Jay Co. tops WHS

A pair of solid rounds from its top two players led the Jay County High School boys golf team to a 185-188 win over the Wapahani Raiders in its first dual match of the year.

Drew Houck and Adam Mescher each had four pars as they shot rounds of 41 and 42 respectively Thursday at Portland Golf Club to lead the Patriots, who finished 10th out of 13 teams at the season-opening Yorktown Invitational.

Houck and Mescher each took advantage of the 498-yard, par-5 12th hole with pars, and also both played even on the 344-yard, par-4 17th. Houck added pars on holes 11 and 16, and Mescher's other pars came on the par-3 13th and 18th.

Jacob Heitkamp had the only other par of the day for JCHS on the 520-yard, par-5 14th as he shot 50. Austin Mann rounded out the team score with a 52, and Seth Ainsworth shot 53.

In junior varsity action, Evan Ryder finished with a 45 to lead the Patriots to a 199-214 victory.

McMillan, Murphy win 2

Jordan McMillan and Maria Murphy each earned two victories Thursday as the Jay County girls track team scored 75 points to finish ahead of visiting Yorktown (43) and Delta (38). The Patriot boys were a close second with 53 points to finish behind Delta (54.5) and ahead of Yorktown (48.5).

McMillan and teammate Katie Snyder dominated the sprints, with McMillan winning the 100-meter dash in 12.8 seconds and the 200 dash in 27.1. Snyder was the runner-up by four tenths of a second in both events.

Murphy stayed perfect for the season in the shot put and discus, winning the events with throws of 33 feet, 5 ½ inches and a career-best 111 feet, 9 inches respectively.

Tevan Nichols took the 1,600 run in 4 minutes, 55 seconds for the boys team (1-7). Zach Cash won the 300 hurdles in 42.7, and Raistlen Rice was first in the high jump at 5 feet, six inches.

Macey Gerber won the 400 dash for the girls team in 1:06, and Katie Simmons was first in the 1,600 run with a time of 5:47.[[In-content Ad]]