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B6 | SPORTS The MAY 15 - 28, 2026
Maysville hosted 2026 Jerry Neal Invitational Track Meet

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Muskingum County was well repre- place in the Girls Shot Put with a dis- 15th in the Boys 1600 Meter Run. Meter and second in the Girls 3200
sented at the 2026 Jerry Neal Invita- tance of 40-5. Teammate Skylar Val- Cohen Todd finished 17th in the Boys Meter Run. In the Girls 300 Meter Hur-
tional, held at Maysville High School entine finished seventh in the event. Long Jump. dles, Alayna Wheeler finished ninth.
on May 8th. The competition consist- In the Boys 200 Meter Dash, Jason Kloe Hershey finished second in the
ed of 12 teams, including MVL and Wells and Kameron Knapp finished Tri-Valley Girls Shot Put, and Brylee Ritchie fin-
LCL teams, competing for top podium eighth and 18th. Keaton Meredith and Lydia Ripple took first with a time ished 10th.
positions. Hyler Smith finished ninth and 15th in of 25.93 in the Girls 200 Meter Dash, Jax Prang had the top time of 22.58
the Boys 400 Meter Dash. In the Boys with teammate Nya Reynolds finishing for West Muskingum in the Boys 200
John Glenn 800 Meter Dash, Coen McPeek and 11th. Camryn Cunningham and Bray- Meter Dash, with Grant Rogers taking
In the Girls 200 Meter Dash, Re- Nate Leasure finished 11th and 18th. lie Burkey finished third and 14th, re- third. Carter Smith and Nikolai Lento
becca Clark finished seventh. Ash- Matt Corder finished 11th in the Boys spectively, in the Girls 400 Meter Dash. finished second and 14th in the Boys
lynn Kuklica won the Girls 400 Meter 1600 Meter Run. Aidan Sarbaugh Erin Hogue had a top time of 2:23.46 400 Meter Dash. In the Boys 800 Me-
Dash with a time of 59.27, followed by finished 11th in the Boys High Jump. in the Girls 800 Meter Run; teammate ter Run, Theodore Goodman and Mar-
Faith Saxton, who took second place. Sarbaugh finished 16th with team- Camryn Cunningham followed right cus Hillard finished 12th and 16th.
Reanna Swindle and Addy Kent took mate Shripad Vellor finishing 18th in behind in second place. Hogue put Josh Clippinger and Porter Rouan fin-
fourth and sixth places in the Girls the Boys Long Jump. Hyler Smith took up a time of 5:12.75 to win the Girls ished third and 14th in the Boys 300
800 Meter Run. Kent and Faith Robin- ninth in the Boys Pole Vault competi- 1600 Meter Run. In the Girls 3200 Me- Meter Hurdles. Carter Smith finished
son took fourth and sixth in the Girls tion. Connor Young finished sixth in the ter Run, Jordyn Frost and Rylee Frost second in the Boys High Jump, with
1600 Meter Run. In the Girls 100 Me- Boys Discus. took fifth and sixth places. In the Girls teammate Nikolai Lento following in
ter Hurdles, Teagan Walrath and Bren- 100 Meter Hurdles, Gabriella Matz eighth. Austin Fink and Malachi Davis
na Milliner finished second and sixth. Philo and Ellie Mohler finished fourth and finished fifth and eighth in the Boys
Walrath took third, and Lily Hoffman For the Electrics, Halli Harris took eighth for the Scotties. Gabriella Matz Long Jump. In the Boys Discus, Kamer-
finished eighth in the Girls 300 Meter third place in the Girls 200 Meter and Elliana Stotts finished second and on Skowronski and Caden Bowen fin-
Hurdles. Sadie Gardinsky finished sec- Dash. Raegyn Carpenter and Annaca fifth in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles. In ished third and 13th.
ond in the Girls High Jump. Faith Sax- Frame finished 11th and 18th in the the Girls High Jump, Sanjana Basto-
ton and Rebecca Clark finished third Girls 400 Meter Dash. With a time of la and Gabriella Matz took sixth and Zanesville
and fifth in the Girls Long Jump. In the 15.69, Aubree DeLong took first place eighth places, respectively. Madalyn Also at the Jerry Neal Invitational, the
Girls Pole Vault, Ella Haney took third, in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, fol- Sigman and Sanjana Bastola finished Blue Devils’ pair of Aniah Barnett and
and Brooklyn Valentine finished fifth. lowed by Alivia Schoonover in seventh in eighth and 10th places in the Girls Honesti Brooks took second and sixth
Brelynn Barr finished fourth in the Girls place. Carolina Casey finished 10th Long Jump. Gwendolyn Lacy and Ma- places in the Girls 200 Meter Dash.
Shot Put, and Billie May finished 19th. in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles. In the dalyn Sigman took third and sixth in In the Girls 400 Meter Dash, Breonia
Shane O’Brien finished seventh in Girls High Jump, Raegyn Carpenter the Girls Pole Vault. Emma Smith and Taylor and Claire Gross finished 10th
the Boys 200 Meter Dash. In the Boys finished 11th. Annaca Frame finished Addison Durst finished sixth and 11th and 15th. Makayla Wyatt and Sasha
400 Meter Dash, Kaid Ritchey and 18th in the Girls Long Jump. Delylah in the Girls Shot Put. Carder finished ninth and 12th in the
Nick Bean finished third and 13th. Boetcher finished second in the Girls Isaiah Doyle finished 10th in the Girls 800 Meter Run. In the 100 Meter
Ethan Zell took first place in the Boys Pole Vault. Olivia Fink and Kiley Mitch- Boys 200 Meter Dash for the Scotties. Hurdles, Rihanna Morgan and Gianna
800 Meter Run with a time of 1:57.00, ell finished 13th and 14th in the Girls Jack Boyd and Cody Reed finished Grandstaff finished third and fifth.
and Casey Whittle finished 10th. In Shot Put. fifth and eighth in the Boys 400 Meter Grandstaff had the top time of 50.98
the Boys 1600 Meter Run, Alex Apple- Dash. In the Boys 800 Meter Run, Pax- in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles, with
garth and Xander Townsend finished Foxfire ton Watson and Alexander Hogue fin- Morgan taking fourth place. Rihanna
third and ninth. Jordan Brothers fin- Makenna Jones finished 17th in the ished fourth and seventh, respectively. Morgan finished fifth in the Girls High
ished eighth, and Roe Wyatt ninth in Girls Long Jump for the Phoenix. Alexander Hogue had the top time of Jump. In the Girls Long Jump, Aniah
the Boys 300 Meter Hurdles. Anthony Blaze Hook and Caidyn Dunn tied 4:50.89 in the Boys 1600 Meter Run, Barnett finished second, and Savan-
Machusko finished 12th in the Boys for 17th place in the Boys 400 Meter with teammate Benjamin Beebe fin- nah Robinson finished 12th. Chloe
Long Jump. Benjamin Louive finished Dash. Hook took 14th place in the ishing right behind in second place. In Wahl won the Girls Pole Vault with a
fifth in the Boys Pole Vault. In the Boys Boys Long Jump. Hunter Wilcox and the Boys 300 Meter Hurdles, Cooper height of 11-0. Isabella Jarrett and Isa-
Discus, Landen Cornelius took a sec- Ishaan Bowen finished 20th and 21st Clark finished seventh. Lucca Gargasz bella Bella finished fifth and eighth in
ond-place podium position, and team- in the Boys Discus for Foxfire. and Easton Priest finished third and the Girls Shot Put.
mate Jimmy Boyd finished ninth. ninth in the Boys High Jump. With a In the Boys 200 Meter Dash, Camron
Bishop Rosecrans distance of 22-3, Colton Rollison fin- Willett and LaShawn Willett finished
Maysville Cecilia Shonk and Kennedy Walker ished first in the Boys Long Jump, with second and 13th. Addison Mitchell
In the Girls 200 Meter Dash, Khia finished eighth and 12th in the Girls Lucca Gargasz close behind in third. finished 10th in the Boys 400 Meter
Green and Maddie Lewis finished 10th 200 Meter Dash. In the Girls 400 Me- Hayden Stevens hit a height of 12-6 to Dash. In the Boys 800 Meter Run, Joe
and 15th. Natalie Temple and Matty ter Dash, Claire Bontrager and Jackie win the Boys Pole Vault, with Haddox Ewart and Troy Humphrey finished
Sesay finished eighth and 12th in the Connell finished ninth and 13th. Ella Stevens taking 10th for the Dawgs. In 13th and 14th. Kolton Darnes and Joe
Girls 400 Meter Dash. Lauren Lane fin- Burnett finished 13th in the Girls 800 the Boys Discus, Parker Schofield and Ewart finished sixth and seventh in the
ished seventh in the Girls 800 Meter Meter Dash. Emma Wells finished sev- Zachary Schofield finished 15th and Boys 1600 Meter Run. Camron Willett
Run. Olivia Rusnak took third place in enth in the Girls 1600 Meter Run. Mal- 16th in order. had the top time of 40.59 in the Boys
the Girls 1600 Meter Run. Rusnak also lory Moody took ninth place in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles, with Riley Patton
took third in the Girls 3200 Meter Run. High Jump. In the Girls Long Jump, Ce- West Muskingum finishing fourth. In the Boys High Jump,
In the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, Audrey cilia Shonk and Abby Sagan took sixth The Tornadoes started off the Events Rylan Wisecarver took seventh place.
Crooks finished ninth. Crooks went on and 15th places. at the 2026 Jerry Neal Invitational with Aeydyn Wells and LaShawn Willett fin-
to take seventh place in the Girls 300 Avery Kullman and Olivia Prang taking ished fourth and 11th in the Boys Long
Meter Hurdles. In the Girls High Jump, In the Boys 200 Meter Dash, John Rob- fourth and ninth in the Girls 200 Me- Jump. Khristopher Murdock and Brod-
Emma Tamasovich finished second. inson and Anthony Saad finished 17th ter Dash. Kullman and Prang also took dic Gonzalez finished 12th and 14th in
With a top distance of 17-7.75, Ta- and 19th. Saad and Cohen Tood took fifth and seventh places, respectively, the Boys Discus.
masovich took first place in the Girls 19th and 22nd place in the Boys 400 in the Girls 400 Meter Dash. Ayla Mow-
Long Jump. Bella Van Wey took first Meter Dash. Isaiah Sealey finished ery finished second in the Girls 1600

Summer baseball season opens John Glenn softball battled

at Gant Municipal Stadium as the their way into the postseason
Senior Pioneers take two big wins with wins against East

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Vs. Chillicothe Flamingos (5/16) Vs. Columbus Braves (5/9) Liverpool and River View
The Senior Pioneers showed off Saturday night at Gant Municipal
their new blue jerseys against the Fla- Stadium, the Senior Pioneers were BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
mingos in a 15 – 0 victory. Pitching for able to defeat the Columbus Braves by
the Pioneers was split between Bran- the score of 7-4. On the mound, Bran-
don Bush, who pitched three innings don Wheeler led the way for Zanesville
with one hit, no runs, one walk, and with 7 innings with 9 hits, 4 runs, 1
seven strikeouts. Andy Hardy pitched walk, and 8 strikeouts. Chase Phillips
for two innings with no hits, one walk, earned the 2-inning save, giving up 0
and three strikeouts. Finally, Landon runs on 0 hits with 1 walk and 5 strike-
Harney pitched two innings with no outs.
hits and four strikeouts. The Pioneers’ offense was led by
The batting lineup fired off right Chase Phillips, who went 2-3 with 2
out of the gate for the Pioneers and doubles, 1 run, and 1 RBI. Sheldon
continued steadily through the entire Merriman went 2-3 with 2 RBIs. Ethan
game. Wes Carder went 2-3, with 3 McClellan went 2-4 with a run. Rashid
runs and a triple. Chayce Lundell went SeSay went 1-4 with a run. Chayce
3-4 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Joe Fer- Lundell went 1-2 with 2 runs. Robbie
guson went 2-4 with a double and an Warne went 1-2 with an RBI. Brandon
RBI. Ethan McClellan went 1-1 with Wheeler went 1-3 with a double and
a double, a walk, 2 runs, and 3 RBIs. 1 run. Tanner Corder went 1-3 with a
Steve Malenda went 1-2 with a double run. Andrew Church, Luke Hanson,
and 3 RBIs. Tyler Davis went 1-1 with and Brandon Pritchard also had hits
a walk and a run. Andrew Church went for Zanesville.
1-3 with a double. Alston Williamson
went 1-1. Tanner Corder had 2 runs
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