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Foxfire Phoenix football team is battling hard to get back on

track after two recent losses by Matthew Dotson

The Phoenix rush onto the field as the Foxfire cheer squad welcomes them. Lynette Dotson

After a strong opening, Foxfire has by the end of the first quarter. ter of play as the Wildcats tallied up a
faced a couple of tough teams that Peebles opened the second quarter 22-point lead. Just before the intermis-
have them fighting to regain their foot- with a touchdown run off of a punt re- sion the Phoenix were able to grab eight
ing. With a fledgling team and fairly un- turn that pushed them to a 32-point and points narrowing the gap.
known competitors, it will undoubtedly aided in their overall momentum that As the two teams met back up on
take some time for the Foxfire Phoenix ended in a 45 – 0 victory for the Peebles the field, Foxfire was ready to fight, and
to get rolling down the road to success, Indians. fight they did! The Phoenix were fired
but they are taking steps to learn from up, pushing downfield as hard as they
each game and get stronger as they go. Vs Paden City WV (8/31) could and building their score up to 24
Back at home on the 31st, Foxfire total points, but not before the Wildcats
Vs Peebles Indians (8/24) held their homecoming awards ceremo- ended their scoring run at 38. The Phoe-
On the road to Peebles, Ohio, the ny before facing off against the visiting nix came close to making a full come-
Phoenix were pumped up following their Paden City Wildcats. After an extended back but fell to their visitors.
big win at their home opener. However, drought in the area, the game started The Next game for Foxfire is sched-
the Indians had been preparing for their with an unfamiliar site, rain was off and uled for September 14th, against North
visitors and after a few minutes of play on as the two teams started their battle. Adams.
opened up the scoring that eventually Try as they might the Foxfire offense
led to a 24 – 0 lead for the home team couldn’t get a break in the first quar- Sean Smith & Jullianna Campbell - 2024
Foxfire Homecoming King & Queen
Lynette Dotson

John Glenn Lil’ Muskies girl’s soccer team fighting a rough start

to the season by Matthew Dotson

Vs Bishop Rosecrans (9/3) much like the first with the two teams
Back on the trail, this time to near- battling in the heat to see who would
by Bishop Rosecrans High School. John give first. Tri-Valley’s Maddie Garber
Glenn started off strong but Bishop’s se- landed a shot on the goal for the first
nior Sydnee Maxwell landed a goal off of and only score of the game taking a 1
an assist by her classmate Maddi Pugh – 0 win over the visiting John Glenn girls
to take a 1 – 0 lead. after a 10 – 3 shot on goal advantage.
In the Second half of the game, both Faith Lemon had five saves in the
teams fought hard and neither team game while Mackenzie Harvey had four
was able to break the defenses to score saves.
ending the game with Rosecrans taking
a 1 – 0 win. Vs Athens (8/24)
Faith Lemon had four saves for the On the road to Plains, Ohio Satur-
Lil’ Muskies. day, the Lil Muskies were headed to face
John Glenn will face Sheridan at the Athens Lady Bulldogs in a non-con-
their home field on Wednesday, Septem- ference game. As the girls took action it
ber 11. Game time is set for 7:30pm. was clear to see that Athens had com-
mand of the ball landing three shots on
Vs Tri-Valley (8/29) the net in the first half of the game. Af-
The ladies from New Concord made ter a brief break, the Muskies were back
their way to Dresden to play the Scot- at it trying to build up steam to hopefully
ties at Kenny Wolford Park on Thursday. get the game back on track. Unfortu-
Both teams being long-standing rivals nately, the girls were not able to gain any
the Lady Dawgs were hoping to con- ground in fact the Lady Bulldogs forced
tinue their winning season with a home their way into another goal to round out
victory. The first half was a battle with their score for the game and take the 4
John Glenn fighting off multiple scoring – 0 victory.
attempts from the Scotties but did not Faith Lemon had five saves with a
John Glenn’s Ella Starrett battles TV’s Caydee Shoenleben for possession of the ball. manage a goal of their own and both total nine shots on goal by Athens.
Matthew Dotson teams ended the first half scoreless.
The second half of the game was