Home runs give Jay lopsided win

This year, they hit half that mark in one game.
Four different players went deep Thursday, propelling the Jay County High school softball team to a 15-1 victory in five innings over the host Delta Eagles.
Courtney Finnerty paved the way for the Patriot offense, going a perfect 3-for-3, including two home runs while driving in five RBIs.
Chelsea Tighe, Larissa Boles and Catherine Dunn all added long-balls for Jay County (2-0).
Dunn was a flawless 4-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBIs, and threw out two would-be base stealers from her catcher position.
Steigerwalt and Tighe both added two RBIs, as the Patriots scored three or more runs in each of the first four innings.
Boles, who had a no-hitter through four innings, surrendered two hits and one run while striking out three to pick up her second victory in as many games.

SA dominates
WINCHESTER — The Starfire bats were cold Tuesday.
But just like the weather, they’ve started to heat up.
The South Adams softball team lit up the scoreboard for 18 runs on 15 hits Thursday, running away with a 18-5 victory in five innings over the Winchester Golden Falcons.
South Adams (2-1) had a nine-run lead after four innings, but exploded to put up nine more in the fifth to complete the run-rule victory.
Alyssa Bluhm sparked the offense for the Starfires (2-1), going 3-for-3 with a trio of RBIs and runs. She was a double shy of the cycle, and also walked twice.
Alaina Johnston also went 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and three stolen bases. Brandy Rodgers added a pair of doubles and a triple as four Starfires had multiple-hit games. Maddie Morgan had two singles, walked once and scored a run.
Bluhm recorded the win for South Adams in her first appearance of the season in the circle.  
She scattered 10 hits over five innings of work while striking out five and walking five.

Goodwin leads Stars
WINCHESTER — A trio of Starfire girls won two events Thursday as the South Adams track teams opened their 2014 campaign with wins over Winchester.
Aleesha Goodwin, Caroline Kloepper and Alli Amstutz all picked up a pair of individual victories as the Starfire girls won 86-37. The boys squad won 68-51.
Goodwin placed first in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs, and Amstutz had the longest distances in the shot put and long jump to earn the win.
Kloepper had the top spot in both the 100 and 200 dash.
Michaela Rupp (100 hurdles) and Sydney Willis (800 run) both added individual wins for the Starfires, who also won the 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relays.
For the boys, Drew LeFever was the lone dual-event winner, placing first in the discus and shot put.
Bailey McIntire (800 run), Peter Amstutz (200 dash), Daniel Velasco (3,200 run) and Kadin Gerber (1,600 run) all picked up individual victories for South Adams.

Patriot JV wins big
The Jay County junior varsity baseball team scored six runs in the first inning.
That’s all it needed in a 14-4 win six innings Thursday over the Shenandoah Raiders.
The Patriots (1-0) added four runs in the second to get a 10-0 lead before the Raiders broke the shutout with a pair of runs in the top of the third. Jay County would answer with two runs of its own in the bottom half of the third to keep its double-digit lead.
Shenandoah added a run in the fourth and sixth inning, and Jay County plated two more in the bottom half of the sixth to end the game.
Jake Myers got the win on the mound for the Patriots, giving up three runs in four innings of work.

West Jay tops SA
DUNKIRK — Wyatt Geesaman won two events Thursday as the West Jay Middle School track team beat South Adams 78-31.
The West Jay girls also won, 56-53.
Geesaman earned the top spot in the 110 and 200 meter hurdles to pace the Eagles. Cole Stigleman (100 dash), Nick Neal (200 dash), Blade McEwen (shot put), Mitch Ferguson (discus) and Jordan Stultz (long jump) won their respective events for the West Jay boys.
For the West Jay girls, Rhegan Shimp won both throwing events. Kensey Litton (200 dash), Kimber Harris (long jump) and Hallie Hill (200 hurdles) were also individual winners.
Jessica Nemeth, Hannah Ault, and Shelby McClain placed second in the discus, long jump and 200 hurdles respectively.
MacKenzie Adkins and Randi Ferguson placed second and third  in the 100 hurdles. Hannah Ault was third in the 100 dash and Callie Crosby finished third in the 400 run.
The Eagle girls also placed first in the 4x100 relay.

Tribe drops opener
FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery Middle School boys and girls track teams dropped their season opener Thursday to Franklin Monroe.
The Tribe girls lost 63-51, while the boys fell 60-54.
Andrew Stocker won the 100-meter dash and shot put for Fort Recovery, which also got individual wins from Lukas Petit , Nolan Thobe, Adam Byram and Braden Schoen.
Max Klingshirn teamed up with Petit, Stocker and Schoen to take the top spot in the 4x100 relay.
For the Tribe girls, Alyssa Post placed first in the 100 hurdles, and Heather Klenke and Carissa Evers also picked up individual victories.

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