July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patriots top OAC rival
JCHS boys tennis
Patriots top OAC rival
Jared Valentine lost his first game Tuesday night. But the rest of the match belonged to him.
The Jay County High School senior earned his first victory as a No. 1 singles player to lead the Patriot boys tennis team to a 4-1 Olympic Athletic Conference victory over the visiting Muncie Southside Rebels.
Valentine, who played doubles last season, bounced back after the first game to take a 5-2 lead in the opening set. He fought off a break point in the next game and then took the set when Southside's Tyler Reynolds sent shots into the net on back-to-back points.
In the second set Valentine was in control throughout, capturing each of the first four games on the way to his 6-2, 6-2 victory.
Austin Cowan and Jordan McBride played a dominant first set, breezing past Riley Shroyer and Dalton Arnold 6-0 in the No. 2 doubles match. They struggled at the open of the second set, falling behind 3-2, but got back on track to win the next four in a row for a 6-0, 6-3 win.
Brad Leuthold also trailed 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 in the opening set at No. 2 singles before bouncing back for a straight sets victory. He won six straight games, closing out the first set when Jared Green hit a volley into the net and then grabbed a 3-0 lead in the second set.
Green fought back, but Leuthold was able to close him out as he took the match 6-4, 6-4.
Seth Ainsworth and Chance Fuller needed a third set at No. 1 doubles as they defeated Jacob Drummer and Ridge King 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
Tylor Smith suffered the lone loss for the Patriots Tuesday by a 6-3, 6-3 score to Mason Adams.
Junior varsity
Jay County won the No. 1 and 2 singles matches only to lose 3-2 to the Rebels.
Josh Martin defeated Alan Michael-Morris 8-5 at No. 1 singles for the Patriots. Landry Inman also played Michael-Morris, topping him 8-3 at No. 2 singles.
In No. 3 singles action Colby Cline lost 8-5 to Wesley Sexton, and No. 4 singles Matthew Shrack fell 8-4 to Joey Locke. In No. 1 doubles action Shawn Homan and Evan Ryder took an 8-7 defeat against Sexton and Locke.[[In-content Ad]]
The Jay County High School senior earned his first victory as a No. 1 singles player to lead the Patriot boys tennis team to a 4-1 Olympic Athletic Conference victory over the visiting Muncie Southside Rebels.
Valentine, who played doubles last season, bounced back after the first game to take a 5-2 lead in the opening set. He fought off a break point in the next game and then took the set when Southside's Tyler Reynolds sent shots into the net on back-to-back points.
In the second set Valentine was in control throughout, capturing each of the first four games on the way to his 6-2, 6-2 victory.
Austin Cowan and Jordan McBride played a dominant first set, breezing past Riley Shroyer and Dalton Arnold 6-0 in the No. 2 doubles match. They struggled at the open of the second set, falling behind 3-2, but got back on track to win the next four in a row for a 6-0, 6-3 win.
Brad Leuthold also trailed 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 in the opening set at No. 2 singles before bouncing back for a straight sets victory. He won six straight games, closing out the first set when Jared Green hit a volley into the net and then grabbed a 3-0 lead in the second set.
Green fought back, but Leuthold was able to close him out as he took the match 6-4, 6-4.
Seth Ainsworth and Chance Fuller needed a third set at No. 1 doubles as they defeated Jacob Drummer and Ridge King 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
Tylor Smith suffered the lone loss for the Patriots Tuesday by a 6-3, 6-3 score to Mason Adams.
Junior varsity
Jay County won the No. 1 and 2 singles matches only to lose 3-2 to the Rebels.
Josh Martin defeated Alan Michael-Morris 8-5 at No. 1 singles for the Patriots. Landry Inman also played Michael-Morris, topping him 8-3 at No. 2 singles.
In No. 3 singles action Colby Cline lost 8-5 to Wesley Sexton, and No. 4 singles Matthew Shrack fell 8-4 to Joey Locke. In No. 1 doubles action Shawn Homan and Evan Ryder took an 8-7 defeat against Sexton and Locke.[[In-content Ad]]
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