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Zanesville Post 29 Jr. Legion heads into tournament play after

falling on the road and at home by Matthew Dotson

Vs. Mon River Mudcats High School Vs. Beckley Post 32 Top Prospects
Level (6/29) (6/27)
Zanesville Post 29 Jr. Legion headed In a recent road trip to West Virginia,
to Mon River on Sunday to play the Mud- Zanesville Post 29 Jr. Legion traveled to
cats. The Mudcats got out to a 3 – 0 ad- Bridgeport High School to take on the
vantage in the bottom of the 1st inning. Beckley Post 32 Top Prospects. After a
They compounded their lead in the bot- few well-placed singles in the bottom of
tom of the 2nd inning, adding four more the 1st inning, the Prospects were up 6
runs to jump out ahead 7 – 0. In the top – 0 over Zanesville. In the bottom of the
of the 3rd inning, Nathaniel Hager hit a 2nd inning, Beckley was at it again with
ground out to shortstop, allowing Kyle run after run, throwing five more runs on
Lane to score. Weston Warden stepped the pile, taking the game by a score of
up to hit a double in the next few at-bats, 11 – 0 after five innings.
pushing home Brody Merkle to diminish
the Mudcats’ lead down to 7 – 2. The Vs. Yukon Miners 17U (6/26)
Mudcats grabbed two more runs in In West Virginia on Thursday, the
the bottom of the 4th, but Zanesville’s Zanesville Jr. Legion was rattled by the
Carter Henderson hit a single to drive in speed of the Yukon Minors, who built
Merkle for the Jr. Legion’s third and final an instant 8 – 0 lead in the bottom of
run as they fell to Mon River 9 – 3. the 1st Inning. The Miners added a run
The Jr. Legion will be playing in the in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Jaren
District 11 Tournament starting Friday, Hough scored on a fielder’s choice hit
July 11th. by Blayden Davis to land their one and
only run in the top of the 5th, before the
Vs. Wheeling Post 1 16U (6/28) Minors cracked out two more runs in the
Wheeling Post 1 16U made their way bottom of the inning to win the game
to Gant Stadium in Zanesville on Sat- 11 – 1.
urday to play the Post 29 Jr. Legion.
Multiple doubles, singles, and at least
one triple allowed Post 1 to fly out to a
massive 10 – 0 lead after the top of the
1st inning. In the bottom of the inning, ISSUES OF THE DRESDEN BUZZ ARE ALSO
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Later in the inning, Merkle stole home
to gain the second and final point for the
Zanesville team that fell 10 – 2 to
Post 1.
Nathaniel Hager got a piece of the ball to stay alive in the count. Lynette Dotson

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