Bluffton nets 3-2 win over Jay County

An impressive rally at No. 2 singles wasn’t enough to overcome a three-set marathon defeat as Jay County High School’s girls varsity tennis team dropped a 3-2 decision against Bluffton Thursday.

The Patriots (1-2) got wins at No. 2 and No. 3 singles.

But Jay County dropped three-set decisions at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles, with the doubles match lasting two and a half hours.

The Patriots’ Kelly Hess fell behind 1-4 in her match at No. 2 singles against Bluffton’s Julie Corati, but rallied to win the first set 7-6 (7-3 in the tiebreaker) and closed out the second set 6-1.

Winning at No. 3 singles by an impressive margin was Daniela Harringer, who beat Bluffton’s Danieele Geisel 6-1, 6-0.

The two most competitive matches were at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles, where Jay County’s Kristen Klatt (No. 1 singles) and Erin Schmiesing and Whitney Schemnaur couldn’t finish the job after opening-set wins.

Schmiesing and Shemenaur won the first set in a tiebreaker against Bluffton’s Breanna Sprunger and Tess Crickard, but eventually fell 7-6 (9-7), 5-7, 4-6.

Klatt lost to Bluffton’s Mallory King by a 6-2, 4-6, 5-7 margin.

At No. 1 doubles, Bluffton’s Christina Yoder and Audrey Ballinger beat Jay’s Julie Sours and Erin St. Myers 6-2, 6-1.

Jay County won Thursday’s reserve match 4-1.

Winners for JCHS (1-2) were Amanda Hicks (8-2 at No. 2 singles), Stephanie Homan (8-1 at No. 3 singles), Niki Guntle and Brianne Morrical (8-3 at No. 1 doubles) and Jessica DeRome and Shonda Sutton (9-7 at No. 2 doubles).

Jay County will be back in action Monday at Blackford.

CORRECTION

A story in Wednesday’s edition of The Commercial Review incorrectly reported the results of a junior varsity doubles match.

In that match, Jay County’s Jessica DeRome and Jenae Horn won 8-4 over Marion’s Sheyanna Davis and Ashley Everett.

Golf team falls

Tyler Johnston’s meet medalist round of 37 wasn’t enough as Jay County High School’s boys varsity golf team dropped its opening dual meet of the season to Wapahani by a 164-170 margin.

Wapahani’s top four players all shot between 40 and 42, allowing the Raiders to prevail.

Alex Hunt had the No. 2 score for Jay County with a 40. Other scores for JCHS: Nathan McClung 45 and Adam Foster 48.

Todd Clark and Austin Simmons shared team-low honors for Wapahani with rounds of 40.

In reserve action, Jay County won 207-219.

Josh Hall had a 46 for Jay County, which got rounds of 49 from Josh Thornburg and Jesse Shawver and a 63 from Ben Freeman.

Jay County will play Saturday in the Bellmont Invitational.

Girls 2nd; boys 3rd

MUNCIE — Host Delta was the class of the field as it swept boys and girls three-way meets here Thursday.

Jay County’s girls finished second to Delta and ahead of Yorktown, while the JCHS boys team finished third.

The scores in the girls meet were Delta 79, Jay County 59 and Yorktown 18. In the boys meet it was Delta 78.5, Yorktown 42 and Jay County 35.5.

Danielle Michael had the top individual performance for the Patriots in the three-way meet, leading the way to 1-2 finishes for Jay County in both the high jump and 300-meter hurdles. She won the high jump at 4-10 and the 300-hurdles in :53.90.

Also winning events for the Patriots were Kristina Link in the shot put and Nicole VanSkyock in the 1600-meter run.

The Patriot boys team won two individual events: Paul Imel in the 400-meter dash and David Stith in the shot put.

Individual seconds for the JCHS girls came from Lindsey Friddle (100- and 300-hurdles), Abby Schmiesing (high jump), Jamie Bruggeman (100- and 200-meter dash) and Heather Manor (shot put and discus).

Thirds for the Patriots in the girls meet were collected by Jessica Heitkamp (400-meter dash) and VanSkyock (800-meters).

Jay County had several runners-up in the boys meet, including Imel (100- and 200-meters), Joseph Vormohr (shot put) and Steven Castillo (discus).

Jay County will be back in action Monday at Mississinewa.

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