JC golfers solid in summer (08/19/04)

Members of the Jay County golf team didn’t pack it in after the season ended in June. They were just getting started, and had a successful summer on the links.

Tyler Johnson, Alex Hunt and Adams Foster — all seniors this year — played on the Indiana Mountain Dew Junior Tour.

Johnston finished 30th in the overall standings with 35 points. Hunt was not far behind in 41st with 29.5 points, and Foster was 66th with 18 points.

Fellow senior Nathan McClung played events in the Fort Wayne Parks Department Pepsi Tour, placing sixth twice. Jesse Shawver, a 2003 graduate, earned Academic All-State honorable mention for his senior season.

Also, Adam Gray, a future Patriot golfer, played in the 12-13-year-old age group on the Fort Wayne tour and placed fourth overall with 75 points. He hit a hole-in-one on the 210-yard eighth hole at Hickory Hills Golf Club in Bluffton July 20.

Jay County coach Butch Gray had a hole-in-one on the 156-yard 13th hole at Portland Country Club July 17.

Fort tickets

Tickets for Fort Recovery’s season-opening football game at home against Ansonia will go on sale Thursday, Aug. 26.

They will be available in the high school office Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. The will also be sold in the middle school office Friday, Aug. 27 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and in the high school office from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Advance tickets are $4 for students and $5 for adults. All tickets at the gate will be $5.

Fort Recovery season tickets are already on sale.

Super tickets, which include admission to football, volleyball, and boys and girls basketball games, will be $125 for adults and $75 for students. Football season tickets will be $25 for adults and $15 for students.

Reserved seats must be claimed by noon on Thursday, Aug. 26.

For more information, call (419) 375-4111.

Jay ticket sales

Tickets for the 2004-05 Jay County sports season are on sale. They are being sold during regular office hours.

The cost of Super and Season tickets are as follows: Adult Super - $60, Senior Super - $35, Student Super - $30, Adult football season - $15, Adult boys basketball season - $35, Adult girls basketball season - $35, Family ticket - $160.

For more information, call JCHS at (260) 726-9306.

Hog roast

The Jay County High School Gridiron Club will host a hog roast prior to the regular-season opener against the Delta Eagles Friday. The event will begin at 4 p.m. and food will be served in the JCHS commons until game time.

Pee wee football

The final day of registration for the 2004 Jay County Pee Wee Football season will be Saturday at Hines-Inman Memorial Stadium in Portland Memorial Park.

Jay County students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades are eligible to play. The entry fee is $25.

For more information call Chuck Denney at (260) 726-2034 or Jim Wehrly at (260) 726-6408.

Baseball league

Registration is currently open for the Cowan Fall Baseball League.

The league is for high school players, and teams will play eight regular season games beginning Sunday. A single-elimination tournament will follow.

The registration fee is $110, and the deadline to register is Wednesday. For more information, call Keith Nunley at (765) 789-4858.[[In-content Ad]]