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West Muskingum football gets pounced by Panthers after

cracking down the Ceramics BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

West Muskingum quarterback Noah Morrison tries to get the ball to a receiver as Maysville closes in.. Matthew Dotson
Vs. Maysville (10/10) ton on Friday, October 17th, for a match- into the second period, they did it again, the lead 14 – 12 as the time ticked out.
Friday night, the Tornadoes headed up against the MVL rival Redskins, the landing another field goal and build- After the break, it was the Tornadoes
over to neighboring Maysville High kickoff is slated for 7 PM. ing their lead to 6 – 0. West Musking- game from that point on. West M com-
School for a matchup, which they took um couldn’t get past the Ceramics as pleted a passing touchdown with eight
heavy-handedly last season with a 43 – Vs. Crooksville (10/3) the clock ticked down, as Crooksville minutes to go in the third to lead after
0 shutout victory to lead the series be- The Cermics made their way from grabbed a rushing touchdown to lead 12 the PAT 21 – 12. The Tornadoes com-
tween the two schools 4 wins to 3. With Crooksville to the West Muskingum – 0. The Tornadoes rallied back at the pleted two more touchdowns in the
hopes of a repeat, the Tornados fought Campus on Friday to play the Tornadoes. end of the period to complete a passing fourth quarter to take a 34 – 12 victory
hard against the Panthers, but were tak- The first quarter was mostly even, but touchdown and narrow the gap to 12 – 7 over the Ceramics.
en down with a 21 – 7 loss, leveling the Crooksville positioned themselves to with under a minute left in the half. With
series at 4 – 4. grab a field goal before the end of the just seconds left on the clock, West M
West Muskingum will travel to Coshoc- first period to lead 3 – 0. Two minutes ran in for another touchdown and took

Philo stumbled after four-game win streak aims to pick up

John Glenn BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Vs. Tri-Valley (10/10) head to New Concord for a battle against
The Electrics headed North, to Dres- the John Glenn Lil’ Muskies, who are
den, Friday night, to face the Scotties at coming off a 47 – 7 victory over River
Jack Anderson Stadium. Hoping to im- View.
prove their 5 – 1 record, Philo jumped
on the chance right from the start, end- Vs. Sheridan (10/3)
ing their first drive with a 19-yard touch- Sam Hatfield Stadium in Duncan Falls
down pass caught by Jacob Savage to hosted the Sheridan Generals on Friday.
take a 6 – 0 lead with the blocked PAT. Sheridan stepped onto the field on top
Tri-Valley bounced back quickly with Luc- of the MVL Big School division, looking
ca Gargasz grabbing a pass out of the to prove a point. The Philo defense held
air and landing a 61-yard touchdown to its own for half of the first quarter be-
take the lead 7 – 6. The Electrics began fore Logan Hupp ran the ball 17 yards
a new drive toward paydirt, but fumbled into the endzone to give the lead to the
the ball, and Tri-Valley recovered. Within Generals, 7 – 0 at the end of the first. As
minutes, the Scotties were up 15 – 6 due the second quarter opened, Hupp found
to a two-point conversion after the ensu- an opening for a 60-yard touchdown run
ing touchdown. Philo tried to rally at the that pushed the Generals up to 14 – 0, a
end of the quarter with Slade Sprankle lead they would hold onto until halftime.
grabbing a touchdown, but the Electrics The second half of the game started
fought through the second quarter to slowly, but the Electrics finally hit paydirt
end the first half, still down 15 – 12. with a 50-yard kick return to cut Sheri-
As the game resumed, the Electrics dan’s lead in half, 14 – 7. With just eight
were able to get it together quickly to tie minutes left in the game, junior Logan
up the score 15 – 15 with a field goal. Russell caught the ball intended for him
The Scotties started their score push for a touchdown to push the lead for
with a safety to jump back out ahead Sheridan to 21 – 7. The final score of
by two at 17 – 15. Casen Baker caught the game happened with three minutes
a 19-yard pass from Stone Spiker for a on the clock when Russell caught the
Tri-Valley touchdown. The real deciding ball again for a touchdown, finishing out
factor in the game was Leevi Wade, who the night with 200 yards and two contri-
nabbed two more touchdowns for the butions to Sheridan’s final 28 – 7 win.
Scotties to cap their scoring spree in the
Electric's quarterback Jack Lincicome hands the ball off to Talon Preston in an effort to get past the second half to win the game 37 – 15.
Scotties' defense. Matthew Dotson The Electrics hit the road on Friday to