The old saying is that tradition never graduates, and nowhere is that more true than in Thornville. Under the direction of Paul Culver, the Sheridan Generals have built one of the best tradtions in the MVL, but are looking to add to the legacy with another MVL title. The Generals lost out on back-to-back championships and now are hungry to get back to the top of the mountain. JJ Mickey had a chance to check in with the Generals as they prepare for their season opener against...
It has been eight seasons since the Crooksville Ceramics last made the playoffs, but with a new head coach and a more positive outlook from the players, there is plenty of reason to be excited in 2012. Longtime assistant and member of the 1977 state championship team Brent Gorby takes over at the helm for Dave Rupe, who stepped down as head coach in January. Gorby earned the respect from his players immediately, and considering the strength of the...
For the second consecutive week, Haley Gregory of John Glenn was one of the best athletes participating in a track meet. This time she showed her skills to all of Region 7 enroute to totaling 32.5 of the Muskies' 49 points at the meet. With that number the Fish were able to finish second in the overall team standings behind West Holmes who finished first.
Back to Gregory though, she earned first place in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.02 and then followed that up with wins in...
The game that everyone in this city was looking forward to lived up to the hype, as Zanesville and Rosecrans gave a packed Rogge Gymnasium a fantastic game between two talented basketball teams. The Bishops got the better of the Blue Devils, handing Zanesville thier first league loss, their first road loss, and their first loss of any kind in seven games. Both teams now with indetical 10-3 records,...
The Blue Devils improve to 9-2 overall, and 7-0 in both the ECOL and on the road with a big victory over a severely overmatched Meadowbrook team. Zanesville jumped out to a 15-4 lead after one quarter, and didn't look back. The Colts (1-9, 0-7) committed 25 turnovers in the ball game, which directly resulted in 30 Zanesville points. Jake Phillis leading the Blue Devils with 11 points, while...
After being ranked eighth by the Associated Press in their first poll of the season on Tuesday, the Zanesville Lady Blue Devils struggled, but got the job done in a double digit victory. the Colts jumped out of the gate 5-0 and actually lead 9-8 at the end of the first quarter, but Zanesville remained tough, closing the second quarter on a 9-1 run to take a 21-14 halftime lead and...
In the marquee game on the MVL slate, Seth Brown hit the game winning three as time expired as Maysville was able to get a hard earned three point win. After a tough start to the season, the Panthers found their stride late, going four of five from three in the final frame. The Generals trailed by as many as six with under three minutes to go before tying it up at 50 and...
After four years away from the sidelines, Coach Jeff Moore decided to un-retire the whistle and coach the girls basketball team at Zanesville High School. Coaching girls for the first time, Moore was out to prove it didn't matter the gender; just give him a clipboard and basketball is basketball. In his case, he also needed a throat lozenge.