When one person is sick, they can make everyone around them feel ill. That was the case for the Zanesville Blue Devils, as Rian Burrell's flu-like symptoms hampered Zanesville's attack against River View. The Blue Devils recovered to snare a 62-33 victory over the still winless Black Bears, but Zanesville had just a two point lead with two minutes to play in the third quarter, but finished the game on a 32-5 run to secure their 12th win of the year. Tanner Gibson leading all scorers with a...

H.S. Girls Hoops

Rosecrans 34 Zanesville 43

Z: Kailee Howe - 18 pts, Maddy Brown - 10 pts

R: Lakota Browning - 11 pts

John Glenn 33 Crooksville 61

C: Brittany Swingle - 16 pts **Hits 1,000 Career Points**

Maysville 61 New Lexington 49

M: Karen Sidwell - 19 pts

NL: Katlyn Abram - 19 pts

Newark Catholic 46 West Muskingum 65

WM: Amy Graham - 19 pts,...

It wasn't easier for the Zanesville Blue Devils the second time around against East Liverpool, but it was still a victory. ZHS grabs their sixth win in a row, defeating the Potters for the second time this season, 69-58. Zanesville started out sluggish and didn't have the intensity that has defined their play in recent weeks, but still managed to defeat the Potters for the second time this season, this time while they were at full strength, with the return of PG Marky Tompkins. Tanner Gibson...

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...