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Zanesville took down Watkins and Northridge but fell to Licking

Heights and Johnstown by Matthew Dotson

Vs Johnstown-Monroe (2/04) with the Vikings ending the first quarter
The Blue Devils traveled to Johnstown tied at 8. Zanesville took a huge leap
on Tuesday to face the Johnnies. Both forward in the second period as they
teams wanted the victory, but after a pumped out 24 points before the end of
true battle, the Johnnies took the game the half to take the lead at 32 – 23.
in the final minutes with a score of 60 – The break gave the Vikings time to
50. plan and they popped out in the third
Zanesville will be back on the court on quarter to take over on scoring by 18
Tuesday in Mt. Vernon with a game time – 9 to tie up the game at 41 points. In
of 7:15 PM. the fourth quarter, the two teams kept
in step with one another as the score af-
Vs Licking Heights (1/31) ter four periods was 51 – 51 pushing the
Zanesville hosted the Hornets on Fri- two teams into overtime. The final min-
day. The first period was up in the air utes of the game were all-or-nothing as
all the way to the buzzer when the Blue the Blue Devils pumped out a final score
Devils pulled ahead 16 – 14. Their lead of 56 – 53 over the Vikings to keep the
didn’t last long, however, as the Hornets win.
pushed to tie the game up in the second
period and pulled ahead just as the half- Vs Watkins Memorial (1/23)
time buzzer rang out to take a 28 – 26 The Blue Devils rode the bus to Patas-
lead. kala on Thursday to play the Watkins
When play resumed, the Hornets had Memorial Warriors. Watkins took the
a new strategy to get around Zanesville’s advantage in the first period leading af-
defense pushing their score ahead to ter one by a score of 16 – 12. Zanes-
a 46 – 36 lead at the start of the final ville tried to close the gap before half-
quarter. The Blue Devils were not able time but the Warriors kept them at a
to pull themselves back out and the Hor- distance heading into the break still up
nets won the game with a final score of over Zanesville 30 – 24.
63 – 46. Returning to the court the Blue Devils
Senior Mikey Johnson had 22 points fought hard to narrow the lead by two
for the Blue Devils, and sophomore Kel- points in the third quarter still facing a
by Martin had 11 points. 37 – 33 disadvantage. In the final min-
utes, Zanesville rallied together to tie
Vs Northridge (1/28) up the game and jump ahead for a last-
In a conference game against North- minute win with a final score of 47 – 46.
ridge on Tuesday in Zanesville, the Blue
Devils started the game neck-and-neck
Lucca Wood pumps out a jump shot for Zanesville. Matthew Dotson .

John Glenn pumped out conference wins until they hit Tri-Valley

by Matthew Dotson

Vs Tri-Valley (2/04)
The Lil’ Muskies hopped on a bus to nearby Dresden to play the Scotties
in the Dawg House on Tuesday. Tri-Valley was waiting for them, charged
and ready to go, as they took the first quarter by storm in a rush 23 – 7
lead. The Muskies flipped the script in the second quarter to balance out
the score as much as they could but still went to halftime down 37 – 30.
After the break, the Dawgs and the Muskies were as close as they could
get but Tri-Valley had one extra point on them to end the period up 52 –
44. In the final minutes of play the Dawgs pulled out all of the stops and
dominated the final seconds taking a 71 – 53 victory over the visiting
Muskies.

Vs Morgan (1/31)
On the road to McConnelsville on Friday, the Muskies were looking
to take down a conference challenger and they did just that. From the
tipoff, John Glenn took charge laying down a 25 – 13 first quarter. With
33 points in the second quarter, it was clear that the Raiders were going
to need to do a lot of work to pull themselves out of the 58 – 18 hole at
the break.
Back in the game, John Glenn continued to punish the Raiders pushing
their lead up to 74 – 30 leaving no room for Morgan to stage a comeback
falling in the final seconds by a score of 82 – 35.
Stehl Bates had 19 points for the Muskies, Noah Dever had 15, CJ
Dolan had 15 and Brayden Davis had 8.

Vs River View (1/28)
New Concord hosted the visiting Black Bears on Tuesday. For most
games 13 points would be an impressive first frame but no when your
challenger takes a 26 – 13 lead by the end of the first quarter. The
Muskies doubled up in the second frame taking a massive 53 – 28 lead
heading into halftime.
After the break, the Black Bears stepped up to offer a challenge to their
hosts but fell three points shy of matching John Glenn in the third quarter
with a score of JG 73 – RV 45. The final minutes although close in score
didn’t allow for the Black Bears to recover and they lost to the Muskies
90 – 58.
Brayden Davis had a whopping 29 points for the Lil’ Muskies, Stehl
Bates had 14, CJ Dolan had 9, Cooper Briggs and Ben Stamm both had 8
points.
John Glenn’s Will Nicolozakes navigates around a Tri-Valley defender. Matthew Dotson