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Maysville Panthers add two John Glenn ended their regular

late season wins to their tally season falling to Undefeated

Scotties by Matthew Dotson
by Matthew Dotson

Ryder Pennington picks up a fumble and runs it for a touchdown. Matthew Dotson

Vs Tri-Valley (10/25) Vs Philo (10/18)
Back at home on Turf Field, the Lil’ On Friday at Sam Hatfield Stadium in
Muskies last game of the regular season Duncan Falls, the Lil’ Muskies took the
was against the undefeated Tri-Valley field against the Philo Electrics. The
Scotties. Much like their entire season, game started off on the right foot for the
the Dawgs took an early lead landing a Muskies as #27 Lincoln Gilcher grabbed
Gator Nichols clinches the pigskin as his teammates block oncoming players. Matthew Dotson touchdown with just a minute left in the a short touchdown with a successful PAT
Vs Crooksville (10/25) touchdown pass that put them back on first quarter putting them on the board by #34 Trejaun Bradford taking a 7 – 0
The Panthers hopped on the bus Fri- top of the lead at 17 – 14. Maysville was 7 – 0. lead over Philo. With just three minutes
day to travel to nearby Ceramics Sta- able to hold onto their lead and finished In the first few minutes of the sec- left in the quarter #1 Owen Edwards
dium in Crooksville. With the hopes of with a take-home victory. ond quarter of play, Tri-Valley punched completed a short pass to #8 Reese
increasing their overall record, Maysville through the defense with their second Metzger for another touchdown which
started off on the right foot as a field Vs Meadowbrook (10/18) touchdown of the evening taking a 14 – Bradford capped for the 14 – 0 lead go-
goal put them up 3 – 0 in the first quar- The Meadowbrook Colts made their 0 lead. A few minutes later John Glenn’s ing into the second quarter.
ter of play. way to the Mac on Friday to play the Pan- #80 Ryder Pennington was able to pick John Glenn held their lead throughout
During the second quarter, the Ceram- thers. With both defenses on point, nei- up a fumble from the Scotties and run it nearly the entirety of the second quar-
ics tried to recover and capitalize on their ther team could make their down-field in for a touchdown with Bradford topping ter, but with under a minute remaining
possession of the ball, but they couldn’t drives payoff in the first quarter. it off to knock the lead down to 14 – 7 in the half, Philo’s #19 Jack Lincicome
get across the goal line. Late into the There were a few close calls in the sec- for Tri-Valley. The Scotties were not go- made a three-yard dash over the goal
second quarter, the Panthers lined up a ond quarter but there was still no one ing to take it lying down as they kicked line, and with #80 Cohen Davis’s point
19-yard touchdown run that gave them with an advantage going into the half- up the pace and pounded out two more after they narrowed the deficit to 14 – 7
a 10 – 0 advantage going into halftime. time break. touchdowns before the end of the half John Glenn before halftime.
After what must have been a very in- Back on the field the Panthers were making their lead 28 – 7. As the teams continued play, the
spiring halftime talk, Crooksville came ready and had a plan to get past the When the game continued, the Scot- two defenses went into overdrive. The
out onto the field with a new determina- Colt’s defenses and they did the tune of ties were ready for more as they contin- quarter was almost a draw until Philo
tion leading to back-to-back touchdowns two touchdowns leaving the Colts reel- ued to pressure the Lil’ Muskies defense grabbed a short-yard touchdown and
which took the lead at 14 – 10. Despite ing in the third quarter. eventually breaking past them for a late tied up the game with just a minute left
all efforts, Maysville was unable to re- Meadowbrook tried hard for a come- quarter touchdown taking a 35 – 7 lead in the third quarter.
cover in the third. back in the final minutes of the game into the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter was another battle
In the final minutes of play the two scoring one touchdown and getting with- In the first few minutes of the final with John Glenn hoping to get their lead
teams went head-to-head holding each in a first-down of a second touchdown period of play, the Scotties advanced back and they possibility of overtime
other’s offenses scoreless until the Pan- before the buzzer rang out and Maysille to a position on the field that put them looking more and more likely until Philo
thers finally broke through with a 27-yard kept the 13 – 6 win for themselves. in range of a field goal so the took the made a rushing touchdown but missed
opportunity to add three points to their the point conversion to take a 20 – 14
tally bumping their lead to 38 – 7 and lead that they would hold until the end
kicking a running clock into action for of the game, taking the victory.
Little the remainder of the game. With the
limited time, the Muskies were not able
to stage a comeback and fell to Tri-Val-
Dot-To-Dot ley 38 – 7.

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