March 16, 2021 at 4:40 p.m.

Girls capture ACAC

Jay County Junior High swim team
Girls capture ACAC
Girls capture ACAC

In each event Morgan DeHoff and Lauren Fisher competed in on Friday, they won.

Their efforts helped the team return to the top of the standings after five seasons.

DeHoff and Fisher led the Jay County Junior High School girls swim team as it captured the Allen County Athletic Conference championship Friday, marking the first time since 2016 it has earned the title.

Jay County, which won eight total events, finished with 419 points to earn the trophy. Bluffton scored 313 points for second, edging third-place South Adams by three points.

The Patriot boys were shut out in terms of event wins, but they totaled 238 points for second place behind Bluffton’s 427.

DeHoff won the 50-yard freestyle in 28.17 seconds, and had a time of 31.14 seconds to win the 50 butterfly. Fisher was first in the 100 individual medley in 1 minute, 12.79 seconds, and was victorious in the 100 breaststroke in 1:21.15.

Fisher and DeHoff also joined Avery Wentz and Aubrey Millspaugh for first place in the 200 medley relay, ending in 2:13.83.

They teamed with Sophia Hoevel and Millspaugh for a win in the 200 freestyle relay with their time of 1:58.52.

Maddy Snow (diving – 131.45 points) and Wentz (100 backstroke – 1:19.79) also won their respective races.

Matthew Fisher had the best individual finish for the Patriot boys, taking second in the 50 butterfly. Lincoln Clamme, Jacob Monroe, Ayran Montes and Peyton Yowell were runners-up in the 200 freestyle relay, and the 300 freestyle relay team of George Clemmons, David Keen, Monroe and Montes took a second as well.

On Monday, both teams won every event in a sweep of the visiting Blackford Bruins. The girls won 204-94, and the boys got a 137-72 victory.

DeHoff and Fisher were again double winners. DeHoff was first in the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle, while Fisher won the 50 freestyle and 400 freestyle. Snow had the top spot in diving and 100 breaststroke, while Kenzie Huey (100 backstroke), Wentz (50 butterfly) and Millspaugh (100 IM) each won a race.

Yowell (200 freestyle, 50 butterfly) and Clamme (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle) were both dual winners. Keen (100 IM) and Monroe (100 breaststroke) had single wins as well.

Both teams swept all three relays.
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