July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patriots start with two wins
JCHS roundup
A five-run first inning got the Jay County High School baseball team rolling Saturday as it defeated the visiting Mississinewa Indians 10-0 in five innings.
Mike Masters racked up four hits, including a pair of doubles, in four at bats and scored twice to lead the Patriots. Nathan Brown added three hits, Willie Mayfield scored three times and Jon Pettus had a pair of runs.
Skyler Petty picked up the win, shutting out Mississinewa on two hits and three walks. He struck out four batters.
JCHS (2-0) also defeated the host Eastbrook Panthers 6-4 Friday evening.
Eastbrook scored four times in the bottom of the fifth inning to take the lead, but Jay County responded with a three-run seventh to earn the win.
Ben Vance singled, scored twice and drove in a run in the victory. Andrew Duke had a single and two RBIs.
Masters picked up the win as he struck out 10 batters. He allowed five hits and three walks.
Golfers finish 10th
YORKTOWN - The back nine played more difficult than the front for the boys golf team, which finished 10th at Saturday's Yorktown Invitational at The Players Club with a 397.
Pendleton Heights won the tournament at 325, seven strokes ahead of the host Tigers.
Drew Houck and Adam Mescher each posted a 90 for the Patriots, who totaled 11 pars and two birdies on the front nine. The team had just four pars on no birdies on the back.
Five of Houck's six pars came as he shot 42 on the front nine, including four straight to open his round.
Mescher had four of his six pars and birdied the 322-yard, par-4 sixth hole en route to a front-nine 41.
Jacob Heitkamp had two pars in his round of 104, and Seth Ainsworth and Austin Mann each shot 113.
Softball slips to 0-3
CONNERSVILLE - The softball team got on the board in the second game of a double-header Saturday, but it wasn't enough to pick up the first win of the season. The Patriots fell 14-0 and 14-6 to the Connersville Spartans in Olympic Athletic Conference action.
After getting shut out in its first two games - the season-opener Thursday ended in a 10-0 loss - Jay County scored three times in the second game Saturday against Connersville. It added two runs in the third to pull even at five, but gave up six in the fifth and three in the seventh in the defeat.
Lexie Gierhart, a freshman, ripped three doubles in three at bats and scored twice for the Patriots. Sophomore Danielle Wellman and freshman Rachelle Jackson each had two doubles and two RBIs, and junior Laura Castillo added two hits and two runs.
Wellman also went 2-for-2 in the opener.
Jay County gave up 15 unearned runs in the games combined. Brittney Watson took the game-one loss, and Jackson was the losing pitcher in game two.
JV baseball loses shootout
Outs were hard to come by Saturday as the junior varsity baseball team lost 20-19 to the visiting Mississinewa Indians.
David Rosenbeck had a home run, a double and two runs to pace the Jay County offense, and Jordan McBride added two hits, two runs and two RBIs.
Jacob McGraw finished with a single, a double and two runs, Ty Huntsman totaled two hits and two RBI and Matt Landfair scored twice.
McBride took the loss as five different pitchers saw action for the Patriots (0-1).[[In-content Ad]]
Mike Masters racked up four hits, including a pair of doubles, in four at bats and scored twice to lead the Patriots. Nathan Brown added three hits, Willie Mayfield scored three times and Jon Pettus had a pair of runs.
Skyler Petty picked up the win, shutting out Mississinewa on two hits and three walks. He struck out four batters.
JCHS (2-0) also defeated the host Eastbrook Panthers 6-4 Friday evening.
Eastbrook scored four times in the bottom of the fifth inning to take the lead, but Jay County responded with a three-run seventh to earn the win.
Ben Vance singled, scored twice and drove in a run in the victory. Andrew Duke had a single and two RBIs.
Masters picked up the win as he struck out 10 batters. He allowed five hits and three walks.
Golfers finish 10th
YORKTOWN - The back nine played more difficult than the front for the boys golf team, which finished 10th at Saturday's Yorktown Invitational at The Players Club with a 397.
Pendleton Heights won the tournament at 325, seven strokes ahead of the host Tigers.
Drew Houck and Adam Mescher each posted a 90 for the Patriots, who totaled 11 pars and two birdies on the front nine. The team had just four pars on no birdies on the back.
Five of Houck's six pars came as he shot 42 on the front nine, including four straight to open his round.
Mescher had four of his six pars and birdied the 322-yard, par-4 sixth hole en route to a front-nine 41.
Jacob Heitkamp had two pars in his round of 104, and Seth Ainsworth and Austin Mann each shot 113.
Softball slips to 0-3
CONNERSVILLE - The softball team got on the board in the second game of a double-header Saturday, but it wasn't enough to pick up the first win of the season. The Patriots fell 14-0 and 14-6 to the Connersville Spartans in Olympic Athletic Conference action.
After getting shut out in its first two games - the season-opener Thursday ended in a 10-0 loss - Jay County scored three times in the second game Saturday against Connersville. It added two runs in the third to pull even at five, but gave up six in the fifth and three in the seventh in the defeat.
Lexie Gierhart, a freshman, ripped three doubles in three at bats and scored twice for the Patriots. Sophomore Danielle Wellman and freshman Rachelle Jackson each had two doubles and two RBIs, and junior Laura Castillo added two hits and two runs.
Wellman also went 2-for-2 in the opener.
Jay County gave up 15 unearned runs in the games combined. Brittney Watson took the game-one loss, and Jackson was the losing pitcher in game two.
JV baseball loses shootout
Outs were hard to come by Saturday as the junior varsity baseball team lost 20-19 to the visiting Mississinewa Indians.
David Rosenbeck had a home run, a double and two runs to pace the Jay County offense, and Jordan McBride added two hits, two runs and two RBIs.
Jacob McGraw finished with a single, a double and two runs, Ty Huntsman totaled two hits and two RBI and Matt Landfair scored twice.
McBride took the loss as five different pitchers saw action for the Patriots (0-1).[[In-content Ad]]
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