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Zanesville boys tennis improve to 8 - 5 on the season as
tournaments approach
Subh Patel serves the ball in a match earlier this season.
MAY 2 - 15, 2025
Vs. Logan (4/30) downed Steven Morrison, Dhruv Patel
The Blue Devils defeated Logan 4-1 6-1, 7 -6 tie breaker, Dominic Swaney,
on Wednesday. Winners from Zanes- Raphael Vanputten defeated Clifton
ville were. No.1 singles, Connor Baldwin Birchett, Chase Gillogly, 2-6, 1-6, Zanes-
defeated. Dominic Baxter, 6-2, 6-1 no.2 ville’s lone win was at 3rd singles where
singles Karter Bludnick won over Soldier Subh Patel won over Brook Todd by a
Roberts, 6-4, 6-2, at 3 singles, Subh score of 6-1, 6-2.
Patel downed Luke Abele, 6- 2, 6-3, the
no.1 doubles team of Steven Morrison, Vs. Central Crossing (4/22)
Dhruv Patel got a 6-4, 7-5 win over Lo- The boys’ tennis team picked up a 5-0
gan’s, William Hunt, Logan Keck. Lo- win over Grove City Central Crossing on
gan’s lone win was at second doubles, Tuesday. Winners for Zanesville were.
Hannah Carter, Bianco Sowers edged No.1 singles Connor Baldwin over David
Chase Gillogly, Noah Zorne, 6-1, 6-4. The Meleshchuk 6-3, 6-4, no 2 singles Kar-
Blue Devils are now 8-5 on the season. ter Bludnick defeated Dane Grubb, 6-2,
6- 1, the No. 1 doubles team of Steven
Vs. Claymont (4/24) Morrison, Dhruv Patel downed Connor
Zanesville picked up a 5-0 win over McCormick, Adrian Trujillo 6-3, 6-3. ZHS
Claymont on Thursday. Winners for ZHS. won by forfeit in 3rd singles, 2nd dou-
At no.1 Singles, Connor Baldwin defeat- bles.
ed Ellison Stull 6-0, 6-0, no.2 singles Kar-
ter Bludnick over Gabby Best, 6-0,6-1, Vs. Coshocton (4/21)
no.3 singles, Subh Patel downed Rylee Blue Devils won over Coshocton Mon-
Tarbert, 6-1, 6-0, in doubles play, the day, 5-0. Zanesville’s wins were. at No.1
no.1 doubles team of Steven Morrison, singles, Connor Baldwin won over Chase
Dhruv Patel won over Cooper Newton, Davelik, 6 -1, 6-0, No. 2 singles, Karter
Owen Cox, 6-2,6-1, 2nd doubles, Andres Bludnick defeated Jackson Malaufirozo
Limon, Clifton Birchett, edged Korben 6-1, 6-1, at No. 3 singles Subh Patel
Byers, Grace Canfield by a score of 7-5, downed Emme Jackson, 6 -2, 6-1, at
6-4. doubles, the no.1 team of Steven Morri-
son, Dhruv Patel, beat Lucy Baylor, Jace
Vs. Canal Winchester (4/23) Aronhalt, 6-1,6-1, no.2 doubles, Andres
Canal Winchester won a really tough Limon, Clifton Birchett over Brianna
match 4 -1 against Zanesville on Fink, Kayla Moore, 6 -1, 6-2.
Wednesday.. Two of the matches were
tie breakers. no.1 lost in a Super tie-
breaker Connor Baldwin to Canals,
William Theuamthary 6-4, 3-6, 14 -12
super tiebreaker, no 2 singles, Alex Xi-
cotencatl defeated Karter Bludnick 6-4,
Matthew Dotson 6-4, Jacob McFarland, Kai Weather,
Tri-Valley softball gains ground
with wins over Morgan and
New Lexington
by Matthew Dotson
Dresden to finish the series against Tri-
Valley. The Raiders took another early
1 – 0 lead with a run in the top of the
1st. Holdsworth hit a double in the bot-
tom of the inning to answer back, bring-
ing home Alivia Reffitt to tie it up 1 – 1.
Wolford singled in the bottom of the 3rd
to drive in Gerran Matthews to take the
go-ahead run. Holdsworth singled, driv-
ing in Wolford to take a 3 – 1 lead. Kate-
lyn Paxson stole home base to increase
the lead to 4 – 1 in the bottom of the
4th inning. Morgan gained another run
in the top of the 6th but couldn’t cover
Cydnee Wolford preparing to hit the ball into left the deficit, and Tri-Valley swept the se-
field against New Lexington Matthew Dotson ries with a 4 – 2 game two win.
Vs. West Muskingum (4/25)
Vs. Morgan (4/28, 4/30) The Lady Dawgs headed to nearby
The Scotties made the long drive to West Muskingum for a game against
McConnelsville to play the Raiders on the Lady Tornadoes on Friday. Alivia Ref-
Monday in game one of a two-game se- fitt homered in the top of the 1st inning
ries. Morgan started off scoring for the to take a 1 – 0 lead for Tri-Valley. Ashlyn
game with a run in the bottom of the 1st Davis doubled in the top of the 2nd in-
inning to grab a 1 – 0 lead. Larsyn Hold- ning ot drive home Matthews for the 2
sworth tripled in the top of the 4th in- – 0 lead. Tri-Valley had four runs in the
ning to bring in Cydnee Wolford to tie up top of the 4th inning, including a two-
the game. Delaney Bell doubled later in run homer by Murphy to kick the lead to
the inning to push Holdsworth and Ally 6 – 0 against West M. A double and a
Peterson across home base for a 3 – 1 two-run homer by Bare in the bottom of
lead. Paiton Murphy scored a run on a the inning to shorten the Dawgs’ lead to
passed ball in the top of the 5th inning 6 – 4. Antonetz homered for West M in
to increase the lead to 4 – 1. Holdsworth the bottom of the 5th inning to trail by
singled on a pop fly to center in the top just one run. Holding the Scotties at 6
of the 7th inning to finish scoring for the through the next two innings, the Lady
game, with Tri-Valley taking game one in Tornadoes grabbed two more runs off of
a 5 – 1 victory. a homer by Hammer that gave them the
On Wednesday, the Raiders came to walkoff 7 – 6 win.