Patriots drop opener

The 2010 season began just like the 2009 campaign ended.
Winning just one game overall, the Jay County High School boys tennis team dropped its season opener Tuesday 5-0 to the visiting Marion Giants. The Patriots also lost 5-0 to Marion in last season’s sectional tournament.
Derek Smith was the only JCHS player to win a gain as he fell 6-1, 6-0 to Kaman Tabor at No. 2 singles. In other singles matches, Brad Leuthold lost 6-0, 6-0 at Brandon Dubuque at No. 1 and Morton Garringer fell by the same score to Vinai Oddiraju at No. 2.
Chance Fuller and Drew Wood dropped their 6-0, 6-0 decision to Andrew Schoer and Advaith Srikanth at No. 1 doubles, and Joe Imel and Tony Schwieterman lost 6-0, 6-0 to Deray Boyd and Daniel Harrold at No. 2 doubles.
Jay County also dropped the junior varsity match 5-1 to the Giants.
Blake Boughman and Kody Degler came up with the only victory, topping Ted Fry and Steven Ngo 8-3. The Patriots lost each of the other four matches 8-0.[[In-content Ad]]