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West School PTO having All Star Jam The West School PTO is sponsoring an All Star Jam (businesses vs. teachers) on Saturday, March 20 with the game starting at 6:30 p.m. at Newcomerstown High School. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students. ...  Read Story.

Nc'town football program to have Texas Hold'em Tournament The Newcomerstown football program is sponsoring a Texas Hold'em Tournament on Friday, March 12 with one session starting at 6 p.m. at the David Barber Civic Center in Newcomerstown. Doors open...  Read Story.

Sandy Valley claimed the team championship for the ninth straight year at the Inter-Valley Conference wrestling tournament hosted by Newcomerstown High School last Saturday. The Cardinals...  Read Story.

DOVER -- Ridgewood led from start to finish as they won their first round tournament game against Barnesville on Thursday at Dover High School. The final score of 48-37 set up the Generals to take on...  Read Story.

BERLIN -- The Hiland boys dialed long distance to defeat Newcomerstown, 69-34, on Wednesday in an Inter-Valley Conference contest. The Hawks (14-4, 11-3 IVC) connected on nine long-range buckets, paced by Dylan Kaufman with...  Read Story.

Dodgeball tourney set for Feb. 27 There will be a dodgeball tournament on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Newcomerstown Middle School. Registration starts at 9 a.m. Those participating in the middle school and high school category should register by 10 a.m. and...  Read Story.

Early Bird League The following is the Early Bird League results from Feb. 16 at Cy Young Lanes, Newcomerstown. Indivdiual results: Ed Berkshire, 232-674; Mark Cutshall, 269-650; Shawn Parks, 229-650; Brad Opphile, 258-645; Corey Meeks, 243-624; Jerry...  Read Story.

Early Bird League The following are the Early Bird League results from Feb. 9 at Cy Young Lanes, Newcomerstown. Individual results: Shawn Parks, 258-710; Levi Yoder, 258-659; Monk Grace, 257-652; and Joe Grewell, 220-611. Team standings: Purdy...  Read Story.

Thursday Nite Ladies (Feb. 4) Series over 500: Holly Roof, 191-187-206-584. Games over 175: Penny Clark, 198; Michaela Jones, 194; Brenda Mathias, 191; Vera Snyder, 184; Leigh White, 184; Gin Elerick, 179; Rebecca Smith, 177. Standings: Ourant Funeral...  Read Story.

Coming out of the gates with a hot start, the Lady Trojans routed Inter-Valley Conference foe Malvern at home Wednesday, 67-35. Newcomerstown (7-10, 6-8 IVC) blew the Lady Hornets out of the water in the first half, as they headed into the intermission with a commanding 41-17 lead. Five players scored for the Lady Trojans in the first quarter, featuring a pair of three-pointers from Allie Hinton. The second frame was even better for Newcomerstown, as it racked up 22 more points using six-point performances from Chelsea Fenton and Steph Felton. The hosts outscored Malvern 26-18 in the final half to secure the victory. Field-goal percentage was in favor of the hosts, as they buried 26-of-54 (48 percent) of their shot. Fenton led four Lady Trojans in double figures with 17 points while grabbing 10 of her team's 24 rebounds. Felton tacked on 13 points; Hinton pumped in 11; and Kori Conner 10. Malvern (3-14, 1-12 IVC) was led by Christina Mayle with 14 markers. The Hornets won the reserve game, 48-44. Newcomerstown 19 22 11 15 " 67 Malvern 11 6 11 7 " 35 Newcomerstown 67 Roberts 1-3-5, Cathey 1-0-2, Fenton 6-5-17, Conner 5-0-10, Felton 5-2-13, Hinton 3-1-9, Snyder 5-1-11. Totals: 26-12-67. Malvern 35 Hall 3-1-7, Smalley 3-1-10, Dexter 0-2-2, Wood 1-0-2, Mayle 6-0-14. Totals: 15-4-35. 3-point goals: N " Hinton 2; Felton 1. M " Mayle 2; Smalley 1. Garaway beats Ridgewood SUGARCREEK " Garaway handed Ridgewood a 43-25 setback on Wednesday in Inter-Valley Conference action. The loss dropped the Lady Generals to 9-4 in league play and 13-4 overall, while the Lady Pirates went to 11-2 IVC and 13-4 overall. Garaway pushed its way to a 14-6 first quarter lead that closed to 21-17 by halftime. But the Lady Pirates surged in the third quarter with a 13-2 advantage that made it 34-19 as the final frame began. The hosts won the fourth quarter, 9-6. Courtney Babcock was lead scorer for the Lady Generals with nine points. Kayla Tedrick knocked down seven points while Kelsey Miller came through with six. Kristen Troyer topped Garaway with 12 tallies. Ridgewood made 8-of-27 shots from the floor and 8-of-12 from the line. Garaway was 15-of-28 from the field and 9-of-10 at the stripe. Ridgewood 6 11 2 6 " 25 Garaway 14 7 13 9 - 43 Manchester defeats Indian Valley AKRON " Manchester defeated Indian Valley 57-30 in a Principals Athletic Conference game on Wednesday. The Lady Panthers roared to a 31-9 halftime lead and were never challenged the rest of the game. Courtney Emler was lead scorer for the Lady Braves with seven points while Samantha Ohler had six points and Kallie Garbrandt scored five. Amber Silver led the Lady Panthers with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Indian Valley 4 5 9 12 " 30 Manchester 21 10 15 11 - 57 Lady Generals roll past Nc'town WEST LAFAYETTE " Behind a pair of 11-point scorers, the host Ridgewood Lady Generals rolled to a 41-29 Inter-Valley Conference victory over Newcomerstown on Saturday afternoon. Courtney Babcock and Kayla Tedrick paced the Lady Generals' scoring attack with 11points each and Maggie Naglewas close behind with ninemarkers. Ridgewood took the lead the opening quarter by out scoring the visitors 10-3, but the Lady Trojans rebounded in the secondperiod for a 7-4 scoring edge, cutting the difference to 14-10 by halftime. The Lady Generals (12-3, 9-3 IVC) controlled both second half frames with scoring advantages of 11-8and 16-11 to capture the win. Chelsea Fenton and AllieHinton led the Lady Trojans (6-10, 5-8 IVC) with eight points each as Newcomerstown cashedin on 9-of-29 floor shots, converted 8-of-15 charity tosses, but suffered from 19 turnovers. Ridgewood hit 12-of-33 field shots and added 13-of-23 from the foul line. Kelsey Miller and Alaynee Wright added six and four points, respectively. The Lady Generals committed justsix miscues. Newcomerstown posted a 24-21 rebounding advantage, led by Kori Conner with eight boards. The Generals won the reserve game, 36-32. Newcomerstown 29 Roberts 1-0-2, Cathey 0-0-0,Fenton 2-4-8, Conner 2-1-5, Felton 1-3-6, Hinton 3-0-8, Snyder 0-0-0. Totals 9-8-29. Ridgewood 41 Babcock 2-6-11, Wright 2-0-4, Tedrick 3-4-11, Nagle 3-3-9, Lusk 0-0-0, Wiggins 0-0-0, Nickol0-0-0, Miller 3-0-6. Totals 12-13-41. Newcomerstown 3 7 8 11 " 29 Ridgewood 10 4 11 16 " 41 3-point goals: N - Hinton 2, Felton 1. R - Babcock, Tedrick 1. Lady Braves fall to Claymont GNADENHUTTEN " Indian Valley led much of the game but couldn't pull out the win as the Lady Braves fell to Claymont, 46-40, in a non-conference game last Saturday. The Lady Braves were ahead 29-26 as the fourth quarter began but the Lady Mustangs (8-9) went on a 20-11 tear to win going away. Jessica Knisely fired in 12 points to lead Indian Valley (0-17). Taryn Deetz had a solid all-around game with nine points, six rebounds and five steals. Kayleigh Larson paced Claymont with 15 points while Makenzie Ripley scored 13. Claymont 6 8 12 20 " 46 Indian Valley 5 11 13 11 -...  Read Story.

WEST LAFAYETTE " The Generals led through the first half but couldn't hold on in the second as they fell to Garaway in a make-up game on Thursday, 49-42. Ridgewood led 6-2 after the first quarter and 19-13 at halftime, and 33-31 as the fourth quarter began. But the Pirates outscored their hosts 18-10 in the final eight minutes to pull out the win. A 12-1 advantage at the free throw line in favor of Garaway (13-2, 10-1 IVC) proved to be the difference. The Pirates were 12-of-19 at the charity stripe, including their only two points in the first quarter, while the Generals had just two attempts, making one. Paul Honigford led Garaway with 19 points, including 15 in the second half. Jake Troyer and Brennan Mullet both finished with 10. Evan Jones was top scorer for Ridgewood (7-8, 5-6 IVC) with 11 points. Three players came through with eight points, including Tanner Stoffer, Richard Hawthorne, and Thomas Ellis. The Pirates won the reserve game, 40-38. Ridgewood 6 13 14 10 " 43 Garaway 2 11 18 18 - 49 Nc'town falls to Conotton Valley BOWERSTON " Conotton Valley used an 8-6 advantage in overtime, including a two-point put-back by Brandon Bailey with two seconds left, to post their first Inter-Valley Conference win of the year as they knocked off Newcomerstown, 63-61, on Tuesday. The Trojans (5-11, 2-10 IVC) jumped out to a 15-12 lead the opening quarter and took a 25-23 advantage to the locker room at the half. The Orange and Black then added one to the difference the third stanza with an 11-10 scoring edge. But the Rockets rebounded the final eight minutes to outscore the visitors 22-19 and knot the score at 55 to force overtime. Newcomerstown's Cameron Wolf led the way with 19 points, while Matt Ayres added 12. Jansen Lenzo and Paul Matthews each tallied nine points and Bubba Harris added seven. Conotton Valley (3-13, 1-10 IVC)was led by Brandon Bailey's 18 points and brother Shawn added 17. Nick Galigher followed with 10 while Shawn Ball contributed nine. The Trojans won the reserve game, 47-35. Caleb Fenton led all scorers with 18 points. Woody Burrier and Cody Sproat each cashed in nine points. The Newcomerstown JV is now 11-5 overall and 8-4 in the IVC. Newcomerstown 61 Rankin 0-2-2; Wolf 7-3-19; Lenzo 1-6-9; Ayres 6-0-12; Harris 3-1-7; Matthews 1-0-3; Arnold 3-2-9; Fenton 0-0-0; Sproat 0-0-0 . Totals 21-14-61. Conotton Valley 63 Galigher 4 2-2 10; Rodriguez 0 0-0 0; Yarick 2 1-2 7; Johnson 1 0-0 2; Ball 2 5-6 9; Bailey 7 4-5 18; Bailey 7 3-4 17. Totals 23 15-20 63. Newcomerstown 15 10 11 19 6 " 61 Conotton Valley 12 11 10 22 8 " 63 3-point goals: N - Wolf 2, Lenzo, Matthews, Arnold 1. CV " Yarick 2. Malvern edges Ridgewood WEST LAFAYETTE " Malvern edged by Ridgewood on Tuesday, 48-46, as Max Kapron hit a short jumper as time ran out for the win. Both teams put up the points in the first quarter with the Generals emerging with a 23-18 lead. Ridgewood held onto its lead by halftime, 30-27, and clung to a 40-39 advantage as the fourth frame began. With the game tied 46-46, the Hornets ran off the last 1:32 on the clock before Kapron hit his game-winner. Evan Jones again led Ridgewood scoring, this time with 16 points. Adam Wackerly of the Hornets (8-5, 7-3 IVC) had a game-high 20 points. Travis Tucci added 12. Ridgewood 23 7 10 6 " 46 Malvern 18 9 12 9 - 48 Strasburg beats Nc'town Pressure defense and a precise flex offense helped visiting Strasburg slide by the Trojans last Friday, 54-42, in Inter-Valley Conference action. The Tigers (8-5, 6-4 IVC) came out of the gates strong as they jumped out to a 13-2 lead in the first quarter. The Trojans (5-10, 2-9 IVC) eventually stirred from dormancy when sophomore Matt Ayres scored on a pair of free throws and a post move, followed by a layup from Cameron Wolf. It appeared Newcomerstown was back in contention as the first quarter ended, 17-9. The Trojans carried the momentum into the beginning of the second frame, when Ayres connected on another inside shot and Caleb Rankin rattled in two foul shots at the 6:56 mark, making the score 19-13 in favor of Strasburg. A minute later, Bubba Harris scored two consecutive layups off steals to bring the Trojans within two, 19-17. The visitors responded when Bell hit a "triple" and Hunter Schneiter converted a layup, pushing the Strasburg lead to 24-17 with 3:00 left in the half. Down 28-18, the Trojans scored the final two buckets of the half, layups from Ayres and Josh Miller, to head into the locker room down six, 28-22. Apparently, each coach had a defense-oriented halftime speech, because the third quarter was a war of attrition, with Strasburg edging out an 8-6 advantage. The slow third frame set up a shootout in the final period, beginning when the teams traded layup-for-layup and the first minute of the fourth quarter looked like a track meet. Up 40-32 with 6:40 left in the contest, Strasburg used a 14-10 run to end the game and return home with a league win. The streak featured a pair of layups from Austin Hostetler to put the game out of reach, 52-39, with 3:11 left. The game was not without its bright points for the hosts, as the promising second-year forward, Ayres, lead all scorers with 14 points and four blocked shots. Harris recorded 11 points and eight rebounds as the only other Trojan in double figures; Miller added eight markers; and Rankin tallied six points and had four assists. Schneiter led a balanced scoring attack for the Tigers, notching 13 points. Hostetler poured in 10; Bell had 11; and Bonifant scored nine counters, pulled down six boards and hammered three blocks. Newcomerstown shot 16-of-32 (50 percent) from the field, and 10-of-15 (66 percent) from the stripe, while the visitors hit 21-of-45 (46 percent) field goal attempts and 8-of-9 (88 percent) foul shots. The Trojans enjoyed a slight rebounding advantage, 23-20, but coughed up 15 turnovers while forcing 12 Strasburg miscues. NHS head coach Dan Weekley credited the defensive effort of Strasburg in the loss. "We started out slow in the first quarter and got down behind the eight-ball," Weekley noted. "They are a good team. We got back in the game, but we had some mental mistakes handling their press, it caused some unforced turnovers. "That was the big thing...the turnovers," the Trojan coach continued. "Ayres is only a sophomore, but he has played with every big-name player so far this year, and I think this is his fifth or sixth straight double-figure game. I thought he did a tremendous job." Newcomerstown won the reserve game, 39-36. Four Trojans finished with seven points each, including Joe Raach, Cody Sproat, Tyler Craigo, and Kris Wolf. Strasburg 54 Froman 2-3-7, Schneiter 6-1-13, Bonifant 3-2-9, Hostetler4-2-10, Kuecher 2-0-4, Bell 4-0-11. Totals 21-8-54. Newcomerstown 42 Rankin 1-4-6, Miller 4-0-8, Lenzo 0-1-1, Wolf 1-0-2, Ayres 5-4-14, Harris 5-1-11. Totals 16-10-42. Strasburg 17 11 8 18 " 54 Newcomerstown 9 13 6 14 " 42 3-point goals: S - Bell 3, Bonifant 1. N - 0. Ridgewood beats Conotton Valley WEST LAFAYETTE " Ridgewood used a dominating first quarter to ride to a 63-36 win over Conotton Valley last Friday. The Generals shot out to a 15-2 first quarter lead and continued to pour it on, leading 31-7 by halftime. They outscored their visitors 32-29 the rest of the way. Evan Jones and Thomas Ellis each had 15 points to pace the Generals (7-5, 5-4 IVC). Shawn and Brandon Bailey, who are brothers, each scored nine points for the Rockets (2-12, 0-10 IVC). Ridgewood won the reserve game, 48-38. Ridgewood 15 16 17 15 " 63 Conotton Valley 2 5 13 16 " 36 Triway beats Indian Valley WOOSTER " Triway took down Indian Valley last Friday, 53-45, as the Titans used a 14-2 first quarter to build a cushion that the Brave's could not overcome. Indian Valley rallied though and actually won the next three quarters, 43-39, but it simply wasn't enough to wipe out the early deficit. Tanner Eckstein led Indian Valley (3-11, 3-7 PAC) with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Kyle Lehigh cashed in 10 points. The Titans (11-4, 8-2 PAC) were led by Zach Houmard's 15 points. Triway took the reserve game, 52-42. Triway 14 12 16 11 " 53 Indian Valley 2 13 10 20 - 45 Garaway beats Indian Valley SUGARCREEK " Garaway scored an easy 61-33 win over Indian Valley in non-conference play last Saturday. Kyle Lehigh had seven points to pace the Braves (3-12). Tanner Klein scored 12 points for the Pirates (11-2). No other details were available. Ridgewood falls to Coshocton WEST LAFAYETTE " Ridgewood dropped a 52-44 decision to Coshocton in a non-conference game last Saturday. Thomas Ellis was top scorer for the Generals (7-6) with 13 points. Dom McCluskey paced the Redskins (9-4) with 20 markers. No other details were...  Read Story.

Charlie Lenzo/Lenzo Studio Here, East School kindergarten student Caitlin Green participates in the Newcomerstown High School cheerleaders' Biddy Cheer Clinic recently. They performed at the at the half time of the varsity boys' basketball game Jan....  Read Story.

Newcomerstown almost had a home triangular sweep Wednesday night as they defeated Beallsville and then lost a nail-biter to Shenandoah. In the third match, Shenandoah knocked off...  Read Story.

BOWERSTON -- Newcomerstown scored an Inter-Valley Conference victory Wednesday on the road at Conotton Valley, 51-32. After taking a 17-12 lead in the first quarter, the Lady...  Read Story.

Visiting Garaway opened its Inter-Valley Conference match-up with host Newcomerstown with a 17-6 first quarter lead and never looked back, coasting to a 63-47 victory on Tuesday. The...  Read Story.

NEW PHILADELPHIA -- Healthy Tusc Winter Hike will be Saturday, Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Schoenbrunn Village, 1984 E. High Ave., New Philadelphia. Guided walks will be every 15 minutes; walks...  Read Story.

DOVER -- The Run for Home Road Runners Club will launch a training program focusing on kids and families Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Tuscarawas County YMCA in Dover. The annual training program...  Read Story.

WARSAW -- Ridgewood used a 6-1 run in overtime to defeat River View 46-41 in a non-conference game on Tuesday. A three pointer by Kyle Bradford late in the game tied the score at 40, allowing...  Read Story.

Early Bird League The following are the Early Bird League results from Jan. 12 at Cy Young Lanes, Newcomerstown. Individual results: Ed Hammersley, 251-678; Scott Sarchet, 235-674; Ed Berkshire, 233-665; Levi Yoder, 227-654; Randy Schworm, 246-652;...  Read Story.

5th Quarters are back at the River of Life Community Center with more consoles for video games and other planned activities. The HeBrews Coffeehouse will continue to offer a place for both teens and adults to...  Read Story.