Patriot golfers earn split (09/17/03)

Jay County’s top scores weren’t quite as low as a day earlier, but the girls golf team still came away with a split against the Blackford Bruins and the Southern Wells Raiders Tuesday.

The Patriots finished with a 226, good for second at the meet behind the Raiders’ 205. Blackford shot a 286.

A day after scoring a personal-best at the Olympic Athletic Conference meet Brianne Morrical again led Jay County. She matched teammate Deanna Drinkut for a team-low score of 56.

Morrical had one of her two bogeys on the Patriots’ favorite hole, the par-3 third. Jay County scored three bogeys and a pair of pars on the third.

She also added a bogey on the par-3 sixth hole. Drinkut bogeyed the third and the par-4 fifth.

Cara Geesaman and Shonda Sutton were right behind them, each shooting 57s. Katey Kohler finished with a 58.

Geesaman, Sutton and Kohler each scored one par in their rounds.

The Patriots now head to tournament play Saturday for the sectional tournament at Parlor City Golf Club in Bluffton at 9:30 a.m.

Late rally stuns Jay

For 70 minutes the Jay County girls soccer team had the win in their grasp. In the final 10, the Delta Eagles swooped in and clawed it away.

Delta scored twice in the final 9:35 to surge past the Patriots and hand them a 2-1 loss Tuesday.

Jay County (3-3-1) had a 1-0 lead thanks to a Sarah Miller first-half goal before the Eagles’ finally made their multitude of shots pay off.

Kendra Ridge scored first with 9:35 on the clock, and Patricia Gorenc chipped in the game-winning with just under four minutes left. Delta took 28 shots on goal in the contest, compared to just seven for the Patriots.

Jessica Heitkamp took three shots for Jay County, and Sarah Miller notched a pair. Sara Garringer recorded 16 saves.

The Patriots play again today at Bellmont at 6:30 p.m.

JC boys fall short

The Vikings did it to Jay County again.

Huntington North was responsible for the long blemish on the Patriots’ Olympic Athletic Conference record a year ago. It denied them an OAC title once again Tuesday as the Vikings topped Jay County 3-2.

Eduardo Nieto and Trent Bailey each scored goals for the Patriots, but it was not enough as their seven-game winning streak came to an end. Bailey also had seven saves, and Derek Mills had one.

Jay County will be back in action today at home against Bellmont at 4:30 p.m.

WJ football wins pair

The West Jay eighth grade football team got by South Adams 22-18, and the seventh grade team also defeated the Starfires 14-6.

Sean Hatzell was the star for the eighth grade team. He scored on touchdown runs of 35 and 45 yards in the victory.

Chris Moore also scored on a 30-yard run, and Kyle Cook added a pair of 2-point conversions.

Brandon Buckland picked off a pair of passes and had 60 return yards. Jon Rodeffer game away with a fumble recovery.

Jon Hawn tossed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Blake Stout in the seventh grade win. Hawn also ran in a 2-point conversion for the Eagles.

Andrew Lancaster scored on a 1-yard run. Sha White and Ethan Gonzer each had fumble recoveries, and Alan Brown picked off a pass.

Chief gridders split

East Jay’s eighth grade football team held the Union City Indians scoreless in the second half, but still could not quite come back in a 19-16 defeat. The seventh grade Chiefs played outstanding defense the entire game in a 20-0 shutout of the Indians.

Lance Franklin got the seventh grade team started quickly, scoring on a 60-yard run on the first play of the game. Adam Garringer ran in the 2-point conversion.

Colton Lombardo scored on a 45-yard run in the second quarter, and Vince Vasquez added a 35-yard touchdown run in the third for the final margin. East Jay’s seventh graders are now 2-0.

The eighth grade team fell behind 19-8 at halftime, with Lee Haggenjos scoring the lone touchdown. Haggenjos added another scoring run in the third quarter, but the rally fell short.

Austin May ran in one 2-point conversion, and Jason Penrod scored the other on a pass from Justin Mann.

May and Michael Jobe each had fumble recoveries, and Kyle Smith and Aaron Bruenner each had interceptions. Jobe added a blocked extra point.

Selvey, Mills pace WJ

West Jay runners won both the boys and girls races Tuesday, but the cross country teams fell short in a pair of losses to Winchester Driver.

The Eagle girls dropped a 25-30 decision, while the boys team lost 22-39.

Kristen Selvey won the girls race, winning with a time of 13:04. Kelly Weaver was not far behind, placing third in 13:08.

Kayla Barber finished in 14:37, Krystal Hutchens was next in 14:39 and Whitney Henderson finished the team scoring in 14:59.

Brady Mills won the boys race with a time of 12:13, and Jeremiah Cotherman was fifth in 13:08. Ty Fullenkamp finished in 14:47, Willie Mayfield was next in 15:09, and Spencer Pitman crossed the line in 15:42.

EJ volleyball wins two

East Jay’s eighth grade volleyball team stayed out of a third game Thursday with a 21-7, 22-20 win over Montpelier, and the seventh grade team (3-2) took a 21-18, 21-15 victory.

Stephanie Wellman led the eighth grade team (4-1) as she went 1-for-10 serving with five aces. Abby Loy and Alyssa Myers each added two aces.

Meeting scheduled

The Jay County girls basketball booster club will meet Monday in the JCHS gym at 7 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]