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Claymont 12, Meadowbrook 0 UHRICHSVILLE -- The Meadowbrook Colts were held to one hit, taking a tough 12-0 loss to fellow East Central Ohio League foe Claymont. Cole Pennington had the lone single for the Colts...  Read Story.

Meadowbrook 3, Claymont 2 UHRICHSVILLE --In thrilling fashion, the Meadowbrook softball team squeaked past East Central Ohio League opponent Claymont on the road in nine innings, 3-2. Erin Endly (8-4) earned the...  Read Story.

BYESVILLE -- The Meadowbrook High track teams picked up home victories against St. Clairsville and Barnesville. In girls' action, the Lady Colts scored 75 points, two points better than St. Clairsville's 73. Barnesville was third with 31 points. Winners...  Read Story.

With each passing game, the Meadowbrook High softball team is gaining more and more confidence and a 6-0 victory over Guernsey County rival Cambridge provided yet another boost in that regard. Combining all three...  Read Story.

CAMBRIDGE -- A pair of late runs lifted the Meadowbrook High Colts past county rival Cambridge, 6-4 in an East Central Ohio League match-up at Cambridge City Park. Trailing 4-3 entering the sixth frame, the Colts pushed across a pair of runs to take a...  Read Story.

BYESVILLE --Several local athletes stood out amongst a field of 11 area schools in the Colt EarlyBird Invitational at Meadowbrook. The Meadowbrook girls took first place in the team standings with a score of 117, followed by New Philadelphia, 107;...  Read Story.

CAMBRIDGE -- A pair of late runs lifted the Meadowbrook High Colts past county rival Cambridge, 6-4 in an East Central Ohio League match-up at Cambridge City Park. Trailing 4-3 entering the sixth frame, the Colts pushed across a pair of runs to take a...  Read Story.

Jeff Harrison For The Village Reporter With each passing game, the Meadowbrook High softball team is gaining more and more confidence and a 6-0 victory over Guernsey County rival Cambridge provided yet another boost in that regard. Combining all three...  Read Story.

BYESVILLE --Several local athletes stood out amongst a field of 11 area schools in the Colt EarlyBird Invitational at Meadowbrook. The Meadowbrook girls took first place in the team standings with a score of 117, followed by New Philadelphia, 107;...  Read Story.

Zanesville 17, Meadowbrook 0 BYESVILLE -- It wasn't the start Meadowbrook High coach Steve Norman had envisioned. Visiting Zanesville jumped out to an 8-0 first inning lead and never looked back, scoring a 17-0 five-inning victory oer the debuting...  Read Story.

Claymont 2, Meadowbrook 1 BYESVILLE-- Two miscues in the fifth inning by the Meadowbrook High softball team gave East Central Ohio League opponent Claymont the two runs necessary to beat the hosts, 2-1. Claymont (3-0) scored when Jordan Smith drove in a...  Read Story.

Salt Fork Golf Leagues Seek Players The Salt Fork Golf Leagues scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings are currently taking calls for spots in the leagues. There is a limit of 16 two-man teams each night, and available spots are limited. For information, call Bruce Geese at 439-4747. Wildfire Seniors Golf League The Wildfire Seniors Golf League is seeking a few new players (over 55) for its Tuesday morning league which begins on April 13. For more information, call Roy Bleisath at 685-9632. Youth Trap Shooters Needed Sportsman's Haven Gun Club is looking for youth trap shooters, grades six-through-eight that have an interest in learning about competitive trap shooting and to compete in the youth shooting program at the state level. If interested contact Ralph Wetzel at 489-5407. OVAC Basketball Classic Tickets on Sale Advance tickets are currently on sale for the OVAC Samuel A. Mumley All-Star Basketball Classic. The tickets are on sale at Kroger stores in Bellaire, Moundsville, St. Clairsville and Wheeling for $5 for students; $6 for adults, while all tickets will cost $7 at the gate. The game is set for Sunday, April 11 at Ohio University Eastern. The girls game tips at 3 p.m. and the boys will tip 20 minutes after the conclusion of the girls' game. AAU Girls Basketball Players Needed Players are needed for an eighth grade girls' 13-Under AAU/GBA spring basketball team. For more information, contact Jason Seckman at 825-9444 or jseckman@roadrunner.com. Wildfire Wednesday Ladies Golf League Sign-up and a practice round is scheduled on Wednesday, April 7 at 5 p.m. at Wildfire Golf Club for the Wildfire Wednesday Ladies Golf League. This is a handicap league and all lady golfers are welcome. For more information, call Bonnie Winnett at 432-7087 or Wildfire Golf Club at 826-7606. Wildfire Thursday Golf League Meeting There will be a meeting of the Wildfire Thursday Evening Golf League at the Wildfire Clubhouse on Thursday, April 8 at 5:30 p.m. Plans for the league will be discussed and sign-ups for new two-man teams will take place. A practice round will follow to establish handicaps. The first night of league play will be April 15 at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 432-2676. NAYS Youth Basketball Tournament in Parkersburg North American Youth Sports is hosting a youth basketball tournament at Parkersburg South and surrounding sites April 9-11. The cost is $105 for two games minimum. Divisions are for boys and girls: 4th/5th grades, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9/10th grade, and 11/12th grades. For registration, call NAYS at 1-866-352-5915. McDonald's of Barnesville Junior High Track Invite The 16th McDonald's of Barnesville Junior High Track Invitational will take plce at the Barnesville High School track on Saturday, April 10. Any boys' or girls' junior high team interested in participating should contact athletic director Mark Cook or meet director Mark Brown at 425-3617, ext. 5111. Muskingum University Football Clinic The Muskingum University Football program is now accepting registrations for its free football clinic on Saturday, April 17 in McConagha Stadium. The clinic is open to boys in grades 3-7 and will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Each camper will receive a Muskie football T-shirt. To register please contact Muskingum assistant coach Matt Louis at 740-826-8330 or via e-mail at mlouis@muskingum.edu. YMCA Co-Ed T-Ball League Registration The YMCA Family Center is currently taking registrations for the upcoming youth T-ball league. This is a co-ed league that is open to any child between the ages of 3 and 6. Fundamentals will start the league and games will be played on Thursday evenings. Cost of the league is $25 for members and $50 for non-members and a registration deadline has been set for April 19. For more information, contact Kevin Fondale at 432-4600. Byesville Rotary Scholarship Golf Outing The Byesville Rotary Scholarship Golf Outing will be held on Sunday, May 2 at Wildfire Golf Course in New Concord. To sponsor a hole or reserve a team please call Trevor at 685-9999 or Trent at 685-0135. All proceeds benefit the Annual Scholarship Fund sponsored by Byesville Rotary. West M to Host GBA Tornado Classic The West Muskingum Girls Basketball Boosters will host the Girls Basketball Association (GBA) Tornado Classic on May 7, 8 and 9 on the West Muskingum Schools campus. The tournament will feature games at the West Muskingum High School, West Muskingum Middle School and Falls Elementary gymnasiums. All gyms are centrally located on the West Muskingum campus, within walking distance of each other. The GBA Tornado Classic is open to teams from 9U through 16/17U age groups and the entry fee is $250. Proceeds from the event will benefit the West Muskingum girls basketball program. For more information and to register for this event, please visit the GBA website at: www.gbabasketball.com/2010-tournaments.html. For questions contact West Muskingum girls varsity basketball coach Joey Mobley at 740-260-2799 or e-mail jmobley@laca.org Shenandoah Football Golf Scramble The Shenadoah Athletic Boosters will sponsor the Shenandoah High football team by hosting a four-man golf scramble on May 8 at Wildfire Golf Club in New Concord with a noon shotgun start. The cost is $24 per team or $60 per person which includes cart, golf, drinks, food and one mulligan per person. There will also be skins, skills competition, door prizes and a split pot will be available. Prizes will go to the top three teams. To reserve a spot, call Coach Wilson at 439-7230 or Coach Hawsley at 255-2299. Girls Basketball Association To Host Tournaments The GBA will be hosting over 45 tournaments in 2010. All tournaments are open for girls ages 9U-17U. For a free listing of all the 2010 GBA Spring tournaments visit our website at www.gbabasketball.com or call the basketball office at 740-685-2468. These tournaments are open to all AAU, YBOA, GBA, and any other teams that want to play spring basketball. Sporting Clay Shoot in Dennison The 23rd Masonic District Members Association will host a Sporting Clay Shoot will take place May 22 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Blue Sky Sporting clays located just outside of Cadiz on State Route 250 (30495 Taylor Road, Dennison). The cost is $35 per person.For more information, contact Jon Toohey at (740) 425-3818 or Bill McDGowan at (740) 942-4073. Hanson Memorial Scramble at Belmont Hills CC The ninth annual Rodney D. Hanson Memorial Scholarship Golf Scramble to benefit area college students will take place on Monday, May 24 at Belmont Hills Country Club in St. Clairsville. All proceeds from the scramble directly benefit the Rodney D. Hanson Memorial Scholarship designated for students attending Ohio University's Eastern Campus. During the last eight years, participants have raised over $75,000 for students. Lunch is at 11:15 a.m. with a shotgun start planned for 12:15 p.m. A dinner at the Country Club will follow the tournament. The entry fee is $125 per golfer or $500 per team which includes golf and all special events (skins, $10,000 putting contest, mulligan and throw), lunch, dinner, prizes and refreshments on the course. The top four teams will win pro shop credits including $600 for low gross, $600 for low net, $500 for runner-up low net, and $400 for third place low net. Those who want to attend the dinner only may buy tickets for $25 each, Dinner will be served immediately following the scramble. To obtain an entry form, please call Zach Hanson at 740-526-0284. Middle School State Track Championships The 2010 middle school state track & field championships will take place on May 30. For more information, visit www.ohioyouthrunner.org Wooster Girls Soccer Camp Wooster Girls Soccer Camp held at The College of Wooster is accepting registrations for its June 13-16 and June 27-30 sessions. This is a residential camp only for girls ages 10-18. Group discounts are available. Register before May 1 and receive price break. All information is at...  Read Story.

BYESVILLE " The 2009 season proved to be one filled with a lifetime of memories for the Meadowbrook Lady Colts, but it's time to move on and begin anew. Meadowbrook put together an exciting run through the OHSAA playoffs last spring, culminating in a spot in the Division II "Final Four" in Akron, and while many familiar faces return, there's one big hole to fill in the center of the diamond. The Lady Colts will be without four-year standout pitcher Kinsi Tellep, who spearheaded the run to the state tournament and put herself in the OHSAA record book in numerous categories in doing so. MHS earned the school's first ever sectional title to begin the tournament trek, following up with district and regional crowns before dropping a 4-0 decision to Hamilton Ross in the D-II state semifinals. The Lady Colts posted an overall 22-8 record (8-4 in the ECOL) and finished as the OVAC Class 3-A Tournament...  Read Story.

BYESVILLE " They say a good baseball team is usually strong up the middle, and that's exactly what Coach Steve Norman is banking on at Meadowbrook High this spring. The Colts don't have a lot of experience returning with just five lettermen, but they do have some talented performers through the middle of the diamond to rely upon as they attempt to rebound from consecutive losing seasons. "We don't have a lot of returning lettermen," related Norman, who begins his fifth season as the MHS field boss, "but the ones we do have are multiple-sport athletes who are very athletic. "We don't have a lot of returning starters," he continued, "so we're hoping some of our sophomores and even our freshmen will help us out." Norman, whose team finished 7-12 overall last year and 2-10 in the East Central Ohio League, does like the versatility of this year's...  Read Story.

The rosters have been announced for the annual Pepsi/District 12 Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game and several local players will be participating. The games, featuring senior standouts in an East vs. West format, are slated for Friday, April...  Read Story.

The local area is well-represented on the District 12 Basketball Coaches Association all-star teams for the 2009-2010 season, including a total of 18 first team honorees. Heading the list is John Glenn High junior Jake Heagen, who earned D-12 "Player of the Year" honors in boys' Division II. Also gaining top honors in boys' D-II was Greg Woodard, tabbed the "Coach of the Year" in that division. Joining Heagen on the D-II boys' first team are Cambridge senior Ryan Hatmaker and the Meadowbrook duo of seniors Ethan Shriver and Jeramie Neff. Gaining first team recognition in boys' Division III are Shenandoah seniors Dalton Doudna and Wes Rataiczak, Buckeye Trail senior Cody Nelson and Barnesville senior Dalton...  Read Story.

Several players from the local area earned recognition on the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference basketball all-star teams for the 2009-2010 season. Only two local players received first team all-OVAC accolades " Shenandoah High senior Wes Rataiczak on the boys' Class 2-A squad and Caldwell High junior Lizzy Nau on the girls' Class 2-A team. Girls' second team selections incude the Cambridge duo of senior Carly Kehn and junior Molly Ritz in Class 4-A; Meadowbrook senior Bre Jones in Class 3-A; and Buckeye Trail senior Julie Bates, Barnesville junior Heidi Hines and Shenandoah sophomore Sami Schott in Class 2-A. Boys' honorable mention picks are Ryan Hatmaker of Cambridge in Class 4-A; Meadowbrook seniors Jeramie Neff, Ethan Shriver and Logan Pepper in Class 3-A; Shenandoah senior Dalton Doudna and junior Brett Farnsworth and Buckeye Trail seniors Cody Nelson and Gregg Strasser in Class 2-A. For the girls, honorable mention status went to Cambride junior Candice Bumgardner in Class 4-A; Meadowbrook senior Candace Neff and juniors Katherine Jirles and Shelby Stover in Class 3-A; Buckeye Trail senior Courtney Frame, junior Alexa Abrams and junior Kaylie Warnock, Barnesville senior Mariah Miller, Shenandoah junior Miranda Redden and Caldwell junior Stacey Mugrage in Class 1-A. Here's a look at the complete all-OVAC boys' and girls' all-star...  Read Story.

The ninth annual Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis All-Star Basketball Classic will take place Friday, April 2 at Parkersburg South High School and three local seniors will participate on the Ohio boys' team which was announced today. The trio of Ryan Hatmaker of Cambridge, Ethan Shriver of Meadowbrook and Aaron Lucas Caldwell will be on the Ohio squad, with Caldwell's Bryian Burston serving as an assistant coach. The girls' game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the boys' game following at approximately...  Read Story.

Guernsey County Longbeards Banquet The 15th annual Guernsey County Longbeards National Wild Turkey Federation Banquet will take place Saturday, March 27 at the Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center, with doors opening at 5:30 3 p.m. and dinner served at 7. Tickets are $30 for jakes; $75 for a couple; $55 for a single; and $25 for a sponsor. For more information, call Lori Rowlands at 617-7581; Ron Lahrmer at 432-8887; Lew Heady at 685-8201 or Jeremy Scherf at...  Read Story.

Jeff Harrison For The Village Reporter ST. CLAIRSVILLE -- A memorable three-year run for a solid core of seniors came to an end for the Meadowbrook High boys' basketball team, which dropped a 73-57 decision to a talented Carrollton squad in the Division...  Read Story.