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West Muskingum golfers Tri-Valley volleyball took

overtook Rosecrans at Jaycees down MVL rival Maysville

before falling to Hilliard
by Matthew Dotson
Davidson by Matthew Dotson

Tuesday night the girls from Tri- vidson. Once on the court, the girls had
Valley headed over the hills to nearby a tough battle with Hilliard taking the
Maysville to challenge the Panthers. first match 25 – 12. In match two the
The first match of the game was a close girls inched ahead but still fell short 25
call with the girls going head to head – 13. The final round was much closer
and Tri-Valley squeezing out a 25 – 19 as the girls tried to hold on but fell to
match win. Match two was exactly the Hilliard 25 – 19. For the game Annika
same with Tri-Valley still taking the close Collet and Iris Lacy each had five kills,
25 – 19 win. In the final match of the Haley Moore had 16 assists and 100%
game, the Lady Panthers started to serving.
fade as the Lady Dawgs took a roomier Tri-Valley hits the road again next
25 – 17 win and the game victory. For Tuesday, August 27 to face last year’s
the game Iris Lacy and Addison Wilson undefeated MVL Champions on their
each had five kills, Haley Moore had 17 home court in Thornville. They will be
John Lepi prepares to drive the ball over a water hazard. Matthew Dotson assists, Emma Smith had four blocks, back on the home court in Dresden on
On Friday, August 16th, at the Jay- were Evan Bauer with 45, Jordan Joseph Haley Moore scored 15/16 serving, and Thursday, August 29th to face River
cees golf course just East of Zanesville, with 60, Cohen Tod with 48, and Noah Nora Dunn had 15 digs. View.
the boy’s golf team from West Musk- Moore with 59. Back at home on Thursday, the girls
ingum battled it out with the team from The race for the Junior Varsity teams were all set for visitors from Hilliard Da-
Bishop Rosecrans. It was a beautiful was much closer with West M just edg-
and cool morning, unlike the heat wave ing out Rosecrans with a 212 to 240.
that we have endured over the last few For West’s JV team, it was Ryan Blue Devils volleyball
months. Out on the course the Torna- Schneider with a 44, Ty Knaup with a 51,
does kicked up the storm with Reid Max Higdon with a 59, Brody Koehler
Lemity as the top scorer of the day for with a 58, and Evan Jamison with a 65. hoping to dig up some
both teams shooting just a 38 for West Rounding out the scoring for Rose-
Muskingum. crans JV team were Andy Solt with a wins this season
West Muskingum took the match 55, Damien Hughes with a 59, Brennan by Matthew Dotson
with a 158 to Rosecrans 212. For West Jones with a 66, and John Lepi with a
M varsity the scorers were Reid Lemity 60.
with a 38, Nick Anton with a 42, Clayton West Muskingum faces off in a Tri-
Clewell with a 41, Kyle Porter with a 42, Meet on August 27th at Lakeside. Rose-
Jack Touvell with a 40, and Hayden Lam- crans golfers will be playing New Lexing-
bert with a 39. ton and Fisher Catholic on August 29th.
For Rosecrans varsity, the scorers

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Rayne Newman jumps to block a kill from the Bulldogs. Matthew Dotson

With the season just opening up, minutes of the match as the Heath girls
the Blue Devil’s volleyball team has a lot landed kill after kill and walked away
to prove to themselves and to their head with a 3 – 0 match victory.
coach Kyra Young as they come off of a Zanesville will hit the road Saturday
losing season with 0 – 23 overall rank. heading to the Falcon Invitational held
Heath rolled into town on Tuesday, at Fairfield Union High School where
and they went straight to work. Winning they will play Washington Court House
round one of the match. Round two was followed by Fairfield Union.
not much better for the Devils as they The Lady Devils will be back on their
battled against the Bulldogs, countering home court Monday, August 26th to
where they could but ultimately losing face neighboring Bishop Rosecrans.
round two as well.
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