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Tri-Valley football kicks off promising 2024 campaign with

Meadowbrook, Licking Heights wins

by Gregg Meadows
wasn’t near enough to spoil Tri-Valley’s 14-6 lead.
2024 season – and home – opener at But Meadowbrook found the end
Jack Anderson Stadium, as the Scotties zone again on a Huey to Braylon Lowery
started slow, but finished fast, in dis- short scoring toss. Another failed Colt
mantling the one-dimensional Colts 43- PAT left the score 14-6 with just 1:28
12. left before halftime.
Host Tri-Valley held a slim 7-6 lead But that was enough time for anoth-
at the first quarter break, and just a 21- er Tri-Valley scoring drive, as the Scot-
12 halftime advantage against a Mead- ties manufactured a last-minute push
owbrook squad that went 4-6 last sea- across the goal line which was capped
son. by an athletic, leaping 19-yard scoring
But a 22-point second half and de- catch in the end zone from senior Ke-
fensive shutout in the final two quarters aton Hahn on a Lyall pass for a 21-12
for the black-and-gold defenders sent halftime lead.
the big Jack Anderson Stadium crowd Scottie freshman running back
home happy with a big season-opening Leevi Wade capped the opening drive of
win over the scrappy Colts. the second half with a three-yard short-
Scottie ‘D’ in action! The TV Scottie defense - who held host Licking Heights to just 185 Tri-Valley struck first, scoring on a scoring burst, and another McCullough
yards of total offense in their Aug. 30 shutout 31-0 win - is pictured above in action. first quarter drive that culminated in a PAT saw the black-and-gold take a 28-
Gregg Meadows short scoring pass from senior All-Ohio- 12 lead to the fourth quarter of play.
an QB Max Lyall, to standout two-way A Max Lyall to Ryan Lamonica 53-
It’s no secret that expectations are while Keaton Hann led Scottie receivers man Kam Karns. A point-after-touch- yard connection down the middle of
high for this year’s Tri-Valley football with five grabs good for 73 yards and two down placement kick rom All-Ohio kick- the field resulted in a touchdown, with
team. scores, while Kade Hindel added four re- er Bode McCullough (who was 62-62 Lamonica putting the icing on the cake
With 18 seniors and the same num- ceptions for 50 yards, Landon Clapper, last year on PAT kicks) gave the hosts a with a two-point conversion run at 9:36
ber of returning lettermen from last three catches for 28 yards, and Ryan La- 7-0 lead. of the fourth quarter. Lyall and Keaton
year’s MVL title team, the target has monica a pair of snares, with one a 35- But the visiting Colts marched down Hahn put the finishing touches on the
been squarely fixed on the backs of fifth- yard touchdown. Jayden Wallace caught the field on the arm of Justice Huey, win, hooking up from six yards out at
year Coach Cam West’s Scottie jerseys. three Lyall aerials, and Carter Dinan two eventually scoring on a Huey one-yard 7:49, and McCullough’s fifth PAT of the
And in the first two weeks of the catches as well for the winners. keeper for six points late in the open- night cemented the final 43-12 tally.
season, Tri-Valley has handled the pres- Defensively for the Dawgs, Tri-Valley ing frame. The PAT failed, and the host Statistically for the winners, Lyall
sure of the expectations, as the Scotties junior defensive back Ryan Lamonica Scotties took a 7-6 lead into the second was a solid 14 of 20, good for 230 yards
defeated Meadowbrook 43-12 in the led the way with a school-record tying quarter. and four scores, while Lamonica led
home and season opener back on Aug. three interceptions and four tackles Tri-Valley senior special teams Scottie receivers with five grabs for 121
23 at Jack Anderson Stadium, then took while teammate Chris Gargasz, Kade standout Carter Dinan then electrified yards and a touchdown. Hahn added a
care of business on the road on Aug. 30 Hindel, Derek Frueh, Boston Smith led a the huge home crowd midway through pair of snares for 25 yards and two six-
at Licking Heights, blanking the host Scottie defense that held the host Hor- the second period, hauling in a second- pointers, and the versatile Kade Hindel
Hornets by a 31-0 count for a quick 2-0 nets to 185 total yards of offense, and quarter Meadowbrook punt on his own caught two Lyall aerials for 67 yards.
start to the 2024 season. more importantly, pitched a shutout, 18-yard line and evading Colt tacklers Scottie freshman Leevi Wade led TV on
In the Licking Heights win, the Scot- keeping the host Hornets off the score- all the way to the end zone for an 82- the ground, toting the pigskin 16 times
ties and Hornets battled to a scoreless board. yard touchdown return. Another Mc- for 59 tough yards and a third quarter
tie after one quarter of play, but the This Friday night, Sep. 6 in Dresden Cullough PAT gave the black-and-gold a score as well.
Scotties got a Bode McCullough 23-yard at Jack Anderson Stadium, the Scotties
field goal, then a late second quarter host Div. IV powerhouse and three-time
Max Lyall to Keaton Hahn 10-yard score state champ Clinton Massie in a much-
and led 10-0 at halftime. anticipated rematch of last season’s
It was all Tri-Valley in the second battle on the Falcons home field, where
half, as Lyall found Ryan Lamonica the Scotties fell 24-14.
across the middle for a third quarter, 35- Clinton Massie enters Jack Ander-
yard scoring hookup at the 8:49 mark, son Stadium with a 1-1 start to their
then a 10-yard scoring dash from All- season, after a season opening 31-21
Ohio Scottie senior running back Jayden win over Waynesville, but a 31-15 loss
Wallace for a 24-0 lead headed to the to state power Coldwater last Friday
fourth quarter. night. The Falcons are primarily a run-
A Max Lyall to Keaton Hahn 14-yard ning team, evidenced by last year’s 257
scoring strike with just 2:14 left in the yards rushing vs. the Scotties in a hefty
game capped scoring for the visitors, as 49 carries; and nothing has changed
a fourth Bode McCullough Pat provided since last season, for the ground-domi-
the final points in the 31-0 win. nated Falcon attack.
Statistically for the winners, Max Kick-off is set for 7:00 p.m. at ‘The
Lyall finished with 19 completions in 33 Jack’.
attempts, good for 230 yards and three In the season opening Meadow-
scores, but two interceptions as well. brook win, the Colts 6-0 senior quarter-
Senior Jayden Wallace made his back Justice Huey completed 41 passes
season debut (after missing the first in 55 attempts for 382 yards and a
game with an injury) a good one, rush- touchdown.
ing 24 times for 129 yards and a score, But Huey’s one-man offensive show

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