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(Carroll)- The Bloom Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday January 29th, prior to the varsity boys’ home basketball game against Hamilton Township. (Approximately 6:45pm-7:00pm)
Inductees will be Tami Cox (Ireland), John Baas, Robb Ingram, and Maggie Loeffler.
The Service Award goes to Choc Woods.
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Number 4 state ranked Bloom Carroll showed why they are one of the top Division 2 boys basketball teams in the state, rolling past Logan Elm 50-25 in Mid State League Buckeye action Friday night at Tom Petty Gymnasium.
The Braves got out to an early 4-0 lead, but Bloom Carroll grabbed their first lead at 8-7 with 3 minutes left in the first quarter. The Bulldogs led 10-7 after the first quarter as the Braves used a slow tempo offense to keep the Bulldogs out of their running game.
Down 11-7 in the second quarter, Logan Elm battled back for a 12-11 lead on a Tanner Holbert three-pointer with 4:50 left in the half, and made it 14-11 moments later.
That’s when Bloom Carroll turned up the fire, finishing the first half on a 5-0 run for 16-14 lead over Logan Elm at halftime. Evan Dozer lead the Bulldogs with 10 of their 16 first half points.
That heat might have felt like hot coals falling on Logan Elm in the third quarter as Bloom Carroll ended the period with a 35-14 lead, completing a 24-0 run after having trailed 14-11 late in the first half.
The Bulldogs outscored Logan Elm. 15-11 in the fourth quarter for the 50-25 final score.
Evan Dozer led the Bulldogs with 22 points and was our McDonald’s “Player of the Game.” Jared Rose added 11 for the only other Bloom Carroll player in double figures.
Logan Elm was led by Braylen Baker’s 12 points, Konnor Starkey added 8 and Tanner Holbert was held to only 5 points, well below his per game average of close to 20 points.
Bloom Carroll improves to (6-0/10-1) while the Braves fall to (3-3/6-4).
Elsewhere in the MSL, Teays Valley and Fairfield Union keep pace just one game behind Bloom Carroll. Fairfield Union edged Amanda Clearcreek 58-52 while Teays Valley crushed Circleville 47-32. Liberty Union was a 62-33 winner over Hamilton Township.
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The Bloom Carroll Bulldogs clinched no worse than a share of the Mid State League-Buckeye Division with a 49-0 win over Teays Valley.
The game started with Bloom Carroll and Teays Valley trading possessions without a score.
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The Bulldogs K.J. Benedict scampered 2 yards for a touchdown at 2:09 of the first quarter for a 7-0 lead, following the PAT kick.
The first quarter ended with Bloom Carroll driving to Teays Valley 27 yard line, leading 7-0.
The Bulldog’s Chase Plantz didn’t take long to add to their lead, scoring on a 1 yard TD run for a 14-0 advantage with 11:30 left in the first half.
Bloom Carroll extended their lead to 21-0 on a Dylan Armentrout TD run from 5 yards out at 6:05 left in the half.
Less than two minutes later, Armentrout scored on a 75 yard run to make it 28-0 at 4:18 in the second quarter.
Bloom Carroll then blew the game open on a 10 yard Chase Plantz TD run for a 35-0 halftime lead, which put the continuous clock in play for the rest of the game, since they had a 35 point deficit.
Bloom Carroll’s defense was as good as the offense in the first half, holding Teays Valley to only 35 yards of total offense and no first downs.
The second half picked up where the first half ended for Bloom Carroll, with QB K.J. Benedict connecting on a TD pass of 18 yards to Branyon Dodds to make it 42-0 at 7:47 of third quarter.
The Bulldogs defense also got in on the scoring act when Carter Bepler took a pick-six 98 yards for a touchdown and the final margin of victory of 49-0 with 4:09 left in the game.
Bloom Carroll quarterback K.J. Benedict was the “McDonald’s Player of the Game”.
The Bloom Carroll win clinches no worse than a share of the Mid State League crown. The Bulldogs conclude the regular season at Hamilton Township, while the Vikings host Logan Elm.
Both Bloom Carroll and Teays Valley are certain to gain post-season berths, with the Bulldogs now (6-0/9-0) and Teays Valley (5-1/8-1).
Next week’s Litter Media Game of the Week will be for the FAC Championship, as Chillicothe travels to Jackson. The Ironman have already clinched a share of the title, with Chillicothe needing a win to share the championship.
