Moser named to AP first team (12/03/04)

Even in a 2-8 season there were positives for the South Adams football team. Startfire junior Grant Moser was among the players honored Thursday when The Associated Press released its All-State football teams.

Moser, a 6-foot-1-inch, 245-pound defensive lineman, was one of two players selected to the Class 2A first team at defensive tackle. He was joined by senior Kyle Kirkpatrick of Eastbrook.

Moser anchored a defense which held teams to seven points or fewer three times this year. The defense led both South Adams victories as those wins came by scores of 6-0 over Central Noble and 6-2 over Bluffton.

Jay swim teams fall

PORTLAND — The Patriots hope to have better weeks.

After winning just four events Tuesday against Bluffton the Jay County swim teams combined for just three wins in a couple of losses to the Anderson Highland Scots Thursday. The boys team slipped to 0-2 with a 112-61 loss, and the girls team fell below .500 for the first time this season with a 124-62 defeat.

Matthew Peterson paced the best Patriot finish of the night, leading a sweep of the 100-yard freestyle in 56.30 seconds. He was followed by Joseph Vormohr and Josh Shatto.

However, Highland won on the power of three sweeps in boys events and two more on the girls side.

Derrick Lee picked up the only other victory for the Jay County boys, winning the 100-yard butterfly in 1-minute, 1.59 seconds. It was the second best time of his career, trailing only his 2004 sectional time.

The lone win for the girls team (2-3) came from junior Lindsey Vesperry, who took the 100-yard freestyle in a season-best time of 1:02.85.

The Patriots will swim in the Lawrence North Relays Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

FR 8th girls rally

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery eighth grade girls basketball team didn’t score at all in the first quarter, but the offense came on late in a 27-26 victory over the Versailles Tigers Thursday. The seventh grade girls team jumped on top early and stayed in control in a 26-15 win.

The Indian eighth graders (2-0) were down by seven points with fewer than two minutes to go. However, they clamped down on defense and erased all of the deficit as they outscored Versailles 13-8 in the fourth quarter of the victory.

Anne Koesters and Kelsey Wuebker each scored seven points. Joanna Snyder added six points.

Fort Recovery’s seventh grade team (2-0) went up 10-2 in the first quarter. It was up by five heading into the final period, in which it outscored the Tigers 10-4 for the victory.

Nicole Pottkotter carried the Indians with 14 points. Emily May and Chelsey Leuthold took care of the rest of the scoring with six points apiece.

Indian boys top Tigers

VERSAILLES, Ohio — Both Fort Recovery junior high boys basketball teams had two players score in double figures as they topped the Versailles Tigers Tuesday. The eighth grade team used a big fourth quarter for a 37-32 triumph, and the seventh grade team cruised to a 47-18 win.

The eighth grade team (1-1) was down by four points at the end of the third quarter, but outscored the Tigers 15-6 in its fourth-quarter comeback.

Tyler Jutte put up 18 points to lead the Indians, and Wes Kahlig added 11 points. Toby Metzger scored six points.

Fort Recovery’s seventh graders rolled to 2-0 behind 19 points from Greg Kahlig. Josh Wendel was also in double figures with 10 points.

EJ splits with North

MUNCIE — The Jay County eighth grade boys basketball team opened with a second straight win Thursday, edging Muncie Northside 40-38. The seventh grade team slipped to 1-1 in a 42-21 defeat.

Cole Ingram scored 10 points to lead the eighth graders, and Billy Wellman followed with eight. Kyle Simmons and Lance Franklin added seven points apiece.

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