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Philo boys basketball shocks Lil’ Muskies girls basketball win

Crooksville with John Glenn on three and look forward to

the Horizon BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ Morgan Saturday

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Philo's KJ Philip went for a dunk as Marion defended. Matthew Dotson

Vs Crooksville (01/06) rallied forward in the second quarter
Crooksville High School hosted the and nearly caught up to the Sixers, who Lil' Muskies Faith Hayes fought her way around Zanesville defenders. Matthew Dotson
Philo Electrics on Tuesday for a confer- still held a 27 – 26 lead at the end of the
ence matchup. The Electrics surged for- first half.
ward in the first seconds of the game The break gave Philo a boost as they Vs River View (01/07) the win, and they got it, with the final
and never looked back as they took a came out in the third quarter to blow the The Lady Black Bears traveled to New score of 33 – 29.
13 – 4 lead at the end of the first quar- roof off with a 24-point quarter, pushing Concord on Wednesday. In the Tank,
ter. Crooksville bounced back in the sec- out to a 50 – 45 lead after tying up the River View showed some power early Vs Crooksville (01/03)
ond quarter, but despite a build in their game mid-quarter. The Electrics tried to on, taking a 12 – 10 lead at the end of On the road in Crooksville on Satur-
points, they still went to the halftime hold onto the lead in the last period, but the first quarter. The Muskies flipped day, John Glenn forced the Ceramics to
locker room down 33 – 21. the Sixers fought hard to tie and then the script in the second quarter as they “drop the ball” as they pumped out a 42
When the intermission ended, the lead on to a tight 63 – 59 win. pushed to tie up the game and then – 35 victory in the last minutes of the
Ceramics implemented their halftime Rusty Trout had 16 points for the Elec- popped out to a 22 – 18 lead at the end game.
strategies to nearly double their score in trics, while Carter Crabtree and KJ Philip of the first half.
the third quarter, but the Electrics didn’t each had 13 points. The break was all that the Lil’ Muskies Vs Zanesville (12/29)
slow their pace, holding a 54 – 39 ad- needed to cement their drive for the On Monday, the Muskies hosted the
vantage as the fourth quarter started. Vs Marion-Franklin (12/29) second half as they stepped back onto Blue Devils. Despite preparations for
With just minutes on the clock, the two The Electrics hosted the Marion-Frank- the court to continue to build their lead, their visitors, the Devils got the jump
teams fought out every click, but in the lin Red Devils at the Power Plant on pumping it up to 36 – 27 at the end of on John Glenn and took a quick 16 – 7
end, the Electrics took the win with a fi- Monday, just before the year-end. De- the third. The last minutes of the game lead at the end of the first quarter. With
nal score of 73 – 48. spite a couple of close calls, the Electrics could not bring about change for the the train already rolling, the Lil’ Muskies
The Electric’s KJ Philip had 22 points had control of the game and blasted out Black Bears as the Muskies finished the struggled to hold back the energetic
for the game, backed by Griffin Harper, a 77 – 53 victory. game with a 48 – 33 victory. Blue Devils, who had built a 30 – 17 lead
who had 12 points for Philo, and Rusty John Glenn will face the Morgan Raid- at halftime.
Trout, who had 11. Vs West Muskingum (12/23) ers on Saturday, starting at 12 PM. When the whistle sounded again, the
The Electrics will host John Glenn’s Lil’ On the road in West Muskingum on Devils kept pressure on the John Glenn
Muskies on Friday, January 9th, with the Tuesday, the Electrics put up a good Vs Dover (01/05) team, holding them back defensively
tip-off to start at 7:30 PM. fight, but the Tornadoes dominated the In Dover on Monday, the Lil’ Muskies while chipping away at any chance of re-
court the entire game, leaving little had a difficult fight ahead of them. Do- covery with a 45 – 25 lead at the end of
Vs Independence (01/03) room for doubt as they took a 58 – 39 ver led early on, taking a 15 – 10 lead the third. John Glenn outplayed the Dev-
The Electrics rode the bus to Colum- win. into halftime. ils in the last few minutes, but the girls
bus on Saturday to face the Indepen- Philo’s Grant Rhoades led scoring As the game fired back up, so did the still fell short of a win, with Zanesville
dence 76ers. Independence had the with 14 points for the game, while Grif- Muskies, outscoring Dover 18 – 5 in the taking the 55 – 39 victory.
upper hand in the first quarter as they fin Harper contributed eight points for third quarter to take the lead. Dover
outscored Philo 15 – 10. The Electrics the team, and KJ Philip put up seven. tried to recover, but John Glenn wanted