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Ohio – In many ways, it’s been a rough season for the Maysville Panthers.
Multiple close losses including a last second bucket by Cambridge to steal the win as well as multiple program stops and quarantines due to COVID exposure, the Panthers haven’t had the opportunity to build any momentum heading into the second month of the season.
Tuesday night, an opportunity for Maysville to end their winless streak and get a W on the board as they welcomed a depleted Morgan Raiders team to South Zanesville.
Morgan guard Gabe Altier and role players Jordan Raines and Caden Mummey did their best to fill the vacancies left by the absences of Carver Myers and Carter Mayle, but the Panthers exploited the weak points of the Raider offense and absolutely dominated the post game. Maysville forward Quentin Stottsberry finished the game with 18 points as the Panthers score their first win of the year.
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DRESDEN, Ohio – It can often be said that a team is “better than their record.” No team may embody that sentiment more than the Tri-Valley Scotties.
Tri-Valley came into Tuesday night at 3-5, but three of those losses were to teams currently ranked in the Associated Press Ohio high school basketball polls. The Scotties also possess first place in the Big School division thanks to a 58-49 win over Sheridan in mid-December.
The Coshocton Redskins may fall into that category as well. Coming into Tuesday with a 5-3 record, one of their losses was a last second defeat by a Ridgewood team expected to make a deep run in the postseason.
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio – The Maysville Panthers entered the 2020 season with a young team, sporting only two seniors and one junior in their entire lineup.
The season hasn’t been kind to the Panthers thus far; the team sitting at 0-3 on the season. But with more experience comes better results, and the Panthers were ready to get the ball rolling Tuesday night against an equally young Cambridge squad.
Cambridge broke out on a run early, at one point leading by 14 in the first quarter. By halftime, it looked like the Bobcats were going to run away and win big.
The Panthers fought and clawed their way back to tie the score at 51 late in the fourth quarter. Maysville’s Logan Smith would drop in a baby jumper to take a 53-52 lead with under thirty seconds to go, but Cambridge’s Sean Perkins scored on a put-back with under four seconds to go to earn the Bobcats a 54-53 win.