Boys fall to Warriors

WOODBURN — Ethan Dirksen and Joe Reidy dueled during the first quarter.

Each had 10 points, but Dirksen’s supporting cast had the Patriots on top, 14-13.

The Patriots fell flat after that.

Jay County High School’s boys basketball team managed just five points in the second quarter of a 56-46 loss to the host Woodlan Warriors on Saturday.

The loss drops the Patriots, who travel to South Adams tonight, to 5-5 (3-1 Allen County Athletic Conference), while Woodlan improved to 6-9 (2-2).

Reidy, who finished with a game-high 27 points, continued his first-half tear with eight points in the second quarter as the Warriors outscored the Patriots 17-5 and led 30-19 at the break. Jay County cut the margin by two points, 41-32, with one quarter to play, and it couldn’t make up the rest of the difference in the final period.

Dirksen led the Patriots with 14 points before fouling out, and Gavin Muhlenkamp had a career-high 13 points. Quinn Faulkner scored seven points in the fourth quarter and ended with 10 points, a new career best.

Jay County’s junior varsity team won 40-30 for its fifth consecutive victory. Brady Davis led the way with 10 points, while Adrek Pogue, Gavin Myers and Blake Bogenschutz each had seven points.

New records

ROSS, Ohio — Teigen Fortkamp, a Fort Recovery High School freshman, set two new records Saturday in helping the Tribe girls swim team take second in the (Coldwater) Cavalier Invitational held at Ross High School.

The host Cavaliers won with a score of 155, and Fort Recovery scored 116 to edge New Bremen by three points for second place.

Versailles totaled 167 to win the boys’ meet. Minster totaled 116 for second and Fort Recovery had 66 for third place.

Fortkamp was runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle in 54.2 seconds, and her time broke Cassy Martin’s school record by 0.17. The youngster also won the title in the 50 freestyle, beating the 40-person field with her meet-record time of 24.59 seconds.

Ava Bubp (200 individual medley – 2:21.5) and Autumn Burk (100 butterfly – 1:07.59) also had individual victories.



Tribe routs

FORT RECOVERY — A strong start from the perimeter guided the Fort Recovery boys basketball team to a 70-53 victory against the Ridgemont Golden Gophers on Saturday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.

The Indians (10-9) made five 3-pointers during the first quarter as it opened a 23-18 lead after one period of play. The offensive surge carried over into the second as the Tribe outscored Ridgemont 21-14 to go into the break leading 44-32.

The Golden Gophers cut the margin by three in the third quarter but they could not get any closer in the final eight minutes.

Cale Rammel scored 11 points in that first quarter, including three 3-pointers, and finished with a game-high 21 points. Clay Schmitz was second with 18 points and Brian Bihn chipped in a dozen points.



Tear continues

Jay County Junior High School’s wrestling team continued its tear as it improved to 10-0 on the season.

The Patriots defeated South Adams on Thursday, 71-27, before winning twice in the Coldwater Duals on Saturday. There, Jay County beat Spencerville 57-30 and the host Cavaliers 69-22.

On Monday, the Patriots shut out Heritage, 96-0, then topped Southern Wells