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B2 | SPORTS The APRIL 17 - 30, 2026
Local track teams competed at various events in April

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Bishop Rosecrans event. In the Girls 200 Meter Dash, Mad- ter, Karter Bowers, and Jay Arnold in Jax Prang’s time of 11.30 won the
The Bishops competed in the Crooks- die Lewis finished seventh for the Pan- second, fourth, and fifth places. Jacob Boys 100 Meter Dash for the Tornadoes.
ville Ceramic Invite 2026 on Friday, thers, and Gabby Bailey finished tenth. Savage won the Boys Pole Vault with a His teammates, Morgan Pennington,
where Mallory Moody took first place Kenzie Hemmer finished fifth in the Girls height of 10-6.00, Jay Arnold finished Grant Rogers, Tavyn Hains, and Malachi
in the Girls 100 Meter Dash with a time 400 Meter Dash. Emma Tamasovich third, and Gabe Sloan finished fifth. In Davis, were right behind in order. Grant
of 13:39, and teammate Jackie Connell took second in the Girls High Jump, and the Boys Discus, Phalon Henderson fin- Rogers took first in the Boys 200 Meter
took sixth place in the same event. In Kenzie Hemmer took fourth. Tamaso- ished eighth, Garrett Newman finished Dash with a time of 23.40, Tavyn Hains
the Girls 200 Meter Dash, Cecilia Shonk vich was the first-place finisher in the twelfth, Ronald Young took thirteenth took second, Carter Smith took fourth,
took second for the Bishops, and Abby Girls Long Jump with a distance of 17- place, and Gabe Sloan finished fifteenth. Malachi Davis finished fifth, Morgan Pen-
Sagan came across the finish line in 0.50 and first in the Girls Triple Jump Grant Carpenter took fifth in the Boys nington finished sixth, Austin Fink took
sixth place. Claire Bontrager took sec- with a distance of 33-11.25. Bella Van Shot Put, Jacob Savage finished ninth, seventh, Nick Magers finished ninth,
ond place in the Girls 400 Meter Dash. Wey was the first-place finisher in the Phalon Henderson finished eleventh, and Marcus Hillard finished thirteenth.
In the Girls 800 Meter Run, Scarlet Bad- Girls Discus with a distance of 131-0.00; and Garrett Newman finished twelfth. Carter Smith’s time of 51.38 was top of
ertscher took fifth place for Rosecrans, teammate Skylar Valentine took fifth in the Boys 400 Meter Dash with Jax Prang
and teammate Ella Burnett followed the event. Bella Van Wey was also the Tri-Valley in second, Grant Rogers in third, Nick
right behind in sixth place in the event. top scorer in the Girls Shot Put with a In the New Philadelphia Legends Invi- Magers in sixth, Nikolai Lento in tenth,
Emma Wells finished third in the Girls distance of 39-10.00. Skylar Valentine tational on April 10th, the Scotties had Marcus Hillard in twelfth, Sam Huffman
1600 Meter Run. Mallory Moody finished finished right behind in second. Lydia Ripple finish third in the Girls 100 in thirteenth, and Levi Caplinger in fif-
fifth in the Girls High Jump. In the Girls For the Boys 100 Meter Dash, Hyler Meter Dash, while Kilynn Mayle finished teenth. Jerome Goodman took fourth in
Long Jump, Cecilia Shonk took second Smith finished seventh for the Panthers, eleventh. Ripple took seventh in the the Boys 800 Meter Run and ninth in the
SPORTS inson finished eighth, and Anthony Saad Boys 200 Meter Dash. In the Boys 400 Dash, Tayler Wasson took fourth place, fourth place, and Josh Clippinger took
Girls 200 Meter Dash with Aubrey Martin Boys 1600 Meter Run. In the Boys 110
and Aidan Sarbaugh finished eleventh.
place, and Abby Sagan finished eighth.
Shripad Vellore finished eighth in the
in twelfth place. In the Girls 400 Meter Meter Hurdles, Myles Wakefield took
In the Boys 100 Meter Dash, John Rob-
finished thirteenth. Saad finished eighth Meter Dash, Keaton Meredith finished
and Ellie Williams followed in fifth. Erin fifth. Clippinger took fourth in the Boys
in the Boys 400 Meter Dash. Kamryn third, and teammate Jackson Factor
Hogue finished second in the Girls 800 300 Meter Hurdles, with Porter Rouan
Meter Run, and Camryn Cunningham in fifth. Carter Smith took second in the
Bond took sixth place in the Boys 800 took seventh place. Coen McPeek fin-
Meter Run for the Bishops. Isaiah Sealey ished fifth in the Boys 800 Meter Run.
Matt Corder and Nate Leasure took sixth
second in the Girls 1600 Meter Run. sixth, and Morgan Pennington finished
took eighth in the Boys 1600 Meter Run.
and seventh places, respectively, in the was right behind in third. Hogue took Boys High Jump, Nikolai Lento finished
Rylee Frost finished fourth in the Girls eighth. Austin Fink took the top spot
Foxfire Boys 1600 Meter Run. Dylan Coconis 3200 Meter Run, and Jordyn Frost fin- in the Boys Long Jump with a distance
The Pheonix scores for the Crooksville finished fifth in the Boys 3200 Meter ished fifth. In the Girls 100 Meter Hur- of 18-4.00, teammate Malachi Davis
Ceramic Invite 2026 included: Makenna Run for Maysville. Aidan Sarbaugh fin- dles, Ellie Mohler took eighth place, and followed in second, and Aiden Metz fin-
Jones tenth-place finish in the Girls 100 ished seventh in the Boys Long Jump. Estella Newell took tenth place. Mohler ished sixth. In Boys Discus, Kameron
Meter Dash, and Joslyn Puckett, who Lucas Van Wey took the top spot in the finished seventh in the Girls 300 Meter Skowronski finished third, Caden Bowen
finished thirteenth in the same event. In Boys Discus with a distance of 124-8.00; Hurdles, with Elliana Stotts in eighth finished fourth, Mason Moody finished
the Girls 200 Meter Dash, Kassidy Wood teammate Connor Young finished sec- place. Sanjana Bastola finished second seventh, Weston Ritchie finished eighth,
finished eleventh for Foxfire with team- ond. Young finished fourth in the Boys in the Girls High Jump, and teammate Elliot Foster finished ninth, Aiden Ank-
mate Dixie Stapleton right behind in Shot Put with Van Wey finishing seventh. Elliana Stotts finished fifth. Bastola fin- rom finished eleventh, and Ayden Harris
twelfth. Wood finished fourth in the Girls ished seventh in the Girls Long Jump, finished fourteenth. Kameron Skowrons-
100 Meter Hurdles. Makenna Jones took Philo and Madalyn Sigman finished eighth. ki finished second in the Boys Shot Put
tenth in the Girls Long Jump. Philo hosted a Tri-Meet on April 14th Gwendolyn Lacy finished second in the with Elliot Foster in third, Aiden Ankrom
Koben Bowen finished tenth in the in Duncan Falls. In the Girls 100 Me- Girls Pole Vault while teammate Aubrey in fifth, Weston Ritchie in sixth, Mason
Boys 100 Meter Dash, and seventh in the ter Dash, Addison Lyons took eleventh, Martin finished sixth. Emma Smith took Moody in ninth, Caden Bowen in tenth,
Boys 200 Meter Dash. Blaze Hook took Paige Johnson took twelfth, and Lacey third in the Girls Discus, with teammate Ayden Harris in twelfth, and Jacob Cor-
tenth in the Boys 400 Meter Dash. In the Khune took thirteenth. Halli Harris fin- Addison Durst taking seventh. Smith son in fourteenth.
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles, Cameron Roth ished first in the Girls 200 Meter Dash came in at fourth in the Girls Shot Put;
finished second for Foxfire. Roth finished with a time of 27.20. Emmy Reed fin- Lucy Burdine took eleventh place. Zanesville
sixth place in the Boys Long Jump, with ished thirteenth in the event. Raegyn Colten Rollison finished ninth in the The Blue Devils competed at the
teammate Blaze Hook finishing ninth. Carpenter finished third in the Girls 400 Boys 100 Meter Dash, followed by Leevi Northridge Vikings Invitational on April
In Boys Discus, Ishaan Bowen finished Meter Dash, and Annaca Frame finished Wade in thirteenth place. Corbin Ryan 11th. Honesti Brooks took sixth place in
tenth, and Hunter Wilcox finished 12th. ninth. In the Girls 800 Meter Run, Allison took ninth in the Boys 200 Meter Dash, the Girls 100 Meter Dash, and Denaya
Layton took second place, Isabella Misel and Christopher Reid finished tenth. McLennan finished eighth in the event.
John Glenn took fourth, Ava McGrath took sixth, and Paxton Watson was the fourth-place Aniah Barnett and Chloe Wahl finished
At the St. Clairsville Coach Dave Porter- Emma Nutter finished seventh. In the finisher in the Boys 400 Meter Dash. third and fifth in the Girls 200 Meter
field Invitational on April 10th, the John Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, Aubree DeLong Benjamin Beebe and Alexander Hogue Dash. In the Girls 400 Meter Dash, Bre-
Glenn Lil’ Muskie’s Kaleigh Gibson took finished first with a time of 15.38, with finished tenth and eleventh in the Boys onia Taylor finished ninth, and Cadence
tenth place in the Girls 100 Meter Dash. teammate Alivia Schoonover finishing 800 Meter Run for the Scotties. Hogue Mayle finished tenth. In the Girls 800
Millie Lenner finished fourteenth in the third. DeLong took a top time of 52.63 and Beebe finished eighth and ninth, re- Meter Run, Makayla Wyatt finished sev-
Girls 400 Meter Dash. Ashlynn Kuklica in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles, with spectively, in the Boys 1600 Meter Run. enth, and Sasha Carder finished ninth.
took first in the Girls 800 Meter Run with Paige Stockdale finishing second. In the Nathan Hustey finished fifth in the Boys Gianna Grandstaff finished third in the
a time of 2:20.48. In the Girls 1600 Me- Girls High Jump, Delylah Boetcher and 3200 Meter Run, and Evan Dusenbery Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, and Rihanna
ter Run, Addy Kent took eleventh place. Raegyn Carpenter tied for third place, finished ninth. Easton Priest and Cooper Morgan took fifth. Granstaff took third
Kuklica took first in the Girls 3200 Me- with Addison Lyons and Isabella Misel Clark finished eighth and ninth for the in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles, and Jew-
ter Run with a time of 11:33.75. In the finishing fifth and sixth. Annaca Frame Dawgs in the Boys 110 Meter Hurdles. elissa Hampton took eighth. Rihanna
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, Teagan Walrath finished fourth in the Girls Long Jump Jack Boyd finished third in the Boys 300 Morgan won the Girls High Jump with a
finished seventh, Lily Hoffman finished with Ava McGrath and Alivia Schoonover Meter Hurdles, with Cooper Clark behind height of 4-6.00. Aniah Barnett won the
eleventh, and Brenna Milliner finished in fifth and sixth. Delylah Boetcher took in seventh. Lucca Gargasz finished third, Girls Long Jump with a distance of 14-
fifteenth. Sadie Gardinsky finished sev- first place in the Girls Pole Vault with a and Easton Priest finished seventh in 9.50. Chloe Wahls, 10-0.00 height, won
enth in the Girls High Jump for John distance of 11-0.00. In the Girls Discus, the Boys High Jump. Gargasz finished the Girls Pole Vault. In the Girls Discus,
Glenn. Rebecca Clark finished fifteenth Abby McNutt finished sixth, and Kiley second, and Colten Rollison took fourth Isabella Jarrett took first with a distance
in the Girls Long Jump. In the Girls Pole Mitchell finished tenth. Halli Harris took in the Boys Long Jump. Cameron Hogue of 102-3.00, and Jewelianna Hampton
Vault, Brooklyn Valentine finished sev- second in the Girls Shot Put with Kiley finished ninth with Lane Patrick in elev- took second. Isabella Jarrett took sec-
enth, Ella Haney finished ninth, and Re- Mitchell in third, Abby McNutt in sev- enth place in the Boys Discus. In the ond in the Girls Shot Put, with Isabella
becca Clark took twelfth place. Brelynn enth, Aubree DeLong in eighth, and An- Boys Shot Put, Parker Schofield finished Kehl in seventh.
Barr finished ninth in the Girls Discus gelina Myers in thirteenth. ninth, and Zachary Schofield finished Addison Mitchell took fourth in the
and seventh in Girls Shot Put, with team- In the Boys 100 Meter Dash, Thom- twelfth. Boys 100 Meter Dash, with Carter Hen-
mate Zoey Jackson finishing thirteenth as Courtright finished third with team- nessey right behind in fifth. Mitchell took
in the same event. mates Landon Wilson and Aiden Maple West Muskingum second in the Boys 200 Meter Dash, with
Kaid Ritchey took fifth place in the finishing ninth and eleventh. In the Boys In Warsaw on April 14th, at the Tri- teammate Ishaan Ross in fifth. Cassius
Boys 400 Meter Dash for the Muskies. 200 Meter Dash, Jacob Savage finished Meet between River View, Meadow- Rue took third in the Boys 800 Meter
Ethan Zell had the second-place position second, Grant Carpenter third, Thomas brook, and West Muskingum, the Torna- Run, with Troy Humphrey in sixth. In the
in the Boys 800 Meter Run. In the Boys Courtright sixth, Nash Carpenter and does’ Avery Kullman took seventh in the Boys 1600 Meter Run, Kolton Darnes
3200 Meter Run, Nicholas Yarrington Karter Bowers tied for seventh, Landon Girls 100 Meter Dash, with Olivia Prang took third, and Joe Ewart took fourth.
finished eleventh, with Casey Whittle fin- Wilson finished ninth, Aiden Maple in in eleventh, and Khloe Bey in thirteenth. Darnes took second in the Boys 3200
ishing fifteenth. In the Boys Long Jump eleventh, and Braedyn Koons at four- Kullman and Prang took fourth and sixth Meter Run, and Ewart took third. Cam-
for John Glenn, Anthony Machusko took teenth. Braedyn Koons finished ninth in in the Girls 200 Meter Dash. In the Girls ron Willett took first in the Boys 110 Me-
fourteenth, and Kaid Ritchey finished fif- the Boys 400 Meter Dash, with Landon 400 Meter Dash, Avery Kullman won ter Hurdles with a time of 14.50. Willett
teenth. Benjamine Louive finished tenth Wilson finishing tenth. Ridge Stack- second, Olivia Prang won fifth, Vlada took second in the Boys 300 Meter Hur-
in the Boys Pole Vault. Landon Cornelius house took fourteenth in the Boys 800 Skarzhinets won ninth, and Milly Castro dles, with teammate Riley Patton in sev-
finished first in the Boys Discus with a Meter Run. Cooper Finley finished sev- won twelfth place. Clare McCabe had enth place. Riley Wisecarver took sixth
distance of 143-5.00, with teammate enth in the Boys 1600 Meter Run, and the top time of 2:51.32 in the Girls 800 place in the Boys High Jump for Zanes-
Jimmy Boyd finishing seventh in the Ridge Stackhouse finished ninth. Meter Run with teammates Ayla Mowery ville. Riley Patton took third place in the
event. Boyd took fourth place in Boys Karter Bowers finished in first with in second, and Aayla Henderson in sev- Boys Pole Vault. Broddic Gonzalez took
Shot Put while Cornelius finished elev- a time of 19.28 in the Boys 110 Meter enth. Mowery took second in the Girls third, and Ariahn Campsey took sixth in
enth. Hurdles. Nash Carpenter took first in the 1600 Meter Run. Alayna Wheeler took the Boys Discus. Gonzalez took fourth in
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles with a time of fifth in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles. In the Boys Shot Put, and teammate Khris-
Maysville 45.53, and Bowers finished second in the Girls High Jump, Kaydance Bressett topher Murdock took fifth.
The Panthers results from the Crooks- the same event. Aidan Mahon hit a dis- took third. Kloe Hershey’s distance of
ville Ceramic Invitational 2026 included tance of 6-6.00 to take first in the Boys 103-8.00 won her top spot in the Girls
Emma Tamasovich taking second place High Jump. Mahon had a distance of Discus with Aubrey Edgar finishing sixth,
in the Girls 100 Meter Dash and Gab- 21-8.00 to finish first in the Boys Long Brylee Ritchie finishing eighth, Jaida St.
by Bailey taking eleventh in the same Jump with teammates Grant Carpen- Clair in ninth, and Zoe Tharp in tenth.

West Muskingum softball season up to 10 – 5 overall,

8 – 3 in MVL BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Vs. John Glenn (4/16) 0. Brown doubled to bring in Kaley Med-
The Lil’ Muskies hosted the Lady Tor- dings 9 – 0, followed by a single from
nadoes on Thursday in New Concord. Reese that allowed Brown to cross the
The game started off slow with no score plate, 10 – 0. The Ceramics walked Bow-
recorded until the bottom of the fourth ers and Hammer and attempted to walk
inning when John Glenn stepped up to Smith, who grabbed a single to bring in
take a 1 – 0 lead. The Muskies held Reese for run 11. Stewart singled to cen-
West Muskingum scoreless for the rest ter to score Hammer 13 – 0. Pride sin-
of the game and tacked on four runs in gled on the next at-bat, and Remi Arm-
the bottom of the sixth to lock down the strong scored on a throw, followed by
5 – 0 win. Smith 15 – 0, to end the inning scores.
To round out the shutout, Crooksville
Vs. Crooksville (4/14) was retired in three, and after a walk
West Muskingum hosted the Ceram- and a strikeout, Mickayla Landon sin-
ics for game two of the series on Tues- gled to bring Reese home 16 – 0. The
day. Gabbi Hammer opened up the scor- last two runs for the Tornadoes were
ing in the first inning with a fly-out to left scored on an error that allowed Fraylee
field that allowed Peyton Brown to score Williams and Landon to score to cap the
after tagging up for a 1 – 0 lead. Calie game at an 18 – 0 victory and a sweep
Smith capitalized on the next at bat with of the series.
a double that drove in Mireyha Reese
and Gabbie Grandstaff 3 – 0. Katelyn Vs. Crooksville (4/13)
Stewart had the last hit of the inning, On Monday in Crooksville, the Lady
grounding a shot to the shortstop to give Tornadoes opened game one with a run
Smith time to score 4 – 0. A fly-out and in the top of the first inning to lead 1 –
a double play put the Tornadoes back at 0. They copied that recipe and pasted it
the plate, where Kyana Bowers took a into the next three innings to lead 4 – 0
shot to single and bring in Brown for the after four. A run in the top of the sixth
fifth run. Smith doubled minutes later to inning and a three-run set in the top of
bring home Reese and Bowers, 7 – 0, to the seventh inning locked in a game one
end the inning. The Tornadoes knocked 8 – 0 shutout for West Muskingum.
down the Ceramic offense again in the
top of the third to bring up Brooklyn
Fraylee Williams pitches for West Muskingum against the Scotties. Matthew Dotson
Pride for a solo homer to right field, 8 –