Patriots take down Bearcats in four sets

MUNCIE — The Patriots suffered their first loss to a team from Delaware county on Aug. 22.

With another opportunity against a team from the county, they took advantage.

The Jay County High School volleyball team dropped the first set before taking down the Muncie Central Bearcats 22-26, 25-15, 25-13, 25-16 on Thursday.

JCHS setter Paisley Fugiett had a strong day for the Patriots (3-1). She led the team in assists (30), digs (14) and aces (three), while also adding a pair of kills.

Of her 30 assists, 18 went to fellow sophomore Hallie Schweiterman, who led the match with 19 kills.

Following Schwieterman, Mya Kunkler had 11 kills. Kunkler also had one solo block and an assisted block, trailing only Maria Hemmelgarn with one solo block and three assisted blocks.

Tribe shoots low

After letting two matches slip away, the Fort Recovery boys golf team got back in the win column by taking down the New Knoxville Ranger 163-203 Thursday at Portland Golf Club.

Eli Lennartz led the way with a round of 38, earning him match medalist honors. The senior had six pars and three bogeys for the Indians (6-3, 4-2 Midwest Athletic Conference).

New Knoxville’s best score came from John Gabel, who shot a 45, matching Fort Recovery’s fifth-best score.

Keegan Muhlenkamp put up the next best score of 40 strokes. Muhlenkamp also never shot worse than a bogey, as he strung four pars in a row surrounded by five bogeys.

Reece LeFevre added a 42 with a birdie on the 520-yard, par-5 14th hole, while Caleb Smith rounded out the score with a 43.

Scores of 45 and 51 from Mason Diller and Colson Post didn’t affect the final.

Girls fall

COLDWATER, Ohio — The Jay County girls soccer team suffered its first loss 3-0 to the Coldwater Cavaliers on Thursday.

Goalie Maleah Parsons had a busy first half, saving 10 shots to only allow one to sneak through to the net. The Patriots (2-1) only managed seven shots on the goal with two from Morgan DeHoff and Jayla Huelskamp.

JCHS took nine shots at the net in the second half but couldn’t get past Coldwater’s Sydney Grieshop.

Parsons saved three of the five second-half shots.

The Patriots won the junior varsity match 1-0. Aix Lopez scored the lone goal, while Raylin Hummer made two saves in the goal.

Indians defeated

The Fort Recovery volleyball team took the Marion Local Flyers to five sets on Thursday, but ultimately fell 25-19, 10-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-6.

Cameron Muhlenkamp led the attack with 13 kills for Fort Recovery (3-1, 0-1 Midwest Athletic Conference). Kennedy Muhlenkamp and Brynn Willmann followed with eight and seven kills, respectively as the Indians totaled 38.

Despite nearly five Indians with double-digit digs, the Tribe’s defense faltered as the Flyers managed 58 kills. Kenna Dues led the Indians with 16 kills, while Bridget Homan added 15, Cameron Muhlenkamp had 11 and Kayla Heitkamp and Kenney Muhlenkmap both had nine.

Dues also led FRHS with six aces, while Heitkamp had 30 assists.