Choir wins spirit award

Patriot Edition just missed a spot in the top three.

It took home a high honor anyway.

Jay County High School’s co-ed show choir received the Fr. Fred Link Franciscan Spirit Award on Saturday at the 50th annual Luers Show Choir Invitational in Fort Wayne.

Also Saturday, the school’s winter guard placed fifth in its round in the first week of the Indiana High School Color Guard Association Regional A Championships at Mount Vernon.

Patriot Edition’s spirited effort put it in fourth place in Mixed Division – Tier II at the Bishop Luers competition in Fort Wayne. It trailed Music Warehouse of Edgewood, Pointe Singers of Grosse Pointe South and Knight Moves of Norwell. (Trailing the JCHS group were Summit Sound of Bishop Dwenger, South Singers of Grosse Pointe South and Encore of Garrett.)

Just Treble, Jay County’s all-girl group, was sixth out of six schools in the Treble Division.

The JCHS winter guard scored 69.42 points in its round to trail the Carroll junior varsity, Western, Monrovia and Delta. The group finished 32nd overall while Brownsburg posted the high score of 81.46.

With a change in format this year, the first week of the state championships is used for seeding with all squads qualifying for the second week. Groups will be placed into rounds based on their seeding for the second week of the championships — Jay County is in round five — with a “round state championship” awarded for each.

Jay County will compete as part of the fifth round, taking the floor at 6:39 p.m. 

Other schools in the group are Wayne, Northridge, Pendleton Heights, Homestead, New Castle, Bedford North Lawrence, Plainfield, Mater Dei, Crawfordsville, Franklin Central and Centerville.

On Feb. 24 at the Huntington North Midwest Showcase 2024, Just Treble finished third overall in the Treble Division. Patriot Edition was second in its tier but did not make it into the top five overall.

The winter guard also placed fifth in its round with 66.46 points during an IHSCGA contest Feb. 24 at Carroll. They were 15th overall.