December 17, 2024 at 3:07 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Patriots are no strangers to individual success.
When multiple came together, it made for an even bigger success.
The Jay County High School girls wrestling team ran away with first place at the Dreamcatcher Invitational hosted by Northwestern on Saturday.
The Patriots won five weight classes, finished as the runner-up in two more and took third place twice to total 279 team points. The next closest school in the 23-team field was Indian Lake, which finished with 193.5 points.
Jay County dominated the upper weight classes winning the four heaviest brackets.
Maleah Parsons (145-pound) took the lowest of the four consecutive weight classes, amassing five pins on the day, including four in the first period. Just one step up, Madison Gage did the same in the 155 bracket. Four of Gage’s pins came in the second period, while one was in the first.
No. 1 Mallory Winner cruised to the 170 pound championship, while five round robin victories earned No. 5 Amara Crawford the 190 title.
The other first-place finish came from Brenna Ruble in the 115 weight class. The freshman pinned all five opponents she faced.
Finishing as the runners-up in their respective brackets classes were No. 5 Lina Lingo (135) and No. 9 Emily Manor (140). No. 4 Katie Rowles placed third in the 100-pound weight class, while Tatiana Willis did the same in the 110.
Jay rolls
The Jay County Junior High School girls basketball teams rolled over Norside on Monday for a 24-9 seventh grade victory and a 42-21 win for the eighth graders.
Boo Towell led the seventh graders with 16 points in the game that pushed the team to 8-2 on the season. Brenna Weitzel added four points, while Arabella Link and Bella Barnett each made one shot to reach the final score.
Karsyn Schwieterman dropped 28 points against Northside to lead the eighth graders (9-1). Charlee Peters finished one bucket short of double figures, finishing with eight points. Rounding out the score, Claudia Dirksen made two shots and Alyvia Schwieterman added one.
Cuts made
The Jay County Winter Swim Team hosted its own invite on Saturday, with multiple kids finding success in the pool.
Cooper Glentzer had a big day, adding two more state cuts in the 200-yard butterfly and the 100 butterfly. Glentzer needed to cut 9.87 seconds in the 200 butterfly and 3.18 in the 100 butterfly.
Ten tankers combined to make 17 new divisional cuts as well.
Isabelle Byrum (50 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle) and Maria Laux (100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 individual medley) led the way with three new divisional cuts each. Anna Fisher (50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke), Hayden Guggenbiller (100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke), and Hailey Wenning (50 backstroke, 100 backstroke) each advanced in two events.
Others to make divisional cuts were Kynlee Homan and Jaley Knapschafer in the 50 freestyle, Emme Theurer in the 50 butterfly, Maddie Theurer in the 100 breaststroke and Grant Glentzer in the 200 butterfly.
High point winners were:
•Hayden Guggenbiller and Maddie Theurer – 8-and-younger girls
•Nolan Homan – 8-and-younger boys
•Carsyn Guggenbiller – 9-10-year-old girls
•Addyson Champ – 11-12-year old girls
•Kali Wendel – 13-14-year-old girls
•Cooper Glentzer – 13-14-year-old-boys
•Aubrey Millspaugh – 15-and-older girls
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