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Maysville girls soccer season Zanesville boys soccer took

ends after back-to-back down Lancers before ending

Scottie challenges postseason run at Steubenville

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

John Glenn’s Millie Lenner guides the ball away from Maysville’s Olivia Rusnak earlier this season. Blue Devil Mario Nguyen tries to recover the ball earlier this season. Matthew Dotson
Matthew Dotson
Vs. Tri-Valley (10/21) Maysville finished their season Vs. Steubenville (10/20) Vs. Lakewood (10/15)
Maysville lost to the Scotties 6 – with a 3-11-4 overall record. After the long bus ride to Steuben- Hebron’s Lakewood High School
1 six days earlier in regular season Vs. Tri-Valley (10/15) ville on Tuesday in the District III, hosted the Blue Devils boys soccer
play; the Lady Panthers stepped At the Mac in Maysville on Thurs- East 1 Quarter Final, the Blue Devils team on Thursday for a conference
onto the field in Dresden, hoping for day, the Scotties took a 6 – 1 win took to the field to face the Big Red matchup. Zanesville took charge of
a chance to upset the second-seed- over the Panthers, with Caydee at Harding Stadium. The Big Red the game from the first whistle with
ed Tri-Valley squad in their postsea- Shoenleben leading the charge with jumped out to an early lead at the be- six goals in the first half of the game
son opener. Tri-Valley took control of 3 goals. Priya Moore, Liv Brown, and ginning of the matchup when Chase while holding the Lancers off to lead
the ball early and made it past the Emma Stoneburner each had a goal Beall scored on a corner kick, assist- 6 – 0 at the half break.
Maysville defense with a shutout 4 – to assist in the Tri-Valley victory. Pri- ed by Kendrick Heckinson. Steuben- The Blue Devils hit the gas in the
0 win to lead them on to the Division ya had 2 saves, and Harper Knowlton ville continued their drive as Landon second half with nine straight goals
III District Semifinal match and end and Emma Stoneburner each had 1 Bowers found the net for a second while completely shutting out the
the Panthers’ season. assist. goal from a ball that bounced off of Lancers for a 15 – 0 win. The win
the Zanesville goalie. James McCan- snapped a four-game losing streak
The Tornadoes storm into dlish saved multiple shots on goal for Zanesville and marked their high-
during the half to keep the Big Reds’ est-scoring game of the season.
advantage from going above 2 – 0 In the matchup, Reece Neal had 7
playoffs against Philo on before halftime. goals, Angel Ruiz had 3 goals, Aden
Steubenville doubled down in the Bowman had 2 goals, Wade Coffey
Friday with six straight wins second half; Landon Bowers hit a had 2 goals, and Grayson Gantzer
hat trick with two more goals, and had 1 goal.
Chase Beall had his second goal of
BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ the night for Steubenville, and Cedric
Peckins added the fourth goal of the
half. Mario Nguyen hit a goal late in
the second half to avoid a shutout for
Zanesville, but they ultimately fell to
the hosts 6- 1, ending their postsea- New Puzzles
son run.
Goalie James McCandlish had
14 saves for the Blue Devils in the EVERY ISSUE!
game.

West M quarterback Noah Morrison looks for an open shot earlier this season. Matthew Dotson
Vs. Meadowbrook (10/23) control of the game with two big
The West Muskingum Tornadoes touchdowns in the first quarter to
rode the bus to Byesville on Friday lead the game 14 – 0 at the end
to play the Meadowbrook Colts on of the period. West continued their
Eugene Capers Field. The game was push in the second quarter, gaining
a shutout for the Tornadoes, who hit another touchdown to increase their
the scoreboard early and often with advantage to 21 – 0 before the half-
a final winning score of 30 – 0 over time break.
the Colts in the late-season surge for The third quarter brought three
their sixth-straight win. touchdowns for the Tornadoes, who
The shutout helped push the Tor- blew past the Redskins defense at
nadoes into the Division IV, Region every turn to lead 42 – 0 by the end
15 playoffs at the 8th seed. They of the quarter, which set the game to
will face the Philo Electrics on their running-clock mode. The heightened
home field on Friday, October 30th pace in the final period didn’t slow
at 7 PM. the Tornadoes as they pumped out
two final touchdowns. The Redskins
Vs. Coshocton (10/16) hit the end zone in the final minutes
The Redskins traveled to Torna- to avoid a shutout loss, but still fell to
do Country on Friday to face West West Muskingum 55 – 6.
Muskingum. The Tornadoes took