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The Phoenix rise up to a 5 - 0 record after three big wins on the

road and back at The Nest BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Vs. West Union (9/27) two-point conversion to put themselves
On Saturday, the Foxfire Phoenix host- in the lead at 8 – 2 over Foxfire. The
ed the West Union Dragons at The Nest. Phoenix rose from the kickoff with a 70-
This season has been all about not un- yard kick return by #7 Zayden Imani to
derestimating Foxfire, and this game tie up the game at 8 – 8 with just sec-
was no different. Right from the starting onds left in the first period. Just inside
whistle, the Phoenix dominated the field the second quarter, #27 Koben Bowen
to the point of really only needing half piled through the defense for a two-yard
the field to play on. The boys were relent- rushing touchdown to give Foxfire a 14 –
less as they laid down touchdown after 8 lead, and followed it up with another
touchdown and hardly started a play on quick push into the endzone for a two-
anything other than the first down. By point addition to lead 16 – 8. With seven
the time the first quarter was over, Fox- minutes left on the clock, the Phoenix
fire had piled up a 30 – 0 lead over the grabbed another touchdown and a two-
Dragons that they would hold onto all point conversion to lead 24 – 8. As the
the way through the rest of the first half. first half drew to a close, #2 Nazir Smith
After a short break, with a running pushed through for a five-yard touch-
clock speeding up gameplay, the two down run, giving Foxfire a 32 – 8 advan-
teams battled through a scoreless third tage for halftime following the two-point
quarter. In the final period, with just conversion.
minutes remaining in the game, Fox- The Broncos kicked off to Foxfire to
fire bolstered their lead with another start the second half of the game. With-
touchdown, followed by a two-point con- in minutes, the Phoenix’s Braydon O’Neil
version to take a 38 – 0 win over West took the ball for a 30-yard ride to paydirt,
Union and rocket their overall record to and Ashton Wells added on a run for the
5 – 0. two-point conversion, bringing Foxfire’s
The Phoenix play their final regular total lead to 40 – 8. With three minutes
season game at Irvington Preparatory left in the third period, #4 Kydon Perdue
Academy on Saturday, October 11th, found Zayden Imani downfield for a 32- Zayden Imani steps back to make a pass for Foxfire. Matthew Dotson
with kickoff set for 6 PM. yard touchdown pass to lead the Bron-
cos 46 – 8. With the clock winding down
Vs. Jefferson Township (9/19) quickly, neither team was able to capi- but the Phoenix edged out Stivers by game, tying up with the Tigers 24 – 24
The Nest in South Zanesville hosted talize on the last remaining minutes, a score of 8 – 6 before the end of the by the end of the third quarter. The final
the team from Jefferson Township on and the Phoenix took the victory 46 – 8. period. Foxfire was able to grab another minutes of the game were edge-of-your-
Saturday. The Phoenix started the game touchdown in the second quarter, but seat tense as Foxfire battled down to the
with an early safety to gain a two-point Vs. Stivers School for the Arts (9/13) the Tigers landed two touchdowns to put wire, taking a final 40 – 38 narrow win
advantage over their opponent. As the The Foxfire football team took a long Foxfire at an 18 – 16 disadvantage at over Stivers.
clock wound down to under a minute bus ride on Saturday to Dayton to play halftime.
left in the quarter, the Broncos pushed football against the Tigers. The first As the play continued, the Phoenix
forward for a touchdown, followed by a quarter was pretty much head-to-head, fought hard to regain control of the

Bishops boys soccer team

score win-lose and a draw

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Freshman Brydon Soller tries to jump in and take the ball from Harvest Prep. Matthew Dotson
Vs. Harvest Prep (9/24) – 0 lead. Rosecrans answered back with
The Bishops hosted the Warriors on a goal by senior Makale Bowshier and
Wednesday in Zanesville. From the start another by sophomore Ethan Sandlund
of the match, the two teams were head- to finish the game out in front with a 2 –
to-head on defense and offense and 1 win, increasing their overall record to
barely losing step with each other. Se- 4 – 8.
nior Amos Mulbah landed a goal for Har-
vest Prep in the first half of the game. Vs. Philo (9/18)
The Bishops were able to match the On the road in Duncan Falls on Thurs-
Warriors in the first half to head to the day, the Bishops were prepared to battle
break tied up at 1 – 1. the Electrics. Right out of the gate, the
When play resumed, the two teams Electrics shocked Rosecrans when Ju-
went back to defending their goals with nior Ashton Farris landed a goal to take
such fervor that neither team scored an- the 1 – 0 lead. A little while later, Farris
other goal for the game, ending in a 1 stepped up for another successful shot
– 1 draw. on the goal that was answered back by
The Bishops will take on Wellington a goal from the Bishops to end the first
School on Wednesday, with game time half down 2 – 1.
set for 7:15 PM. When the break ended, the Bishops
worked hard to tie up the game with a
Vs. Maysville (9/20) goal that brought both teams to level
Saturday, Rosecrans hopped on the ground at 2 – 2. Before the clock ran
bus for the short ride down to Maysville out on the match, junior Cooper Krause
High School. The Panthers started off landed a shot assisted by Freshman
strong, holding back the Bishops as Coen Stutes to put Philo back on top 3
much as they could and landing a goal – 2. A score they held onto to take the
from junior Carson Shockley to take a 1 overall victory.