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Monthly Archives: November 2021
Pickaway County Chili Cook Off November 12th
Presented By McDonald’s, I’m Lovin’ It!
Larry Cox Turkey Trot 2021
Presented By Classic Brands
(Chillicothe) — This years Officer Larry R. Cox Turkey Trot 5K & Fun Run will be on Thanksgiving Day at 9am.
Due to COVID- 19 the following changes have been implemented:
In an event to keep participants safer, they have moved to the Rotary Shelter in the park. The Race start/ finish is in the same place.
Pre-registration is available online only.
The PRE-REGISTRATION deadline, to allow for race day eve pick up of shirts, is Friday, November 12th, 2021.
Online registration is over at 11:59PM on 11-22-21. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ORDER SHIRTS AFTER THE 12TH.
Those pre-registering can pick up their race packets on Thanksgiving eve from 5-7 PM at the at the Ross Chillicothe Library Annex behind the Main Library off of Paint St. in Chillicothe.
All registration is ONLINE. There will be NO registration day of event.
Sign up here: CLICK HERE:
Tour Of Historic Churches Planned For Chillicothe
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A Tour of Historic Churches will be held December 4th in Chillicothe. Several churches will be open to the public that night, to include an inside look of the participating churches and their history.
The Ross-Chillicothe Convention and Visitor’s Bureau will sell tickets beginning October 11th. Ticket sales are capped at 200 and will be sold on line and at the Bureau for $10 and $15 at the door of the participating churches.
A Facebook page has been created called “Chillicothe Christmas Church Walk”.
Proceeds less operating expenses will be donated to the Adena Hospital Women’s and Children’s Fund.
Doors open at St. Peter’s at 6:30pm, welcome and instructions begin at 6:45pm on December 4, 2021.
Three walking groups. If the average time spent in each church is 20 minutes, the earliest estimated completion time of the walk is 9:45pm.
The churches visited during the Chillicothe Christmas Church Walk are:
*St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church; 118 Church Street Chillicothe
*Walnut Street United Methodist Church, 16 South Walnut Street Chillicothe
*First Baptist Church, 65 West Fourth Street Chillicothe
*First Wesleyan Church, 89 South Mulberry Street Chillicothe
*St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 61 South Paint Street, Chillicothe
The order of visitation varies by the group one is assigned to but everyone begins the walk at St. Peter’s and finishes at St. Mary’s. All of the people in a group are assigned group leaders and will arrive and leave each church at the same time.
This is an outdoor walk and will be held in all but the most severe weather so come dressed for the elements and bring a flashlight. Log on to Litter Media for cancelation details.
Tickets are sold online on the Chillicothe Visitor’s Bureau’s website, visitchillicotheohio.com.
Area Players/Coach Named All Ohio Volleyball
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(OHSVCA) — Several area high school volleyball players have been named All Ohio by the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association.
Division 3 First Team honors include Jenna Martin of Adena. Her teammate Ellie Harper is Third Team All Ohio. Warriors Coach Laura Smith is Division 3 Coach of the Year, an honor she also won in 1993 when the Warriors were State Runner-Up. Adena is in the D-3 State Tournament this year.
Marissa Mullins of Westfall is Second Team All Ohio along with Ryleigh Meeker of Wheelersburg.
Other Division 3 honorees were Third Team selections Lexi Scott of Zane Trace and Huntington’s Megan Steele, along with Harper.
The D-3 Honorable Mention list includes Huntington’s Allison Basye, Westfall’s Claire Latham, and Southeastern’s Hannah Lougheed and Lexie Lockwood.
In Division 2, Faith Stinson of Sheridan is Second Team, Vinton County’s Cameron Zinn is Third Team All Ohio and Bloom Carroll’s McKenna Wiseman is Honorable Mention along with Ally Perkins of Sheridan.
South Webster’s Faith Maloney is a Division 4 First Team selection, leading her squad to the school’s first volleyball Final 4. Maloney’s fellow Jeep Graci Claxon is Honorable Mention.
Academy Late Rally Ends Piketon’s Unbeaten Season
Presented By Atomic Speedway
The Piketon Redstreaks saw their playoff run end Saturday, falling to Columbus Academy 30-22 in Round 2 of Division 5 Football Playoff action at Piketon.
The Redstreaks fell behind when Academy starting quarterback Henry Rubey took a three yard TD run to the end-zone at 9:14 of the first quarter for a Vikings 7-0 lead.
Piketon came back in a hurry to take an 8-7 lead when Levi Gullion fired a 70 yard TD strike to John Burton. The two point conversion was also good at 5:31 of the first quarter.
An onside kick was recovered by Piketon, who then scored again when Gullion found Burton on a 43 yard TD pass. The two point try saw Gullion run it in for a 16-7 Redstreaks lead at 5:11 of the first quarter.
Less than two minutes later, Academy scored when Rubey ran for a 13 yard score followed by the PAT 2 pointer, cutting Piketon’s lead to 16-15 at 2:33 of first quarter.
Academy lost starting quarterback Henry Rubey due to an injury in the second quarter, but replaced him for the rest of the game.
With Vikings moving down the field for a posible go-ahead score, Levi Gullion intercepted a Whitney pass at the Redstreaks 18 yard line. Piketon would proceed to drive down the field and score on a Gullion one yard run, but the two point conversion failed. leaving Piketon up 22-15 lead with 3:47 of first half.
Academy came down the field in a hurry, but a potential tying TD pass was dropped in the end-zone to end the half.
The play of the game was a 33 yard pick-six by Academy’s Harold Hacker with 27 seconds left in the third quarter. The PAT kick tied Piketon 22-22.
The Vikings mounted their eventual winning drive and saw Drake Bellisari’s two yard run for a TD, then a two point conversion pass to Harper Logan put them up 30-22 with 4:56 left in the game.
The Redstreaks had one last gasp attempt and drove to the Academy side of the field, but the Vikings defense sacked Gullion as time expired to end the game.
Piketon closes their SVC Championship season at (10-1). Academy improved to (8-3) and head to the Regional Semis.
Unioto Soccer and Cross Country Have Big Days
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The Unioto Boys Soccer team will had to the Division 2 State Final Four with a 2-1 win over Athens for the Regional Championship at Zane Trace High School.
Sophomore Lucas Hanes scored both of the Shermans goals in the win, never trailing in the contest.
Goal #1 for Lucas Hanes to put Shermans up 1-0:
Goal #2 for Hanes, making it 2-0 at the time and proved to be the winner in what became a 2-1 final score.
Unioto advances to the State Semis November 10th at 7pm against Cincinnati Wyoming. The match is slated to be played at Teays Valley High School.
In State Cross Country action Saturday, Unioto placed third in Division 2 team standings.
The Shermans’ top finishers were Corey Schobelock 5th (15:46), Gabe Lynch 26th, Markko Turner 39th, Seth Ogan 47th.
Adena Downs Westfall For Volleyball Regional Title
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The Adena Warriors needed every weapon in their arsenal in order to overtake SVC rival Westfall (25-19, 25-19, 25-20) for the Division 3 Regional Volleyball Championship at Logan High School.
The win sends the Warriors to the State Semis at Wright State University Nutter Center, Friday at 2pm vs Independence. Adena improves to (25-2) while Westfall ends their season at (22-5), falling to the Warriors for a third time this season.
The match was close in each set, seeing Adena down 19-18 in Set #1, before closing on a 7-0 run for a 25-19 win.
Set #2 was even at 14-14, then saw Adena close on an 11-5 run for another 25-19 win and a (2-0) match lead.
In Set #3, Westfall led as late as 17-16, with both teams trading punches through Adena’s 20-19 lead, when the Warriors saw Jenna Martin come up with big blocks and kills down the stretch, including the match winner at 25-20, following a Hope Garrison dig of a Marissa Mullins rocket shot that made the final attack possible.
Jenna Martin led Adena with 12 kills, 1 solo block and 2 assisted blocks. Ellie Harper had 10 kills. Sydney Foglesong 9 kills, 1 solo and 1 assisted block. Hannah Burns 7 kills, Makenna Lovely 6 kills and 9 digs. Makaela Lovely 4 kills and 13 assists. Hope Garrison 18 assists and 13 digs. Camryn Carroll had 16 digs.
No stats were available for Westfall at press time.
This will be Adena Volleyball’s 10th trip to the State Final Four (1975, 1976, 1982, 1993, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2021) The Warriors won state titles in 1975 and 1976, were runner-up in 1993 and 2009. Coach Laura Smith is taking her 7th team to the state tournament.
In Division 4 at Bloom Carroll High School, South Webster swept Newark Catholic to head to the Final Four (25-15, 25-22, 25-13). Adena handed South Webster their only loss this season.
Saturday Tournament Scores, 11/6/21
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OHSAA STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Division 3 Girls)
Marie Souther of Zane Trace 12th (18:53.8)
Caitlyn Shipley of Westfall 71st
(Division 3 Boys)
Ryan Richendollar of Adena 28th (16:37)
(Division 2 Girls)– Noon
Olivia Cisco of Waverly 30th (19:12.1)
Indy Spetnagel of Unioto 33rd
Brianna Nelson of Unioto 50th
Lily Winter of Circleville 80th
Maddux Bigam of Circleville 83rd
(Division 2 Boys)
Unioto team finished 3rd. Corey Schobelock 5th (15:46), Gabe Lynch 26th, Markko Turner 39th, Seth Ogan 47th.
Charlie Putnam of Portsmouth 8th
Mitch Green of Waverly 75th
VOLLEYBALL
(Division 3 Regional Championship)
Adena 3, Westfall 0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-20) *10th Adena trip to Final 4/Play Independence 11/12/21 at 2pm*
(Division 4 Regional Championship)
South Webster 3, Newark Catholic 0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-13) *SW to play 11/10/21 vs New Knoxville at 6pm*
BOYS SOCCER
(Division 2 Regional Championship)
Unioto 2, Athens 1 *Unioto’s 2nd trip to Final Four and first in 17 years/Play Cincinnati Wyoming at 7pm 11/10/21 at Teays Valley HS*
GIRLS SOCCER
(Division 2 Regional Championship)
Bexley 2, Fairfield Union 1
(Division 3 Regional Championship)
Eastern Brown 3, Milford Center Fairbanks 2
FOOTBALL
(Division 5)
Columbus Academy 30, Piketon 22
Ironton 17, Portsmouth 6
Wheelersburg 24, West Lafayette Ridgewood 20
Harvest Prep 12, Amanda Clearcreek 10
(Division 6)
Fort Frye 36, Nelsonville-York 6
Barnesville 28, KIPP 20
Fairland 58, Worthington Christian 28
West Jefferson 63, Northmor 13
(Division 7)
Newark Catholic 42, Caldwell 7
East Knox 35, Trimble 28
Hannibal River 53, Berne Union 21
Shadyside 27, Waterford 13
Football Playoff Scores Friday, 11/5/21
Presented By Atomic Speedway
Division 3, Region 11
Jackson 17, Eastmoor Academy 6 *Jackson faces Western Brown*
Western Brown 50, Bellefontaine 20
Granville 19, DeSales 12
London 24, Bishop Hartley 17
Division 4, Region 15
Bloom-Carroll 31, Highland 3 *BC faces Heath*
Heath 41, Indian Valley 20
St. Clairsville 38, Carrollton 9
Meadowbrook 28, John Glenn 21
Division 4, Region 16
Clinton-Massie 49, Waverly 28