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Tri-Valley baseball wrapped John Glenn lacrosse team

up their postseason run with finishes season with Division II

heartbreaking two-point loss District Runner-Up Title by Matthew Dotson

to Dover after six straight wins John Glenn’s Lacrosse team finished Vs. Johnstown-Monroe (5/15)

by Matthew Dotson up a great season run as the Division New Concord hosted the Johnnies
II District Runners-up in a hard-fought
from Johnstown-Monroe on Thursday as
loss against St. Francis DeSales. The Lil’ they faced off against the Lil’ Muskies.
Muskies ended their season with a 15 – John Glenn took them to task as they
4 overall record, including a nine-game dominated the game straight from the
winning streak to start the season faceoff, taking a 4 – 0 lead by the end
of the first quarter of play. In the second
Vs. St. Francis DeSales (5/21) period, the Johnnies were able to land
The Muskies got on the bus on one goal, but the Muskies kept on the
Wednesday to head to Columbus to face offensive and pushed their lead up to 7
the Stallions of St. Francis DeSales. In – 1 by the end of the first half.
the first quarter, John Glenn held their The break didn’t provide enough time
own, falling just one goal behind the for the Johnnies to strategize a plan
Stallions, ending the period down 2 – 1. to stop the John Glenn offense, as the
As the game continued into the second Muskies started the second half of the
quarter, the Lil’ Muskies stepped up game with more intensity than the first,
their game and leveled the playing field, taking the third quarter 7 – 0 to increase
taking the period 2 – 1 to end the first their lead to 14 – 1. In the final period,
Tri-Valley’s 2025 Baseball MVL Champions. Gregg Meadows half tied at 3 – 3 with St. Francis. the Johnnies gained a little ground, tak-
As play resumed after the break, the ing the period by a score of 3 – 2, but
Vs. Dover (5/28) neighboring New Concord on Saturday Stallions stepped onto the field a new the damage had been done, and Lil’
The Diamond Dawgs took on the Do- to face the Lil’ Muskies. Although the team, dominating the field, blasting out Muskies won the match 16 – 4.
ver Crimson Tornadoes in postseason game started off slowly with no score to a 9 – 4 lead by the end of the third For the match, senior Cannon Fox had
action on Wednesday, falling behind in the first inning for either team, the quarter. John Glenn tried to fight back three goals and three assists, classmate
from the start with Dover picking up two Dawgs lit up the scoreboard and their but they were being blocked at every Mason Williams had one assist. Fresh-
runs in the top of the 1st. Tri-Valley was bats in the top of the 2nd inning, start- turn as the Stallion’s defenses were man C. Fitzgerald had three goals, junior
able to match one of the runs in the bot- ing with Isaiah Cullins scoring on a field- ramping up their game as well holding Joey Gormley had two goals, senior Evan
tom of the inning, but Dover came back er’s choice hit by Quinton Hindel. Huff- the Muskies to just 3 second-half points Haney had two goals and two assists,
with an additional run in the top of the man popped out in the next at bat, so as the offense continued their assault in classmate Clay Hanna had three goals
2nd that the Scotties matched in their with two outs, Brady Kaufman stepped the final quarter taking the period 4 – and two assists, Freshman Logan LeP-
turn at bat, but still trailed 3 – 2. After up to the plate to hit a three-run homer 2 and winning the matchup by a score age had one goal, and junior Max Mor-
two scoreless innings, Tri-Valley upped to right field to kick the Scotties into a of 13 – 6 to give DeSales the Division II row had two goals and won 18 out of 20
their game, grabbing two runs in the 4 – 0 lead. But the batting order didn’t District Title. faceoffs.
bottom of the 5th to take a 4 – 3 lead. stop there, Lamonica proceeded to hit For the game, senior Cannon Fox had Junior goalie Zach Hallowell had nine
They held the lead for one inning before a single to left that drove in Kade Hin- four goals while classmates Evan Haney saves out of 13 shots on goal.
the Tornadoes stormed through the top del, followed by Gavin Harroild hitting and Clay Hanna had one goal each. Ju-
of the 7th inning to gain three runs and a single to center to score Lamonica, nior goalie Zach Hallowell had 14 saves
take the game 6 – 4. finishing the top of the inning up 6 – 0. on the game.
With Kade Hindel on the mound, the
Vs. Steubenville (5/22) Scotties took down the John Glenn bat-
Tri-Valley hosted the Steubenville Big ting order in just four at-bats. In the top
Red on Thursday for a playoff game. of the 3rd inning, Daniel Huffman hit a
Both teams’ defenses were on point as double to drive in Blayne Riley and Kian
they each shut out the first two innings Drummonds to bump their lead to 8 – 0.
of the game. In the bottom of the 3rd John Glenn was able to grab a couple of
inning, Scottie’s Kade Hindel singled to runs in the bottom of the 3rd to narrow
left field, allowing Daniel Huffman to the difference down to 8 – 2, Tri-Valley.
score, followed by a double from Ryan Quinton Hindel singled in the top of the
Lamonica to bring in Brady Kaufman 5th to allow Riley to score, followed by a
and Hindel for three runs. Gavin Harrold two-run homer from Kaufman over the
finished the scoring for the inning with a left field fence to push the Dawgs into
single to center field to bring home La- double digits with an 11 – 2 lead. The
monic, giving the Dawgs a 4 – 0 lead. Muskies picked up their final run of the
After a 1,2,3 inning for the Big Red, the game in the bottom of the 6th with a run
Scotties were back at the plate with Hin- by Hoff. In the top of the 7th, the Scot-
del slamming out another single to sec- ties were back at it with Jaxson Better
ond base, which gave Kian Drummonds hitting a double to right field that gave
the chance to score. Huffman scored on Huffman and Greyson Foster time to
a Balk by the pitcher, and Lamonica re- score, pumping the Scotties’ lead up
peated his double, bringing in Kaufman to 13 – 3. Drew Watton hit a single line
and Hindel to take an 8 – 0 lead. Tri-Val- drive to right field to drive in the final run
ley held their lead through the top of the of the game when Better stepped across
7th inning and took the shutout 8 – 0 home plate, and the Dawgs’ lead went
victory against Steubenville. to 14 – 3. The John Glenn offense could
not recover and the victory went to Tri-
Vs. John Glenn (5/17) Valley 14 – 3.
The Scotties hopped over the hill to

John Glenn baseball finishes

postseason

Vs. Indian Creek (5/28) off the 2nd inning with a three-run
John Glenn lost to Indian Creek in the homer from Howard, bringing home
District Semifinal game. The final score Charlie Cameron and Wylee Woodard,
was 22-3. boosting their score to 5 - 0 over New-
comerstown. John Glenn ended the top
Vs. Newcomerstown (5/27) of the 4th up 11 - 1. The two teams con-
The Lil’ Muskies traveled North to tinued to battle through the game until
Newcomerstown on Tuesday to play the the bottom of the 5th inning, when the
Trojans. The Trojans lasted just three game was called, giving the Muskies
quick at-bats before the Muskies kicked the 11 - 1 victory!