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Philo girls basketball team The Tornadoes take a split in

pulling out all of the stops four conference matchups

hoping to finish the season by Matthew Dotson

strong by Matthew Dotson

Halli Harris for Philo tries to dribble around the West Muskingum defender. Matthew Dotson
Vs River View (2/01) their visitors and lost the game by a total
The Lady Electrics took the long bus of 52 – 24.
ride to Warsaw Ohio on Saturday to face Philo will be back in action on Satur-
the Lady Black Bears. Completely domi- day, February 8th at 12 PM when they
nating the court from the start of the host the Coshocton Redskins.
game, Philo blasted past River View in
the first period taking a 14 – 4 lead. The Vs Morgan (1/29)
second quarter saw River View step up Wednesday night, Philo hosted the
their pace, but they still couldn’t match Morgan Raiders and although they put
the intensity of the Electrics who went up a good fight, they fell to the Lady
to the halftime break with a 25 – 11 ad- Raiders by five points with a final score
vantage. of Morgan 47 – Philo 42.
After the break, the girls went right
back to it with the Electrics taking Vs West Muskingum(1/25)
charge again, and doubling River View’s On the Road to nearby West Musking-
point total for the quarter leaving them um, the Lady Electrics met up with the
holding a 39 – 18 deficit as the buzzer Tornadoes and handed them a loss on
rang at the beginning of the fourth quar- their home court with a score of 34 –
ter. No matter what they tried, the Lady 25.
Black Bears could not gain ground on

West Muskingum Girls won two

conference games before

falling to Philo by Matthew Dotson

Cade Porter tries to make a shot for West Muskingum around the Maysville defense.
Matthew Dotson
Vs Meadowbrook (2/04) time.
After getting off the bus in Byesville, Fighting hard at the onset of the third
the Tornadoes were ready to fight the quarter, the Tornadoes were able to
Colts on the court. Despite a well-fought storm through the point gap leaving Tri-
battle with the conference team, the Tor- Valley just four points ahead at the on-
nadoes grabbed the lead and held on to set of the fourth quarter with a score of
it, walking away with a 56 – 47 win over TV 40 – WM 36. West M closed in one
the Colts point closer but couldn’t get the point
The Tornadoes will be hosting the New spread smaller than that and they fell to
Lexington Panthers on Friday with the the Scotties by a score of 59 – 56.
game set to start at 7 PM. On Rich Longaberger Court, Carter
Smith had 14 points for the Tornadoes,
Vs Maysville (1/31) Reid Lemity, and Coleman Lloyd each
Back at home on Friday, the Tornadoes had 11 points, and senior Jake Anton
hosted their neighbors the Maysville had seven.
Panthers for a conference matchup.
The Panthers were in top form as they Vs Philo (1/24)
West M’s Debra Allen goes for a shot with a crowd of blockers. Matthew Dotson pulled out ahead of West Muskingum The Tornadoes popped over to Philo on
quickly and took the game by a score of Friday to play the Electrics in the Power
Vs Crooksville (2/01) kept blowing by Crooksville mounting a 80 – 56. Plant. The game started off close with
The Lady Tornadoes hosted the 46 – 27 lead before the final frame. As Philo trying to stay in step, but it didn’t
Crooksville Ceramics on Saturday. The the game drew to a close, Crooksville Vs Tri-Valley (1/28) take long for West Muskingum to pull
first quarter saw the two teams keeping tacked on 11 points in the final quarter Dresden hosted the West Muskingum ahead, leaving the Electrics with an 80
pace with each other but the Tornadoes but the Lady Tornadoes finished strong Tornadoes at the Dawg House on Tues- – 65 loss on home turf.
edged ahead by a score of 13 – 12 be- with a 65 – 38 victory. day. Tri-Valley got out ahead in the first For the night, Coleman Lloyd and Kyle
fore the end of the first quarter. In the For the Tornadoes Lydiah Huey had 16 quarter pushing out five extra points tak- Porter had 15 points each for the Torna-
second period, the Tornadoes let loose points, Debra Allen had 14 points and ing a 9 – 4 lead by the end of the first does, Cade Porter and Jake Anton had
as they held the Ceramics offense stag- Addy Antonetz had 10 points. quarter. Holding their head above wa- 12 points each, Carter Smith had 10
nant and pushed out a 23 – 14 lead be- The girls will be on the court in Thorn- ter West Muskingum tried to narrow the points, and Noah Morrison had eight
fore the end of the first half. gap but fell further behind as the Scot- points.
As play resumed the Lady Tornadoes CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 ties left them in a 25 – 16 hole at half-