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John Glenn Softball struggling to get season off the ground

by Matthew Dotson
Vs. Tri-Valley (4/1) back out ahead 3 – 2. In the bottom of
The Lady Muskies hosted the Scotties the sixth inning, Ava Miller hit a sacrifice
on Tuesday and grabbed the lead in the fly that scored the tying run to level the
bottom of the first inning when Delaney game at 3 – 3. In the top of the 9th in-
Bell hit a single, driving in Addison Bab- ning, Beck-Aden singled down the right
cock for a 1 – 0 advantage. Babcock field to take the lead at 4 – 3. Sigman
sacrificed in the bottom of the third in- followed up with a single to bump the
ning to drive in a run by Morgan Harper lead to 5 – 3. Brannon singled to cen-
2 – 0 Muskies. Libby Brown and Estelle ter 6 – 3, and Williams grounded out to
Matheney scored on an error later in score the final run to win the game 7 –
the inning to put the Muskies up by 4. 3.
Ava Miller rounded out the inning with
a fielder’s choice that brought in Wun- Vs. Crooksville (3/27)
der for a 5 – 0 lead over Tri-Valley. The The Ceramics visited New Concord
Lady Dawgs came to life in the top of the on Thursday and battled with the Lil’
4th inning to tie up the game at 5 – 5. Muskies for the first three scoreless in-
The Scotties pulled ahead in the top of nings before Elyse Baker hit a double to
the 5th with a leading run by Keffer that allow Rollison to score. The Ceramics
brought in Wolford to end the inning up came back in the top of the 6th inning
6 – 5. Tri-Valley continued to build their to have Rollison single, allowing Lundell
lead to 8 – 5 by the top of the 6th in- to score, taking a 2 – 0 victory.
ning. Haylee Young sacrificed in the bot-
tom of the 6th to bring in Morgan Harper
but still trailed by two by the end of the
6th inning with Tri-Valley leading 8 – 6. READ & SHARE THE BUZZ ONLINE IN FULL
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took a 10 – 6 victory back home to Dres-
den.
Vs. Athens (3/29)
Athens traveled to New Concord on
Saturday to play the Lil’ Muskies. The
Lady Bulldogs grabbed the lead in the
first inning with a double by Toadvine
and a single by Brannon to take a 2 – New Puzzles
0 spot. In the bottom of the fifth inning,
Riley Wunder hit a two-run homer to
center field to tie up the game. Brannon on page 18!
came back to score on a single to jump

John Glenn Lil’ Muskie pitcher Haylee Young winds up for a pitch against Dover. Matthew Dotson

West Muskingum softball divides a two game series with

Meadowbrook by one point each by Matthew Dotson

Vs Meadowbrook (4/2) a line drive to left field, driving in Addy Vs. Ridgewood (3/25) try, leading the game from the second
When the Colts came to visit West Antonetz and Daylee Foster. Bowers sin- The Lady Generals brought their bats inning on to beat the Lady Tornadoes by
Muskingum on Wednesday, they started gled next in the inning to allow Huey to on Tuesday as they visited Tornado coun- a score of 8 – 2.
out strong with a homerun off of the first score. Calie Smith lined out to right field,
batter as Ginn Homered over the right pushing in Hammer to take the fifth run
field fence to grab a 1 – 0 lead over the of the inning, closing the gap to just one
Tornadoes in the top of the 1st inning. run with Meadowbrook leading 10 – 9
In the top of the 2nd inning, Arnold and after 6 innings. In the bottom of the 7th,
Dickey score on passed balls, bringing a triple by Foster led to Antonetz scoring
the score to 3 – 0 Colts. Meadowbrook to tie the game at 10. Bowers singled
took another run in the top of the 3rd to left field, bringing home Foster for the
off of a single-run homer by Sichina over game-winning run, taking the Colts 11 –
the center field fence, 4 – 0 Colts. In 10.
the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Lady
Tornadoes finally lit up the scoreboard Vs Meadowbrook (4/1)
as Gabbi Hammer hit a single to left On the bus to Byesville, the Lady Tor-
field that drove in Daylee Foster for a nadoes suffered a very close loss to the
run. In the next play Kyana Bowers hit Meadowbrook Colts in game one, with
a double that drove home Lydiah Huey the Colts taking the game 8 – 7 after
and Hammer to drop the Colts lead to West held the lead for the first seven in-
one at 4 – 3. Meadowbrook answered nings of the game only to have the Colts
back with a home run by Norman, fol- rally back for the win.
lowed later in the inning by a two-run
homer by Ginn to bump the Colts’ lead Vs. Fairfield Union (3/28)
to 7 – 3. Wiggins homered for the Colts The Lady Tornadoes swept past the
in the top of the fifth inning to set the Fairfield Union players on Friday with a
score at 8 – 3. Kyana Bowers doubled big 14 – 4 victory, including a homer by
for the Tornadoes in the bottom of the Addy Antonetz.
fifth to drive home Hammer to bring the
inning total to 8 – 4 Colts. Wiggins hit Vs. Morgan (3/27)
a ground ball for Meadowbrook, and The girls dropped the game against
Callahan and Ginn scored on an error, the Raiders on the Thursday trip to Mc-
and the Colts jumped to 10 – 4. In the Connelsville with the Raiders just edg-
bottom of the 6th, Mireyha Reese hit ing by West by a score of 8 – 7.
a homer to right field to draw closer to West Muskingum’s Daylee Foster rounds third base on her way for a run in a game against Ridgewood.
Meadowbrook.. Huey then singled on Matthew Dotson