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JANUARY 9 - 22, 2026                                                                                                          SPORTS    | PAGE 9| PAGE 9
        Tri-Valley swim team diving into the new year                                                         BY MATTHEW DOTSON  |  DRESDEN BUZZ



        2026 Turn It Gold Invite (01/03)     teammate  Reagan  Berry taking 41st  teammate Dara Wilson at 52nd.       200 Yard Freestyle, AJ Lawler took sec-
          Saturday,  January  3rd,  the  Scotties  in  the event. AJ Lawler  took second    AJ Lawler took the top position in the   ond place, with teammates Garrett Stir-
        swim team traveled to the Ohio Universi-  place for the Dawgs in the Boys 50 Yard  Boys 50 Yard  Backstroke with a  time   ling and Coen Fuhriman taking seventh
        ty Aquatic Center in Athens to compete  Breaststroke, followed in sixth place by  of  26.00, with  teammate Byan  Jiang   and  23rd  in  the  event. Owen Harney
        in the 2026 Turn It Gold Winter Invite.  Owen Harney, 19th by Cole Dougherty,  taking  ninth  in  the  same event.  Sarah   took tenth place in the Boys 200 Yard
        Out of the 24 teams involved in the in-  and 29th by Garrett Stirling. Savannah  Jacoby  finished  23rd  in  the  Girls  100   IM, with Aiden Lentz taking 13th, and Eli
        vite, Tri-Valley placed 11th.        Brooks swam in at 14th in the Girls 100  Yard  Freestyle, and  teammate Riley   Woytko taking 24th. In the Girls 50 Yard
          The  first  event  of  the  evening  was  Yard Backstroke, with teammate Allison  Espenlaub  took 58th.  In  the  Boys 100   Freestyle, Savannah  Brooks  took  15th
        the  Girls 200  Yard  Medley Relay.  The  Scurlock taking  35th  in  the  event. Ca-  Yard Freestyle, Kollin Buckner and Aiden   place, Bri Clark took 45th, and Jaedyn
        team of Stella Fuhriman, Camryn Cun-  den Blake finished 15th for Tri-Valley in  Lentz finished in 24th and 25th, respec-  White took  82nd.  Cole Dougherty was
        ningham, Sarah Jacoby, and Savannah  the Boys 100 Yard Backstroke. Bri Clark  tively,  while  teammates Caden  Blake   the  first  Scottie  swimmer  to  finish  the
        Brooks took 18th place; in 32nd place  took the 46th spot in the Girls 50 Yard  took 39th, Logan Heemeyer took 41st,   Boys  50  Yard  Freestyle in  15th  place,
        was the  Scottie  relay team, consisting  Freestyle, with teammate Jaedyn White  and Adam Hustey took 46th. The Girls   followed by Logan  Heemeyer in  31st,
        of Bri Clark, Riley Espenlaub, Kylie Mar-  taking 79th. For the Boys 50 Yard Free-  50 Yard Butterfly ended with Tri-Valley’s   and  Bryan  Jiang in  37th. Stella  Fuhri-
        tin, and Dara Wilson.  In the Boys 200  style, Coen Fuhriman  took 16th place,  Bri Clark at 63rd, Raegan Berry at 68th,   man finished ninth in the Girls 100 Yard
        Yard Medley Relay, the Dawgs took sixth  Cole Dougherty took 25th, Aiden Lentz  Dara  Wilson  at 70th,  Allison  Scurlock   Butterfly.  Garrett Stirling won the Boys
        place with the team of AJ Lawler, Owen  took 28th, Logan Heemeyer swam in at  at 75th, and Jaedyn White at 77th. Eli   100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 58.00,
        Harney, Garrett  Stirling,  and Coenn  34th, and Adam Hustey finished out for  Woytko took 54th in the Boys 50 Yard   while teammate Kollin Buckner followed
        Fuhriman. The Scotties also took 22nd  the Scotties in 42nd. The triad of Stella  Butterfly. Camryn Cunningham finished   in tenth in the event. Dara Wilson took
        place in the event with the team of Bry-  Fuhriman, Savannah Brooks, and Sarah  18th in the Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke,   50th in the Girls 100 Yard Freestyle, with
        an  Jiang,  Cole Dougherty,  Aiden  Lentz,  Jacoby finished 13th, 14th, and 16th, re-  with  teammates  Kylie  Martin  finish-  teammate Allison Scurlock taking 74th.
        and  Kollin  Buckner. Camryn  Cunning-  spectively, in the Girls 100 Yard Butter-  ing 21st, and Riley Espenlaub finishing   AJ Lawler finished third in the Boys 100
        ham  swam  in  at  46th  place  overall  in  fly. Garrett Stirling grabbed ninth place  29th. Bryan Jiang finished 22nd in the   Yard  Freestyle, teammate Coen Fuhri-
        the Girls 100 Yard IM. In the Boys 100  in  the  Boys  100  Yard  Butterfly,  with  Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke. The Dres-  man  took 14th, and  Cole Dougherty
        Yard IM, Owen Harney took 20th place  teammate  Kollin  Buckner  finishing  in  den team of Sarah Jacoby, Camryn Cun-  took 17th in the event. Savannah Brooks
        for Tri-Valley.  Kylie Martin finished 29th  18th. Stella Fuhriman swam in at 11th  ningham,  Stella Fuhriman,  and  Savan-  swam in at fourth place in the Girls 500
        in the  Girls 50  Yard Breaststroke,  with  in  the  Girls  50  Yard  Backstroke, with  nah  Brooks  finished  17th  in  the  Girls   Yard  Freestyle, while Bryan  Jiang  took
                                                                                 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, with the sec-  21st in the Boys 500 Yard Freestyle.
        Ten games in with nine straight                                          ond team of Kylie Martin, Riley Espen-    In the Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay,
                                                                                                                      the Tri-Valley team of Sarah Jacoby, Cam-
                                                                                 laub, Dara Wilson, and Bri Clark finish-
                                                                                 ing 34th.
                                                                                                                      ryn Cunningham, Stella Fuhriman,  and
        wins Maysville sets sights on                                              In the Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay,   Savannah Brooks took sixth place. The
                                                                                 the team of AJ Lawler, Garrett Stirling,
                                                                                                                      team of Dallin Stirling, Cole Dougherty,
        Meadowbrook                          BY MATTHEW DOTSON  |  DRESDEN BUZZ  Aiden  Lentz, and  Coen Fuhriman  took   Aiden  Lentz, and  Coen Fuhriman  took
                                                                                                                      second in the Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
                                                                                 seventh place, and the second team of
                                                                                 Owen Harney,  Logan  Heemeyer,  Cole   Relay. The team of Owen Harney, Bryan
                                                                                 Dougherty, and Kollin  Buckner took   Jiang, Logan Heemeyer, and Eli Woytko
                                                                                 21st.                                took 15th in the event. Stella Fuhriman
                                                                                                                      took fourth place in the Girls 100 Yard
                                                                                 Cloverleaf Stampede (12/27)          Backstroke, with teammate Sarah Jaco-
                                                                                   Two days after Christmas,  the  Scot-  by taking seventh, Bri Clark took 29th,
                                                                                 tie swimmers headed to Wooster High   and  Riley Espenlaub  took  35th in  the
                                                                                 School  for  the  2025  Cloverleaf  Stam-  same event. Dallin  Stirling  swam in  at
                                                                                 pede, where the women’s team finished   eighth place in the Boys 100 Yard Back-
                                                                                 9 out of 26 teams, and the men’s team   stroke, with teammates Aiden Lentz and
                                                                                 finished first out of 21 teams.      Logan  Heemeyer  finishing  in  14th  and
                                                                                   The first event of the evening was the   24th.  Camryn Cunningham  took 15th
                                                                                 Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay, where the   in the Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke with
                                                                                 team of Sarah Jacoby, Camryn Cunning-  teammates Dara Wilson, Raegan Berry,
                                                                                 ham,  Stella  Fuhriman,  and  Savannah   and  Allison  Scurlock, who took 29th,
                                                                                 Brooks took eighth place, with a second   31st, and 41st, respectively.  In the Boys
                                                                                 team of Dara Wilson, Riley Espenlaub,   100  Yard  Breaststroke, Owen Harney
                                                                                 Bri Clark, and Raegan Berry took 26th   took fifth, while teammates Kollin Buck-
                                                                                 place.                               ner took 16th, and Eli Woytko took 29th.
                                                                                   The Tri-Valley team of AJ Lawler, Owen   In  the  Girls  400  Yard  Freestyle Relay,
                                                                                 Harney, Garrett Stirling, and Coen Fuhri-  the team of Bri Clark, Allison Scurlock,
                                                                                 man took the top time of 1:47.79 in the   Dara  Wilson,  and  Raegan  Berry took
                                                                                 Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay. The second   12th place. The team of AJ Lawler, Kol-
                                                                                 team of Kollin Buckner, Cole Dougherty,   lin Buckner, Dallin Stirling, and Garrett
                                                                                 Aiden Lentz, and Logan Heemeyer took   Stirling swam in at second place in the
                                                                                 10th place in the same event. Sarah Ja-  Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay.
        Gavin Ferguson finds an opening to complete a pass.    Matthew Dotson [FILE PHOTO]  coby took a 15th-place finish in the Girls
                                                                                 200  Yard  Freestyle event,  with  team-
        Vs New Lexington (01/06)             Irish  tried  to recoup  their lead  for  the   mates Camryn Cunningham,  Raegan
          The Maysville  Panthers hit  the road  first quarter, but it just got further and   Berry, and Riley Espenlaub taking 32nd,
        on Tuesday to travel to nearby New  further out of sight as Maysville did what   41st, and 43rd, respectively. In the Boys
        Lexington High School. In a high-paced  they do best, rallying in the final minutes
        matchup, Maysville dominated the scor-  for a double-digit score to take a 74 – 66
        ing, leading most of the way through the  victory.
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        score of 72 – 30.                    Vs River View (12/23)
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