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NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 12, 2024 SPORTS | PAGE 7

PORTS Taking a look back at sports highlights throughout

Muskingum County for November 12 - 25, 2024.

The Fighting Muskies football team took a pair of losses as

they wrapped their season by Matthew Dotson

Elijah Slagle dragging an attempted tackler downfield in a game earlier this season. Matthew Dotson
Vs Mount Union (11/16) a 7 – 0 lead over Capital. A little over an 8-yard passing touchdown followed George Linberge rushed in for a short
In the final game of the season at New two minutes later the Muskies were at by Meyers to set the score at 44 – 13. touchdown for Wallace and pushed the
Concord, the Fighting Muskies hosted it again with a 14-yard touchdown pass Owens answered back for Capital with lead back up to 20 – 10. With just under
the Mount Union Purple Raiders. The from Gurney to Travanti Keitt for a 14 – a huge 64-yard pass to Johnson for a two minutes left before halftime, Bubon-
Raiders took to the scoreboard first with 0 lead after Meyers’ kick. touchdown 44 – 20 Muskies. With just ic completed a 16-yard touchdown pass
a 6-yard pass from Deshields to Drew With 7:38 left in the first half of the 1:14 left in the game, the Muskie’s Riley to Tim Conwell and the Fighting Muskies
Sims for a 7 – 0 lead that they held for game Gurney connected an 8-yard pass Woodie punched in a 5-yard touchdown went to the locker rooms down 27 – 10.
the rest of the first quarter. Midway with Davion Grant for a touchdown that Meyers capped to end the game The Yellow Jackets pulled off the only
through the second quarter of play, the boosting the Muskie’s score to 21 – 0. with a 51 – 20 victory. score of the third quarter with a 45-yard
Raiders landed another touchdown off For good measure, Chandler Ross made pass from Bubonic to Oliver Kelleher to
of a 13-yard run by Echeverry to increase a 1-yard rush for the endzone to pad Vs Baldwin Wallace (11/02) set the score at 34 – 10.
the lead to 14 – 0. In the last nine sec- Muskingum’s lead at 28 – 0, with just On Saturday at George Finnie Stadium Just inside the final period, Bubonic
onds of the half O’Darius King caught a over three minutes left in the half. Capi- in Berea, Ohio the Fighting Muskies met struck again with a very short pass to
short pass from Gurney for a touchdown tal answered back with 34 seconds on up with the Yellow Jackets. The game Kelleher for paydirt and a 41 – 10 lead.
to cut Mount Union’s lead in half at 14 – the board with a three-yard pass from started off at a pretty equal pace with Josiah Sessler stepped up next for the
7 for halftime. Owens to Kucker to land the Streaks’ Muskingum striking first with a field Jackets as he took the ball 10 yards to
The second half of the game was a first points on the board but they still goal by Aaron Meyers in the first few the endzone for a 47 – 10 score boost.
struggle back and forth as the Muskies went to the break down 28 – 7. minutes of the period. Baldwin Wallace The final touchdown for Wallace was put
tied up the score a couple of times, Back on the field Capital opened the answered back with a touchdown off of in by Mark Wilson on a 2-yard run with
but the Purple Raiders stayed one step scoring for the second half with a 34- a 10-yard pass from Charlie Bubonic to Jacob Russell putting up the final extra
ahead as they took the game with a final yard pass from Owens to Hannika but take the lead at 6 – 3 after the failed point to set the Yellow Jackets score at
score of 35 – 28. the PAT was blocked by Devin Roebuck extra point attempt. 54 to Muskingum’s 10. Just seconds lat-
who returned the ball for a crazy 98-yard In the second quarter, Bubonic landed er Cavan Cooper passed the ball to Da-
Vs Capital (11/09) extra point setting the score at 30 – 13 a 19-yard pass to Vinny Lomeo for a vion Grant for a 59-yard touchdown that
The Blue Streaks traveled to New Con- to end the third. touchdown, and with the PAT added on came a little too late as the Muskies fell
cord Saturday afternoon to battle it out Gurney passed to O’Darius King for the Yellow Jacket lead grew to 13 – 3. to the Yellow Jackets 54 – 17.
with the Fighting Muskies. A few min- a short-yard touchdown just inside the A rushing touchdown for Elijah Slagle
utes into the first period, Travis Rober- fourth quarter to bump up their score dropped the lead considerably as the
son caught a 24-yard pass from Garrett even more to 37 – 13. Halfway through score was raised to 13 – 10 BW. With
Gurney with Meyers landing the PAT for the period, Gurney hit Gannon Unger for just over five minutes left in the half,