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Tri-Valley Scotties take the Big School MVL Title after beating

Coshocton by Matthew Dotson

MVL Big School Champs, Tri-Valley. Gregg Meadows

Vs Coshocton (2/14) the Panthers to halftime with a 35 – 30
On Coach Rich Longaberger court in point disadvantage.
Dresden on Friday, Tri-Valley hosted the Back on the court, defenses on both
Coshocton Redskins in a game where sides were firing on all cylinders as the
the outcome determined the share of Panthers pumped up the volume to
the MVL title for the Scotties. close the five-point gap to end the third
From the tipoff the Dawgs had control quarter tied at 50 each. It all came
of the ball and the court, pushing and down to the last minutes of the game,
blocking the whole way to take a huge both teams wanted it, but only one could
21 – 8 lead by the end of the first quar- walk away with the win, and in the final
ter. The Redskins stepped it up in the seconds the Scotties took a one-point
second quarter but they still couldn’t advantage to win the game 65 – 64.
keep up with Tri-Valley as the Scotties Keaton Hahn had 18 points for the
blasted their way to a 36 – 27 advan- Scotties while teammate Nohah Nichols
tage before the intermission. had 12 points for the night.
As the clock started ticking in the sec-
ond half, the Dawgs didn’t slow down, Vs Philo (2/7)
making shots left and right and putting On the road on Friday, the Scotties
the Coshocton defenses through their were prepared to take on their confer-
paces leading by 10 at the end of the ence rivals. As the game started out,
third period up 56 – 46 over the Red- the Scotties fell behind early on with
skins. Philo taking an 8 – 5 lead by the end of
Tri-Valley could have slowed down in the first quarter. After getting squared
the final minutes of the game, but they away, Tri-Valley gained their footing in
didn’t they doubled their lead and sent the second quarter and blasted past the
Coshocton back home empty-handed Electrics with a 28-point quarter leading
with an 82 – 62 victory and locked in the them to a 33 – 23 lead going into half-
sole possession of the MVL Big School time.
Title for themselves. When the break ended the Scotties
Keaton Hahn had a massive 30-point were back in action and didn’t miss a
game for the Scotties, Noah Nichols beat as they continued to control the
had 19 points, Devin Crane and Ryan court, Philo tried to keep up but by the
Lamonica each had 11 points for the end of the third quarter, Tri-Valley led 49
game. – 35. In the last timeframe, the Dawgs
The Scotties move on to play Dover blew out another fifteen points to take
in tournament play on Friday, February the game with a final score of 64 – 41.
21st, in Dresden game time is 7 PM.

Vs Maysville (2/11)
The Panthers hosted Tri-Valley on Tues-
day in Maysville. The two teams stayed
close with Tri-Valley jumping out in front FOLLOW THE BUZZ
just a bit taking a 20 – 17 lead into the @DRESDENBUZZ
second quarter of play. As the buzzer for
halftime drew closer the Dawgs were
able to build their lead a little, sending
Scotties standout Keaton Hahn shot around Maysville’s Gator Nichols. Matthew Dotson