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Top Ranked Independence Sweeps Adena VB State Title Hopes

November 12, 2021 Mike Smith

Unbeaten and D-3 state top ranked Independence Blue Devils ended the (25-3) Adena Warriors volleyball state title hopes with a 25-22, 25-16, 26-24) sweep Friday at Wright State University’s Nutter Center.

(Photo: Adena’s Hannah Burns attack vs Independence- Litter Media/Mike Smith

The Warriors held a commanding 22-17 lead in the opening set, only to see the Blue Devils close on an 8-0 run for a 25-22 win, which might have been the turning point of the match.

Adena seemed rattled in Set #2, getting aced on serve five times and struggled to pass the ball in possession to get an attack going in a 25-16 loss, that never saw Independence trail.

The Warriors appeared to get their confidence back in set #3, taking their biggest lead at 18-10, but once again the Blue Devils battled back to take a lead of 22-20. Adena answered with a 3-0 run for a 23-22 lead, only to see Adena stave off one Independence match-point at 24-23, before eventually putting it away 26-24.

(Photo: Warriors Prepare Defense vs Independence- Litter Media/Mike Smith)

The Warriors were aced 8 times in the match, while Adena aced Independence 7 times. Neither team hit the ball that well, but the Blue Devils were a little better with a .202 percentage compared to Adena’s .136.

Senior Jenna Martin led the Adena offense with 7 kills, Ellie Harper 6, Makenna Lovely 5, Hannah Burns, while Sydney Foglesong, Makaela Lovely and Hannah Burns each had 4.

Hope Garrison had 18 assists, 4 aces and 11 digs. Camryn Carroll had 17 digs. Brenna McQuiniff added 8 digs.

Independence was led by Callie Prokopius with 11 kills and Hanna Wilson added 10. The Blue Devils had 46 kills compared to Adena’s 30.

Independence improves to (28-0) and faces unbeaten Liberty Benton Saturday for the Division 3 state title.

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Paint Valley Wins D-4 District Baseball Championship Among Monday Area Games

May 25, 2021 Mike Smith

Presented By McDonald’s, I’m Lovin’ It!

Coach Combs talks about the Bearcats 9-8 District title win

The (15-12) Paint Valley Bearcats showed how their tough SVC regular season can payoff in post-season play, beating higher seeded (17-6-1) Eastern Meigs 9-8 for the Division 4 District Baseball Championship at V.A. Memorial Stadium, Monday night.

The Bearcats fell behind 5-0, but rallied with 6 unanswered runs for a 6-5 lead. The Eagles tied it 6-6 in the sixth inning, before Paint Valley surged ahead with 3 runs in the bottom of the sixth for a 9-6 advantage.

Eastern Meigs in their final at-bat, made a comeback effort with two runs to make it 9-8, but a diving catch by Blaine Parker on a low line drive to right ended the game to hand PV the title.

In their come from behind effort, Brock Blanton drew a bases loaded walk to give the Bearcats their first lead of the game at 6-5, then after the Eagles tied the score at 6-6, it was Connor Free’s RBI hit that gave them the lead at 7-6, and what turned out to be the much-needed insurance runs coming around on a two-run single by Beau Blankenship making it 9-6.

That proved to be critical, after Eastern Meigs scored twice in the top of the 7th and had the tying run in scoring position when Parker’s diving catch ended the game.

Dax Estep got the win, working 4 innings, yielding 3 hits, and fanning 5.

At the plate, Paint Valley was led by Conor Free and Beau Blankenship- each with two hits, with Free driving in 4 runs.

The official line score for the Bearcats was 9 runs, 9 hits and committed 3 errors, while Eastern Meigs had 8 runs, 7 hits and had 4 costly errors.

Paint Valley now advances to the Division 4 Regional Semis at Lancaster’s Beaver Field vs Lucasville Valley on June 3rd at 2pm.

(18-11) Lucasville Valley advanced out of the Chillicothe #2 District with a 7-1 win over (14-13) Huntington, earlier in the day Monday.

The Indian’s George Arnett picked up the win on the mound, yielding only 6 Huntsmen hits to go along with assistance from Huntington, who struggled in the field with 6 errors in the game.

Valley score a run in the first, then the flood gates opened in the third inning when they added 6 more tallies for a 7-0 advantage.

Huntington’s lone run came in the fourth inning.

The Huntsmen see their season end with a (14-13) record.

Elsewhere in district baseball action:

(Division 3)

Minford beat Adena 11-1 in 5 innings and Meigs beat River Valley 7-2. Meigs will face Minford Wednesday in the district finals at V.A. Memorial Stadium at 3pm.

Wheelersburg topped Portsmouth 5-2, while Eastern Brown rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Piketon 6-2. Wheelersburg will play Eastern Brown in the 6pm district final, Wednesday at VA.

(Division 2)

The Unioto Shermans avenged a 9-3 loss at Miami Trace more than a week ago, this time in the district semis, 6-1. The victory places the Shermans up against Hillsboro in the Division 2 District Final Tuesday at 5pm at V.A. Memorial Stadium, with the winner headed to The Sweet 16.

Hillsboro advanced with a 2-0 win over Sheridan.

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Adena Boys & Unioto Girls Win SVC Track & Field Championships

May 15, 2021 Mike Smith

Presented By McDonald’s, I’m Lovin’ It!

(Photo compliments of Adena Athletic Boosters Facebook)

The 2021 Scioto Valley Conference Track & Field Championships saw a different winner for the boys team title, while the girls meet saw the Unioto Lady Shermans win their second straight crown.

On the boys side, host Adena outlasted two-time defending champ Unioto, as the Warriors won the championship with 134 points, followed by the Shermans with 110. Zane Trace was third with 91.5 points, then came Paint Valley 72, Westfall 71, Southeastern 63.5, Piketon 61 and Huntington with 56.

For the Warriors, it is their 14th SVC track title and first since 2006.

Unioto Girls won the SVC title with 167 points with Zane Trace second at 101. They were followed by Westfall 87, Adena 79, Paint Valley 68, Southeastern 58, Huntington 52 and Piketon with 48.

For the Lady Shermans, it is their 11th SVC championship and second straight.

2021 SVC Track & Field Championship at Adena

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Adena Powers Past Pioneers for 2020 SVC Football Title

October 3, 2020 Dan Ramey

Presented by McDonald’s – I’m Lovin’ It!

After a 10 year absence and finishing second the last two seasons, the Adena Warriors are finally back atop the Scioto Valley Conference.

Adena blanked Zane Trace 46-0 to finish 6-0 in the COVID-19 shortened football season. The Warriors nearly matched their game average of 48 points per game to earn a Gold Ball for the undefeated SVC season.

Preston Sykes had a scoop and score just 11 seconds into the game and tacked on a 56-yard TD pass on the Warriors first offensive play to post an early 16-0 lead.

“I came on a blitz” said Sykes “I didn’t think I was gonna get there – then all of a sudden, linebacker Cole Williams, he smacked a guy and I saw the ball shootin’ out… my eyes got real big. I thought ‘Oh I can scoop this and score on this’.” And like that, it was 8-0 after Sykes scored on a two-point conversion.

After forcing the Pioneers to punt on their next series, Sykes connected with Tate Myers on a 56-yard pass for a touchdown. And like that, the Warriors were ahead 16-0 1:54 into the first quarter.

Cade McWhorter tacked on a 18 yard field goal for a 19-0 lead. Nate Throckmorton punched in a 5-yard run and with just 13 seconds before halftime, Sykes found Logan Bennett on an 8-yard pass to lift the Warriors to a 32-0 lead.

Sykes wasn’t finished, he broke into the open field and sprinted 67-yards for a score. Gabe Stark was on the receiving end of Sykes’ third TD pass to finish the scoring.

“Starting off fast was the key” said Adena’s John Penwell. “It’s a big deal. Especially when you have a team like Zane Trace, who’s talented, young… The ,kids came out and played well. “

Adena was awarded a first round bye for the playoffs and won’t play until they host on October 17th. Zane Trace travels to Coshocton next Friday as the playoff season begins.

Adena’s John Penwell was all smiles with his family celebrating a 46-0 win over Zane Trace. The Warriors fell short of a title the previous two seasons. Photo by Dan Ramey/Litter Media

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Zane Trace Edges Adena 51-48

March 2, 2020 Dan Ramey

The third meeting between the Pioneers and Warriors was much closer than the first two. Zane Trace won by margins of 16 and 13 points in their previous matchups in 2019-20.

Adena had taken the first period 12-9 on a drop-in by Cade McKee just before the buzzer. Zane Trace got a hot hand while Adena cooled its shooting in the second quarter as the Pioneers outscored Adena 17-7 to take a 26-19 lead at the half.

It looked like Zane Trace was going to run away with the game in the third, but Adena drained three-pointers on three consecutive possessions and pulled to within 32-30. The Pioneers recovered and extended their lead to 40-30 to close out the period.

In the 4th, Adena stormed back and whittled the lead to 51-48 with an opportunity to tie the game at the end of regulation, but a three-pointer from Logan Bennett missed its mark and Zane Trace grabbed the rebound as time expired.

Nick Nesser led the Pioneers with 17 points ahead of Cam Evans’ 15. Logan Bennett was the game’s top scorer with 19.

Adena closes its season at 16-9 while Zane Trace improves to 21-3.

The win sends Zane Trace to the DIII District Championship game March 6th at 8:15pm with upset minded Ironton. The Tigers were a 56-41 winner over 3rd seeded Eastern Brown Sunday. Ironton trailed 3-0 but went on a 17-0 run and kept Eastern Brown down 10-17 points the rest of the game. Ironton is 13-10 entering Friday’s game. Zane Trace defeated Ironton in the regular season 54-50.