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Wiggins works
Samuel Wiggins of the Jay County High School boys basketball team handles the ball during the Patriots’ 74-53 road win over the Adams Central Flying Jets on Saturday. The result continued streaks for both teams, as the Patriots have now won five straight games while Adams Central has dropped five …
Recovery runner up
Fort Recovery’s high school and middle school cheerleading squads earned three runner-up finishes Sunday in the Ohio Athletic Committee’s Cheer State Championships. The high school squad finished second in the Division VI and VII traditional building and gameday competitions. The middle school squad also took second place. Front row from …
Triple up
Fort Recovery’s high school and middle school cheerleading squads earned three runner-up finishes Sunday in the Ohio Athletic Committee’s Cheer State Championships. The high school squad finished second in the Division VI and VII traditional building and gameday competitions. The middle school squad also took second place. Front row from …
Second-ranked upset
Jay County High School senior Katie Rowles grins as she runs toward her coaches, including her dad Pat, after upsetting second-ranked Claire May in the semifinal round of the 100-pound bracket during Saturday’s regional tournament at Muncie Central. Rowles had already earned a state berth and went on to finish …
Inducting Renna
Jay County High School inducted 2023 graduate Renna Schwieterman to its Athletic Wall of Fame before Friday’s Patriot girls basketball game against the Bluffton Tigers. Schwieterman is Jay County’s all-time leading scorer for basketball with 1,754 career points. She was also a Junior Indiana All-Star. For more on the game, …
Hart signs
Brodie Hart signed his national letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Wright State Lake Campus on Wednesday. Pictured in the first row from left are mother Tanya Hart, Brodie Hart and father Tim Hart. Back row are sister Paisely Hart, Fort Recovery High School baseball coach Kevin …
Winning tree
Fort Recovery VFW Post 6515 scored the People’s Choice Award in the Fort Festival of Trees this year at Fort Recovery Public Library. Pictured above, the tree celebrates the United States of America’s semiquincentennial anniversary. (Photo provided)
Rack attack
The Jay County boys basketball team improved to 6-2 on the season with a 72-63 victory over the Muncie Central Bearcats on Saturday.
Financial education
Last month, First Bank of Berne partnered with Jay County Junior-Senior High School for financial education. Bank employees visited the school to teach seniors about financial concepts including interest, amortization and the importance of saving money. Pictured, First Bank of Berne mortgage loan originator Tanner McClain shares a lesson with …
Undecking the halls
Twenty-five years ago this week, Portland residents were taking down their holiday decorations. Pictured from the Jan. 3, 2001, edition of The Commercial Review, Karen Alexander picks up a strand of Christmas lights at her home at 615 W. Arch St., Portland. Alexander had put up the decorations over the …
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