-3A.

Colton Keener outruns the pack and heads for the end zone for the first of his two touchdowns of the game. The Mount Vernon Tigers suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the New Boston Lions on Friday, Oct. 9 with a final score of 28-48.

The Mount Vernon junior varsity Tiger football team lost their first district game of the season to the New Boston Lions 0-10. The freshman and junior varsity teams will be hosts for Liberty Eylau on Thursday, Oct. 15 at Tiger Stadium. For more information see the Oct. 15 edition of the Optic-Herald.