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Lil’ Muskies set sights on 11-game winning streak against

New Lexington by Matthew Dotson

Vs Philo (1/17) from New Concord showed why they ter pushing their already tough lead up had 19 points, classmate CJ Dolan had
On a trip to Philo on Friday, the Lil’ were at the top of the MVL as they dou- to 63 – 38 heading into the final frame. 12 points, and senior Will Nicolozakes
Muskies started off after the tipoff fac- bled the Electrics score for the period, Philo managed to hold their ground in had 10 points for John Glenn.
ing fierce competition as they barely sending them to the halftime break with the last minutes of the period but they The Muskies host the New Lexington
squeaked out a one-point lead at the a 41 – 28 disadvantage. couldn’t climb back out of the hole and Panthers on Friday, January 24th.
end of the first period at 17 – 16 over The intermission didn’t bring enough lost 83 – 57 to the Muskies.
the hosting Electrics in the Power Plant. clarity to the Electrics as John Glenn con- Junior Brayden Davis had 23 points for Vs Meadowbrook (1/16)
In the second period, however, the boys tinued their assault into the third quar- the Lil’ Muskies while junior Stehl Bates The Colts made a visit to New Concord
on Thursday to play the Lil’ Muskies in an
MVL conference game. Meadowbrook
battled it out with the Muskies in the
first period of the game keeping up as
much as they could, but John Glenn built
a six-point lead taking the first quarter
by a score of 18 – 12. As the second
period played out the Lil’ Muskies were
just getting into the groove pummelling
their competition with a 28-point quar-
ter making the wall of deficit facing the
Colts 46 – 20 at halftime.
When the game continued after the
intermission, the Colts went step-for-
step with their hosts only allowing John
Glenn to get ahead by one shot with the
Muskies heading into the final quarter
of play up 67 – 39. The Muskies didn’t
let off of the gas in the final minutes as
they rallied together for a 16-point quar-
ter taking the final victory score of 83 –
48 over the Meadowbrook Colts.
Junior Stehl Bates had 17 points for
the Muskies, while classmates Brayden
Davis had 12, Ben Stamm and CJ Dolan
each had 11 points.

Vs Sheridan (1/11)
The Generals hosted Saturday’s game
against the Lil’ Muskies in Thornville.
John Glenn took charge after the tipoff
and although Sheridan tried to keep up
the Muskies jumped out to a 19 – 12
lead at the end of the first quarter. As
the first half evolved, John Glenn start-
ed to shut down the General’s offense
more and more and pumped out a 32 –
19 advantage heading into the intermis-
sion.
When the two teams resumed play,
the Generals showed new signs of life
after a hard analysis in the locker room
and out-shot the Lil’ Muskies in the third
quarter narrowing the gap down to nine
points with John Glenn leading 48 – 37
heading into the final period. Course-
correcting in the final minutes the visi-
tors stuck the victory with a 20-point
quarter taking the game by a score of
68 – 52.
Junior CJ Dolan had 19 points, two
rebounds, and six assists for the Lil’
Muskies. Junior Brayden Davis had 16
points, eight rebounds, and one assist
while classmate Stehl Bates had 14
points, three rebounds, and five assists.

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Lil’ Muskies Brayden Davis jumping for two of his game-high 23 points against Philo. Matthew Dotson