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Bobcats softball team picks up two big wins, including

postseason opener against Maysville BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Chelsey Wells swings at a ball square in the strike zone against Maysville. Matthew Dotson
Vs. Maysville (5/12) bottom of the sixth to avoid a shut- still trailed 3 – 1 after three innings. over the next two innings to lead 11 –
The Bobcats stepped off the bus in out, but they couldn’t recover com- Cambridge tacked on three more 6 after five innings. Cambridge came
Maysville, ready to play. Laney Harp- pletely and fell to the Bobcats 8 – 1 runs in the fifth and sixth innings, back with three runs in the bottom of
er was the first to light the score- after seven and a half innings, effec- and despite a four-run rally in the top the sixth, but couldn’t overcome the
board for Cambridge with a double tively ending Maysville’s postseason. of the seventh, the Panthers couldn’t Warriors’ lead, and fell 11 – 9.
in the top of the first inning, which Cambridge moves on to take on surpass the Bobcats, and Cambridge
brought home Cami Moore and Mi- the John Glenn Lil’ Muskies on Mon- took the 6 – 5 victory. Vs. Meadowbrook (5/4)
randa Cole for a 2 – 0 lead. Alaceia day, May 18th in New Concord, at 5 Meadowbrook visited Cambridge
Smith cracked out a sacrifice fly to PM. Vs. Buckeye Trail (5/5) on Monday, and despite a quick 1 –
right field to allow Harper to score The Warriors took the charge, open- 0 lead from the Bobcats, the Colts
for the Bobcats, to bump the lead to Vs. Buckeye Local (5/7) ing the game against Cambridge on answered back at the top of the sec-
3 – 0 before the end of the inning. The Cambridge Varsity softball Tuesday, as they grabbed a 2 – 0 ond inning with three runs, and pro-
Cambridge held the Panthers score- team hosted the Buckeye Local Pan- lead right out of the gate. The Bob- ceeded to compound their new lead
less for three innings before Harper thers on Thursday. It was the Bobcats cats hit the scoreboard in the bottom with four runs over the next two in-
capitalized on loaded bases in the who scored first with two runs in the of the inning, but trailed 2 – 1 after nings, and a six-run rally in the top of
top of the fourth inning with a grand bottom of the first inning to lead 2 – two innings. Buckeye Trail launched the sixth to take the game 13 – 2.
slam, turning 3 – 0 to 7 – 0 with one 0. The Panthers answered back with ahead in the top of the third inning
hit. The Panthers nabbed a run in the a run in the top of the second, but with five runs, and added four more

MVL and LCL teams competed side by side at the Jerry Neal

Invitational track meet BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Four teams that frequently com- finished 8th, and Matthew Klingler 133-9 in the Boys Discus with Trey ished fourth and seventh, respective-
pete in Muskingum County took part finished 20th. For Boys Discus, Bryce Knierim finishing 17th. ly, in the Boys Discus.
in the Jerry Neal Invitational held at Posey took fifth for the Panthers,
Maysville on Friday, May 8th. and Lincoln Hall finished 10th. Licking Valley Crooksville
The Panthers were represented by The Ceramics track team also com-
New Lexington Morgan Jodee Nethers, who finished 13th in peted in the Jerry Neal Invitational at
For the Panthers, Klaire McIntyre The Raiders’ performances in the the Girls 200 Meter Dash, followed Maysville High School on Friday.
took 16th in the Girls 200 Meter Jerry Neal Invitational started off by Evolett Selby in 14th place. In the Crooksville’s Jordyn Fields took
Dash, with teammate Alexis Perez with a fifth-place finish by Ava Davis Girls 400 Meter Dash, Jessie Zerkle fifth place in the Girls 800 Meter
following in 17th place. Ava Sned- in the Girls 200 Meter Dash, followed and Arabella Kemp took 16th and Run. Hannah Sheets had the top
eker finished sixth in the Girls 400 by Areiyah Ari in 18th. Davis finished 17th place. Hiedi Flegle finished time of 12:15.80 in the Girls 3200
Meter Dash, with Alexis Perez finish- fourth in the Girls 400 Meter Dash, third in the Girls 800 Meter Run, and Meter Run. Bailey Cannon took tenth
ing 19th. In the Girls 800 Meter Run, with Delilah Rupe finishing 20th. Ela- her teammate Layla VanCurren fin- in the Girls High Jump. Meg Mumford
Payton Fisher and Mikiah Longhenry na Wilson took fifth in the Girls 1600 ished eighth. Ava Bonifant finished and Klaira Penrod finished 13th and
finished 10th and 11th. Fisher and Meter Run. Joslin Baldwin finished eighth in the Girls 1600 Meter Run. 16th in the Girls Long Jump. Rem-
Longhenry finished 9th and 10th 11th in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles. In the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles, Ry- ington Walker took ninth in the Girls
in the Girls 1600 Meter Run. Olivia For the Girls High Jump, Josie Patter- lynn Walker finished sixth. Emily Shot Put.
Emmert finished fourth in the Girls son took fourth place. Gianna Myers Conaway finished fourth in the Girls In the Boys 200 Meter Dash,
3200 Meter Run, with Addison Scott finished seventh in the Girls Long Long Jump, with Isabelle Cox coming Grayson Houk and Riley Wagoner fin-
following in seventh place. Klaire Jump, and Josie Patterson finished in at 11th. Stella Bowman finished ished fourth and sixth. Houk went on
McIntyre took 10th place in the 14th. Caitlin Connell and Ava Thom- fourth in the Girls Pole Vault. In the to win the Boys 400 Meter Dash with
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles. Ava Sned- as finished 15th and 17th in the Girls Girls Shot Put, Allison Osborn took a time of 50.41, followed by Kyle
eker won the Girls High Jump with Shot Put. third place, and Gracie Riley finished Lane in seventh place. In the Boys
a height of 5-4, followed in seventh In the Boys 200 Meter Dash, Bran- 16th. 800 Meter Run, Xavier Allen finished
by teammate Alexandra Pyle. In the don Haines finished 14th, and DeAn- Avan Boyd took 11th place in the 15th. Allen finished 12th, and Park-
Girls Long Jump, Elizabeth Cook fin- dre Dre finished 15th. Haines also Boys 200 Meter Dash. Liam Zell- er Sturgill finished 14th in the Boys
ished ninth. Imaree Watkins finished finished 11th in the Boys 400 Meter ner and Sebastian Horsley finished 1600 Meter Run. In the Boys Long
12th in the Girls Shot Put, with Cece- Dash for Morgan. Rylan Tom finished fourth and sixth in the Boys 400 Jump, Kyle Lane finished eighth, and
lia Gable finishing 18th. sixth, and Roland Windhorst finished Meter Dash. Wyatt Merchant and Owen Fulk took 19th place. In the
In the Boys 200 Meter Dash, Colton eighth in the Boys 800 Meter Run. Landon Thompson finished second Boys Discus, Collin Pease finished
Mathias finished ninth, and Jaxyn Rayden Tom and Carson Steimer and fifth in the Boys 800 Meter Run. eighth, and Chris Taylor finished
Scott took 12th place. Sam Hill fin- finished fifth and eighth in the Boys In the Boys 1600 Meter Run, Jon- 18th.
ished 16th, and Xavier Henderson 1600 Meter Run. In the Boys 300 athon White and Jaxson Crabtree
finished 21st in the Boys 400 Meter Meter Hurdles, Wyatt Cooper took finished fourth and 10th. Dawson
Dash. In the Boys 800 Meter Run, sixth, while Alexander Smith finished Blume finished 11th, and Ben Hykes
Clayton Cannon finished third, and 13th. Jaxon Pauley finished sixth in took 15th in the Boys 300 Meter Hur-
Quinn Mildenstein finished ninth. Al- the Boys High Jump. Derrick Comp- dles. In the Boys High Jump, Gavin
exander Thorngate took fifth in the ton finished 15th in the Boys Long Rodeniser finished fifth for the Pan-
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles, with Domi- Jump. In the Boys Pole Vault, Braden thers. Ty Hufford grabbed second BUZZ FACTS
nic Altier finishing 12th. Brayson Lee Massey took third place, and Bran- place in the Boys Pole Vault with
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In the Boys Long Jump, Dalyus Nealy Thomas had the winning distance of Case Nethers and Hunter White fin-