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MVL Champion TV youth wrestling team send 19 qualifiers

to state competition SUBMITTED

SPORTS Tri-Valley youth wrestling team. Submitted

Tri-Valley Youth Wrestling (K-6) won
Scholastic teams to compete with these (D3 – 80lb), Jaxon Posey (D3 – 85lb),
State Tournament.
its fourth consecutive Muskingum Val-
To qualify for the State Tournament, large clubs. Having 19 state qualifiers Palmer Ungaro (D4 – 75lb), Karter Tay-
ley League Championship with a perfect years are making a return trip to the teams. This makes it very difficult for Porter Stubbs (D3 – 80lb), Holden Lowe
100-point score. The team crowned 20 wrestlers must finish in the top four in from one school puts Tri-Valley in a po- lor (D4 – 85lb), Grant Moore (D4 – 90lb),
individual champions along with multi- a District tournament. The State Tourna- sition as one of the best Scholastic pro- Levi Watson (D4 – 90), Andyn Steil (D4
ple placers in almost every weight class. ment is held in Youngstown at the Covel- grams in the state. – 95lb), Connor Clark (D4 – 100lb), Car-
Adding to the success of the MVL li Center on March 28-29. The OAC State Qualifiers this year ter Pusz (D4 – 140lb), Gannin Carpenter
championship, TVYW has 19 OAC State Club wrestling has changed the land- are: River Pletcher (D1 – 60lb), Lukas (D4 – 140lb), and Parker Mesina (D4 –
Qualifiers. Several of the wrestlers com- scape of youth wrestling in the past few Jenkins(D2 – 75lb), Wesson Lillibridge 180lb).
peting in this year’s tournament are years. Youth wrestling is not sanctioned (D2 – 85lb), Ralph Wade (D2 – 120lb),
returning state placers chasing a title. by the OHSAA, so clubs can pull kids Bain Burkett (D2 – 120lb), Gavin Sowers
Nine who have qualified in previous from any school in Ohio to build All-Star (D3 – 55lb), Zayden Bice (D3 – 70lb),

Bishop Rosecrans boys Philo girls basketball post-

basketball fell to season cut short by Indian

Strasburg-Franklin in playoffs Valley BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | DRESDEN BUZZ

Philo’s Reagan Miller lets a shot go against Indian Valley. Matthew Dotson
The Bishop’s Owen Lambert jumps past Strasburg for a shot. Matthew Dotson
Vs. Indian Valley (2/25) Vs. Cambridge (2/19)
Vs. Strasburg-Franklin (2/27) Vs. Wellington School (2/20) On their second stop on the playoff The Cambridge Lady Bobcats got off
Bishop Rosecrans High School hosted The Wellington Jaguars traveled to trail, the Lady Electrics headed North of the bus in Philo on Thursday and
the Strasburg-Franklin Tigers on Friday Zanesville on Friday to face the Bishops to New Concord on Wednesday to play stepped into the Power Plant to face
for a tournament game. The Bishops in Rogge Gymnasium. From the starting against Indian Valley using John Glenn the Lady Electrics on their postseason
started off strong, taking a 13 – 9 lead whistle, the Bishops were all over the High School as neutral ground. The de- opening night. Within minutes, the Elec-
at the end of the first quarter. The Tigers ball, taking a 14 – 9 lead at the end of fense on both sides of the court was in trics sparked forward and never looked
fired back in the second period, tying up the first quarter. Rosecrans powered for- high gear as the scoring took a very slow back, taking a 19 – 1 lead at the end
the game and jumping out to a 22 – 21 ward in the second period with another pace, with the Braves taking a slight 9 – of the first quarter. Trailing, the Bobcats
lead at the halftime buzzer. 14 points to lead at halftime 28 – 16. 8 lead by the end of the first quarter. As couldn’t come close to matching the
As play resumed, the Bishops tied The intermission only reaffirmed the the game carried on, Indian Valley kept pace of the Philo team as they stacked
up the game; from there, the lead was drive for the Bishops as they came out of the Electrics at a distance, but Philo the deck to build a 36 – 8 lead by half-
traded back and forth to both sides of the locker room to pump out a 21-point stayed hot on their heels despite trailing time.
the court, ending the third quarter in a quarter to end the third up 49 – 29. The 15 – 13 at the end of the first half. Officials started the second half of the
stalemate at 33 points each. In the fi- final minutes of the game were a con- The intermission didn’t change the game with Cambridge finding a better
nal minutes of the game, the two teams stant barrage of points from the Bishops momentum of the game much, as the footing than they had in the first half
were neck and neck before the Tigers that the Jaguars couldn’t slow down, fall- Braves came back out onto the court of the game to build their score to 14;
pulled out ahead by four points as the ing to Rosecrans 71 – 43. and continued to defend well against however, the Electrics didn’t slow down
final buzzer rang, giving them a 43 – 39 The Bishop’s top scorers, sophomore the Lady Electrics while slowly building as they finished out the third period 45
win, ending Rosecran’s season. Brody Boothe and senior Tyler Bernett, their lead to 22 – 18 just before the – 14. The Bobcats gave it all they had in
Sophomore Brody Boothe scored 11 each had 22 points. fourth and final quarter. The Philo girls the last minutes of the game, jumping
points for the Bishops, and senior team- narrowed the deficit in the final minutes, up 20 points in the final frame. The Elec-
mate Owen Lambert had 10 points. but could not fully catch the Braves, who trics didn’t slow down and fired through
The Bishops end the season with a 17 won the game 33 – 31, ending Philo’s the last quarter to finish the game 64 –
– 6 overall record and a Mid-State Cardi- playoff run. 34 to continue their road in the postsea-
nal Title with a 13 – 1 record. son.

New Philadelphia ended the Zanesville boys season

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tled to the last second, neither willing to Vs. Mt. Vernon (2/20) trailed 26 – 24. and couldn’t reconcile the new drive of
cave. In the end, Zanesville had the edge Zanesville hosted the Yellowjackets The Blue Devils came out of the locker the Devils who continued to control the
and took the game 55 – 47, ending the on Friday at Winland Stadium. Mt. Ver- room energized and ready to change the court in the final minutes, eventually
Tri-Valley season and giving themselves non gave a good showing in the first min- outcome of the game, tying up the game taking a 55 – 46 win over Mt. Vernon af-
another showing in the post. utes of the game as they led the Devils and jumping out ahead by a score of 42 ter trailing the first half of the game.
11 – 9. They held their two-point advan- – 36 after eight minutes back on the
tage all the way to halftime as Zanesville court. The Yellowjackets were stunned