PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga - The Mount Vernon Varsity Football team dropped its season opener on Friday night, August 19, falling to the Wesleyan School Wolves 31-7 at Robinson Field.
Down 10-0 at halftime, the Mustangs looked for some second half magic.
But the Wolves ended the game on a 21-7 run to take the contest.
The Mustangs scored with seven seconds remaining in the game when quarterback Sam Nazarain rushed in a goal-line touchdown.
Jonathan Gallinaro paced the Mustang in receiving with five catches for 41 yards.
Teammate Cole Palmer netted three receptions for 35 yards as well.
The Mustangs (0-1) are back in action on Friday, August 26, hosting the Harvester Christian Hawks from Douglasville, Ga.
Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at Mount Vernon's newly refurbished Ron Hill Field.
Established in 1972, The Mount Vernon School, serves over 1,200 students in preschool through grade 12 on our 40-acre Atlanta campus. As a leading visionary independent school, Mount Vernon’s brand of innovation and entrepreneurship has emerged over the last decade, impacting schools in the US and across the globe through Mount Vernon Ventures, a research, strategy, and consulting division of the School. In addition, in 2021 the School launched a global online program for grade 9-12 to meet the needs of today’s flexible family. Through established partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and civic environments, our mission is to design a better world...together.
