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Philo Lady Electrics soccer fell Maysville Panthers dropped

to two big MVL contenders two conference matchups

by Matthew Dotson by Matthew Dotson
Vs West Muskingum (10/11) extra point to take a 15 – 0 lead.
Just over the hill to face the nearby ri- Maysville made it to the scoreboard
val team from West Muskingum the Pan- in the second quarter after getting to the
thers were ready to face the Tornadoes right field position in order for #2 Cam-
Friday night. West M started to dominate den Abella to kick a 20-yard field goal
the ball early on with a 22-point first to drop the lead to 15 – 3. Lane Ratliff
quarter while holding the Panthers score- answered back for New Lexington with a
less. In the second quarter, the Panther’s 52-yard return to give the Panthers a 21
defense stepped it up only allowing eight – 3 lead. Maysville’s #4 Kade Rock com-
points but that was enough to head to the pleted a 14-yard pass to #3 Gator Nichols
locker room during halftime down 30 – 0 for a touchdown with Abella adding the
with a running clock. PAT to narrow the gap to 21 – 10 with un-
Back on the field with the clock run- der a minute left in the first half of the
ning the Tornadoes pulled off a touch- game. New Lex did not take the hit lying
down in the third quarter to push their down as they bounced back through Ste-
lead to 37 – 0 with the extra point while phens’s 14-yard pass to #16 Lane Ratliff
Maysville still struggled to gain any for another touchdown ending the half up
ground offensively. As the game rushed 28 – 10 after the extra point.
by the Panthers tried to mount a drive, but After the break, New Lex was right
Lia Unger gains control of the ball and gained some ground against Tri-Valley. Matthew Dotson
could not get past the Tornadoes defense back at it with a huge 47-yard pass from
while the West Muskingum team landed Stephens to Hanson for a touchdown
Vs Sheridan (10/10) Vs Tri-Valley (10/3) a final touchdown to take the game with landing the score 35 – 10. Not to be out-
On the road again, this time headed On the road Thursday in Dresden, a 43 – 0 victory. done Rock answered the call with a 51-
to Thornville to face the Lady Generals, the Lady Elecrics went to take on the yard pass for a touchdown and the score
the Philo girl’s soccer team was hoping MVL leader Lady Dawgs. The Scotties Vs New Lexington (10/4) hit 35 – 17. Now in a pass-off, Stephens
to surprise Sheridan. The Lady Gener- took an early 1 – 0 lead in the first half When New Lexington rolled into town hit another 40-yard pass to Kellogg for a
als, however, were on their toes from the while fending off the Philo offense. The for the battle of the Panthers, Maysville touchdown with just four minutes to go
start and took a 2 – 0 lead before the Lady Electrics were able to tie up the was hoping to make a comeback after in the third making their lead 42 – 17.
end of the first half. score at 1 – 1 about midway through the the huge loss to Tri-Valley the previous Maysville grabbed a big interception at
As the game started back up the first period. The Lady Dawgs answered week. New Lexington kicked off the ball the start of the fourth quarter but they
Generals were able to grab another goal back with another goal to take back the to Maysville and after a short possession, were not able to capitalize on it and had
just four minutes into the second half lead at 2 – 1 before the halftime break. they were forced to punt the ball back to to hand it back over to New Lex. #44
kicking their lead to 3 – 0. The Elec- After the break, the two teams New Lex. #8 Isaiah Stephens completed Dalyus Nealy pumped out a 35-yard re-
trics were hard at work trying to make a battled it out of the majority of the final an 18-yard pass to #7 Talon Schwende- turn for New Lex to push their score to 49
comeback and they did land a ball in the minutes take shot after shot with some man for a touchdown followed by a two- – 17 after the extra point by Barrowman.
net but they fell short of a recovery and excellent saves on both sides but a late point conversion carried in by #13 Car- Near the end of the game, Rock found
went home empty-handed as the Lady save from Philo that hit the ground in son Kellogg to lead to a New Lex lead of Nichols for a 35-yard touchdown pass fol-
lowed by Abella’s PAT to end the scoring
Generals won the match 3 – 1. front of the goal left an opening for Mad- 8 – 0. With just two minutes left in the for the night as they fell to New Lex 49 –
die Garber to kick in the final goal for first quarter, New Lex picked up another 24.
touchdown off of #10 Bentley Hanson
Tri-Valley walking away with not only the who had a 49-yard return followed by the
3 – 1 victory but also the MVL title.