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Zanesville Lady Devils carry a Philo girls basketball team on

five win streak as they charge a five game drive to climb to

to a 10 - 4 record the MVL ladder BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ Vs Crooksville (1/14) 31 – 14 disadvantage.
The Lady Electrics hosted Crooksville Philo all but locked up the Cambridge
on Wednesday at the Power Plant in offense in the second half of the game
Philo. The Ceramics cracked under the as they stepped back onto the court to
pressure almost immediately as the finish what they started, taking a 45 –
Philo girls burst out to a 20 – 2 lead. Un- 16 lead by the end of the third period.
able to mount a drive that would materi- The entire second half of the game, the
alize into serious point gains, Crooksville Bobcats were only allowed by Philo to
was left fighting to stay in the game with score three points, while amassing a fi-
the Electrics as they continued to fall to nal tally of 53 – 17.
a 36 – 8 deficit at halftime.
When the game resumed, the Elec- Vs River View (1/10)
trics had already figured out their strat- Warsaw hosted the Lady Electrics on
egy for the second half, but Crooksville Saturday. The game started slowly, with
had made a plan, and they were execut- Philo getting out to an 8 – 2 lead at the
ing it, scoring more points, making more end of one period. The pace picked up
plays, and climbing back from the bot- in the second quarter as the Electrics
tom to build up to 25 points total, but drove the game to halftime with a 26 –
the Electrics just kept plugging away, all 10 advantage.
the way to the buzzer when they took a The break energized the Philo team as
56 – 25 win. they rallied for a 47 – 14 lead in the third
The Electrics will host neighboring quarter. River View tried as they may,
West Muskingum on Saturday at the but fell short of catching the Electrics,
Power Plant. Game time will begin at and Philo won the game 56 – 24.
12:30 PM.

Vs Cambridge (1//12)
The Philo girls’ team rode the bus
to Cambridge to play in the Gene Ford
Gymnasium.
The Bobcats didn’t pose much of a
challenge in the first few minutes of the New Puzzles
game as the Electrics jolted to a 16 –
4 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Cambridge stepped up as the first half EVERY ISSUE!
came to a close, but the Electrics were
still charged and pushed the Bobcats to

Zanesville's Lakeyah Butcher passing the ball away from Mt. Vernon. Matthew Dotson

Vs Mt. Vernon (1/14) Vs Licking Valley (1/09)
Zanesville hosted the Yellowjack- On the road in Hanover, the Lady Blue
ets from Mount Vernon on Wednesday Devils traveled to take on the Panthers.
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night. The Blue Devils took a few min- Zanesville took charge at first, leading
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second quarter, the Lady Devils picked set their sights on the scoreboard and
up the pace, bumping their lead up to 26 pushed to a 16 – 12 advantage, dan- policies-it’s people.s people.
– 12 at halftime. gling the lead like a carrot in front of the
After halftime, Zanesville went into or- Devils as they went to halftime with a 25
bit as they pummeled the Yellowjackets – 21 deficit.
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Vernon fought to stay in the game, but in the third quarter, where they tied the
they couldn’t slow the charge from the game up and blasted forward to a 43 –
Blue Devils, who took a 61 – 25 victory. 34 lead of their own by the end of the
Junior Ayawna Gladden led the charge third. Licking Valley tried to recover in
for the Blue Devils with 16 points, 10 the last minutes, but Zanesville didn’t
rebounds, and two assists, while class- give them the chance as they kept the
mate Isabella Norman had 15 points, shots coming to take a final victory of 58
three rebounds, one assist, and two – 40.
steals, and junior Lakeyah Butcher had Junior Ayawna Gladden had 18 points
13 points, five rebounds, one steal, and for the Devils, with five rebounds, one as-
one block. Sophomore Achaia Walker sist, and three steals. Classmate Isabel-
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