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Lady Panthers soccer starts the season at Panthers golf

1-1-1 as they gear up for St. Clairsville team drives

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ past Watkins
Vs. John Glenn (8/17) Memorial and
After days of heavy rain, the clouds
let up long enough for Maysville to Shenandoah in
travel out to New Concord on Mon-
day to face the Lil’ Muskies. The tri-way meet
game was as equally matched as
it could be. John Glenn hit the first
goal of the evening, taking a 1 – 0 BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
lead. With just over twenty minutes The Panthers won a three-team
left in the first half of the game, the golf match on Thursday, August
Panthers came back to tie the game 20th, beating out Watkins Memori-
with a goal by Mailee Valentine, as- al and Shenandoah. The boys from
sisted by Kyrie Valentine, setting the Maysville scored 154 overall, with
score at 1 – 1. Watkins Memorial following at 167,
The second half of the game went and Shenandoah at 196.
without a score, ending the game in For the Panthers, Ryder Dodson
a draw. Lyndsie Sheppard was in the led the way, scoring a 36; Owen Lutz
goal for the Panthers with 9 saves and Gavin Ferguson each scored 39;
off of 10 shots. Ethan Wright hit a 41; Hayden Hard-
castle hit 45; and Colten Thompson
Vs. New Lexington (8/15) hit 46.
The Panther’s Camryn Doane maneuvers the ball before passing downfield. Matthew Dotson
On the road Saturday in New Lex- Maysville will face John Glenn and
Vs. Morgan (8/20) a second goal to increase their lead ington, the battle of the Panthers Sheridan on Monday, August 24th, at
The Panthers hosted the Lady to 2 – 0. In the last minutes of the was a big win for the Maysville girls Eaglesticks.
Raiders on Thursday at the Mac. game, Maysville pulled out a goal to with a 6 – 1 victory in the end. Along
Morgan struck first with a goal in the keep from being shut out, but they with the effort of the whole team,
first half of the match to take a 1 – could not tie up the game and fell to the victory was contributed to by Izzy Lady Blue
0 lead. Maysville battled to hold the Morgan 2 – 1. Caplinger with two goals, Khia Green
visitors to one goal while trying to The Panthers will host St. Clairs- with one goal, Natalie Temple with Devils soccer
land a shot of their own, but went to ville on Saturday; game time is set one goal, Kyrie Valentine with one
halftime still trailing. for 12 PM. goal, Annika Winland with one goal, team looking to
Back on the field, the Raiders kept and Kerisa Brown with one assist.
the pressure on the hosts and landed beat Morgan on

Lil Muskies girls soccer team Foxfire football Saturday

weathers the storm to draw starts season BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Vs. Northridge (8/19)
against the Panthers with win against On the road in Johnstown on a
rainy Wednesday, the Lady Blue Dev-
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ West Union ils met up with the Northridge Lady
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ Vikings. From the start, the teams
were evenly paired, with the Vikings
stepping up first to grab two goals in
The Foxfire Phoenix headed out the first half of play. Zanesville an-
to West Union on Saturday, August swered back with two of their own
15th, where they faced the Dragons goals to tie up the game by halftime
on their home field. The two teams at 2 – 2.
battled through the first quarter After the break, Northridge took
with no score. The Phoenix scored a control of the rest of the game, dou-
touchdown in the second quarter to bling their score while shutting down
leave West Union with a 6 – 0 deficit the Zanesville offense to win the
going into the halftime break. game 4 – 2.
When the game resumed, Foxfire Zanesville senior Aniah Barnett
held their lead throughout the third had one goal with an assist from
quarter. West Union wasn’t going Sadee McCuen, who grabbed the
down without a fight, and they let other goal.
that be known in the last minutes of The Blue Devils will be in Morgan
the game by grabbing a game-tying
Layken Cochran, Anna Wolfe, and Maggie Martin defend for the Lil’ Muskies against a Maysville foul on Saturday, August 22nd to face the
kick. Matthew Dotson touchdown to send the game into Lady Raiders. Game time is set for
overtime at 6 – 6. 10 AM.
Amid record rainfalls in Ohio, the matched and swapping possession. In overtime play, Kydon Perdue
John Glenn girls soccer team waited With just over 20 minutes left in the grabbed a pass intended for a Drag- Vs. Bishop Rosecrans (8/14)
and watched the weather reports to first half, Maysville’s Mailee Valen- on receiver. Foxfire capitalized on the On Friday, Zanesville hosted the
see if they were even going to get to tine hit a goal assisted by Kyrie Val- interception with a 15-yard touch- neighboring Bishop Rosecrans girls
play their home opener on Monday entine to level the game at 1 – 1. down run by Ishaan Bowen to win the soccer team. It was a heated battle
night, August 17th, but the weather The rest of the game went on game 12 – 6 and take a 1 – 0 overall between the two teams, but in the
let up long enough to make it work. without a score, giving John Glenn a record to start their season. end, the Blue Devils took a 3 – 2 win.
The Maysville Panthers bus rolled draw to start their season. Lil’ Musk- Perdue and Blaze Hook both re-
into New Concord, and after warm- ie goalkeeper Celia Sabino had four corded interceptions for the Phoe-
ups, the battle began. The Lil’ Musk- saves off of five shots. nix; Braydon Peach had a sack and Electrics slip
ies jumped into action right away John Glenn is headed to Tuscara- a tackle for a loss; and AJ Tipton led
with Layken Cochran hitting a goal was County on Saturday to face Tus- the defense, tackling 5 and getting a past Morgan in
in the first two minutes off of a Ken- carawas Valley at 11 AM. They will TFL in the game.
dall Snider assist to lead the game be back at home on Tuesday, hosting Foxfire will host the Noblesville Li- boys soccer at
1 – 0. The first half of the game con- the Quakers. ons on Saturday, August 29th; kick-
tinued on with the two teams evenly off is set for 4 PM. Duncan Falls

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Blue Devils girls tennis face multiple schedule The Electrics boys’ soccer team
hosted the Morgan Raiders on Sat-
changes due to weather but push on to start the urday, August 15th, in Duncan Falls.
season 1 – 1 Right from the start, Philo had Mor-
gan’s number as they pumped out
two goals in the first half, leaving the
Raiders with a 2 – 0 disadvantage at
Vs. Newark (8/12) Vs. Logan (8/8) and Hope Blackfore won 6-2, 6-2
Wednesday against Newark, the Zanesville’s girls tennis team won against Lydia Shimmel and Nevaeh the break.
Blue Devils Tennis team fell 4 – 1 its first match of the season against Rittenhouse. The second doubles Morgan tried to recover in the sec-
overall, putting them at a current Logan on Saturday, August 8th by an team of Aliyah Cornell and Audrion- ond half with a goal of their own, but
season record of 1 – 1. overall score of 4 – 1. The winners na Hayes beat Sydney Thomas and the Electrics matched their efforts
Zanesville girls tennis will face for Zanesville HS at No. 1 singles Caitlyn Coffill 6-3, 6-3. Logan had and took the game win 3 – 1.
Watkins Memorial on the road on Bella Jarrett defeated Jasmine Elick one win at No. 3 singles, where Se- Philo will host the John Glenn Lil’
Tuesday, August 25th at 4:30 PM 6-0,6-1. At No. 2 singles, Jo Jo Jarrett renity Simpson lost a tough 7-6, 6-4 Muskies on Tuesday, August 25th,
beat Adrianna Williams 6-0,6-0. The match to Emily Lehman. with the game set to start at 5:30
first doubles team of Tru Campbell PM.

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