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Bishops take three shut out Tri-Valley archer takes

wins before dropping a last top marks in NASP

minute upset to Maysville Western Nationals

by Matthew Dotson
Tri-Valley Archer
Josiah Sipe competed
in the NASP Western
Nationals, where he
placed 2 out of 397
in High School Boys, 1
out of 86 in 12th grade
boys, and 2 out of 1264
overall boys competi-
tion. A great achieve-
ment for an archer and
was named the 2025
NASP Western National
Overall Runner Up. Out-
side of Archery, Josiah
placed 4th in the State
of Ohio in the Business
Professionals of Amer-
ica State competition
and he will be heading
to Florida to compete
on a national level for
C++ computer coding.

Submitted
Kohen Harris making a quick catch for Bishop Rosecrans in a game against Maysville.
Matthew Dotson
Vs. Maysville (5/10) Harris, pushing the lead up to 5 – 0. Har-
When the Bishops met up with the ris and Titan Grandstaff scored on a sin-
Panthers at Gant Stadium in Downtown gle by Coen Grandstaff to lead the game
Zanesville, it was a sunny Saturday 7 – 0 after one inning. In the top of the
morning. Hayden Perdue lit the score- 2nd inning, Perdue doubled on a fly to
board first with a single to center field, right field. Perdue hit a double to right
bringing in Coen Grandstaff for the 1 – 0 field to allow Balo to score. Perdue then
lead. Haiden Omen sacrificed a fly ball scored on a wild pitch. Omen scored on
to bring home Nick Bernath to take a 2 a single from Harris to bring the score to
– 0 advantage. Maysville’s Fisher scored an even 10 – 0 to end the 2nd inning.
on a passed ball in the top of the 5th Omen singled in the top of the 3rd in-
inning to cut the Bishops’ lead in half ning to score Bernath. Balo scored on a
at 2 – 1. In the top of the 7th inning, hit by Bonifield. Perdue scored due to a
Maysville stripped the lead away with a walk, Omen scored on a hit from Titan
double by Riley to bring home B. Fisher, Grandstaff, and Bonifield scored on a hit
and K. Fisher to tie the game and take by Coen Grandstaff to end the 3rd, up 15
the go-ahead run at 3 – 2. Butcher fol- – 0. The top of the 4th inning had Pratt
lowed it up with a ground ball single to scoring on a walk, followed by Harney
score Riley for the 4 – 2 victory over the scoring on a walk as well, to lead 17 –
Bishops. 0. Balo scored the last run for the game
in the top of the 5th on a ground out to
Vs. Fairfield Christian Academy (5/9) take home an 18 – 0 win.
On Friday, Historic Gant Stadium in
Zanesville hosted the matchup between Vs. Beallsville (5/1)
Bishop Rosecrans and Fairfield Christian The Blue Devils came to Zanesville
Academy. For the first three innings of on Thursday to play Bishop Rosecrans.
the game, nothing was happening as From the mound, Coen Grandstaff
the offense on both sides stalled until struck out the first three batters, allow-
the bottom of the 4th inning when Jaco- ing the Bishops’ own batting lineup to
bie Balo scored on an error, followed by take over with three runs in the first in-
Perdue scoring on an error to take the 2 ning, followed by a single run in the bot-
– 0 lead. Fairfield was unable to recover, tom of the 2nd inning, four runs in the
and the Bishops got the win. bottom of the 3rd, and two final runs in
the bottom of the 5th inning all while
Vs. Harvest Prep (5/7) shutting out the Blue Devils offense to
Wednesday afternoon, the Bishops take the 10 – 0 win.
headed to Canal Winchester to play Har-
vest Prep. Rosecrans dominated from
the start of the game, scoring two runs
in the top of the 1st when Bernath and
Balo both came across home plate on ISSUES OF THE DRESDEN BUZZ ARE ALSO
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Omen scored on a wild pitch. Jordan
Bonifield scored on a single from Kohen