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Area track teams competed in the Electrics Invitational 2026

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Girls from local teams jumped hurdles in Philo. Matthew Dotson
The Philo track team hosted its annual Elec- time of 26.65. With a winning time of 1:02.67
trics Invitational 2026 Track meet on Friday, in the Girls 400 Meter Dash, Avery Kullman
April 24th, in Duncan Falls. Muskingum area represented West Muskingum. Maysville’s
track teams competed, and their events and Natalie Temple took fourth in the event. Clary
top placers are listed below. McCabe took fourth for West M in the Girls
800 Meter Dash. Ayla Mowery from West M
Boys Teams got fourth in the Girls 1600 Meter Run. Olivia
West Muskingum’s Jax Prang took second Rusnak from Maysville and Ayla Mowery from
place in the Boys 100 Meter Dash. In the Boys West Muskingum got third and fourth in the
200 Meter Dash, Aidan Mahon from Philo fin- Girls 3200 Meter Run. Philo’s Aubree DeLong
ished second with Jax Prang and Grant Rogers got second place in the Girls 100 Meter Hur-
from West M finishing third and fourth. The dles. DeLong took second in the Girls 300 Me-
Tornadoes’ Carter Smith took second in the ter Hurdles, and Gianna Grandstaff and Rayne
Boys 400 Meter Dash. Camron Willett from Wilson from Zanesville took third and fourth
Zanesville took the top place in the Boys 110 places. Zanesville and Philo teams took sec-
Meter Hurdles with a time of 14.48. In the ond and third in the Girls 4 x 100 Meter Relay.
same event, Beckett Miller and Nash Carpen- In the Girls 4 x 200 Meter Relay, they switched
ter of Philo took third and fourth places. In the places with Philo in second and Zanesville in
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles, Blue Devil Camron third. In the Girls 4 x 400 Meter Relay, West
Willett took second, and Philos Karter Bowers Muskingum and Maysville took third and
took third. The Boys 4 x 100 Meter Relay was fourth. Maysville took first place in the Girls
won by the team from West Muskingum with 4 x 800 Meter Relay with a time of 12:01.93,
a time of 43.57, followed in third by Philos and Philo took third in the event. Emma Ta-
team, and Zanesville’s team in fourth. The masovich finished third in the Girls High Jump.
Blue Devil Pole Vaulter missed the bar in Philo. Matthew Dotson Boys 4 x 200 Meter Relay was dominated Tamasovich had a distance of 17-9.5 to win
by the team from West Muskingum, and the the Girls Long Jump. Aniah Barnett from
team from Philo took third place. The teams Zanesville took third in the event. Chloe Wahl
from West M and Philo took second and third from Zanesville finished second in the Girls
in the Boys 4 x 400 Relay. Maysville’s team Pole Vault with Delylah Boetcher from Philo in
took fourth in the Boys 4 x 800 Meter Relay. third. Bella Van Wey from Maysville took first
Aidan Mahon from Philo took first in the Boys place in the Girls Discus with a distance of
High Jump with a height of 6-4, Carter Smith 136-3, followed by West M’s Kloe Hershey in
from West M took second in the event. Ma- second, and Zanesville’s Isabella Jarrett and
hon’s distance of 23-0 gave him first place in Jewelianna Hampton in third and fourth. Pan-
the Boys Long Jump as well, with Austin Fink ther Bella Van Wey’s distance of 40-0 won the
from West Muskingum in fourth place. Ashton Girls Shot Put. Kloe Hershey took second for
Hartman from Maysville hit a height of 11-0 West Muskingum, Isabella Jarrett took third
in the Boys Pole Vault to win, with Philo’s Ja- for the Blue Devils, and Skylar Valentine took
cob Savage in second place. In the Boys Dis- fourth for Maysville.
cus, Broddic Gonzalez from Zanesville had a Paige Calendine took first in the Adaptive
first-place distance of 134-10. Lucas Van Wey Girls Wheelchair Shot Put with a mark of
took third for Maysville in the Boys Shot Put. 9-0.75.
Girls Teams
Emma Tamasovich from Maysville grabbed
third place in the Girls 100 Meter Dash, with
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West Muskingum’s Carter Smith flies over the high jump bar. Matthew Dotson ter Dash was Blue Devil Aniah Barnett with a

Foxfire baseball team building experience as they host

Cristo Rey on Tuesday at Gant BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Vs. Columbus Torah Academy (4/23) out four runs in the first two innings to
On their visit to Gant Stadium in down- lead the matchup 4 - 2, but their oppo-
town Zanesville on Thursday, the Lions nents tied up the game at the bottom
started off the scoring for the match of the third, 5 - 5. The two teams traded
with two runs, but the Phoenix answered the lead with Foxfire tying up the game
back with the tying runs in the bottom of again in the top of the fifth inning, 7 - 7,
the inning, 2 - 2. Both teams scored in the before their opponent landed two runs
following three innings, with CTA jumping in the bottom of the inning to take the
out ahead 10 - 6 by the end of the fourth. game 9 - 7.
Scoring stopped there for Foxfire, but the
Lions tacked on six more runs over the
next two innings to win the game 16 - 6.
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On the road on Saturday, the Phoe-
nix started off strong as they popped
Foxfire catcher A.J. Tipton tosses the ball to the pitcher after a wild pitch. Matthew Dotson