July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Jay seniors lead win despite AC record (01/08/03)
JCHS girls basketball
Jay seniors lead win despite AC record (01/08/03)
PORTLAND — It was a record-setting night for Natalie Young, the Adams Central Jets’ lone senior girls basketball player. But, her outstanding career efforts were overshadowed Wednesday night by those of Jay County’s two seniors.
Felisha Parr and Lindsay Friddle combined for 34 points in the final home game of their careers to lead the Patriots to a 56-48 victory over Adams Central.
“I thought we came together as a team,” said Friddle, who finished with 14 points and three rebounds. “We kind of pumped each other up.”
Parr scored the first 11 points of the contest for Jay County as it broke a three-game losing streak which spanned nearly a month. She finished with 20 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and one assist.
“We were all fired up,” she said. “We wanted this one after all the losses we’ve had.”
“I’m really proud of the effort they came out with,” added Jay County coach Lea Selvey. “It’s not easy to stay positive and confident about yourself (after a losing streak), but they came out and played pretty well.”
Friddle and Parr led the Patriots to the victory in a game in which Young added yet another record to her name. Already the all-time scoring leader in girls basketball at Adams Central, she claimed the scoring title for all of Adams County.
Young tied the girls county record with a hoop at 6:55 of the fourth quarter. She missed her next two field goal attempts, but broke the mark with a free throw with 2:10 to play in the contest.
She finished the game with 21 points, putting her career total at 1,231. She is currently 16th in the state in scoring at 20 points per game and ninth in rebounding with 11 rebounds per contest.
The previous record was held by Krista Reinking of Bellmont — who went on to play at Illinois — with 1,227 points.
“The record means a lot to me because Krista Reinking’s dad coached me in AAU,” said Young, who plans to continue her career at Bethel College in Mishawaka. “It was fun. Still, I’d rather win than get the record any day.”
But the victory went to the Patriots, who played their best game in some time to get past Adams Central (2-9).
The contest was tied at 11-11 early with Parr scoring all the Jay County points. Renae Laux broke the tie with a 3-pointer, and Friddle scored the final four points of the period to give the Patriots the lead for good.
Jay County (6-5) went on an 11-2 run to end the second quarter, with four points from Leah Gasparovic and the final four by Jamie Bruggeman on assists from freshman Sara Garringer. It carried at 35-22 lead into halftime.
It opened the second half with an 8-0 stretch — pushing the run to 19-2 overall — to give the Patriots a 43-22 lead.
However, Adams Central scored the final nine points of the third period to get back into the game. It put together another 6-0 run in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 45-37, but never got closer.
“We were a lot more energetic on offense,” said Selvey, whose team had been held to 43, 46 and 26 points in its previous three losses. “One of the things we talked about was — I don’t know if we got into a slow pattern — but when we were playing well in the beginning of the year we were coming out and firing it.”
Following Friddle and Parr Wednesday were Jamie Bruggeman with six points and Laux with five.
Perhaps the most positive note was that 13 of the Patriots’ 23 field goals were assisted. Sarah Dirksen, Bruggeman and Garringer each finished with three assists.
“Felisha (Parr) moved a lot better inside,” said Selvey. “Instead of staying in one spot she was sliding up to get a better angle.
“I love watching kids give that assist to the shot. You know you’re working together as a team and looking for each other.”
Adams Central was hurt by nine first-quarter turnovers. It gave the ball away 23 times in the game.
Ashley Manly joined Young in double figures with 12 points. She also had six rebounds.
Katie Mitchel had eight rebounds, and Lindsey Cloninger had four rebounds and four assists.
“The bad thing about it was a lot of them were unforced turnovers,” said Adams Central coach Cary Blake, who was disappointed with the loss but happy with the Jets’ second-half effort. “It was the first time all year I thought we came out and played a good half.
“Natalie (Young) started talking about us coming back and to keep fighting. Then the others started doing it.”
Junior varsity
Jay County dominated the junior varsity contest Wednesday, bouncing back from their lone loss of the season to beat Adams Central 45-25.
The Patriots (12-1) led 14-4 after the first quarter. They played equally good defense in the second for a 22-9 halftime lead as they rolled to the win.
Theresa Reinhart paced Jay County with 10 points. Miranda Betz scored nine points, and Whitney Homan had seven.
Natalie Yoder and Amie King scored six points apiece for the Jets. Jamie Steiner finished with five points.
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Felisha Parr and Lindsay Friddle combined for 34 points in the final home game of their careers to lead the Patriots to a 56-48 victory over Adams Central.
“I thought we came together as a team,” said Friddle, who finished with 14 points and three rebounds. “We kind of pumped each other up.”
Parr scored the first 11 points of the contest for Jay County as it broke a three-game losing streak which spanned nearly a month. She finished with 20 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and one assist.
“We were all fired up,” she said. “We wanted this one after all the losses we’ve had.”
“I’m really proud of the effort they came out with,” added Jay County coach Lea Selvey. “It’s not easy to stay positive and confident about yourself (after a losing streak), but they came out and played pretty well.”
Friddle and Parr led the Patriots to the victory in a game in which Young added yet another record to her name. Already the all-time scoring leader in girls basketball at Adams Central, she claimed the scoring title for all of Adams County.
Young tied the girls county record with a hoop at 6:55 of the fourth quarter. She missed her next two field goal attempts, but broke the mark with a free throw with 2:10 to play in the contest.
She finished the game with 21 points, putting her career total at 1,231. She is currently 16th in the state in scoring at 20 points per game and ninth in rebounding with 11 rebounds per contest.
The previous record was held by Krista Reinking of Bellmont — who went on to play at Illinois — with 1,227 points.
“The record means a lot to me because Krista Reinking’s dad coached me in AAU,” said Young, who plans to continue her career at Bethel College in Mishawaka. “It was fun. Still, I’d rather win than get the record any day.”
But the victory went to the Patriots, who played their best game in some time to get past Adams Central (2-9).
The contest was tied at 11-11 early with Parr scoring all the Jay County points. Renae Laux broke the tie with a 3-pointer, and Friddle scored the final four points of the period to give the Patriots the lead for good.
Jay County (6-5) went on an 11-2 run to end the second quarter, with four points from Leah Gasparovic and the final four by Jamie Bruggeman on assists from freshman Sara Garringer. It carried at 35-22 lead into halftime.
It opened the second half with an 8-0 stretch — pushing the run to 19-2 overall — to give the Patriots a 43-22 lead.
However, Adams Central scored the final nine points of the third period to get back into the game. It put together another 6-0 run in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 45-37, but never got closer.
“We were a lot more energetic on offense,” said Selvey, whose team had been held to 43, 46 and 26 points in its previous three losses. “One of the things we talked about was — I don’t know if we got into a slow pattern — but when we were playing well in the beginning of the year we were coming out and firing it.”
Following Friddle and Parr Wednesday were Jamie Bruggeman with six points and Laux with five.
Perhaps the most positive note was that 13 of the Patriots’ 23 field goals were assisted. Sarah Dirksen, Bruggeman and Garringer each finished with three assists.
“Felisha (Parr) moved a lot better inside,” said Selvey. “Instead of staying in one spot she was sliding up to get a better angle.
“I love watching kids give that assist to the shot. You know you’re working together as a team and looking for each other.”
Adams Central was hurt by nine first-quarter turnovers. It gave the ball away 23 times in the game.
Ashley Manly joined Young in double figures with 12 points. She also had six rebounds.
Katie Mitchel had eight rebounds, and Lindsey Cloninger had four rebounds and four assists.
“The bad thing about it was a lot of them were unforced turnovers,” said Adams Central coach Cary Blake, who was disappointed with the loss but happy with the Jets’ second-half effort. “It was the first time all year I thought we came out and played a good half.
“Natalie (Young) started talking about us coming back and to keep fighting. Then the others started doing it.”
Junior varsity
Jay County dominated the junior varsity contest Wednesday, bouncing back from their lone loss of the season to beat Adams Central 45-25.
The Patriots (12-1) led 14-4 after the first quarter. They played equally good defense in the second for a 22-9 halftime lead as they rolled to the win.
Theresa Reinhart paced Jay County with 10 points. Miranda Betz scored nine points, and Whitney Homan had seven.
Natalie Yoder and Amie King scored six points apiece for the Jets. Jamie Steiner finished with five points.
Jay County has nine days off before visiting Connersville Saturday, Jan. 17 at 11 a.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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