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John Glenn softball team Muskingum University soft-

carrying on a six-game ball team improved to 18 - 4

winning streak as they head overall and 3 - 1 in conference

to New Philadelphia after sweeping the Polar

Bears
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Vs. Ohio Northern doubleheader add two more runs to lead 4 – 1. The
(4/2) last points for the Muskies came at
The Muskies faced the Polar Bears the top of the seventh with two more
on Thursday at Findlay University for a runs for Muskingum to lead 6 – 1. The
doubleheader. Scots managed one more run, but that
In game one, Muskingum was the was not enough, and the Muskies took
first to light up the scoreboard, with a game one 6 – 2. The Muskies finished
run in the top of the fourth inning. They the game with 35 at-bats, six runs, 14
added three more runs in the top of hits, and six RBIs.
the seventh inning, and despite Ohio Alma grabbed the lead at the be-
Northern finally scoring in the bottom ginning of game two with a run in the
of the inning, the Muskies held them bottom of the second inning. After the
at one run to win the game 4 – 1. The Muskies tied the game in the top of
Muskies finished with 24 at-bats, 4 the second and jumped ahead 2 – 1 in
the top of the third, the Scots rallied in
SPORTS ny Rodman pitched all seven innings, to lead 6 – 2. Muskingum tied and
runs, 5 hits, and 1 RBI. Junior Betha-
the bottom of the inning for five runs
recording four strikeouts, allowing just
eclipsed the Scots with a four-run sixth
two hits, and one run. She also had
inning to lead 7 – 6, which would be-
three hits and an RBI at the plate.
come the winning score in the sweep
In game two, the Muskies hit the
scoreboard right away to take a 2 – 0
lor recorded her 200th career hit for
lead at the beginning of the game, and of Alma. In game two, senior Cara Tay-
then compounded that to a 5 – 0 lead the Muskies.
in the top of the second before the Po-
lar Bears answered back with three Vs. Case Western Reserve dou-
runs between the second and third in- bleheader (3/28)
ning to trail 5 – 3. A four-run rally in New Concord’s Donna J. Newberry
John Glenn softball player watches a pitch that falls out of the strike zone against Cambridge. the bottom of the sixth for Ohio North- Field hosted the Case Western Re-
Matthew Dotson ern gave them a 7 – 5 advantage over serve softball team for a doublehead-
Muskingum, but that was short-lived er, where they split the difference with
Vs. Meadowbrook (4/2) directly with a double from Babcock as the Muskies bounced back with six Muskingum, losing game one 7 – 4 to
In New Concord on Thursday, the to jump out to a 3 – 0 lead. Kendall runs in the top of the seventh inning the Muskies, and taking game two 7 –
Colts came to town hoping to upset Snider hit a single homer in the bot- to lead 11 – 7. With the Polar Bears 3.
the five-game winning streak of the tom of the second to increase the lead only bouncing back with one run in
Muskies. Meadowbrook opened scor- to 4 – 0. After shutting out the Scot- the bottom of the inning, the Fighting Vs. Wittenberg doubleheader
ing after a stalled first inning for both tie offense, the Muskies held their Muskies swept the doubleheader with (3/24)
teams. The Colts took a 1 – 0 lead that lead through seven and sent Tri-Valley an 11 – 8 win. The Muskies dominated the Ti-
they held for a whole inning before a home with a 4 – 0 loss. gers from Wittenberg on Tuesday in
four-run rally by the Muskies, including Vs. Alma doubleheader (3/29) New Concord as they narrowly lost
a double by Addi Babcock that brought Vs. Crooksville (3/26)
in Ava Miller and Kinley Porter to lead On the road in Crooksville on Thurs- The Fighting Muskies faced the game one in the doubleheader 8 – 7.
4 – 1. Porter came back in the bot- day, the Lil’ Muskies dominated. Ken- Scots on Sunday at Scots Park in Muskingum came back in game two
tom of the fifth to single and drive in dall Snider nailed down 14 strikeouts Alma, Michigan, for a doubleheader. with an 8 – 1 victory.
Estelle Matheney, followed by Josilyn and added a solo homer in the fifth to Game one started with the Muskies
Stashonsky scoring on a throw to wrap lead to a 5 – 1 victory over the Ceram- taking the lead in the top of the second
up scoring and leading to a 6 – 1 victo- ics. inning with two runs. Alma narrowed
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starting at 12 PM. played on Wednesday in New Concord.
John Glenn put a run on the board in
Vs. Tri-Valley (3/31) the bottom of the first, followed by two John Glenn lacrosse team
Tuesday’s game in Dresden started runs in the bottom of both of the next
off strong for the Muskies as Ava Mill- two innings, leading 5 – 1 after three. puts in the work as they roll
er doubled in the first inning to take a A run was added in the bottom of the
1 – 0 lead. They added two more runs fifth and sixth innings for the Muskies, through their schedule
at the top of the second inning to in- locked in the winning score of 7 – 1.
crease the lead to 3 – 0. While holding
the Scotties scoreless, John Glenn’s Vs. Cambridge (3/24) BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Cora Dever hit a single in the top of Snider had a big showing against the
the third to score Miller and Porter, Bobcats on Tuesday at the Cambridge
followed by a two-run homer by Mor- City Park, striking out 14 batters, with
gan Harper that brought home Dever zero hits and zero runs in six innings.
to lead 7 – 0. Tri-Valley pulled off two She hit a solo homer in the top of the
runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, fourth to add one to a 7 – 0 lead. The
followed by the answer from the Musk- Muskies doubled that score before the
ies as they grabbed two final runs in end of the sixth inning to win 14 – 0.
the top of the seventh inning that led
to their 9 – 2 win.

Vs. Tri-Valley (3/30)
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ed the Scotties on Monday in New Con- BUZZ FACTS
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Freshman Brady Hayes carries the ball downfield for the Lil’ Muskies. Matthew Dotson

Vs. GlenOak-Canton (4/2) Vs. Canton Central Catholic
Getting off of the bus in Canton on (3/25)
Thursday, the John Glenn Lacrosse
team faced the GlenOak-Canton Gold- In Canton on Wednesday, John Glenn
en Eagles. The Eagles dominated the faced an uphill battle against the Cru-
field, leaving John Glenn with a 10 – 4 saders, who grabbed the lead, and de-
loss. spite their best efforts, the Lil’ Muskies
The Lil’ Muskies move on to face Co- couldn’t keep pace with Canton, who
lumbus Academy on Tuesday, April 7th won 8 – 5.
at 5:30 PM.
Vs. Johnstown-Monroe (3/24)
Vs. Licking Valley (3/30) New Concord hosted the John-
On the road in Hanover on Monday, stown-Monroe Johnnies for a battle
the Muskies were quick to take control that saw the Johnnies outmaneuver
of the game, shutting down the Pan- the Lil’ Muskies to gain the advantage
thers’ offense in a huge 12 – 0 victory. that eventually led to a 10 – 4 loss for
John Glenn.
Vs. Lake Uniontown (3/28)
The Lil’ Muskies hosted the Lake Vs. Lincoln (3/20)
Uniontown Blue Streaks on Saturday. The Golden Lions got off of the bus
In a close matchup, the Muskies nar- in New Concord on Friday. The Lil’
rowly slipped by Lake with a score of Muskies put five points on the board,
3 – 2. but the Lions eclipsed that score as
they commanded their way to a 15 – 5
win.