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Tri-Valley girls basketball Several area Wrestlers take the

secure a share of the MVL with podium in various matchups

four straight home wins BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Panther wrestler Presley Sandobal prepared to take on Ladyn Hines from Barnesville.
Matthew Dotson

Girls Wrestling ardson, took fourth place in the 145lb
Maysville High School hosted the 2026 weight class. Maysville’s Chloe Pierce
Maysville Panthers Girls Wrestling Invi- finished second in the 155lb weight
tational. Out of the 29 teams, Musking- class. Ava Doyle stood on the podium in
Scottie hoopster Maddie Garber defends against Sheridan in a home game. Matthew Dotson um County had four teams represented, fourth place for Tri-Valley in the 190lb
with Maysville, Tri-Valley, Zanesville, and weight class.
John Glenn. In the 235lb weight class, it was So-
The Tri-Valley girls basketball team period, the Scotties were up 26 – 15. In the second event at the 105 lb phie Dennis in the second-place spot for
grabbed a share of the MVL Big School Pushing past the defense repeatedly in weight class, Maysville’s Kyrie Valentine Maysville.
Title with a win over John Glenn on the final minutes, Tri-Valley hit 12 points took second place. In the 115lb weight
Wednesday, February 11th. in the final quarter to win the matchup class, Presley Sandobal took third place Boys Wrestling
37 – 17, giving them a shared slice of for Maysville, and Ava Lovallo took fourth Zanesville’s Trio Ladd is the 215lb
Vs. New Philadelphia (2/18) the MVL Championship Title. place for Tri-Valley. champion of the 2026 Licking County
Tri-Valley hosted the New Philadel- Maddie Garber had 12 points for the Kandice Spry took first for Tri-Valley in League Tournament, defeating Mount
phia Lady Quakers on Wednesday night Scotties; teammates Emma Smith had the 120lb weight class. Audrey Crooks Vernon’s Trevor Jones 11 – 6. Philo’s
in Dresden for their first playoff game. 10 points, Reagan Lamonica had seven, took first in the 125lb weight class for Dakota Kinney hit 100 wins at the West
With a big 10-point push in the third and Cami Susil had five points. Maysville. Fayth Beaver stepped up in Muskingum Duel Meet.
quarter that led to a 31 – 21 lead at the fourth place for Zanesville High School John Glenn wrestlers defeated Ridge-
end of the period, the Scotties extended Vs. Sheridan (2/7) in the 125lb weight class. wood on February 3rd during Senior
their win streak to eight after dropping When the Lady Generals showed up on In the 135lb weight class, Josalynn Night. Owen Edwards was honored as
the Quakers 44 – 22. Tri-Valley’s doorstep, they were expect- Milatovich took third place for the the new All-Time Wins Leader, breaking
ing a challenge, but they were prepared. Panthers. Teammate Annika Winland the 17-year-old record held by Zach Van-
Vs. Ashland (2/14) Point for point in the first few minutes, grabbed third in the 140lb weight class. Wey in 2009.
On Saturday, the Scotties hosted the the two teams fought tooth and nail for John Glenn’s wrestler, Jaylynn Rich-
Ashland Arrows. Despite a close match- the lead, which Tri-Valley etched out in
up with the Ashland team, the Lady the last minutes of the quarter to lead
Dawgs grabbed the lead and forced the 11 – 10. Sheridan made sure to square
Arrows to play catch-up, but left them up the score in the second period, and Lady Panthers pass first round
holding the bag as they took a 68 – 57 they went to halftime tied up at 16
win. points each. of playoffs to face Wintersville
After the break, coach Kaufman’s
Vs. John Glenn (2/11) the Lady Dawgs pumped out a 17-point on February 25th
words of advice rang in their ears as
On senior night at Coach Rich Long-
aberger Court, the Scotties set out to get quarter to lead the game 33 – 29. Sher-
a piece of the MVL championship Title. idan knocked a point off of the Scottie BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ
The Dawgs took the lead early on and lead in the final minutes, but they could
never looked back, leading at the end not regain the lead, and they fell to Vs. Minerva (2/19) After the time off the court, the two
of every quarter. By the end of the third Tri-Valley 41 – 38. Maysville hosted the Lions on Thurs- teams resumed, and the Blue Devils
day for their first tournament game of showed no sign of slowing down as they
the postseason. The game started off amassed a 39 – 27 advantage before
tight with the Lions getting a one-shot the final quarter. The Panthers couldn’t
advantage, leading 14 – 12 at the first stop the Blue Devils, and they fell to the
break. Maysville exploded in the second hosts 59 – 39.
quarter, holding the Lions scoreless for
the rest of the half while building a 23 – Vs. Fredricktown (2/9)
14 lead. The Maysville girls traveled to Fred-
With both teams back in play, the Pan- ricktown on Monday for a non-confer-
thers continued on the path to a win with ence matchup with the Freddies. The
ten more points added to their tally to Panthers had a handle on the game in
lead at the end of three by a score of 31 the first minutes as they took a 15 – 13
– 21. Both teams were neck-and-neck lead by the end of the first quarter. The
in the final minutes of the game, with Freddies, however, had another plan;
each scoring ten points, but that meant they tied up with the visitors and then
that the Panthers pulled off the win with pumped out an extra three points to
a score of 41 – 31. lead 29 – 26 at halftime.
Back on the court, the Panthers still
Vs. Zanesville (2/11) couldn’t take down the Freddies as they
The Panthers traveled North to Zanes- continued on their mission to win, fin-
ville High School on Wednesday to face ishing the third quarter up 41 – 36 over
the Blue Devils. It was not an easy bat- Maysville. After taking the first quarter,
tle from the start, as the Blue Devils the Panthers just couldn’t recover the
jumped out ahead and built a 21 – 13 lead, falling to the Freddies 57 – 49.
lead by halftime.

VARSITY WINTER

SPORTS SCHEDULES

(2/20 - 3/6)

BISHOP ROSECRANS TRI-VALLEY

Boys Basketball Boys Basketball
Feb. 20 WS Home 7:00PM Feb. 20 West M Away 7:30PM
Feb. 27 SFHS Home 7:00PM Feb. 24 Zanesville Home 7:00PM

Girls Basketball Boys Wrestling
Feb. 21 SFHS Away 1:00PM Feb. 21 MVL Tourn. Away 10:00AM
Girls Wrestling
JOHN GLENN Feb. 21 Spearhead Inv. Away TBA

Boys Basketball WEST MUSKINGUM
Feb. 20 Warren Away 7:30PM
Feb. 27 Morgan Home 7:00PM Boys Basketball
Feb. 20 Tri-Valley Home 7:30PM
Feb. 24 Fairless Home 7:00PM
MAYSVILLE Girls Basketball
Feb. 25 Fairless Home 7:00PM
Boys Basketball
Feb. 27 West Holmes Home 7:00PM

ZANESVILLE
PHILO Boys Basketball
Feb. 20 Mt. Vernon Home 7:15PM
Boys Basketball Feb. 24 Tri-Valley Away 7:00PM
Feb. 20 Morgan Away 7:15PM
Feb. 27 Claymont Away 7:00PM Girls Basketball
Feb. 21 Tri-Valley Home 1:00PM

Sports schedules are subject to change. Please refer to each school’s website for
updated scheduling information. Additions or changes to the schedule can be sent to us at
info@dresdenbuzz.com.