FEATURE PHOTOS
Swiss toss
Members of the Swiss Days court toss beaded necklaces to the crowd during Saturday’s parade. Storms delayed the start of the parade by a half hour.
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Major award winners
Portland Junior League gave out awards following the conclusion of the 2025 season. Pictured above are Mr. Baseball Easton Steed and Willie Mays Baseball Rookie of the Year Trey Hirschy. At left are Jada Plessinger, the Major Softball league’s Miss Softball, and Rookie of the Year Ellie Wiggins.
'Top Gun' reveal
Saxophone players Maddie Wegiel (left), a sophomore, and Jameson Heitkamp, a senior, play Friday during the Fort Recovery High School marching band’s 2025 show reveal and ice cream social on Friday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
Original performer
Caden Marchal performs “Ashamed,” a song he wrote, Sunday during the Fort Recovery Friends of the Arts Community Talent Night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
Show helper
Mallory Winner of Ridgeville wrestles with Emma Fidler’s steer to move it along during the market beef show in the show arena at the Randolph County Fair on Wednesday. Winner is a 2025 Jay County High School graduate.
Logan leap
Lilly Logan, 14, Farmland, a relative of Jay County residents, clears the hurdle during the Randolph County 4-H Fair’s Battle of the Barns in the Horse Arena at Randolph County Fairgrounds. The Randolph County 4-H Fair continues through Friday at Randolph County Fairgrounds. (The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney)
Sandy Koufax winners
Pictured above is Local 1620, which took first place in both the Portland Junior League Sandy Koufax division during the regular season and the end-of-year tournament. (Photo provided)
Sweep of Mays
Pictured is the Masonic Lodge baseball team, which swept the regular season and postseason tournament in the Portland Junior League Willie Mays baseball division. (Photo provided)
In the Spirit
Tristin Romine of Jay County High School plays during the Spirit of Sound band contest Saturday at Muncie Central. The Marching Patriots finished fifth at the contest after placing third in the Archway Classic at Centerville and the Jay County Lions Band Contest. (Special to The Commercial Review/Evelyn Garringer)
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