July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.

Jay draws bye, Mississinewa (10/09/06)

Volleyball sectional

Jay County and Fort Recovery will both be play volleyball on sectional Saturday. South Adams will need to win a match to get there.

In the IHSAA tournament draw held this morning, Jay County drew a first-round bye and a berth in Saturday's semifinal round against Mississinewa. South Adams will play an opening-round match against Woodlan.

The seeding for Ohio's tournament was Sunday, with Fort Recovery lining up against New Bremen.

The Patriots (11-17) will get to sit back and watch as they will open in the fourth match of the Class 3A Delta sectional against Mississinewa Saturday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m.

Opening-round matches at Delta will be Thursday, Oct. 19, with Tipton meeting Blackford at 6 p.m. followed by the fourth-ranked host Eagles playing Elwood. The winners from those matches will play in the first semifinal match Saturday at 11 p.m. with the Jay County/Mississinewa battle to follow.

The semifinal winners will return at 7 p.m. to play for the championship.

Jay County does not play Mississinewa during the regular season. In matches against sectional opponents this year, the Patriots defeated Blackford 25-12, 20-25, 25-16, 25-18 and lost to Delta 25-14, 25-11, 25-10.

Fort Recovery (13-6) will play the second of two semifinal matches in the Division IV sectional at New Bremen Saturday, Oct. 21. St. Henry (11-8) will take on Minster (9-9) in the first semifinal match at 1 p.m. with the Indians against the host Cardinals (10-9) to follow at 3 p.m.

The winner of the St. Henry/Minster match will advance to play top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Marion Local (15-3) in the first of two sectional championship matches Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. The Fort Recovery/New Bremen winner will battle No. 2 seed and third-ranked New Knoxville (15-2) in the other championship match at 8 p.m.

Fort Recovery and New Bremen will meet in regular-season action Thursday. The Indians will also take on St. Henry Tuesday.

Against other sectional foes this year, the Indians have lost to New Knoxville 23-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 17-15 and defeated Minster 27-25, 25-14, 25-16 and Marion Local 25-14, 25-23, 24-26, 25-15.

South Adams will play the opening match of the Class 2A Bluffton sectional Thursday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. against Woodlan. Harding and Adams Central will follow in the second match.

The winners from Thursday's action will play in the semifinal round Saturday, Oct. 21, at 11 a.m. with Bluffton and Heritage to meet in the other semifinal at 1 p.m. The semifinal winners will return for championship action at 7 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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