July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patriots dominate Blackford, Marion (01/08/04)
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The host Blackford Bruins and the Marion Giants didn’t get to take home many ribbons Wednesday. Instead Jay County dominated the three-team gymnastics meet, barely allowing the other two teams a glimmer of hope.
The Patriots swept the top four finishing positions in three of the four events on the way to a winning score of 96.5.
Blackford was second with 77 points, and Marion finished with 71.1 points.
Sophomore Hannah Williams led Jay County, but got plenty of help from the rest of the roster.
Williams won the all-around competition with a 33.8, taking first in both the floor exercise and the balance beam. She scored a 9.05 on the floor and a 9.0 on the beam.
Her floor victory led a sweep of the top four spots, with freshman Kristin Brown taking second with an 8.3. Lacey Grider and Kayla Smith tied for third at 8.05.
Amanda Knight took home the vault victory with an 8.75, leading another Jay County sweep. Brittany Bauman was second with an 8.5, Williams was third at 8.35 and Grider was fourth at 7.95.
The uneven bars victory went to freshman Lacey Thornburg, who scored an 8.0. Knight was second at 7.55, Williams took third with a 7.4 and Grider and Makenzie Knight tied for fourth with 6.8s.
Grider was also third in the balance beam with a 6.8, and placed second in the all-around with a 29.6. Amanda Knight was fourth on the beam with a 6.75.
Jay County will be in action again today as it hosts its first home meet of the season against Coldwater at 6:45 p.m.
High Rollers fall short
The Jay County Blue Jay High Rollers bowling team made a tremendous comeback Wednesday against Bellmont only to lose as the 10-10 deadlock was broken by the tiebreaker.
The High Rollers trailed 8-2 after the first game before rallying for the tie by taking eight of 10 points in the second game. However, Bellmont won the total-pin tiebreaker 1793-1776.
The high game and series both went to Cory Mock. He finished with a 237 top game and had a 410 series.
The Jay County junior varsity team clobbered Heritage 20-0. Ryan Mescher notched the high game with a 175, and Summer Roush had the high series of 320.
EJ girls stay perfect
The East Jay girls basketball teams took on St. Joe Wednesday with the eighth grade team taking a 39-18 victory while the seventh grade squad lost 32-20.
The eighth grade Chiefs didn’t allow a point in the first quarter as they took a 16-0 lead. They improved to 6-0 with the victory.
Abby Loy paced East Jay with 14 points. She also had three rebounds.
Cassandra Huelskamp finished with eight points and three rebounds, and Shelby Rines had seven points and five rebounds.
The seventh grade team (4-2) also used a big first half to earn a win. It led 17-4 after one quarter and held St. Joe scoreless in the second.
Kaelee Keller dominated offensively for the Chiefs with 20 points.
Chiefs lose first
East Jay’s seventh grade boys basketball team entered Wednesday’s game unbeaten, but couldn’t keep the streak going as it suffered a heartbreaking 41-40 loss to Delta. The eighth grade team picked up a 40-24 victory.
Billy Willman scored 12 points to pace the seventh grade Chiefs as they slipped to 7-1. Dexter Shreve scored 10 points, and Adam Garringer added nine.
Clint Muhlenkamp scored 12 points, and Joshua Ludy added 11 as the eighth grade team improved to 6-2. Michael Jobe had seven points, and Austin May added six.[[In-content Ad]]
The Patriots swept the top four finishing positions in three of the four events on the way to a winning score of 96.5.
Blackford was second with 77 points, and Marion finished with 71.1 points.
Sophomore Hannah Williams led Jay County, but got plenty of help from the rest of the roster.
Williams won the all-around competition with a 33.8, taking first in both the floor exercise and the balance beam. She scored a 9.05 on the floor and a 9.0 on the beam.
Her floor victory led a sweep of the top four spots, with freshman Kristin Brown taking second with an 8.3. Lacey Grider and Kayla Smith tied for third at 8.05.
Amanda Knight took home the vault victory with an 8.75, leading another Jay County sweep. Brittany Bauman was second with an 8.5, Williams was third at 8.35 and Grider was fourth at 7.95.
The uneven bars victory went to freshman Lacey Thornburg, who scored an 8.0. Knight was second at 7.55, Williams took third with a 7.4 and Grider and Makenzie Knight tied for fourth with 6.8s.
Grider was also third in the balance beam with a 6.8, and placed second in the all-around with a 29.6. Amanda Knight was fourth on the beam with a 6.75.
Jay County will be in action again today as it hosts its first home meet of the season against Coldwater at 6:45 p.m.
High Rollers fall short
The Jay County Blue Jay High Rollers bowling team made a tremendous comeback Wednesday against Bellmont only to lose as the 10-10 deadlock was broken by the tiebreaker.
The High Rollers trailed 8-2 after the first game before rallying for the tie by taking eight of 10 points in the second game. However, Bellmont won the total-pin tiebreaker 1793-1776.
The high game and series both went to Cory Mock. He finished with a 237 top game and had a 410 series.
The Jay County junior varsity team clobbered Heritage 20-0. Ryan Mescher notched the high game with a 175, and Summer Roush had the high series of 320.
EJ girls stay perfect
The East Jay girls basketball teams took on St. Joe Wednesday with the eighth grade team taking a 39-18 victory while the seventh grade squad lost 32-20.
The eighth grade Chiefs didn’t allow a point in the first quarter as they took a 16-0 lead. They improved to 6-0 with the victory.
Abby Loy paced East Jay with 14 points. She also had three rebounds.
Cassandra Huelskamp finished with eight points and three rebounds, and Shelby Rines had seven points and five rebounds.
The seventh grade team (4-2) also used a big first half to earn a win. It led 17-4 after one quarter and held St. Joe scoreless in the second.
Kaelee Keller dominated offensively for the Chiefs with 20 points.
Chiefs lose first
East Jay’s seventh grade boys basketball team entered Wednesday’s game unbeaten, but couldn’t keep the streak going as it suffered a heartbreaking 41-40 loss to Delta. The eighth grade team picked up a 40-24 victory.
Billy Willman scored 12 points to pace the seventh grade Chiefs as they slipped to 7-1. Dexter Shreve scored 10 points, and Adam Garringer added nine.
Clint Muhlenkamp scored 12 points, and Joshua Ludy added 11 as the eighth grade team improved to 6-2. Michael Jobe had seven points, and Austin May added six.[[In-content Ad]]
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