July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Freshman Moser leads the Starfires (10/05/04)
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UNION CITY — It took a long time, but the Starfires finally did it.
With a hard-fought 25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 15-6 victory over the Union City Indians Monday, the South Adams volleyball team won back-to-back dual matches for the first time all season.
The Starfires, who also won at Bluffton Thursday, fought off a great effort from Union City thanks in part to Andrea Moser’s best match of the season.
Moser, a freshman middle hitter, finished with team highs of eight kills and six blocks. She also had a pair of aces.
Renee Neuenschwander and Brooke Fox also contributed eight kills apiece. Neuenschwander added five aces.
Alyssa Miller finished with 31 assists and two aces, and Kara Ross had four blocks. Robyn Habegger finished with 10 digs, and Danielle Roman notched eight digs.
South Adams also defeated Union City in junior varsity action, 25-21, 25-17. It will play in the Allen County Athletic Conference Tournament beginning Wednesday at 6 p.m.
JC JV gridders lose
PORTLAND — There was nothing offensive about Jay County’s junior varsity football game Monday.
The Patriots entertained the Anderson Highland Scots, losing a defensive battle 3-0.
Neither team scored for the first 45 minutes of the contest before Highland booted the game-winning field goal — a 23-yarder — with 2:04 to play.
The teams managed just 234 yards of total offense combined, with the Patriots getting just 82 of that total. The Scots got 152 of their 177 yards in the first half.
A majority of Jay County’s offensive drives were stopped by turnovers as it gave the ball away on six fumbles and two interceptions. Highland fumbled twice, but lost only two of them.
Alex Michael led the Patriot defense with 10 tackles, and Andy Hughes and Kaleb Carpenter each had nine. Carpenter added a fumble recovery and a blocked punt, and Michael also had a fumble recovery.
FR freshman football falls
FORT RECOVERY — The Marion Local Flyers proved too much for Fort Recovery’s freshman football team Monday, handing it a 28-12 defeat.
Michael Trobridge scored the first of the Tribe’s two touchdowns, running in from three yards out. The other score came on a 67-yard pass from Bobby Rammel to Ryan Will in the fourth quarter.
Marion Local scored a touchdown in every quarter en route to topping the Indians.
EJ CC wins three
MUNCIE — The Chief cross country teams won all three events Monday as Delta hosted East Jay, West Jay and Wes-Del.
The East Jay girls were first with 25 points, followed by Delta with 54 points and West Jay with 78. The Chiefs beat Delta 28-37 in the eighth grade boys competition, and 28-42 in the seventh grade boys event.
West Jay and Wes-Del did not have enough runners for a team score in either boys race.
Kylie Wellman led the victory for the girls team, winning in 12-minutes, 29 seconds. Kelly Weaver of West Jay was second in 13:11.
Patrick Johnson also picked up a victory for East Jay in the seventh grade boys race, winning in 11:40.
Following Kylie Wellman for the East Jay girls was Leah Wellman in 13:12. Tiffany Helms was fifth in 13:28, Katie Butcher finished seventh in 13:30 and Carrie Schmitmeyer ran ninth in 13:32.
Kristen Selvey of West Jay was eighth in 13:30. Anneliese Jetmore was 13th in 13:55, Brittany Burris finished 20th in 14:25 and Carly Weaver was 35th in 15:54.
Eric Homan finished behind Johnson in the seventh grade race in 11:58, and Ben Brandt was sixth in 12:46. Tevan Nichols placed eighth in 12:47, and Brad Horn was 10th in 12:51.
West Jay’s Chris Mooney was seventh in 12:47, and Jeremiah Cotherman finished ninth in 12:52.
Isaac Poole and Kyle Simmons paced the East Jay eighth grade win, finishing third and fourth in 11:39 and 11:55 respectively. Jordan Moser was sixth in 12:09, with Joey Franks seventh in 12:22 and Phillip Powell eighth in 12:24.
Brady Mills was fifth in 11:58 for West Jay, and Ty Fullenkamp was 16th in 15:24.[[In-content Ad]]
With a hard-fought 25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 15-6 victory over the Union City Indians Monday, the South Adams volleyball team won back-to-back dual matches for the first time all season.
The Starfires, who also won at Bluffton Thursday, fought off a great effort from Union City thanks in part to Andrea Moser’s best match of the season.
Moser, a freshman middle hitter, finished with team highs of eight kills and six blocks. She also had a pair of aces.
Renee Neuenschwander and Brooke Fox also contributed eight kills apiece. Neuenschwander added five aces.
Alyssa Miller finished with 31 assists and two aces, and Kara Ross had four blocks. Robyn Habegger finished with 10 digs, and Danielle Roman notched eight digs.
South Adams also defeated Union City in junior varsity action, 25-21, 25-17. It will play in the Allen County Athletic Conference Tournament beginning Wednesday at 6 p.m.
JC JV gridders lose
PORTLAND — There was nothing offensive about Jay County’s junior varsity football game Monday.
The Patriots entertained the Anderson Highland Scots, losing a defensive battle 3-0.
Neither team scored for the first 45 minutes of the contest before Highland booted the game-winning field goal — a 23-yarder — with 2:04 to play.
The teams managed just 234 yards of total offense combined, with the Patriots getting just 82 of that total. The Scots got 152 of their 177 yards in the first half.
A majority of Jay County’s offensive drives were stopped by turnovers as it gave the ball away on six fumbles and two interceptions. Highland fumbled twice, but lost only two of them.
Alex Michael led the Patriot defense with 10 tackles, and Andy Hughes and Kaleb Carpenter each had nine. Carpenter added a fumble recovery and a blocked punt, and Michael also had a fumble recovery.
FR freshman football falls
FORT RECOVERY — The Marion Local Flyers proved too much for Fort Recovery’s freshman football team Monday, handing it a 28-12 defeat.
Michael Trobridge scored the first of the Tribe’s two touchdowns, running in from three yards out. The other score came on a 67-yard pass from Bobby Rammel to Ryan Will in the fourth quarter.
Marion Local scored a touchdown in every quarter en route to topping the Indians.
EJ CC wins three
MUNCIE — The Chief cross country teams won all three events Monday as Delta hosted East Jay, West Jay and Wes-Del.
The East Jay girls were first with 25 points, followed by Delta with 54 points and West Jay with 78. The Chiefs beat Delta 28-37 in the eighth grade boys competition, and 28-42 in the seventh grade boys event.
West Jay and Wes-Del did not have enough runners for a team score in either boys race.
Kylie Wellman led the victory for the girls team, winning in 12-minutes, 29 seconds. Kelly Weaver of West Jay was second in 13:11.
Patrick Johnson also picked up a victory for East Jay in the seventh grade boys race, winning in 11:40.
Following Kylie Wellman for the East Jay girls was Leah Wellman in 13:12. Tiffany Helms was fifth in 13:28, Katie Butcher finished seventh in 13:30 and Carrie Schmitmeyer ran ninth in 13:32.
Kristen Selvey of West Jay was eighth in 13:30. Anneliese Jetmore was 13th in 13:55, Brittany Burris finished 20th in 14:25 and Carly Weaver was 35th in 15:54.
Eric Homan finished behind Johnson in the seventh grade race in 11:58, and Ben Brandt was sixth in 12:46. Tevan Nichols placed eighth in 12:47, and Brad Horn was 10th in 12:51.
West Jay’s Chris Mooney was seventh in 12:47, and Jeremiah Cotherman finished ninth in 12:52.
Isaac Poole and Kyle Simmons paced the East Jay eighth grade win, finishing third and fourth in 11:39 and 11:55 respectively. Jordan Moser was sixth in 12:09, with Joey Franks seventh in 12:22 and Phillip Powell eighth in 12:24.
Brady Mills was fifth in 11:58 for West Jay, and Ty Fullenkamp was 16th in 15:24.[[In-content Ad]]
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