Houck aces No. 15

The Patriots posted a double victory and Justen Keller turned in a career-best score. But Drew Houck stole the evening.
The senior hit a hole-in-one Thursday as the Jay County High School boys golf team defeated visiting Bellmont (173) and Bluffton (195) with a score of 170 at Portland Golf Club.
Houck bounced back from his worst hole of the season — he hit two balls out of bounds on the par-5 14th hole and finished with an 11 — to turn in the shot of his career. He aced the par-3 15th hole at PGC from 170 yards.
His competitors — Zach Wetzel (41) of Bellmont and Tyler Mohler (45) of Bluffton — witnessed the shot along with Houck’s parents, Jack and Dora, and JCHS coach Butch Gray.
To go along with Houck’s career shot, Keller had a career day with a 3-over-par-38. He strung together six straight pars on the 12th through 17th holes and bogeyed the other three.
Evan Mathias had four pars in the first six holes to post a 41, and Houck finished with a 44. Jacob Heitkamp rounded out the team score with a 47.

Jets top tennis
Ashley Caupp and Danielle Chenoweth earned the only victory for the Patriots Thursday in a 4-1 loss to the visiting Adams Central Flying Jets.
Chenoweth and Caupp dominated their second set at No. 1 singles to finish off a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Breann Stucky and Hannah Harvey. They pushed their record back above .500 at 4-3.
Jessica Ooten went to tiebreakers in all three sets against Jessica Ripley at No. 2 singles, suffering a 6-7, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-1) defeat. Rachel Ray lost 6-2, 6-2 to Alisen Barger at No. 3 singles.
In the No. 1 singles match Emily Huntsman fell 6-1, 6-1 to Hali Wendel, and Alicia Degler and Kyla McKibben fell by the same score to Emily Parish and Lydia Johnson at No. 2 doubles.
The Patriots dropped the junior varsity match 10-1 with the lone win coming from Trisha Hein and Shawna Miller at No. 4 doubles.

Myers leads win
Gavin Myers hit an inside-the-park home run Wednesday to lead Ponderosa to an 18-6 victory over Barnett’s Auto Parts in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball.
Myers went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs, and Gavin McCrosson added three hits, two RBIs and two runs. Andreck Pogue notched two hits, three RBIs and two runs.
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