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Tri-Valley football heads to Clinton-Massie, aiming

for a non-conference win over Falcons BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Scotties wide receiver Lucca Gargasz runs the ball past Meadowbrook. Matthew Dotson

Vs. Granville (8/28) disadvantage to 24 – 7. Vs. Meadowbrook (8/21) mately, the Colts could not eclipse
The Scotties hosted the Granville After the intermission, the third The Scotties hosted the Meadow- the Scotties, who kept the target in
Blue Aces on Friday in Dresden. The quarter was a stalemate, with both brook Colts Friday night on the newly motion, building an eventual 56 – 22
Aces got the jump on Tri-Valley with a teams battling for field position dedicated Bradley J. Harper Veterans victory for their season/home-open-
touchdown in the first quarter while that didn’t result in an additional Memorial Field. The game started er.
holding the Dawgs at bay to lead 7 – score. Shortly into the fourth quarter, with a flurry of touchdown activity,
0 at the end of the period. In the sec- Tri-Valley hit a Pick 6 to narrow the resulting in a Tri-Valley 16 – 6 lead
ond quarter, Granville hit a 70-yard gap to 24 – 14 after the PAT. In the in just under five minutes on the
passing touchdown to double their final minutes, Tri-Valley completed field. The Scotties kicked their lead
score to 14- 0. Before halftime, the a 60-yard pass for a touchdown to up to 19 – 6 just before the halftime
Blue Aces scored a rushing touch- come within three points at 24 – 21. break.
down to increase their lead to 21 – Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough On the field at the resumption of BUZZ FACT
0. Tri-Valley stepped up next to punch time left on the clock to mount a the game, Meadowbrook worked Over the past 8 years the newspaper
in a rushing touchdown to get on the final push for points, and Granville hard to bounce back, but held steady rack that holds The Buzz at Kroger has
board but still trailed 21 – 7 after walked away with the win. at a 13-point deficit, with TV leading had to be switched out three times to
the extra point. Before the buzzer The Scotties will travel to Clarksville 27 – 14 with minutes left in the third meet the demand. The current rack
for halftime, Granville pumped out a on Friday to face the Clinton-Massie quarter. Both teams kept pushing gets filled with 400 papers three times
each paper cycle, that’s 1,200 papers!
45-yard field goal to build Tri-Valley’s Falcons. Kickoff is set for 7 PM. forward in the final period, but ulti-