July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Pats at .500 after topping Bruins (09/10/04)
Jay County Roundup
HARTFORD CITY — The Jay County boys soccer team got the job done Thursday, avoiding a losing streak and pulling back to .500 with a 5-4 victory over the Blackford Bruins.
The Patriots (4-4) had lost back-to-back contests and needed every ounce of scoring they got to reverse the trend against Blackford. They led 3-2 at halftime, thanks to two goals from Trent Bailey and one by Sergio Woo.
The Bruins scored twice in the second half, but senior Chad Keen gave his team the victory. He scored twice after the intermission, putting the ball in the net off passes from Ivo Rangelov and Bailey to give Jay County the victory.
Bailey scored his first goal about 10 minutes into the game, tying it at one. Blackford went up again five minutes later, but Woo tied it off an assist from Bailey with 10 minutes to play before the break.
Bailey scored again just moments later to give the Patriots the lead, and Keen took control in the second half.
Jay County had 16 shots on goal, compared to just five for Blackford.
The junior varsity team lost to the Bruins, 3-0.
The Patriots will host South Adams in triple-header action Saturday. The boys will play at 10 a.m., with the girls game at noon and the boys junior varsity game at 2 p.m.
Golfers fall to Delta
PORTLAND — Jay County had the top two scores of the evening, but still took a 213-219 loss to the Delta Eagles in girls golf action Thursday.
Trisha Champ took medalist honors with a 48. She had pars on the par-3 second hole, the par-4 third and seventh and the par-5 sixth.
Brianne Morrical turned in a solid round as well, bogeying five holes to finish one stroke off her personal-best with a 50.
Miranda Denney had a par on the par-3 eighth hole, but that was her lowest score of the day by three strokes as she finished with a 59. Katey Kohler had three bogeys in her round, but struggled mightily on holes four through seven as she used 37 strokes during that stretch and finished with a 62.
Shonda Sutton shot a 67.
The Patriots also lost the junior varsity match by a 243-260 score to Delta.
Ashley Bunch had the low score for Jay County with a 62, and Alissa McMillan shot a 64. Brittney Schlater had a 70, Amanda Barnett shot 72, and Cindy Muhlenkamp finished with a 74.
The Patriots will play in the Olympic Athletic Conference tournament Monday at 10 a.m.
Tigers top netters
PORTLAND — Jay County fought like crazy, but still couldn’t come up with a victory as it lost 3-2 to the Bluffton Tiger boys tennis team Thursday.
This time the match was left up to Matthias Scherer at No. 2 singles. He lost the first set to Zack Anderson, but rallied to win the second 7-5 to force a third.
Scherer continued to battle in just his second varsity match, but couldn’t pull out the third set in a 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 7-5 defeat.
The Patriot No. 1s played much better than they had a night earlier against South Adams.
Randy Evans and Tyler Rigby were involved in two tight sets against Jared Grandlienard and Alex Pfister at No. 1 doubles, but won both to improve to 10-2 with a 6-4, 7-5 victory. No. 1 singles player Kurtis Hess went to three sets for a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over Kevin Dedrick to push his record to 11-1.
Adam Arnold and Travis Smith went to a pair of tiebreakers at No. 2 doubles against Adrian Larrea and Logan Aschliman. But, the Patriot pair dropped both extra sessions for a 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4) loss.
Joshua Ludy fell to Nathan Baker at No. 3 singles 6-4, 6-0 as Jay County dropped to 4-5.
The Patriot junior varsity team lost by a 4-3 score to Bluffton Thursday.
Jay County managed to take just three games in the four losses, with James Heare falling to Nick Brinneman 8-0 at No. 5 singles and Ryan Sutton and Jared Shrack losing by the same score to Trent Scott and Clint Baumgartner at No. 2 doubles.
Jeff Sims lost 8-2 to Chase Fiechter at No. 1 singles, and Thomas McCowan fell to Fiechter 8-1 at No. 4 singles.
Jason Crouch grabbed an 8-5 victory over Adam Neuenschwander at No. 2 singles, while Charlie Abbott topped Brinneman 8-1 at No. 3 singles. McCowan and Shrack edged Scott and Baumgartner 8-7 (7-5) at No. 1 doubles.
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The Patriots (4-4) had lost back-to-back contests and needed every ounce of scoring they got to reverse the trend against Blackford. They led 3-2 at halftime, thanks to two goals from Trent Bailey and one by Sergio Woo.
The Bruins scored twice in the second half, but senior Chad Keen gave his team the victory. He scored twice after the intermission, putting the ball in the net off passes from Ivo Rangelov and Bailey to give Jay County the victory.
Bailey scored his first goal about 10 minutes into the game, tying it at one. Blackford went up again five minutes later, but Woo tied it off an assist from Bailey with 10 minutes to play before the break.
Bailey scored again just moments later to give the Patriots the lead, and Keen took control in the second half.
Jay County had 16 shots on goal, compared to just five for Blackford.
The junior varsity team lost to the Bruins, 3-0.
The Patriots will host South Adams in triple-header action Saturday. The boys will play at 10 a.m., with the girls game at noon and the boys junior varsity game at 2 p.m.
Golfers fall to Delta
PORTLAND — Jay County had the top two scores of the evening, but still took a 213-219 loss to the Delta Eagles in girls golf action Thursday.
Trisha Champ took medalist honors with a 48. She had pars on the par-3 second hole, the par-4 third and seventh and the par-5 sixth.
Brianne Morrical turned in a solid round as well, bogeying five holes to finish one stroke off her personal-best with a 50.
Miranda Denney had a par on the par-3 eighth hole, but that was her lowest score of the day by three strokes as she finished with a 59. Katey Kohler had three bogeys in her round, but struggled mightily on holes four through seven as she used 37 strokes during that stretch and finished with a 62.
Shonda Sutton shot a 67.
The Patriots also lost the junior varsity match by a 243-260 score to Delta.
Ashley Bunch had the low score for Jay County with a 62, and Alissa McMillan shot a 64. Brittney Schlater had a 70, Amanda Barnett shot 72, and Cindy Muhlenkamp finished with a 74.
The Patriots will play in the Olympic Athletic Conference tournament Monday at 10 a.m.
Tigers top netters
PORTLAND — Jay County fought like crazy, but still couldn’t come up with a victory as it lost 3-2 to the Bluffton Tiger boys tennis team Thursday.
This time the match was left up to Matthias Scherer at No. 2 singles. He lost the first set to Zack Anderson, but rallied to win the second 7-5 to force a third.
Scherer continued to battle in just his second varsity match, but couldn’t pull out the third set in a 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 7-5 defeat.
The Patriot No. 1s played much better than they had a night earlier against South Adams.
Randy Evans and Tyler Rigby were involved in two tight sets against Jared Grandlienard and Alex Pfister at No. 1 doubles, but won both to improve to 10-2 with a 6-4, 7-5 victory. No. 1 singles player Kurtis Hess went to three sets for a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over Kevin Dedrick to push his record to 11-1.
Adam Arnold and Travis Smith went to a pair of tiebreakers at No. 2 doubles against Adrian Larrea and Logan Aschliman. But, the Patriot pair dropped both extra sessions for a 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4) loss.
Joshua Ludy fell to Nathan Baker at No. 3 singles 6-4, 6-0 as Jay County dropped to 4-5.
The Patriot junior varsity team lost by a 4-3 score to Bluffton Thursday.
Jay County managed to take just three games in the four losses, with James Heare falling to Nick Brinneman 8-0 at No. 5 singles and Ryan Sutton and Jared Shrack losing by the same score to Trent Scott and Clint Baumgartner at No. 2 doubles.
Jeff Sims lost 8-2 to Chase Fiechter at No. 1 singles, and Thomas McCowan fell to Fiechter 8-1 at No. 4 singles.
Jason Crouch grabbed an 8-5 victory over Adam Neuenschwander at No. 2 singles, while Charlie Abbott topped Brinneman 8-1 at No. 3 singles. McCowan and Shrack edged Scott and Baumgartner 8-7 (7-5) at No. 1 doubles.
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