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John Glenn softball grabs Division IV East 1 District title,
aiming for Regional title on Saturday
John Glenn’s Kinley Porter swings at a fastball.
Tri-Valley softball postseason comes to a close against
Jonathon Alder
TV’s Megan Kozusko fires off a pitch.
The MAY 29 - JUNE 11, 2026
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Vs. Gallia Academy (5/28) Vs. Cambridge (5/18)
The Lil’ Muskies faced the Blue John Glenn’s Kendall Snider kept
Angels on Thursday. John Glenn was the game in check on Monday
the first to score, putting two runs on against Cambridge, pitching seven
the board in the bottom of the first perfect innings, with no hits or runs.
inning to lead 2 – 0. With a strong The Muskies’ batting order did the
pitching effort by Kendall Snider to rest as they put together three runs
shut out Galia, the second inning in the bottom of the sixth to take the
went scoreless, and then in the bot- 3 – 0 win.
tom of the third inning, the Muskies
rallied for seven more runs, 9 – 0. Vs. Garaway (5/15)
John Glenn wrapped up their scor- New Concord hosted the Garaway
ing efforts in the bottom of the sixth Lady Pirates on Friday. Delaney Bell
inning with one more run to take a worked hard in the first four innings
10 – 0 victory over the Blue Angels to keep the Pirates scoreless; the Lil’
and move on to the Regional Final Muskies grabbed two runs between
game on Saturday in Duncan Falls. the bottom of the third and fourth
The game will start at noon. innings to lead 2 – 0. Garaway an-
swered back in the top of the fifth
Vs. Beaver Local (5/20) inning with a run, but John Glenn
The Lil Muskies headed to Zoarville snapped back with two runs in the
on Wednesday to face Lisbon Bea- bottom of the inning, 4 – 1. Garaway
ver. In the first few minutes of the tied up the game at the top of the
game, the Lil’ Muskies made it clear seventh inning with three runs, 4 –
why they were playing in the Division 4. The Pirates grabbed three extra
IV District Final, picking up two runs runs in the top of the eighth to lead
in the top of the first and three runs 7 – 4. In the bottom of the inning,
in the top of the second to lead 5 – 0 the Muskies pulled out the win with
as the third inning started. Snider’s a four-run rally to take the game 8 –
pitching locked up another team as 7.
the Beavers were shut out, and the
Muskies tacked on four more runs
by the top of the seventh to win the
game 9 – 0, landing the Division IV
East 1 District Title.
Matthew Dotson | FILE PHOTO
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Vs. Jonathan Alder (5/28) stepped up their efforts in the top of
The Scotties met up with the Pio- the fifth inning, rallying for four runs,
neers on Thursday for the Regional followed by three more in the top of
Semi-final game. Jonathan Alder the sixth to lead 10 – 3. The Sher-
jumped out to a 3 – 0 lead at the mans tried to mount a comeback,
end of the first inning, but Tri-Valley but they fell to the Scotties 11 – 5 to
answered back in the top of the sec- grab the Division III Southeast / East
ond inning, tying up the game and 2 District Title.
grabbing the go-ahead run to lead
4 – 3. In the bottom of the third in- Vs. Steubenville (5/13)
ning, the Pioneers tied the game and Face to face with the Big Red on
took back the lead with four runs to Wednesday in Steubenville, the
take a 7 – 4 advantage. Holding the Scotties grabbed a run to start off
Scotties scoreless for the remainder the scoring, 1 – 0, but the Red an-
of the game, the Pioneers added swered back with two runs to lead, 2
four more runs to their tally to win – 1. The second inning was marked
the game 11 – 4, ending Tri-Valley’s by the Big Red adding a run to their
postseason run. advantage, 3 – 1. The Lady Dawgs
fought back in the top of the third
Vs. Unioto (5/23) inning to earn three runs to break
On the road Saturday, the Sher- back into the lead, 4 – 3. The Scot-
mans jumped out to a 1 – 0 lead ties added three more runs in the top
after the first inning, before the Scot- of the fourth to increase their total
ties answered back with the tying to 7 – 3. The Big Red added two fi-
run in the top of the second, 1 – 1. nal runs to their total in the bottom
Tri-Valley went on to add a run in of the inning, but they still trailed 7
each of the next two innings to lead – 5. Tri-Valley pitching locked in the
3 – 1. Unioto was quick to even the advantage, and they tacked on two
score with two runs in the bottom of runs to win the game 9 – 5.
the inning, 3 – 3. The Lady Dawgs
Matthew Dotson | FILE PHOTO
Zanesville’s Junior Pioneers
opened their season at Gant
Stadium, hosting Bo Jackson
Elite BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
The Junior Pioneers hosted the Bo son, 6 – 1, ending the scoring for
Jackson Elite – Collegiate 18O on the inning. The Elite grabbed a cou-
Thursday, May 28th at Gant Munic- ple of runs in the top of the fifth but
ipal Stadium in Zanesville. Weston still trailed 6 – 3. Valentine singled
Hartman pitched his way through for a run in the bottom of the inning,
the first two innings, leaving the Elite followed by two more forced runs, in-
scoreless. The Elite grabbed a run at creasing the Pioneers’ lead to 9 – 3.
the top of the third inning to lead 1 The batting lineup came to life at the
– 0. In the bottom of the inning, Bro- top of the sixth with the Elite blasting
dy Hammersley singled to left field out 10 big runs, shooting past the tie
to drive in Caleb Campbell and Drew and leading the game 13 – 9. The
Hobbs to tie the game and jump out Pioneers could not recover, and Bo
to a 2 – 1 lead. Aiden Reis singled on Jackson Elite took the win.
the next at-bat to drive home Carter The Junior Pioneers will be on the
McLain, 3 – 1. Peyton Tichenor hit a road on Saturday, May 30th, for a
double later in the inning to drive in doubleheader against the Chillicothe
Hammersley and Reis, 5 – 1. Jake Capitals. The games start at 11:30
Valentine stepped up next to sacri- AM.
fice, bringing home Carson Ander-
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