July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Jay, Blackford set for sectional (05/15/07)
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MARION - The Jay County and Blackford girls tennis teams will get to play each other after all.
The Patriots were scheduled to open the season against the Blackford Bruins April 3, but a storm forced postponement of the match. It was rescheduled for May 9, only to be called off again because of rain.
But the teams lined up against each other when the sectional draw was held Monday and will meet Thursday in the first round of the tournament at Marion.
Jay County versus Blackford will be the lone match Thursday at 4:30 p.m. with the winner advancing to Friday's semifinal round against the five-time defending champion host Giants. Mississinewa and Madison-Grant will play in the other semifinal, and the championship match will be Saturday at 10 a.m.
A year ago the Patriots lost to Blackford during the regular season, but defeated the Bruins 4-1 in the sectional semifinal round.
Waters getting a look
Jay County graduate Mitch Waters will get his chance to play for a pro team.
Waters has signed with the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League. He is scheduled to pitch tonight in an exhibition game against Western Michigan University before the team opens its regular season Wednesday.
He is a 2002 Jay County graduate who pitched at Ancilla College and Machester College each for two seasons. He finished the 2006 campaign with 11 saves, good for second in the nation in the NCAA's Division III, and returned to Manchester as a coach this year.
Heading to regional
Winners from the Junior Olympic Skills local qualifying competition held Friday at Jay Community Center were announced Monday.
All winners can advance to the regional competition, which will be held Saturday, July 14, at Raymond Park - Indy Island. The park is located at 8575 E. Raymond St. in Indianapolis.
Portland's Gabbie Mann and Michelle Bruggeman each won three of the four events. Mann took the 8-9-year-old girls basketball, soccer and track and field competitions, and Bruggeman was first in the 12-13-year-old girls soccer, tennis and track and field events.
Other winners were:
8-9-year-old boys - Treston Enis (basketball), Mitchell Bruggeman (soccer) and Kiante Enis (tennis, track and field).
8-9-year-old girls - Lillian Rogers (tennis).
10-11-year-old boys - Michael Bruggeman (basketball, tennis) and Braxton Hutzler (soccer, track and field).
10-11-year-old girls - Malarie Houck (basketball, track and field), Maddie Bailey (soccer) and Kasandra Loper (tennis).
12-13-year-old boys - Dylan Swingley (basketball, soccer) and Darian Hardwick (tennis, track and field).
12-13-year-old girls - Hannah Fifer (basketball).
Treston Enis, Kiante Enis and Hutzler are all from Saratoga. Fifer is from Bryant, Rogers is from Redkey and all other winners are from Portland.[[In-content Ad]]
The Patriots were scheduled to open the season against the Blackford Bruins April 3, but a storm forced postponement of the match. It was rescheduled for May 9, only to be called off again because of rain.
But the teams lined up against each other when the sectional draw was held Monday and will meet Thursday in the first round of the tournament at Marion.
Jay County versus Blackford will be the lone match Thursday at 4:30 p.m. with the winner advancing to Friday's semifinal round against the five-time defending champion host Giants. Mississinewa and Madison-Grant will play in the other semifinal, and the championship match will be Saturday at 10 a.m.
A year ago the Patriots lost to Blackford during the regular season, but defeated the Bruins 4-1 in the sectional semifinal round.
Waters getting a look
Jay County graduate Mitch Waters will get his chance to play for a pro team.
Waters has signed with the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League. He is scheduled to pitch tonight in an exhibition game against Western Michigan University before the team opens its regular season Wednesday.
He is a 2002 Jay County graduate who pitched at Ancilla College and Machester College each for two seasons. He finished the 2006 campaign with 11 saves, good for second in the nation in the NCAA's Division III, and returned to Manchester as a coach this year.
Heading to regional
Winners from the Junior Olympic Skills local qualifying competition held Friday at Jay Community Center were announced Monday.
All winners can advance to the regional competition, which will be held Saturday, July 14, at Raymond Park - Indy Island. The park is located at 8575 E. Raymond St. in Indianapolis.
Portland's Gabbie Mann and Michelle Bruggeman each won three of the four events. Mann took the 8-9-year-old girls basketball, soccer and track and field competitions, and Bruggeman was first in the 12-13-year-old girls soccer, tennis and track and field events.
Other winners were:
8-9-year-old boys - Treston Enis (basketball), Mitchell Bruggeman (soccer) and Kiante Enis (tennis, track and field).
8-9-year-old girls - Lillian Rogers (tennis).
10-11-year-old boys - Michael Bruggeman (basketball, tennis) and Braxton Hutzler (soccer, track and field).
10-11-year-old girls - Malarie Houck (basketball, track and field), Maddie Bailey (soccer) and Kasandra Loper (tennis).
12-13-year-old boys - Dylan Swingley (basketball, soccer) and Darian Hardwick (tennis, track and field).
12-13-year-old girls - Hannah Fifer (basketball).
Treston Enis, Kiante Enis and Hutzler are all from Saratoga. Fifer is from Bryant, Rogers is from Redkey and all other winners are from Portland.[[In-content Ad]]
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