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B2 |  SPORTS                                                            The                                                  AUGUST 7 - 20, 2026               AUGUST 7 - 20, 2026                                                    The                                                         SPORTS   |B3
        Zanesville Senior Pioneers Hall of Fame game                                                                                                                                 VARSITY FALL                                               Scotties girls golf team


        brought nostalgia for all despite rainout a few                                                                                                                    SPORTS SCHEDULES                                                     took second at Hickory

        nights prior                         BY JOHN HAMILTON |  MANAGER OF THE SENIOR PIONEERS                                                                                                 (8/7 - 8/22)                                    Flats           BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ



                                                                                                                                                                          BISHOP ROSECRANS                           TRI-VALLEY

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                                                                                                                                                                       8/21      Shenandoah  Away  7PM     8/21       Meadowbrook  Home  7PM
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                                                                                                                                                                       8/22      Hamilton TWP  Away   11AM  8/7       New Lexington  Home  9AM
                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/10       Marietta   Away  1PM
                                                                                                                                                                       BOYS GOLF                           8/11       Hoover     Away  8AM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/18      Philo            4:30PM   8/17       New Lexington  Home  4:30PM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/22      Hamilton TWP  Away   12PM  8/19      John Glenn   Away   4PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/20       River View   Away   4PM
                                                                                                                                                                       GIRLS SOCCER
                                                                                                                                                                       8/14      Zanesville  Away  6PM     BOYS GOLF
                                                                                                                                                                       8/18      Liberty Union   Home  5:30PM  8/11   Licking Valley  Away   2PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/14       John Glenn   Home  10AM
                                                                                                                                                                       BOYS SOCCER                         8/20       Philo      Away  4:30PM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/14      Zanesville  Away  8PM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/20      Maysville   Home  6PM     GIRLS SOCCER
                                                                                                                                                                       8/22      West M     Away   7PM     8/18       Fairfield Union  Away   7:15PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/20       Coshocton  Away  7:15PM
                                                                                                                                                                       VOLLEYBALL                          8/22       Dover      Home  12PM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/22      CCHS       Home  11AM
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                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/18       Bloom-Carroll  Home  7:15PM
                                                                                                                                                                                  FOXFIRE                  8/20       Coshocton  Away  5:30PM
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Dover
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                                                                                                                                                                       8/15      West Union   Away   2:30PM  Season Begins 8/29
                                                                                                                                                                       8/20      Expression Prep  Home  6PM                                     Tri-Valley’s Gabby Wright took a long Putt at the Black Bear Invite.   Matthew Dotson
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                                                                                                                                                                       VOLLEYBALL                          Season Begins 8/24
                                                                                                                                                                       Season Begins 8/25                                                         The  Tri-Valley  girls  golf  team  fin-  round, and 54 in th second. McKyn-
        Landon Harney pitching a high curveball for the Senior Pioneers.    Matthew Dotson                                                                                     JOHN GLENN                       WEST MUSKINGUM                  ished in second place with a score of  lie Sheck scored 47 and 67 for 114
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                372 at Hickory Flats Golf Course on  overall.
                                                                                                                                                                       FOOTBALL                            FOOTBALL                             Wednesday, August 5th, in the Black    Regan Shirer tied for second place
                                                                                   In one the best baseball moments  bunt), Heath Watton (1-2, run), Jason             8/13      FUHS       Home  7PM      8/21       Lakewood   Away  7PM      Bear Invite, while competing against  on Saturday, August 3rd, at the Lady
                                                                                 I’ve been around in a long time (in-  Smith (1-2,  run,  3 BB, RBI),  Dustin          8/21      Barnesville   Home  7PM   GIRLS GOLF                           six other teams, falling only to John  Muskie Invite held at the Zanesville
                                                                                 cluding  last  week’s  2 1/2 innings  Rock (1-5, run,  RBI), Zack Pollock             GIRLS GOLF                          8/7        Tri-Valley  Away  9AM     Glenn. It was a beautiful day on the  Jaycees Golf  Course, scoring  85
                                                                                 prior to the rain out), the Senior Pi-  (1-4, 2 RBI), TJ Frame (1-3, 3 runs),         8/7       Tri-Valley  Away  9AM     8/13       Philo      Home  4PM      course as  the girls  made  their  way  points with 41 and 44. Lexie Geyer
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                                                                                 oneers took on the Seniors / Vipers  and Trevor Hague (1-3, run, BB) also             8/14      Meadowbrook  Away   9AM   8/18       John Glenn   Home  4PM    across. Regan Shirer led the way for  scored 50  and  56  for a 106  total.
                                                                                 / Tracers alumni today at Gant Mu-   contributed to the alumni impressive             8/18      West M     Home  4PM      8/19       Meadowbrook  Away   4PM   the Scotties, scoring 40 on the first  Gabby Wright followed up  with 52
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Away
                                                                                                                                                                                 Lakewood
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                                                                                 nicipal  Stadium.  It meant a lot  to  offensive output.                              8/20      TBA        Home  4PM      BOYS GOLF                            nine,  followed by 38 on  the back  and  55  to  finish  at  107.  McKynlie
                                                                                 all  these  guys to be able  to share    Landon  Harney earned  the start             BOYS GOLF                           8/10       Cambridge  Away  12PM     nine, for a total of 78, which ranked  Sheck totaled  110, scoring  49 and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Buckeye Local  Away
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1PM
                                                                                 the  field  together  in  what  turned  for  the  Senior  Pioneers. He went a         8/10      Cambridge  Away  12PM     8/14       Tri-Valley  Away  10AM    her  in  fourth place  overall.  Lexie  61. Cady Strouse hit a 55 and 61 to
                                                                                 out  to be a  very competitive base-  solid 5 innings with 3 Ks. Andy Hardy           8/14      Tri-Valley  Away  10AM    8/19       Sheridan   Away  4PM      Geyer  hit  44  in  the  first  round  and  finish out the day at 116.
                                                                                                                                                                                 Pickerington
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                                                                                 ball  game.  In many instances, we  came in relief for 2 innings giving up            8/20      TBA        Home  4PM      GIRLS SOCCER                         finished  out  with  a  score  of  45  for    The Lady Dawgs head off to Mar-
                                                                                 had a lot of players be able to play  1 run on 1 hit with 2 walks. Alston             GIRLS SOCCER                        8/18       Westfall   HOME  6:30PM   a  seventh-place  total  of 89  points.  ietta on  Monday with  a  1 PM tee
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 HOME  6PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      River View
                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/20
                                                                                 against their former coaches - many  Williamson  pitched  the  final  inning          8/10      Zanesville   Home  7:30PM                                      Gabby Wright hit 50 and 49 to score  time.
                                                                                 of whom are still  playing  baseball  for the Seniors with a strikeout.               8/17      Maysville   Home  7:30PM  BOYS SOCCER  River View   Home  7PM  99 overall. Cady Strouse scored 106
                                                                                                                                                                                 New Leington  Home  7:30PM
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                                                                                 today.  Some players were  able  to    The Seniors offense was led by An-             8/22      Tusc Valley   Away   11AM  8/22      Rosecrans   Home  7PM     overall  with  52  points  in  the  first
                                                                                 play for both teams, but in the end,  drew Church who hit a 3 run home                BOYS SOCCER                         VOLLEYBALL
                                                                                 the alumni were able to leave with  run in the 2nd inning from the lead               8/14      Cambridge  Away  7PM      8/18       LCA        Away  7:30PM
                                                                                 a 10-9 victory, in what proved to be  off spot. Churchie also scored twice            8/18      New Lexington  Home  7:30PM  8/20    Maysville  Away  7PM
                                                                                                                                                                                            Away
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                                                                                                                                                                                 Zanesville
                                                                                                                                                                       8/22
                                                                                 a very successful day of baseball for  and had a walk. Tyler Buchanan also                                                CROSS COUNTRY                        Zanesville Blue Devils hit
                                                                                 the city of Zanesville to enjoy.     had a big day at the plate, going 3-4            VOLLEYBALL                          Season Begins 9/1
                                                                                                                                                                       Season Begins 8/25
                                                                                   For the home team alumni, Zack  and  scoring  a run.  Chayce Lundell                                                             ZANESVILLE                  the field for annual Blue vs
                                                                                 Pollock started on  the  mound.  He  (2-4, double, run), Tanner Corder (2-            CROSS COUNTRY
        Vipers alumni batter swinging at a perfect strike in the Hall of Fame makeup game.    Matthew Dotson  went 1.2 innings before handing  it  4, 2  runs),  Jeramie  Neff (run,  RBI),    Season Begins 8/29
                                                                                 over to Derek Bragg. Bragg was able  Brandon  Pritchard  (1-3, BB), Shel-                      MAYSVILLE                  FOOTBALL   Maysville   Home  7PM     White Scrimmage
                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/21
                                                                                 to go 4.1 scoreless innings and could  don Merriman (1-2, run, RBI, 2 HBP),
                                                                                 have gone more. He only gave up 1  Andy Hardy (1-4, RBI), Chase Phillips              FOOTBALL  Zanesville  Away  7PM     GIRLS GOLF  LCL Match   Away   8:30AM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/21
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                                                                                 hit, 1 BB, 1 HBP with 2 Ks. TJ Frame  (1-3, run), and Nate Stewart (run, BB)
                                                                                 threw an  inning  before handing  it  contributed to the  Senior Pioneers             BOYS GOLF  Morgan    Away  4:30     BOYS GOLF  LCL Match   Away   8AM
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                                                                                 over to Chase Phillips to close it out  offense.                                      8/20      Multi      Home  4:30     8/13       Sheridan   Home  4:15PM
                                                                                 in 2 innings.  Jody Shields caught the    This game  capped  off a great              GIRLS SOCCER                        GIRLS SOCCER
                                                                                 entire game for the alumni.          week of baseball for these teams -               8/15      New Lexington  Away   10AM  8/10     John Glenn   Away  7PM
                                                                                   Derek Bragg also led the way for  including 2 separate alumni games                 8/17      John Glenn   Away   7PM   8/14       Rosecrans   Home  6PM
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                                                                                                                                                                                 Morgan
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Northridge
                                                                                                                                                                                                           8/19
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Away
                                                                                 the alumni offense. He went 2-5 in-  against  the  Senior  Pioneers and  a            8/22      SCHS       Home  12PM     8/22       Morgan     Away  10AM
                                                                                 cluding a 2 run home run in the 5th  2026 Hall of Fame induction where                BOYS SOCCER                         BOYS SOCCER
                                                                                 inning over the left center wall. Bry-  5 of  the 7 inductees were  former            8/18      Morgan     Home  6PM      8/14       Rosecrans   Home  8PM
                                                                                 an  Conley (2-4,  double,  RBI), Craig  Senior  Pioneers and/or  Zanesville           8/20      Rosecrans  Away  6PM      8/20       Northridge   Home  6:30PM
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      John Glenn
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Home  4PM
                                                                                                                                                                                 TVHS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Home  11:30AM
                                                                                 Stoneburner (1-2, run, RBI, BB, sac  Vipers players.
                                                                                                                                                                       VOLLEYBALL                          VOLLEYBALL
                                                                                                                                                                       8/20      West M     Home  7PM      Season begins 8/25
                                                                                                                                                                       8/22      Licking Valley  Home  9AM  CROSS COUNTRY
                                                                                 Lil’ Muskies girls golf                                                                            PHILO                  Season Begins 8/29
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                                                                                                                                                                                 Fredricktown
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                                                                                 team took first at Black                                                              FOOTBALL  Heath      Home  7PM      GIRLS TENNIS  Granville  Away  9AM
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Logan
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                                                                                 Bear Invite                        BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ                       GIRLS GOLF  New Lexington  Away   9AM  8/14    Mount Vernon  Away   10AM
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        Zanesville HS baseball coach, 2026 HOF Inductee, and Vipers Alumni Jason Smith fired off a shot to                                                             8/11      Hoover     Away  8AM      8/20       West Holmes  Home  10AM
        first after sliding to grab an infield single on Sunday at Gant Stadium.    Matthew Dotson                                                                     8/18      New Lexington     4:30PM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/19      John Glenn   Away   4PM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/20      River View       4PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                            MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY
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                                                                                                                                                                       8/11      Maysville  Away  4PM      FOOTBALL
                                                                                                                                                                       8/18      Rosecrans  Away  4:30PM   Season Begins 9/5
                                                                                                                                                                       8/20      River View       4:30PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                           WOMENS SOCCER
                                                                                                                                                                       GIRLS SOCCER                        Season Begins 9/1
                                                                                                                                                                       8/22      FUHS       Home  11AM
                                                                                                                                                                                                           MENS SOCCER
                                                                                                                                                                       BOYS SOCCER                         Season Begins 9/1
                                                                                                                                                                       8/15      Morgan     Home  10AM
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                                                                                                                                                                       VOLLEYBALL                          Season Begins 9/1
                                                                                                                                                                       8/8       Waterford   Home  10AM
                                                                                                                                                                       8/15      Licking Heights Away   10AM  CROSS COUNTRY                     Zanesville Blue Devils lined up for a drill with the offense coach.    Matthew Dotson
                                                                                                                                                                       8/18      Barnesville  Away  5:30PM  Season Begins 8/29
                                                                                                                                                                       8/22      Alexander   Home  12PM
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                                                                                                                                                                       Season Begins 8/26
                                                                                                                                                                                          Sports schedules are subject to change.
                                                                                                                                                                            Please refer to each school’s website for updated scheduling information.
                                                                                                                                                                        Additions  or changes to the schedule can be sent to us at info@buzznewspaper.com.
                                                                                 John Glenn’s Karleigh Webster going for a short putt at Hickory Flats.    Matthew Dotson  Tri-Valley hosts day of
                                                                                   The Lil’  Muskies hit  the  road  to    On  Saturday at the  Lady Muskie
                                                                                 Hickory Flats on Wednesday, August  Invite held at the Zanesville Jaycees             alumni soccer games
                                                                                 5th, to play in the Lady Bear Invita-  Golf  Course, the Lil’  Muskies  took
                                                                                 tional.  John  Glenn  took top  marks  second  place  overall  with a  score
                                                                                 out  of  the seven  teams competing  of 395,  falling  to Fort Frye, whose
                                                                                 with a score of 359.                 team scored 363. Van Fossen hit 46
                                                                                   Leading  the  team was Kylie Van  and 51 to score 97 overall; Hoffman
                                                                                 Fossen,  who  scored  39  on  the  first  hit 41 and 46 for an overall of 87;
                                                                                 nine and 38 on the second for a total  Conn hit 48 and 51 for a total of 99;
                                                                                 of 77 points to take third place over-  Webster hit 56 and 56 to total 112;
                                                                                 all for the invite. Teammate Lily Huff-  Mitchell hit 47 and 55 to total 102;
                                                                                 man hit 45 on the first nine and 43  and Cassie Mathers hit 61 and 71 to
                                                                                 on the second to take a sixth-place  total 132 for the Lil’ Muskies.
                                                                                 score of 88. Teagen Conn scored 44    The Lady Muskies will head to Zoar
                                                                                 in the first round and 50 in the sec-  Golf Club on Tuesday, August 11th to
                                                                                 ond for an overall 94 to take eighth  face Dover; tee time is set for 8 AM.
                                                                                 place in the invite. Karleigh Webster
                                                                                 hit 48 and 52 to score an even 100
                                                                                 in the invite. Kendall Mitchell round-      ADVERTISE IN THE BUZZ.
                                                                                 ed out the scoring for the Lil’ Musk-            740-270-2408                         Tri-Valley Alumni charges downfield with the ball in afternoon alumni game. The boys also took to the
                                                                                 ies with 52  and  51 for  103  points                                                 field for their game which has become an annual tradition.    Matthew Dotson
                                                                                 overall.
                               PAID FOR BY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DRESDEN.
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