July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patriots 4th in conference meet (05/21/03)
Local Roundup
No one in the Olympic Athletic Conference had the guns to compete with host Connersville Monday, and Jay County slipped to fourth place.
The Patriots scored a 350 in the OAC golf championship, well behind the champion Spartans, who had the top four individual scores and finished with a 304. Huntington North was second with 323, Anderson Highland had a 335 and Muncie South was last with a 413.
Tyler Johnston was the top Jay County golfer, finishing eighth. He was one stroke away from earning all conference honors with an 81.
Alex Hunt was 13th with an 85, and Ben Freeman shot a 91. Adam Foster finished with a 93, and Jesse Shawver scored a 95.
The Patriots will be in action again today at home against Muncie Burris at 4:30 p.m.
No. 13 Eagles top JC
The Delta Eagles continued another successful tennis season Monday with a 5-0 win over Jay County. They are now 12-3, and were ranked 13th in the most recent state poll.
The Patriots (6-7) were close in one of the five varsity matches as Daniela Harringer battled Jessica Thomas at No. 1 singles. Harringer fought through the first set, but suffered a 7-5 defeat and couldn’t recover.
She was blanked in the second set in a 7-5, 6-0 defeat.
In other singles matches Kristen Klatt lost to Kelsey Atkins 6-1, 6-3, and Kelly Hess dropped to Loryn Berry, 6-3, 6-0.
Julie Sours and Erin St. Myers fell to Tricia Gorenc and Laura Yadon at No. 1 doubles and Chelsea Reff and Erin Schmiesing lost to Blair Buchanan and Kaci Groninger at No. 2 doubles by identical scores of 6-0, 6-1.
Jay County’s junior varsity team was also blanked in a 7-0 defeated.
Amanda Hicks grabbed two games from Kristi Wright at No. 2 singles in an 8-2 defeat, but that was as close as any of the JV players would come. Whitney Schemenaur, Angie Stults and Jessica DeRome each dropped 8-0 decisions to Katie Bryan, Victoria Brewer and Lindsay Coffer respectively.
The doubles teams of Stephanie Homan and Brianne Morrical, Brittany Pinkerton and Niki Guntle and Shonda Sutton and Jenae Horn all lost their matches by 8-1 margins. The JV team finished the year at 7-5.
The next match for the Patriots will be in the Marion sectional, for which the draw was held Monday.
The opening match of the sectional will be Thursday at 4:30 p.m., with the defending champion host Giants (9-4) taking on Blackford. The winner of that match will play Mississinewa (5-8) in one semifinal while Jay County meets Madison-Grant in the other semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
The championship match will be played Saturday at 10 a.m.
WJ tops Chiefs, Bearcats
The West Jay baseball team picked up a pair of wins Saturday, topping the Muncie Central Bearcats 10-3 and the East Jay Chiefs 5-3.
Luke Goetz set the pace in the first game against Muncie Central as he scored three runs. Jon Wenger was the winning pitcher.
Wenger, Andy Hughes and Ryan Rogers each had one hit against East Jay. Hughes picked up the victory on the mound.
Junior League
The Portland Junior League had a pair of games Monday, with Portland Forge topping Portland Moose 10-4 in the Pee Wee Reese League. Patriot Paints topped Barnett’s Auto Parts in their Rookie League contest 20-11.
Forge 10, Moose 4
Forge trailed 2-0 after two innings, but exploded for five runs in the third and five more in the fifth to take the win.
Ben Bauman had a couple of singles and a run, Trey Dunn had a single, two runs and two RBIs and Alex Langenkamp had one single, one run and a pair of RBIs. Adam Garringer pitched for the victory.
Ben Vance had two singles, one RBI and one run for Moose.
Paints 20, Barnett’s 11
Darin Bogenschutz, Kameron Petty and Jacob Schlosser each had three hits to pace Paints.
Josh Priest and Spencer Patterson had three hits apiece for Barnett’s.
Baseball camp
Jay County High School baseball camps, run by the JCHS baseball coaching staff and players, will be held in June.
There will be three sessions, one for kindergarten through second graders, one for third and fourth graders and one for fifth through eighth graders. The cost for all three camps is $25, which includes a T-shirt.
The kindergarten through second grade camp will be June 10-12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the JCHS baseball diamond. The deadline to register is June 2.
The other two camps will be from June 22-25, with the third and fourth graders from 8:30 to 10 a.m. and the fifth through eighth graders from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The deadline to register is June 16.
Registration forms will be available at each of the schools in Jay County. For more information, call JCHS baseball coach Lea Selvey at (260) 726-9306 or (765) 369-2874.
Weekend activities
Activities for Randolph Counties Weekend in the Park have been set for Saturday, June 14.
The 5K Run/Walk will start and finish at Winchester High School. Sign-in will start at 7:45 a.m., with the race beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The entry fee is $10, and awards will be given to the top three male and female runners in each of five age divisions.
The tennis tournament will begin Saturday, June 14 and continue Saturday, June 15 if there are enough players. It will be held at Winchester’s Goodrich Park and Winchester High School beginning at 9 a.m.
The cost is $15, and there will be six divisions. Everyone will be guaranteed two matches.
For more information, call (765) 584-9622.[[In-content Ad]]
The Patriots scored a 350 in the OAC golf championship, well behind the champion Spartans, who had the top four individual scores and finished with a 304. Huntington North was second with 323, Anderson Highland had a 335 and Muncie South was last with a 413.
Tyler Johnston was the top Jay County golfer, finishing eighth. He was one stroke away from earning all conference honors with an 81.
Alex Hunt was 13th with an 85, and Ben Freeman shot a 91. Adam Foster finished with a 93, and Jesse Shawver scored a 95.
The Patriots will be in action again today at home against Muncie Burris at 4:30 p.m.
No. 13 Eagles top JC
The Delta Eagles continued another successful tennis season Monday with a 5-0 win over Jay County. They are now 12-3, and were ranked 13th in the most recent state poll.
The Patriots (6-7) were close in one of the five varsity matches as Daniela Harringer battled Jessica Thomas at No. 1 singles. Harringer fought through the first set, but suffered a 7-5 defeat and couldn’t recover.
She was blanked in the second set in a 7-5, 6-0 defeat.
In other singles matches Kristen Klatt lost to Kelsey Atkins 6-1, 6-3, and Kelly Hess dropped to Loryn Berry, 6-3, 6-0.
Julie Sours and Erin St. Myers fell to Tricia Gorenc and Laura Yadon at No. 1 doubles and Chelsea Reff and Erin Schmiesing lost to Blair Buchanan and Kaci Groninger at No. 2 doubles by identical scores of 6-0, 6-1.
Jay County’s junior varsity team was also blanked in a 7-0 defeated.
Amanda Hicks grabbed two games from Kristi Wright at No. 2 singles in an 8-2 defeat, but that was as close as any of the JV players would come. Whitney Schemenaur, Angie Stults and Jessica DeRome each dropped 8-0 decisions to Katie Bryan, Victoria Brewer and Lindsay Coffer respectively.
The doubles teams of Stephanie Homan and Brianne Morrical, Brittany Pinkerton and Niki Guntle and Shonda Sutton and Jenae Horn all lost their matches by 8-1 margins. The JV team finished the year at 7-5.
The next match for the Patriots will be in the Marion sectional, for which the draw was held Monday.
The opening match of the sectional will be Thursday at 4:30 p.m., with the defending champion host Giants (9-4) taking on Blackford. The winner of that match will play Mississinewa (5-8) in one semifinal while Jay County meets Madison-Grant in the other semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
The championship match will be played Saturday at 10 a.m.
WJ tops Chiefs, Bearcats
The West Jay baseball team picked up a pair of wins Saturday, topping the Muncie Central Bearcats 10-3 and the East Jay Chiefs 5-3.
Luke Goetz set the pace in the first game against Muncie Central as he scored three runs. Jon Wenger was the winning pitcher.
Wenger, Andy Hughes and Ryan Rogers each had one hit against East Jay. Hughes picked up the victory on the mound.
Junior League
The Portland Junior League had a pair of games Monday, with Portland Forge topping Portland Moose 10-4 in the Pee Wee Reese League. Patriot Paints topped Barnett’s Auto Parts in their Rookie League contest 20-11.
Forge 10, Moose 4
Forge trailed 2-0 after two innings, but exploded for five runs in the third and five more in the fifth to take the win.
Ben Bauman had a couple of singles and a run, Trey Dunn had a single, two runs and two RBIs and Alex Langenkamp had one single, one run and a pair of RBIs. Adam Garringer pitched for the victory.
Ben Vance had two singles, one RBI and one run for Moose.
Paints 20, Barnett’s 11
Darin Bogenschutz, Kameron Petty and Jacob Schlosser each had three hits to pace Paints.
Josh Priest and Spencer Patterson had three hits apiece for Barnett’s.
Baseball camp
Jay County High School baseball camps, run by the JCHS baseball coaching staff and players, will be held in June.
There will be three sessions, one for kindergarten through second graders, one for third and fourth graders and one for fifth through eighth graders. The cost for all three camps is $25, which includes a T-shirt.
The kindergarten through second grade camp will be June 10-12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the JCHS baseball diamond. The deadline to register is June 2.
The other two camps will be from June 22-25, with the third and fourth graders from 8:30 to 10 a.m. and the fifth through eighth graders from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The deadline to register is June 16.
Registration forms will be available at each of the schools in Jay County. For more information, call JCHS baseball coach Lea Selvey at (260) 726-9306 or (765) 369-2874.
Weekend activities
Activities for Randolph Counties Weekend in the Park have been set for Saturday, June 14.
The 5K Run/Walk will start and finish at Winchester High School. Sign-in will start at 7:45 a.m., with the race beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The entry fee is $10, and awards will be given to the top three male and female runners in each of five age divisions.
The tennis tournament will begin Saturday, June 14 and continue Saturday, June 15 if there are enough players. It will be held at Winchester’s Goodrich Park and Winchester High School beginning at 9 a.m.
The cost is $15, and there will be six divisions. Everyone will be guaranteed two matches.
For more information, call (765) 584-9622.[[In-content Ad]]
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