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Tri-Valley soccer gets swept The Lil' Muskies reeled in by

up by Tornadoes in first the Raiders before taking

playoff round down the Black Bears

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

The John Glenn Lil' Muskies will their advantage to 21 – 0 to end the first
present "Purple Friday" in honor of Lil' quarter. River View landed a touchdown
Muskie's #53 - Dylan Sotherden, who in the second quarter, but John Glenn
sadly passed away on Friday, October was already well on their way, racking
10, 2025, at Grant Medical Center in up a 40 – 7 lead and a running clock by
Columbus from injuries sustained in an halftime.
automobile accident. At Friday's home John Glenn kicked off to River View to
game against the Philo Electrics, the open the second half, but the Muskies
community is encouraged to wear pur- were the first to score with just one min-
ple in support of the Sotherden family. ute left in the period to increase their
This will also be the theme of the stu- lead to 47 – 7 to end the third. The clock
dent section for the game. ran out faster than either team could put
The Dresden Buzz extends our prayers together a successful drive in the final
to Dylan's family, friends, teammates, quarter, and John Glenn took the 47 – 7
and all who knew him. victory.
John Glenn will host the Philo Electrics
Vs. River View (10/10) on Friday, October 17th, on Turf Field
The Black Bears showed up in New with the kickoff starting at 7 PM.
Concord on Friday to face the Lil’
Muskies. John Glenn pulled off a touch- Vs. Morgan (10/3)
down just inside the first quarter to jump The Lil’ Muskies traveled to McCon-
out to a 6 – 0 lead. The Muskies passed nelsville on Friday to face the Morgan
the ball for a touchdown with just under Raiders. John Glenn gave it all they had,
four minutes left in the first quarter and but, were unable to stop the Raiders’
rushed for a two-point conversion to lead charge and they lost the battle 21 – 14.
14 – 0. Two minutes later, the Muskies
pushed in for a rushing touchdown and
landed a point after kick to increase

Bishops football team edged

past Miller after a Caldwell

defeat

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ
Vs. Miller (10/10) Vs. Caldwell (10/3)
On the road in Corning on Friday, the Rosecrans High School hosted the
Bishops opened the evening, locking in a traveling Redskins from Caldwell on
pair of touchdowns and were answered Friday night. From the start, the Red-
back by the Falcons with one to leave skins took control of the ball, winning
Lucas Cameron passes the ball to his Tri-Valley teammate to keep it away from Coshocton's defense. Rosecrans leading 14 – 6 after the first the battle over the first quarter, taking
Matthew Dotson 12 minutes of gameplay. Miller flipped a 21 – 14 lead. The second quarter was
the table in the second quarter, scoring a complete blowout for Caldwell as they
22 points in the period while holding the held the Bishops to 14 while piling on 42
Vs. Dover (10/14) with a deficit. Bishops to 15, but Rosecrans still led at points before halftime to lead 63 – 14.
In a hard-fought battle to try to con- Back on the field, Tri-Valley stepped the halftime break 29 – 28. After the half, the Bishops success-
tinue their playoff travel, the Scotties up its defense, closing gaps and mak- When the game continued, the Fal- fully kept the Redskins from adding to
fell to the Dover Crimson Tornadoes on ing sure that Hiland couldn’t find the cons fought hard to keep the Bishops their score, but they just couldn’t catch
Tuesday in Dover. From the start of the net successfully. The ramp-up kept the out of the endzone while surpassing up, and despite landing a touchdown in
game, Dover took control of the ball and Hawks at bay, but Tri-Valley was not able them to lead the game 36 – 29 by the each of the last two quarters, still lost
never really let go. Before it was all said to gain a score of their own and fell 3 – end of the third. Rosecrans bounced the game 63 – 28.
and done, the Tornadoes amassed a 7 0. back in the final minutes of the game to
– 1 lead over Tri-Valley and held that for Despite the three goals against the outscore the Falcons and take the game
the victory. Dawgs, senior Owen Harney had 10 total by a final score of 45 – 44.
The Scotties’ lone score came from saves for the game for Tri-Valley.
junior Corbin Ryan with an assist from
classmate Chance Storer. Vs. Mt. Vernon (10/2)
The Scotties rode the bus to Mt. Ver-
Vs. Coshocton (10/9) non on Thursday for a non-conference
On Thursday, the Scotties hosted the matchup against the Yellowjackets. As
Redskins at the LaCrone Soccer Com- the game started, the Yellowjackets
plex in Dresden. Although Coshocton dominated the field, landing three goals
came to play and put up a challenge, in the span of the first forty minutes to
the Dawgs started off with big intensity lead 3 – 0 at halftime.
and didn’t let up. Tri-Valley found the net After the break, Tri-Valley regrouped
twice in the game while shutting out the to successfully block the advances of
Redskins for the 2 – 0 victory. Mt. Vernon, and senior Cash Omen was
assisted by junior Corbin Ryan with a
Vs. Hiland (10/4) goal shot that landed in the net, but the
Tri-Valley hit the road for Berlin on Scotties couldn’t close the gap and went
Saturday, where they took on the Hiland home empty-handed as the Yellowjack-
Hawks, who were having a very good ets took the 3 – 1 win.
season, only facing two non-conference Senior Owen Harney had 15 saves on
losses early on and three total draws. 18 shots on goal for Tri-Valley.
When the whistle blew, the Hawks didn’t
waste any time. Hiland punched out
three total goals before the halftime
break, while holding back the Scottie
offense to send the Dawgs to halftime