July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patriots defeat Bluffton for fifth straight win (05/23/06)
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With the sectional tournament just a week away, the Jay County baseball team is on the right track.
The Patriots won their fifth straight game Monday, topping the visiting Bluffton Tigers 2-0. They are now 13-9 with three more regular-season games before heading to the Class 3A Blackford sectional to play Elwood on Memorial Day at 5 p.m.
Josh Atkinson turned in his second straight outstanding outing, allowing just two hits in a complete-game shutout. He struck out four batters, and has given up just a single earned run in his last 14 innings of work.
Jay County scored both of its runs in the fourth inning after a Josh Ludy single. Billy Wellman entered as a pinch runner and scored on a triple by Michael Jobe. Josh Shatto brought Jobe home with a RBI ground out.
Jobe paced the offense, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run and an RBI.
No. 3 Knights top SA baseball
OSSIAN — South Adams stayed close for four innings, but the host Knights still finished the game early.
Class 3A No. 3 Norwell scored eight times in the bottom of the fifth inning, sending the Starfire baseball team home with a 12-2, five-inning defeat.
Will Grandlinard took the loss for South Adams (12-2), giving up 10 runs — five earned — on 10 hits and five walks. Thomas Masterson allowed two unearned runs as the Starfires committed five errors.
Masterson scored both runs for SAHS, and Brent Habegger and Lukas Baumgartner each had a hit and an RBI.
Patriot golfers fall short
Jay County’s golf team managed just six total pars as it fell just short by a 184-188 score against the Adams Central Jets at Portland Golf Club Monday.
Adams Central had just five pars, but posted five birdies as well. Korbin Davis was the match medalist with a 41.
Adam Gray and Chris Shannon shared the top Patriot score at 46. Ben Gasca and James Brosher each had two pars for matching 48s, and Justen Moser shot 59.
The JCHS junior varsity team defeated the Jets 197-250. Kyle Wellman and Luke Darby each parred the second hole and finished at 48.[[In-content Ad]]
The Patriots won their fifth straight game Monday, topping the visiting Bluffton Tigers 2-0. They are now 13-9 with three more regular-season games before heading to the Class 3A Blackford sectional to play Elwood on Memorial Day at 5 p.m.
Josh Atkinson turned in his second straight outstanding outing, allowing just two hits in a complete-game shutout. He struck out four batters, and has given up just a single earned run in his last 14 innings of work.
Jay County scored both of its runs in the fourth inning after a Josh Ludy single. Billy Wellman entered as a pinch runner and scored on a triple by Michael Jobe. Josh Shatto brought Jobe home with a RBI ground out.
Jobe paced the offense, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run and an RBI.
No. 3 Knights top SA baseball
OSSIAN — South Adams stayed close for four innings, but the host Knights still finished the game early.
Class 3A No. 3 Norwell scored eight times in the bottom of the fifth inning, sending the Starfire baseball team home with a 12-2, five-inning defeat.
Will Grandlinard took the loss for South Adams (12-2), giving up 10 runs — five earned — on 10 hits and five walks. Thomas Masterson allowed two unearned runs as the Starfires committed five errors.
Masterson scored both runs for SAHS, and Brent Habegger and Lukas Baumgartner each had a hit and an RBI.
Patriot golfers fall short
Jay County’s golf team managed just six total pars as it fell just short by a 184-188 score against the Adams Central Jets at Portland Golf Club Monday.
Adams Central had just five pars, but posted five birdies as well. Korbin Davis was the match medalist with a 41.
Adam Gray and Chris Shannon shared the top Patriot score at 46. Ben Gasca and James Brosher each had two pars for matching 48s, and Justen Moser shot 59.
The JCHS junior varsity team defeated the Jets 197-250. Kyle Wellman and Luke Darby each parred the second hole and finished at 48.[[In-content Ad]]
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