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Muskingum Football Schedules Zanesville Blue Devils excited

Bishop Rosecrans Football 9/27 @ Crooksville for new season and new coach
8/23 @ Beallsville 10/4 @ Sheridan
8/30 vs New London 10/11 vs Tri-Valley by Matthew Dotson
9/6 vs Catholic Central 10/18 vs John Glenn
9/13 vs Berne Union 10/25 @ Morgan
9/20 @ Grove City
9/27 vs Fisher Catholic Tri-Valley Football
10/4 @ Fairfield Christian 8/23 vs Meadowbrook
10/11 @ Bridgeport 8/30 @ Licking Heights
10/18 vs Miller 9/6 vs Clinton-Massie
10/25 @ Millersport 9/13 @ Morgan
9/20 @New Lexington
SPORTS 8/30 @ Cambridge 10/11 @ Philo
John Glenn Football
vs Maysville
9/27
vs River View
8/23
vs Maysville
10/4
@ Indian Valley
vs Sheridan
9/6
10/18
@ John Glenn
9/13
10/25
vs Coshocton
vs Sheridan
9/20
West Muskingum Football
9/27
@ Meadowbrook
10/4
@ River View
8/30
@ Licking Valley
10/11
9/6
10/18 vs Morgan 8/23 @ Lakewood
vs Garaway
@ Philo
10/25 vs Tri-Valley 9/13 vs New Lexington
9/20 @ River View Maddox Mohler passes the pigskin down field while Brayden Claytor attempts to fight off a
Maysville Football 9/27 vs Morgan defender. Matthew Dotson
8/23 @ John Glenn 10/4 @ Crooksville The Zanesville Blue Devils varsity they can kinda lose sight of what could
8/30 vs Lakewood 10/11 vs Maysville football team held their first annual make them great, that’s why they have
9/6 @ Philo 10/18 vs Coshocton Blue & White scrimmage on Saturday, me trying to hold them accountable,
9/13 vs Sheridan 10/25 @ Meadowbrook August 3rd at Sulsberger Memorial just having great relationships with
9/20 vs Coshocton Stadium, a tradition that their new head the kids is important, knowing where
9/27 @ Tri-Valley Zanesville Football coach T.J. Carper hopes will be another they come from and knowing the goals
10/4 vs New Lexington 8/23 vs Johnstown-Monroe long-standing tradition at Zanesville they want to achieve!” said head coach
10/11 @ West Muskingum 8/30 vs St. Clairsville High School. Carper.
10/18 vs Meadowbrook 9/6 @ Newark Hot off of the heels of another Overcoming adversity is the theme
10/25 @ Crooksville 9/13 @ Columbus Academy tradition that the coach made sure to that the Blue Devils will be focused on,
9/20 @ Northridge keep going, the 54th Annual 30 Hills facing three new coaches over the last
Philo Football 9/27 vs Mt. Vernon held on July 27th where the players and four years and only landing four wins
8/23 vs Athens 10/4 vs Licking Valley sometimes coaches would run up the out of the last two seasons the players
8/30 @ New Lexington 10/11 @ Watkins Memorial hill behind the stadium 30 times each. just need to focus on what’s ahead.
9/6 vs Maysville 10/18 vs Granville Coach Carper believes in tradition “We have kids that can do great
9/13 @ River View 10/25 @ Licking Heights and he also believes in creating mean- things, but overcoming things that
9/20 vs Meadowbrook ingful relationships with his players come your way is huge” Carper stated.
and trying to make sure that he gives The Blue Devils officially start
ALL GAMES HAVE A 7PM KICKOFF TIME. | @ = Away Vs = Home | Schedule is subject to change
them 110% of his focus while on the their season on Friday, August 23rd in
field so that they can give 110% back. Sulsberger Memorial Stadium against
LONGABERGER BASKETS & POTTERY, CANDLES, DECOR, He comes to Zanesville after a hugely Johnstown.
successful three-season run as head
BATH & BODY WORKS AND SO MUCH SMORE! coach for the Vinton County Vikings
in MacArthur Ohio, where he turned
around a losing program and brought
them up to 2023 where they went 9 – 2
getting nine wins for the first time since
1993. Carper was awarded the Division
IV Southeast District Coach of the Year,
the Tri-Valley Conference Coach of the
Year, and the District Coach of the Year.
With the season ahead Zanesville
faces some very seasoned teams like
Granville, Licking Valley, and St. Clairs-
ville, or “the Gauntlet” as coach Carper
put it. But it’s not just about winning
games for Carper, it’s about making
sure that his players know that they can
do anything they set their minds to.
“These kids are teenagers, they Tyler Eckertson runs the ball toward the
all have lives outside of football and endzone. Matthew Dotson

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