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B2 | SPORTS The MAY 1 - 14, 2026

Zanesville Blue Devils aim for The Lil’ Muskies baseball

a level record as they head to team added three wins to

Licking Valley Friday their score before dropping a

series to Philo BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

the game in the top of the third in-
ning, 8 – 8. From there, the Electrics
took over, with eight more runs while
shutting out the Muskies to win
game one 16 – 8.
Vs. Heath (4/25)
John Glenn hosted the Bulldogs
on Saturday in New Concord. Heath
stepped up for the first score with
four runs in the first inning to lead 4
– 0. John Glenn fought to get back
and finally tied the game in the bot-
tom of the sixth inning, 5 – 5. Bat-
tling back and forth in the seventh
inning, the Lil’ Muskies edged by in
Kayden McDonald pitched for John Glenn while the bottom of the inning with a 7 – 6
Maysville’s runner looked to steal second. win.
Noah Darnes watched a pitch approach for Zanesville. Matthew Dotson Matthew Dotson
Vs. Philo (4/28) Vs. Maysville (4/23)
Vs. Northridge (4/30) and eventually fell 11 – 2. The Lil’ Muskies were shut out in In Maysville on Thursday, the Lil’
On Thursday in Johnstown, the game two of the series in Duncan Muskies lit up their bats early to take
Blue Devils locked in a win against Vs. Watkins Memorial (4/24) Falls Tuesday, as they took on the a 5 – 0 lead after the first two innings.
the Northridge Vikings after bounc- The Warriors turned up the heat on Electrics. Philo racked up six runs in Maysville tried to fight back over the
ing back from a first-inning 1 – 0 Friday as they faced the Blue Devils the bottom of the first inning to lead next five and a half innings, but fell
deficit to grab two runs and shut out in Zanesville. With the first inning 6 – 0. They built that score over the short as John Glen went home with a
the Vikings’ offense for the rest of score a wash with both Watkins and next three innings to take the game 5 – 3 victory.
the game. Zanesville scoring a run each, the
Zanesville moves on to face Lick- Warriors took the lead 4 – 1 after a 11 – 0 after five innings.
ing Valley on the road on Friday, with three-run third inning. Both teams John Glenn will face River View at Vs. River View (4/20)
the game set to start at 5 PM. landed two runs in the fifth inning, home on Friday, May 1st, at 5 PM. The Muskies rode the bus to War-
and the Blue Devils were held to just saw on Monday to face the Black
Vs. Licking Heights (4/27) two more runs in the bottom of the Vs. Philo (4/27) Bears. The game started slowly, with
The Hornets got out in front of the seventh after the Warriors had built The Philo baseball team traveled two scoreless innings before John
Devils on Monday with a 2 – 0 lead their score to take the 11 – 5 victory. to New Concord on Monday for game Glenn punched in three runs in the
in the first inning and built that ad- one against John Glenn. The Lil’ top of the third inning to lead 3 – 0.
vantage to 7 – 1 by the end of three Vs. Utica (4/23)
innings. Zanesville couldn’t break Zanesville hosted the Redskins on Muskies were ready and jumped out The Muskies capitalized on some big
through the Licking Heights defens- Thursday and flipped Utica’s one- to a 2 – 0 lead in the first inning, and runs in the sixth and seventh innings
es long enough to gain any steam run first inning into a 3 – 1 lead. bumped it up to 8 – 0 at the end of to win the game 14 – 2.
CONTINUED ON B3 the second inning before Philo tied
Tri-Valley baseball sweeps Morgan on the road BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Vs. Morgan (4/28) ing the game in a mercy rule after a shutout by Tanner Henry, who had
The Scotties headed to McConnels- the fifth inning, sweeping the series a total of 10 strikeouts in the game.
ville on Tuesday to play game two 2 – 0. Tri-Valley stepped up in the first in-
in the series against Morgan. The Tri-Valley will be on the road in Uti- ning with four runs, and added two
Dawgs grabbed four runs in the top ca on Saturday to face the Redskins, runs at the bottom of the next three
of the first inning, including a line- with the game set to start at 10 AM. innings to take the game 10 – 0 af-
drive double by Isaiah Cullins that ter four and a half innings.
drove in three runs alone to lead 4 Vs. Morgan (4/27)
– 0. Tri-Valley packed on four runs in At Kenny Wolford Park on Monday,
the top of the next two innings, lead- the Raiders were hoping to get by the
Tri-Valley’s Oliver Baker swings at a fastball earli- ing 15 – 2 after four innings and end- Scotties, but were instead treated to CONTINUED ON B3
er this season. Matthew Dotson