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PORTS Taking a look back at sports highlights throughout

Muskingum County for January 20 - February 4, 2026.

John Glenn girls basketball prepare for Morgan on

Saturday matchup BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Anna Wolfe dashes past Sheridan to hit a shot. Matthew Dotson
Vs. River View (02/04) John Glenn will host the Morgan Raid- a 26 – 9 advantage into the halftime Panthers, but trailed 11 – 7 after eight
The Lil’ Muskies rode the bus to War- ers on Saturday, February 7th, at the locker room. minutes on the court. The Muskies out-
saw on Wednesday. Although they were Tank, with the game set to start at 12 The end of the break brought a con- scored the Panthers in the second quar-
closely matched, the Lady Black Bears PM. tinuation of the chaos for John Glenn as ter to close some ground on the lead, but
got out ahead a little to lead 11 – 9 at the Lady Generals returned to the court still had a 23 – 21 deficit at halftime.
the end of the first quarter. Scoring kept Vs. Sheridan (1/31) to dominate in the third period, leading The Panthers hit the court in the third
at a crawl with the battle of the two de- The Lady Generals stepped off of the 39 – 11 at the beginning of the fourth quarter to score 11 points and take a 34
fenses taking focus. River View held on bus in New Concord on Saturday. When quarter. The last minutes were all about – 30 advantage to carry into the fourth.
to lead 18 – 17 at halftime. the first whistle blew, the game was on, Sheridan as they finished the game with With minutes remaining, the Panthers
River View stayed on task in the sec- and the Generals were in full control a larger 51 – 13 win. blasted out 18 points to lock in their 52
ond half, keeping just in front of their from that point on, leading 12 – 3 after – 37 win over John Glenn.
challengers to lead 31 – 29 at the end just the end of the first period. Trying to Vs. New Lexington (1/24)
of the new period. The Muskies fought find a way to stop the Sheridan offense, The girls’ team from New Lexington
hard, but they eventually fell to River the Muskies were struggling to get their came to New Concord on Saturday.
View 42 – 37. heads above water as the Generals took John Glenn put up a fight against the

Philo Electrics bouncing ahead as they took down three of four

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Vs. Fairfield Union (02/04) give them the edge over Philo who fin-
Fairfield Union Falcons traveled to ished the game with a 57 – 54 victory.
Duncan Falls on Wednesday to play the
Electrics at the Power Plant. After a Vs. Tri-Valley (1/30)
slow start, the Falcons took the 14 – 13 On the road in Dresden on Friday, the
lead at the end of the first period. The Electrics were hoping to upset the Scot-
Electrics powered their way back to tie ties. Tri-Valley pushed ahead with a 15 –
the game and pull out to a 22 – 16 lead 12 lead at the end of the first period. The
just before the halftime intermission. end of the first half didn’t bring respite
Both teams got back to business as for the Electrics as Tri-Valley built their
the game resumed. Philo kept the Fal- lead to 33 – 21.
cons at arms length and added a point The energy at the Dawg Pound was
to their advantage, ending the third palpable as the game continued with
quarter 38 – 31. Fairfield kept pace with the Scotties throwing another five points
the Electrics, but they did not gain the on their lead with a 48 – 31 advantage
ground they hoped and fell to Philo 60 – as the fourth quarter rolled around. The
53. Electrics outplayed the Scotties in the
The Electrics will head to John Glenn final minutes but could not regain the
High School on Friday, February 6th, to ground they needed and fell 64 – 48.
play the Lil’ Muskies, with the game tip-
off to start at 7:30 PM. Vs. Meadowbrook (1/23)
The Colts made a fast break in the first
Vs. New Lexington (02/03) period to lead 7 – 3 against the Electrics
The Panthers stepped onto the court after the first quarter. Philo bounced
in the Power Plant on Tuesday. The two back quickly, however, blasting out to a
teams were in-step in the first period, 16 – 8 lead before halftime.
with the Electrics getting a one-shot 8 When play continued, the Electrics
– 6 advantage as the second quarter worked hard to add to their lead, tak-
started. From there, Philo jumped into ing it up four notches to lead 36 – 30 at
the drivers seat to control the ball for the the end of the three periods. The Colts
rest of the first period, leaving the Pan- slipped further and further behind in the
thers trailing 24 – 12 at halftime. last minutes, trailing 57 – 43 at the final
New Lexington studied the Electrics buzzer.
defense during intermission, and came
Submitted out swinging, scoring 16 points in the
third quarter but still followed Philo 38 –
28 after three. With their highest scoring
Philo’s Rusty Trout flying to the hoop against Tri-Valley.. Matthew Dotson quarter of the game, the 26 points didn’t

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