New Lexington star named MVP in impressive all-around performance
Muskingum Valley All-Stars defeat Licking County for 4th consecutive year
The Muskingum Valley All-Stars took down Licking County 34-15 on June 20, 2025, at Licking Heights High School
PATASKALA — It was fourth-and-8 from the Licking County 45-yard line on the game’s opening drive and Muskingum Valley coach Cameron West was already facing one of those precarious positions.
He knew a stout defense would likely have given his team a chance to get the ball back with a punt. Or, he could roll the dice with record-setting quarterback quarterback Max Lyall, his former Tri-Valley understudy.
West chose the latter, which proved to be a shrewd decision. It also proved to be a sign of things to come.
Lyall fired a strike to New Lexington’s Bentley Hanson for a 43-yard completion down the seam that led to a Jayden Wallace 1-yard touchdown run.
It was the first big play in a Most Valuable Player performance for Hanson, who led the Muskingum charge in a 34-15 win on June 20 at Licking Heights High School.
West got a win in his final game — he is Tri-Valley’s new head principal and resigned as head coach in May. Counting his 2008 win as a quarterback and two other stints in a coaching capacity, West finished 4-0 in Muskingum-Licking games.
This one was dominant.
“Four in row for us,” West said. “We didn’t want to end the streak. Being my last game ever as a head coach and going out a winner, I can’t ask for much more than that.”
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