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Tri-Valley football stood their West Muskingum girls soccer

ground at home as they split their conference and

shutdown Morgan and non-conference matchups

Clinton-Massie BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Vs. Tuscarawas Valley (9/13)
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ The Tornadoes hosted a soccer match
against the Tuscarawas Valley Lady Tro-
jans on Saturday. Within three minutes,
West M had landed a goal to take a 1 –
0 lead in the game. Just over 30 minutes
in, the Tornadoes had added another
goal, to lead 2 – 0. Tuscy Valley finally
found the scoreboard 11 minutes into
the second half, but that was the end of
it as they fell to the Tornadoes 2 – 1.

Vs. Philo (9/11)
The girls from West Muskingum road
the bus over the hills to Duncan Falls
on Thursday to take on the Philo Elec-
trics. Just a few minutes into the match, West Muskingum defender tries to block the ball
West M found their target as they landed from John Glenn’s Ella Starrett.
a ball in the net to take a 1 – 0 lead. Matthew Dotson
Two minutes later, they added a second
goal to bump their advantage to 2 – 0. Vs. John Glenn (9/9)
Before the end of the first half, the Tor- A trip to New Concord was in the cards
nadoes found another opportunity and for West Muskingum on Tuesday night
increased their lead to 3 – 0. as they went to take on the Lil’ Muskies
The Electrics reflected on their defi- on Turf Field. The battle was so intense
cit during the break and came back that at the end of the first half, the
to the field itching to build a different teams were tied up at 1 – 1.
outcome. They pushed through the Tor- Just minutes into the second half, the
nadoes’ defenses to grab a goal and Muskies took the lead with a goal that
narrow the lead of the Tornadoes down put them up 2 -1. As the second half
to 3 – 1. Keeping the momentum, the reached a midway point, the Tornadoes
Electrics landed another shot on the net, tied up the game again at 2 – 2. John
two minutes later, to cut the gap down Glenn answered back just five minutes
even more, at West M 3 – Philo 2. As the later, picking up the third and final goal
game neared completion, the Lady Tor- of the night to take a 3 – 2 victory over
nadoes piled on one more goal to take their MVL counterpart.
the 4 – 2 win.

Ryan Lamonica tries to maneuver the defense away from ball runner Casen Baker. Matthew Dotson

Vs. Morgan (9/12) Vs. Clinton-Massie (9/5)
Tri-Valley’s homecoming game was Dresden hosted the Scotties’ home
against Morgan on Friday at Jack Ander- opener on Friday against Clinton-Massie.
son Stadium in Dresden. The Scotties Just minutes into the first quarter, Tri-Val-
were dominating the visiting MVL com- ley blasted forward for a huge 50-yard
petitor, taking a 21 – 0 lead before half- touchdown run to jump out in front 6 –
time. 0. After the kickoff, the Dawgs grabbed
When the game resumed, the Scotties an interception to get the ball back on
accepted the kickoff and were on their their own 20-yard line to push forward
way downfield when Morgan intercepted before punting back to the Falcons just
a pass to regain the ball on Tri-Valley’s to get the ball back after a fumble to end
45-yard line. With a series of passes and the first quarter. Two minutes into the
a continued push forward, Morgan drove second period, the Scotties found an-
the ball all the way to the nine-yard line other opening for a 38-yard touchdown
before pushing in a touchdown run to run with a two-point conversion to build
finally hit the scoreboard with Tri-Valley their point tally to 14 – 0. Just before the
still leading 21 – 7 after the extra point. end of the first half, Tri-Valley completed
With just two minutes left in the third a 16-yard touchdown pass followed by
quarter, Tri-Valley hit a 34-yard touch- the point after, to leave Clinton-Massie
down pass to increase their advantage at a 21 – 0 deficit heading to the break.
to 27 – 7 heading into the final period. The second half of the game was
Tri-Valley completed a 30-yard touch- scoreless for the first eight minutes
down pass just inside the fourth quar- as the two teams battled over posses-
ter to bump their lead to 34 – 7. As the sion of the ball, but the Scotties finally
clock wound down, Tri-Valley positioned popped out a three-yard touchdown rush
themselves on the eleven-yard line be- with the extra point to lead by 28 – 0. As
fore forcing their way into the endzone the fourth quarter approached, Tri-Valley
to cap the final winning score at 41 – 7 made it into the endzone again to start
against Morgan. the fourth quarter at 35 – 0 and turned
The Scotties will host the New Lexing- the clock mode to running to run down
ton Panthers on Friday, September 19th, the fourth quarter quickly, giving the
with kickoff starting at 7 PM. Dawgs the 35 – 0 victory.