🌱 How Licking Heights turned hot shooting into a 52-17 Pataskala rout

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• How Licking Heights turned hot shooting into a 52-17 Pataskala rout

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 36 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 39, low: 28.
• Thursday: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 52 and low of 21 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Heights boys bury Granville under early avalanche of 3s during LCL win (newarkadvocate.com) — Licking Heights boys basketball thrilled the home crowd in Pataskala with a barrage of early three-pointers and smothering defense to rout Granville 52-17 in Licking County League play. Multiple Hornets hit from deep, nine players scored, and Heights’ size and rebounding dominance backed up a defense-first mindset as they continue their push to repeat as league and district champions.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Homework Help Center
  Sycamore Plaza - Meeting Room
  3:00 pm
• PlayStation Sessions
  Sycamore Plaza - Learning Kitchen
  3:00 pm
• Teen Writing Group
  Pickerington Main - Large Conference Room
  4:00 pm
• MSE Boys BB vs GMS West
  Middle School East , 730 Clotts Rd , Gahanna
  5:30 pm
• MSE Girls BB @ GMS West
  Middle School East , 350 N Stygler Rd , Gahanna
  5:30 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  South Administration Building , 3700 S. Hight St. , Columbus
  6:00 pm
• City Council Agenda & Voting Meeting
  Whitehall, OH Calendar , 360 S. Yearling Road , Whitehall
  6:30 pm
• After School Snack
  1402 Brice Rd , Reynoldsburg
  9:15 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Blood Drive
  Reynoldsburg, OH Calendar , 1470 Davidson Dr , Reynoldsburg
  12:00 pm
• Teen Cookie Decorating
  Sycamore Plaza - Learning Kitchen
  3:00 pm
• Teen Talk: First Jobs
  Pickerington Main - Meeting Room A
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Found this guy wandering in the snow on Essex Place.
  He is super friendly. We have him in our home in the cage at this point. Please reach out if you know of whose dog this is so we can get it back to… (Nextdoor Pataskala)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog!
  FOUND on December 14, 2025 in Royal Elm, OH 43004 near Grant park Ave and Royal elm drive Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to… (Nextdoor Brooksedge)

• Ohio Staffing posted a job opening for Material Handler B - A in Pataskala. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Pataskala. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pataskala here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Reynoldsburg

• Reynoldsburg mayor explains why Waggoner Road won't be paved in 2025 (dispatch.com)
• Culver's begins welcoming customers in Hamilton Quarter shopping center (nbc4i.com)
• Radon myths busted. What you need to know about the deadly gas (dispatch.com)

New Albany

• Need a Nurkl? Ohio-based STEM toy company aims for growth (nbc4i.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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