July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patriots win third straight
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HARTFORD CITY — Defense has been a key for the Patriots all year, and they played some of their best Tuesday.
The Jay County High School girls basketball team won a low-scoring battle, holding a team to fewer than 30 points for the fourth time this season in a 32-28 triumph over the host Blackford Bruins.
The Patriots (7-3), who have won three in a row, allowed just four points in the first quarter and two points in the third. They have allowed more than 40 points just twice this season and rank 10th in Class 4A in defensive average at 35.9 points per game.
Mariah Hornaday scored eight of her team-high 10 points for JCHS in the first half. Kassi Hemmelgarn scored all of her second points after the intermission, and Katie Butcher also scored six points on a pair of 3-pointers.
Emily Willmann led the Bruins with 13 points, including six as they tried to rally in the fourth quarter. Ali Norton hit a pair of long-distance shots and totaled eight points.
High Rollers fall
BLUFFTON — A second straight match against Huntington North resulted in a second-straight loss, this time 18-2, for the Jay County High Rollers high school bowling team. The squad also fell to Huntington 20-0 Saturday.
Drew Wood highlighted the night for Jay County, picking up one of its two points with a 242 first game. He was even better in the second game as he completed a 498 two-game series.
Jacob Coy scored the other point for the High rollers with a 212 in the second game. Richie Carducci also broke the 200-mark with a 207 in the second game.
W-D blasts Starfires
GASTON — The South Adams High School girls basketball team dropped its ninth straight game Monday 42-21 to the host Wes-Del Warriors.
Dzejna Ahmetovic scored 12 points for the Starfires (1-9), who led 8-6 after the first quarter before scoring just two points in the second to fall behind for good. Katrina Hawkins added three points.
Chloe Luke led Wes-Del with a 10-point effort. Alyssa Brand scored nine points.
Drumm places second
MONROE — Nathan Drumm turned in the top finish for the Jay County junior varsity wrestling team, which finished eighth out of 16 teams at Saturday’s Adams Central Invitational.
Drumm was the runner-up at 152 pounds, and teammates Austin Bentz (135) and Jesse Finnerty (140) each finished third. Ritchie Keen was fifth at 145 pounds.
FR 7th wins first
FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team picked up its first win of the year Monday 25-8 over the Parkway Panthers. The eighth grade team also won, 32-13.
Kendra Siefring, Mikayla Post and Caitlyn Huelskamp each scored four points for the Indian seventh graders (1-4), who limited Parkway to two points in every quarter. Kirsten Jutte, Trisha Thien, Katie Stammen and Kasey Vogel each added two points.
Tori Lennartz outscored the entire Panther squad by herself as she put in 14 points for the Tribe eighth grade team (3-2). Mikayla Grover followed with 12 points.[[In-content Ad]]
The Jay County High School girls basketball team won a low-scoring battle, holding a team to fewer than 30 points for the fourth time this season in a 32-28 triumph over the host Blackford Bruins.
The Patriots (7-3), who have won three in a row, allowed just four points in the first quarter and two points in the third. They have allowed more than 40 points just twice this season and rank 10th in Class 4A in defensive average at 35.9 points per game.
Mariah Hornaday scored eight of her team-high 10 points for JCHS in the first half. Kassi Hemmelgarn scored all of her second points after the intermission, and Katie Butcher also scored six points on a pair of 3-pointers.
Emily Willmann led the Bruins with 13 points, including six as they tried to rally in the fourth quarter. Ali Norton hit a pair of long-distance shots and totaled eight points.
High Rollers fall
BLUFFTON — A second straight match against Huntington North resulted in a second-straight loss, this time 18-2, for the Jay County High Rollers high school bowling team. The squad also fell to Huntington 20-0 Saturday.
Drew Wood highlighted the night for Jay County, picking up one of its two points with a 242 first game. He was even better in the second game as he completed a 498 two-game series.
Jacob Coy scored the other point for the High rollers with a 212 in the second game. Richie Carducci also broke the 200-mark with a 207 in the second game.
W-D blasts Starfires
GASTON — The South Adams High School girls basketball team dropped its ninth straight game Monday 42-21 to the host Wes-Del Warriors.
Dzejna Ahmetovic scored 12 points for the Starfires (1-9), who led 8-6 after the first quarter before scoring just two points in the second to fall behind for good. Katrina Hawkins added three points.
Chloe Luke led Wes-Del with a 10-point effort. Alyssa Brand scored nine points.
Drumm places second
MONROE — Nathan Drumm turned in the top finish for the Jay County junior varsity wrestling team, which finished eighth out of 16 teams at Saturday’s Adams Central Invitational.
Drumm was the runner-up at 152 pounds, and teammates Austin Bentz (135) and Jesse Finnerty (140) each finished third. Ritchie Keen was fifth at 145 pounds.
FR 7th wins first
FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team picked up its first win of the year Monday 25-8 over the Parkway Panthers. The eighth grade team also won, 32-13.
Kendra Siefring, Mikayla Post and Caitlyn Huelskamp each scored four points for the Indian seventh graders (1-4), who limited Parkway to two points in every quarter. Kirsten Jutte, Trisha Thien, Katie Stammen and Kasey Vogel each added two points.
Tori Lennartz outscored the entire Panther squad by herself as she put in 14 points for the Tribe eighth grade team (3-2). Mikayla Grover followed with 12 points.[[In-content Ad]]
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