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Zanesville girls basketball fell to Johnstown-Monroe after two

big conference wins BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Vs. Johnstown-Monroe (02/04) battle of defenses, Zanesville was able
The Lady Blue Devils took the bus to to just edge by the Hornets at the end
Johnstown on Wednesday to face the of the first eight minutes to gain a 7 – 6
Johnnies. The hosts took control of the lead. The Lady Devils found their feet in
ball right away, leaving the Blue Devils the second period, pushing out to a 15 –
playing catch-up from a 19 – 8 lead at 9 lead at the end of the first half.
the end of the first period. Zanesville When play resumed, the Devils picked
continued to trail the Johnnies as the up the ball and literally ran with it, while
end of the first half came to a close, fighting down the Hornet offense to lead
leaving them with a 33 – 15 deficit for 34 – 23 at the end of the third quarter.
the break. Licking Heights rallied back in the last
The game intensity picked up after the minutes as they started gaining ground
intermission, with the Johnnies finding on the Devils, but they ran out of time
new routes and pushing through to build and fell to the home team 47 – 43.
their advantage to 52 – 26 at the end of Junior Ayawna Gladden had 14 points
the third. Zanesville kept hitting shots, for the Devils, nine rebounds, one assist,
fighting the fight, but they couldn’t hold and three steals. Teammates Achaia
up to the continued force that was John- Walker and Ta’myah Taylor each had 10
stown-Monroe, who took the final 74 – points for Zanesville.
39 victory.

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Ayawna Gladden gets fouled by a Licking Heights defender while trying to shoot.. Matthew Dotson host to the Licking Heights Hornets. In a

John Glenn boys basketball win Tri-Valley boys basketball split

fifteen straight with Philo in four MVL matchups with an

their sites BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ 11 - 8 record overall

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Jack Rapol maneuvers the ball for the Scotties around the Philo defenders. Matthew Dotson

Vs. River View (02/03) Muskies took a 60 – 50 win over Tri-Val-
The Scotties hosted the River View ley.
Black Bears on Tuesday at Rich Long-
aberger Court in Dresden. The War- Vs. Philo (1/30)
saw team was not ready for the flurry The Electrics made the bus ride to
of shots that happened in the first few Dresden on Friday to come to the Dawg
minutes of the matchup as the Scotties Pound. The tip off set the game ago and
Lil’ Muskie CJ Dolan goes for the jump shot as Tri-Valley looks on. Matthew Dotson slammed out a 33 – 9 lead at the end off the two teams went, fighting shot by
of the first quarter. River View bounced shot to get a lead, but at the end of the
Vs. Meadowbrook (02/03) Vs. Sheridan (1/30) back to outscore the Dawgs in the sec- quarter, Tri-Valley had the 15 – 12 ad-
The John Glenn Lil’ Muskies hosted The Lil’ Muskies headed on the road to ond period, but the deficit left Tri-Valley vantage. Philo lost pace with the Scot-
the nearby Meadowbrook Colts on Fri- Thornville on Friday to face the Sheridan sitting on top 38 – 23 at halftime. ties in the second quarter, as the Dawgs
day night in the Fish Tank. From the Generals. Despite Sheridan being fired The Bears tried to keep the sec- pumped out another 18 points to take a
starting whistle, the Muskies dominated up and ready in the first quarter, John ond-quarter momentum going after the 33 – 21 lead into the halftime break.
the court with a huge leap out to a 22 Glenn set the pace, pulling ahead 19 break, but Tri-Valley picked up steam The pause didn’t slow down Tri-Valley
– 9 lead at the end of the first quarter. – 15 at the end of the period. The Gen- and proved to be too much for the River as they continued their momentum at
Continuing their launch into the strato- erals started to lose more ground in the View defense, as they rose to a 58 – 30 the start of the second half, pushing past
sphere, John Glenn built a 55 – 15 lead second quarter as the Muskies left them lead heading into the final minutes of the Philo defenders to increase their
by halftime. at a 38 – 25 deficit at the half buzzer. the game. The last round was as close lead to 48 – 31 after three. The Electrics
After the break, the Colts were able to When the game continued, the Musk- as the game had been all night, with came to life in the final minutes of the
slow down the onslaught of shots com- ies didn’t skip a beat, driving their lead Tri-Valley running a majority reserve line- game, but it was too little, too late as the
ing from John Glenn, but not completely to 51 – 33 at the end of the third quar- up, still the visitors trailed in points for Scotties blasted out a 64 – 48 win.
stop the push, with the Muskies leading ter. Sheridan put up a good fight in the the quarter, ending out the game with a
67 – 24 at the end of three quarters. In last minutes, but fell 66 – 46. 69 – 39 loss to Tri-Valley. Vs. Maysville (1/23)
the final minutes of the game, Meadow- Senior CJ Dolan led scoring for the The Panthers landed in Dresden on
brook battled to gain ground but still fell Muskies with 18 points, classmates Ste- Vs. John Glenn (1/31) their way, battling through their sched-
to the hosts 74 – 33. hl Bates had 17 points, Ben Stamm had Saturday night in New Concord, the ule, aiming at defending their state title
John Glenn High School will host the 12 points, and Brayden Davis had 11 Scotties were hoping for a big upset on Friday. Tri-Valley brought the intensity
Philo Electrics on Friday, February 6th, at points. against their close rivals, the John Glenn for the home game against the MVL ri-
7:30 PM. Lil’ Muskies. Out of the gate, Tri-Valley val, hopping out to a 19 – 16 lead after
Vs. Crooksville (1/23) put up a challenge for the Muskies, and the first period. Maysville remained un-
Vs. Tri-Valley (1/31) John Glenn hosted the Ceramics on at the end of the first period, they were scathed by the deficit and fought back
On Saturday, the Tank hosted the rival Friday. Leaving the visitors in the dust, out ahead 13 – 11. As the first half wore toward a level place with the home de-
Tri-Valley Scotties. The Dawgs fired out the Muskies seemed to effortlessly on, the Muskies fought for the lead, ty- fenders, but fell just short at halftime as
to a quick start, gaining their footing and jump out to a 22 – 9 lead at the end of ing up the game and jumping in front the Scotties went to their lockers up 30
leading 13 – 11 at the end of the first the first period. The first half couldn’t by one shot to end the first half 22 – 20 – 28.
quarter. The Muskies fought back and end fast enough for Crooksville as the above Tri-Valley. The intermission gave the Panthers a
regained the ground they lost to tie up Muskies climbed to a lofty 55 – 15 lead The Scotties spent the break plotting boost as they came back on the court,
the game and get a slight lead on the at the buzzer. holes in John Glenn’s defenses, but fired up and ready. Tri-Valley kept pace
Scotties, giving them a 22 – 20 disad- The refs kicked off the second half, came back out to the court to find that with the beginning of the game, but that
vantage at halftime. which saw only a slight change in pace the Muskies spent that time fixing flaws was not enough as Maysville pumped
Back on the court, Tri-Valley put up an for John Glenn, but they found their way in their process, and John Glenn contin- out a 23-point quarter to not only tie the
11-point push in the third quarter, but forward to take the third quarter 67 – ued to build their lead to 39 – 31 as the game but take a 51 – 46 lead heading
John Glenn scored 17 points of their own 24. The last period flew by with the Ce- fourth quarter started. Toe-to-toe in the into the final quarter. Tri-Valley didn’t let
to build their lead to 39 – 31. Without ramics getting an edge on the scoring final minutes, the Dawgs left it all on the up, but they couldn’t catch the Panthers
losing pace, the Muskies fired through in the period, but they still dropped the court, only trailing in the quarter score as they finished out the game with a 71
the last quarter, while holding the Scot- final by a score of 74 – 33. by one shot, but time ran out, and the – 63 victory.
ties back to win the matchup 60 – 50.
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13 - 6 overall record

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