Before the game, Zanesville head coach Scott Aronhalt preached to his kids the motto that this Blue Devil team has lived by all season: Set the Tempo. In no game was it more important than the eleventh game of Zanesville's year, against the defending Division I state champions, the Massillon Jackson Polar Bears. Coming into the game, Jackson was riding a 23 game winning streak, scoring 75 points a game in nine wins this season. Zanesville held them to 55 in a 58-55 victory, Jackson's first...
H.S. Boys Basketball
Coming off an eight day holiday break, Rosecrans returned to action in style running wild on the winless Mustangs of Claymont 50-37. Aaron Parry led the Red and Black attack with a double-double, pouring in 16 points and 10 boards to push the Bishops to a perfect 10-0 mark.
Claymont 37 Rosecrans 50
R: Aaron Parry - 16 pts, 10 rebs
Tri-Valley 50 Philo 32
Sheridan 54...
H.S. Boys Basketball
Rosecrans 52 Worthington Christian 40 (Newark Catholic Holiday Tournament)
R: Zak Kirkbride - 19 pts, 7 rebs; Zack Hill - 12 pts; Jake Phillis - 10 pts
*Rosecrans faces Fisher Catholic in Tournament Final Thursday @ 7:45 p.m.
Fisher Catholic 73 Newark Catholic 67 F/OT (Newark Catholic Holiday Tournament)
NC: Jett Speelman - 17 pts; Nate Taylor - 16 pts; David Meurer - 14 pts
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Ask any coach and they will always say after a big win, it only matters until the next game, and in Newark's case it didn't get any bigger than a last second buzzer beater against Briggs. The Wildcats have now won two straight and seem to be gathering momentum. In the MVL Tri-Valley suffered their first loss of the season during a horrible shooting night in their game against Reynoldsburg, while Sheridan, John Glenn, and West M all picked up wins against no League foes.
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The shine was off the new Winland Memorial Gymnasium on Friday night, the inaugural game had been played, all that was left was basketball. Zanesville did not need overtime dramatics in their second contest in their new home, handing future league opponent River View a 59-31 loss. The Blue Devils record their fourth win of the year, behind senior point guard Tanner Gibson, who poured in a season high 22 points, 18 of those coming from behind the arc with six three pointers. Senior Rian...
River View: Zanesville:
Rosecrans: Shadyside:
Tri-Valley: Sheridan:
John Glenn: New Lexington:
Crooksville: Maysville:
Morgan: West Muskingum:
Hiland: Ridgewood:
Claymont: Coshocton:
Dover: Cambridge
Meadowbrook: New Philadelphia:
Licking Valley: Newark Catholic:
Lakewood: Granville:
Newark: Groveport-Madison:
Caldwell: River :
Fort Frye: Shenandoah:
Buckeye Trail: ...
H.S. Girls Basketball
West Musingum 40 Rosecrans 41
(R): Molly Nash - 13 pts
(W): Erika Winland - 9 pts
New Lexington 48 Maysville 77
(Mays): Melanie Poorman - 17 pts, Morgan Swauger - 16 pts
(NL): Nicole Shipley - 17 pts
Philo 34 Tri-Valley 48
(TV): Alex Lawler - 13 pts
(P): Mallory Trout - 15 pts
Sheridan 62 Morgan 55
(S): Julia Mohler - 22 pts
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Boys Basketball
Philo 33 Meadowbrook 35
Nelsonville-York: 42 New Lexington 50
Marietta 44 Cambridge 41
Camb: Jake Yanico 14 pts
Independence 53 Newark 65
Newark: Jalen Dartis 17pts
Athens 61 Morgan 51
Morgan: Cody Fluhart 17 pts; Art Davis 10
East Knox 51 Coshocton 60
Watkins Memorial 54 Licking Valley 92...
H.S. Girls Hoops
New Lexington 58 West Muskingum 62
(West) Stephanie Imes-- 20 pts, Amy Graham-- 12 pts
(NL) Sarah Murray-- 20 pts, Kaitlyn Abrams-- 13 pts
Sheridan 57 Philo 38
(S) Kaitlin Jenkins-- 14 pts
(P) Hope Roberts-- 15 pts
Crooksville 46 Tri-Valley 53
(TV) Ameriah Huck-- 20 pts
(C) Brittany Swingle-- 14 pts
Morgan 30 John Glenn 45
(JG) Breanna...
D-III All-Ohio Honors
First Team
OL-- Caleb Gunn, Cambridge
OL-- Josh Busby, Sheridan
DL-- Josh Gordon, Licking Valley
DB-- Troy Sweeney, Sheridan
Second Team
QB-- C.J. Myers, Sheridan
DL-- Tyler Snider, Sheridan
P-- James Datz, Granville
Third Team...
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