Chief gridders still perfect (10/08/04)

WINCHESTER — An undefeated season is coming closer and closer to reality for the East Jay eighth grade football team.

The Chiefs won their seventh consecutive game Thursday, improving to 7-0 with a 34-0 destruction of Winchester Driver. They have just two more games to play — at home against Hartford City and at Delta.

The seventh grade team also topped Driver, 20-8, to pull even at 3-3 on the season.

Billy Wellman led the eighth graders, scoring three of their touchdowns and passing for another. He reached the end zone on runs of three, five and 10 yards.

The quarterback also tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Cole Ingram.

Lance Franklin had the other Chief score, running for a 40-yard touchdown. Adam Garringer added a couple of two-point conversion runs. David Jones, Lance Franklin and Adam Gray were each in on fumble recoveries, and Trey Dunn added an interception.

The seventh grade team got on the board first on a 23-yard run by Nick Stephen in the first quarter. The play was set up by a Ben Walter fumble recovery on the first play of the game.

Ben Vance tossed a 50-yard touchdown pass to Scott Houston in the second quarter, and Stephen added an 18-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter. Adam Coats ran in the two-point conversion after Houston’s touchdown.

Tyler Freyburgher had an interception.

Eagle spikers win pair

MONTPELIER — West Jay’s eighth grade volleyball team rolled over Montpelier Thursday for a 25-12, 25-18 victory, and the seventh grade team rallied from a game-one defeat for a 25-27, 27-25, 15-8 win.

Lindsey Current and Kelci Reed paced the eighth grade squad with nine points apiece. Terra Kelly added four points.

Keri VanSkyock led the seventh grade team, scoring 10 of her team-high 14 points in the game-two victory. Amber McCowan finished with 11 points, Brittany Watson had six and Brittany Muhlenkamp added four.

Fort splits with Flyers

MARIA STEIN, Ohio — The Fort Recovery eighth grade football team fell just short against the Marion Local Flyers Thursday in a 14-12 defeat. The seventh grade team got a pair of scores from Nate Wendel in a 14-0 victory.

Wendel opened the scoring for the seventh grade Indians with a 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. The score remained 6-0 until Wendel got to the end zone again, this time on a 2-yard pass from Greg Kahlig in the fourth quarter.

Shane Stein added the two-point conversion for the final margin.

Toby Metzger scored for the eighth grade team in the second quarter as the game was tied 6-6 at halftime. Both teams scored again the third quarter — Fort Recovery on a touchdown by Derek Koester — but Marion Local got the two-point conversion for the winning margin.

EJ volleyball falls

PORTLAND — East Jay’s volleyball teams couldn’t quite hang with Muncie Wilson Thursday. The eighth graders dropped a 25-15, 25-13 decision, and the seventh grade team fell 25-6, 25-19.

Briann Saxman and Amy Alig each had five digs for the eighth grade squad. Cori Vormohr scored three points, and Alig added two blocks.

Pazia Speed had five points, and Shelby Gierhart added two for the seventh graders. Speed, Kayla Phillips and Liz Walker each had three digs.[[In-content Ad]]