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Area Middle School gymnasts shine at districts in Columbus

by Beth Braddock
Wednesday, October 2, gymnasts
from the area represented East Musk-
ingum Middle school, Tri-Valley Middle
school and Zanesville Middle school at
the gymnastics districts In Marysville.
From East Muskingum, their lone
representative was Caroline Allen who
placed fifth on beam and seventh over-
all.
Zanesville also had one member
in M.E. Hitchens. She was the district
champion and finished sixth overall.
Tri-Valley middle school had a four per-
son team consisting of team members
Ava Sensibaugh, Eva Prati, Piper Star-
key, and Myleigh Hammer. Starkey was
four on floor, fifth on bars and beam,
and eighth overall. Sensibaugh was 2nd
on beam and floor and was fourth over-
all. Prati was fourth on vault and bars
and third in beam and All around. Ham-
mer took second on vault, first in bars,
beam, and floor. She was also the dis-
trict all around champion.
Tri-Valley also came away as the dis-
trict team champions.

Tri-Valley gymnasts Myleigh Hammer and Eva
Caroline Allen from East Muskingum, Ava Sensibaugh (TV) Piper Starkey (TV), Myleigh Hammer (TV) , Prati. submitted
Eva Prati (TV) and M.E. Hitchens (Zanesville) submitted

Zanesville’s Marching Blue Devils will compete at OMEA State

Marching Band Finals making their first appearance in 5 years

by Lynette Dotson

The Zanesville Marching Band performs during the Bonanza of Bands just moments before qualifying
for the OMEA State Marching Band Finals. Matthew Dotson

It was announced during the Bonanza Hilliard Bradley High School, as well as
of Bands band competition at Zanesville Philo who will take to the field just 30
High School that the Zanesville March- minutes before Zanesville at 5:15 p.m.,
ing Band qualified for the OMEA State and Maysville who will be competing at
Marching Band Finals. This is the first Piqua High School on November 3 at
time in five years that the band has qual- 6:30 p.m.
ified. The OMEA State Marching Band Finals
Zanesville Marching Band’s state per- will be held across four days on October
formance will be at Medina High School 26 and 27 and November 2 and 3rd.
on November 2nd at approximately 5:45 Congratulations to the Zanesville High
p.m. School Marching Band and to all Musk-
Other Muskingum County bands that ingum County Bands on a great season
qualified so far include Tri-Valley who so far!
will perform at 8:00 p.m. during the first
day of the competition, October 26th at