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Chillicothe Gazette
Piketon football advances to Week 12, Huntington falls to Covington
Piketon 14, Meigs 13 The Redstreaks are moving onto Week 12 after traveling to Pomeroy to earn a hard-fought victory over Meigs. Piketon (7-4) found itself in a 7-0 hole after giving up an early touchdown. But with 5:48 left in the second quarter, Nolan Childers found Tristen Bodicker for a 14-yard touchdown pass to tie the score. Meigs took a 13-7 lead early in the third, but with just five minutes left in the game, Tanner Loar scored from a yard out to give the 'Streaks a one-point lead. Braxton Walters then put the win on ice with an interception. HS FOOTBALL: Shermans lean on defense, Wilson to blank Cincinnati Northwest Childers finished 5-for-6 passing for 105 yards and a score, Bodicker had two receptions for 25 yards and a touchdown, and Loar carried the ball 23 times for 106 yards and the game-winning trip to the end zone. Piketon will now prepare to travel to Fort Frye in Week 12. That game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff, Nov. 6. Covington 35, Huntington 20 After taking a 20-13 lead into halftime, Huntington (7-4) surrendered 22 unanswered points in a Division VI, Region 24 first-round playoff contest. The
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Heath football rallies past Fairfield Union in Division IV
LANCASTER - Time was running out on the Heath football team’s senior class on Oct. 30. The Bulldogs were knocked down, but they certainly were not out. Heath erupted in the second half, rallying from a 15-0 deficit to escape with a 22-21 victory at Fairfield Union in a Division IV, Region 15 first-round game. The Bulldogs avenged a 22-3 loss in the first round a year ago. "It's awesome," said senior Camden Stephens’ whose 3-yard touchdown halfback pass to classmate Joe Ward got the Bulldogs on the scoreboard in the third quarter. "We knew we didn't get the outcome we wanted last year, and we were just out for revenge." No. 10 Heath (8-3) visits No. 2 New Lexington (9-1) at 7 p.m. Nov. 6. "We definitely played more together as a team, and we changed a few things on defense (in the second half)," Stephens said. "That touchdown pass I threw, we practice that all of the time. It all came together." Following a 41-yard field goal by senior Camden Montgomery to cut the deficit to 15-10, classmate Tristyn Jones scored on a 21-yard TD run, giving the Bulldogs their first lead at 16-15 with 10:59 left. That
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Chillicothe Gazette
Adena rallies past Westfall to win program's 40th district crown
WAVERLY — Before the start of the fifth set in a Division V district championship match on Saturday, Oct. 31, Adena coach Laura Smith pulled senior libero Kimmy Dalton aside and delivered a message. “I talked to Kimmy and told her that she had to be a leader out there,” Smith said. “I told her that the other girls were looking at her.” Dalton, who has earned Scioto Valley Conference and Division V District 14 Player of the Year honors this fall, took Smith’s words to heart. She spearheaded a stingy defensive effort while rallying her teammates in the decisive fifth set, pacing her Warriors (15-10) to a thrilling 15-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-17, 15-12 victory over Westfall. The victory marked the program’s 40th district championship. “We’ve been able to get the kids to work hard and believe in what we’re doing,” Smith said. “It’s important to be skilled, but you also have to be a team. You have to learn to love each other. You don’t have to like each other. But you do have to love each other. I think we work hard on getting kids closer, so that they’ll want to work for each other. That’s been a
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Red zone struggles doom Fisher Catholic in playoff loss
LANCASTER — Fisher Catholic’s Division VII postseason run was short-lived as the No. 8-seed Irish were shut out 27-0 by the No. 9-seed Steubenville Catholic Central Crusaders in the first round of the Region 27 playoffs on Friday, Oct. 30, at Fulton Field. “It’s always hard to end,” Fisher Catholic coach Luke Thimmes said after the game. “There are only seven teams that end their season with a win (now). Of course, you never want to, but you look back at practices and games and think, the best part was from all the way back in June to now: five to six days a week for a few hours a day, the players and coaches are together. And now all of a sudden, the finality really hard part, hits and it’s done. That’s the really hard part.” The Irish (7-4) put together a solid effort on defense for roughly three-and-a-half quarters and trailed only 13-0 when the fourth quarter began. Offensively, though, they struggled with execution and consistency, which ultimately led to the game getting out of reach late in the fourth quarter. More: Fairfield Union clinches a share of the Mid-State League-Buckeye title “Our defense did very well,” Thimmes
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Tigers fall to Falcons 1-0 in district final
LOGAN, Ohio -- For the fifth time in the last six years, Marietta and Fairfield Union squared off in the postseason tournament. All five times, the match has been decided by one goal. This time around, it was the third-seeded Falcons who prevailed over the top-seeded Tigers 1-0 in Thursday's...
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Lancaster volleyball falls in district final against Dublin Coffman
WESTERVILLE – Volleyball is a game of momentum, and winning the first set is crucial to a match. Lancaster had all the momentum on its side in the first set against Dublin Coffman during the Central District Division I district championship game on Thursday, Oct. 29. However, the Lady Gales let the advantage slip away and never recovered in a hard-fought 26-24, 25-17, 25-19 loss at Westerville Central High School. In the first set, the Gales had overcome a 20-19 deficit to take a 23-20 lead and looked like they were about to finish things off, but an unforced error gave the Shamrocks a little life they needed, and they outscored the Gales 6-1 to take the all-important first set. From there, Lancaster seemed to be playing on its heels and never got into the rhythm during the next two sets. More: A-C's Caiden Riddle overcomes losing his eye to play golf in college “We just couldn’t finish things off in that first set, and in that situation, you have to be able to handle the pressure,” Lancaster coach Leslie Davenport said. “We didn’t take care of the ball in the front row when we needed to in that first
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Meadowbrook, West Muskingum Claim Milestone District Titles
ZANESVILLE, OH – The playoffs are truly a special time of year in sports at any level. Professional, collegiate, or in this case high school, postseason success does not come easy. For some, it comes often, while for others, it’s a whole lot hard work, determination, and patience that finally pays off.
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Minford overtime goal ends Lynchburg-Clay’s season in district semifinals
HILLSBORO — All it took was one goal by the Minford Lady Falcons in overtime Tuesday evening for the 2026 season of the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs to end in the Division V SE District Semifinals. The game played at Hillsboro High School was a battle between two teams whose...
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Celebrations Campus Café brings caffeine and more to Zane State College
ZANESVILLE, Ohio – Zane State College has a new café on campus to get that caffeine fix and more. Celebrations Campus Café has been open since August but officially celebrated the new business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. Steve Meredith, better known as Chef Steve, and his wife Misty own the café and Celebrations Catering by Chef Steve.