Page 10 - Dresden Buzz 09/19/2025

PAGE 10 | SPORTS SEPTEMBER 19 - OCTOBER 2, 2025
Tornadoes football getting Lil’ Muskies girls soccer

blown away as the season increase record to 7-2-2

progresses BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Lady Tornado Lyla Johnson shot the ball past John Glenn’s Faith Lemon for a score.
Matthew Dotson

Vs. Dover (9/16) erals hit the first goal with a shot by
The Lil’ Muskies faced the Crimson Brooke Cadigan right after the start of
Tornadoes on Tuesday in Dover. The Tor- the match to take a 1 – 0 advantage.
nadoes brought a lot of energy as they A few minutes later, Ivy Daly found the
came out of the gate ready to play, with net for Sheridan, and they held the 2 – 0
a goal shortly after the start of the game lead through the end of the first half.
by Bridget McCrate, taking a 1 – 0 lead At the continuation of the game, Ken-
over the Muskies. Midway through the dall Snider hit a goal with the help of Es-
first half, Kendal Snider landed a goal telle Matheney to close in on the Gener-
for John Glenn off a Layken Cochran as- als 2 – 1. Sheridan locked in their lead
sist to tie up the game before the break. and took the game with a final goal by
Dover locked down their defenses in Ivy Daly to win 3 – 1 against John Glenn.
the second half to keep the Muskies at Faith Lemon had nine saves on 12
bay while they hit a goal by Cashlyn Har- shots, and Sheridan’s Emma Emmert
mon off of a Serenity Blickensderfer as- had five saves on six shots.
sist to take back the lead at 2 – 1, which
they held through the end of the game to Vs. West Muskingum (9/9)
get the victory. John Glenn hosted the West Musk-
Faith Lemon had six saves off of eight ingum Lady Tornadoes on Tuesday night
shots for the Lil’ Muskies, while Dover’s on Turf Field. West M’s Raicelynn Bash
Tornadoes quarterback Carter Smith aims a pass downfield as John Glenn rushes in. goalkeeper, Savannah Blind, had seven was the first to find the scoreboard with
Matthew Dotson saves off of eight shots. a goal just over midway through the first
half to lead 1 – 0. Just before the end of
Vs. New Lexington (9/12) 33 – 7. There was not enough time left Vs. West Holmes (9/13) the half, the Muskies tied up the game
The Tornadoes traveled to New Lexing- in the game for the Tornadoes to make After a long bus ride to West Holmes with a shot from Ella Starrett with a Ken-
ton on Friday to take on the Panthers. any more headway, so the home team on Saturday, John Glenn was ready to dall Snider assist to end the half 1 – 1.
Just after the kickoff, New Lexington’s took the win. stretch their legs and put up a good fight Estelle Matheney used an assist from
Paul Stenson ran for a 60-yard rush- West Muskingum will host the River against the Knights, starting off with a Starrett to land a goal to open the sec-
ing touchdown to lead 6 – 0 after the View Black Bears on Friday, September goal by Kendall Snider with help from ond half of the game, putting John Glenn
missed extra point. The Tornadoes held 19th, with the kickoff set for 7 P.M. Estelle Matheney for a 1 – 0 lead. Ma- up 2 – 1. West tied the game with 16:27
out as long as they could before the Pan- theney got in on the fun about 10 min- left on the clock, hoping to get past the
thers punched in a 5-yard touchdown Vs. John Glenn (9/5) utes later when she hit a goal to boost Muskies, but Starrett hit the net a few
from Colton Mathias, followed by the New Concord hosted the Tornadoes the Muskies’ lead to 2 – 0 before the minutes later to cement the win for John
PAT by Eli Dixon to lead 13 – 0 with just on Friday as they set up to play the John end of the first half. Glenn with a score of 3 – 2.
two minutes left in the quarter. In the Glenn Lil’ Muskies. The two teams were When the two teams resumed play, Coming through again for the Muskies
second quarter, with just under a minute so evenly matched that there was no the Knights tried to lay down the gaunt- was Faith Lemon with five saves on
left, Paul Stenson hit a four-yard rushing score for either team in the entire first let as Charli Murphy hit the net with an seven shots, while Kyndall Fountain had
touchdown for the Panthers to increase half of the game. assist from Katherine Kaster to narrow three saves on six shots for the West M.
their lead to 20 – 0. New Lex recovered a John Glenn came back after the break the John Glenn lead to 2 – 1. Snider
fumble on the returning drive by West M. to put an end to the scoring drought, answered back right away when Anna Vs. Athens (9/6)
to give Paul Stenson the space to make and they pumped out a touchdown and Wolfe assisted her with a goal, bring- The Lady Bulldogs made the long trip
a one-yard touchdown run and increase an extra point just a couple of minutes ing John Glenn to 3 – 1. With just over to New Concord on Saturday to face the
their lead to 27 – 0 before halftime. into the half to lead 7 – 0. To put icing 10 minutes left in the game, Matheney Lil’ Muskies on Turf Field. The matchup
After the intermission, New Lexing- on the cake, with the third quarter count- landed her second goal of the game to couldn’t have been more even, with a
ton drove the ball down the field to put ing down, the Muskies landed another lock down the win for the Muskies at 4 – completely scoreless game that ended
Colton Mathias on the three-yard line, touchdown to take a 14 – 0 lead into the 1. in a draw for both teams.
where he ran in for a touchdown, but the final quarter. The Tornadoes also found For the Lil’ Muskies, Faith Lemon had Faith Lemon went two for two on
PAT was missed as the Panthers’ score a way around the John Glenn defense; fi- four saves on five shots, while West saves, while Aya Wadia had three saves
increased to 33 – 0. The fourth quarter nally, in the final quarter, they picked up Holme’s Landrie Croskey had six saves on three shots for Athens.
was the last chance for West Musking- seven points. John Glenn, however, had on 10 shots.
um as they held back the Panthers on other ideas as they doubled their score
a running clock until Braxton Brownrigg from earlier in the game to take a 28 – 7 Vs. Sheridan (9/11)
ran a 60-yard return in for a touchdown, win over West Muskingum. On the road in Thornville on Thursday,
followed by Silas Kuhn’s extra point to John Glenn was hoping to take down
come closer to New Lex with them up their MVL rival Sheridan. The Lady Gen-