Jay picks up first win against ACAC opponent

FORT WAYNE — Maddy Snow didn’t have the start she would have wanted in the first two invitationals of the year.

The senior didn’t waste any time getting back into form in the first dual match of the season.

Snow claimed match medalist honors, shooting a 47 to lead the Jay County High School girls golf team to a 224-229 victory over the Heritage Patriots on Monday at McMillen Golf Course.

Snow’s performance included the only par from any player, as she completed the 315-yard sixth hole in just four strokes.

She also led JCHS (1-0, 1-0 Allen County Athletic Conference) with five bogeys on holes No. 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8.

Brooklynn Bright added the second-best score for Jay County, shooting a 56 to tie Heritage’s top performers of Aubree Rebeck and Morgan Comment. Bright shot a pair of bogeys on the second and eighth holes.

Three strokes behind Bright was freshman Bailey Towell with a 59. Towell made bogey once on the 110-yard, par-3 first hole.

Erin Aker rounded out the scoring with a 62.

In their varsity debuts, Jacee Rowles and Jenna Bricker both shot 66s, not impacting the final score.

Tribe earns MAC win

CELINA, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys golf team got one step closer to climbing the Midwest Athletic Conference rankings Monday by taking down the Marion Local Flyers 174-182 at Mercer County Elks.

MLHS claimed the match medalist as Grant Kramer’ shot a 40, but the Indians (2-1, 1-0 MAC) got a trio of low rounds to drive their score. Reece LeFevre, Keegan Muhlenkamp and Caleb Smith all finished with 43s to lead FRHS.

Muhlenkamp had a pair of birdies to propel his round on the first and eighth holes (both par-5s). LeFevre also had a birdie, while making par four times to support it. Smith played a more even round with three pars, five bogeys and only one double-bogey.

Eli Lennartz, Riley Grieshop and Colson Post all shot 45s to provide the last score for Fort Recovery. All three players beat out the Flyer’s second best score of 46 from Ryan Schweiterman.