July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Singles sweep keys Patriot win
Jay County roundup
HARTFORD CITY — Barry Weaver was happy with the progress his team made in splitting a doubleheader Saturday. The Patriots built off of that effort with a win Monday night.
Jay County High School’s boys tennis team swept the singles matches in a 4-1 victory over the host Blackford Bruins.
In addition to the singles sweep, Evan Mathias and Jake Schwieterman were in control at No. 2 doubles. They won the first set in shutout fashion and went on to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Travis Scriba and Jordon Elliott.
Landry Inman and Garhett Blackford each picked up their fifth wins of the year in singles action. Inman topped Trevor Smith 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1, and Blackford defeated Heaston Wilson 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3.
Josh Martin completed the singles sweep by winning 6-2, 6-3 over Bailey Landis at No. 2.
Josh Lykins and Zach Pryor suffered the lone loss of the evening for JCHS (4-6) as they fell 6-1, 6-2 to Mitchell Lanning and Chase Twibell.
In junior varsity action, Nick Leuthold (No. 1 singles) and Connor Daniels and Sok Vormohr (No. 2 doubles, each won by 8-0 scores.
JV football loses
WINCHESTER — Both squads had trouble finding the end zone in regulation, but Jay County gave up a touchdown on the first play in overtime and went on to lose 6-0 to the Winchester Golden Falcons.
Winchester took the lead on a bootleg pass, and then Jay County moved the ball inside the 5-yard line on its possession. But the game ended when the Patriots failed to convert on a fourth-and-2 attempt.
Andrew Eley had 12 tackles to lead the defense for JCHS, which stopped the Golden Falcons in the red zone on three different occasions.
The Patriots were hurt by penalties. They had a 65-yard TD run by Andrew McShane erased because of a holding call and a 30-yard punt return negated as well.
Freshman football falls
Jay County fell behind by two touchdowns in the opening half and couldn’t recover in a 13-6 loss to the visiting Southern Wells Raiders.
Nick Lairson scored the only touchdown of the night for the Patriots on a 2-yard run. Michael Vanover broke a long run to set up the TD.
JCHS recovered three fumbles in the game.
EJMS girls roll
The host East Jay Middle School girls cross country team dominated the Bellmont Squaws 15-40 Monday. The EJMS seventh grade boys won 18-37 while the eighth grade boys lost 21-34.
Kendra Muhlenkamp led the way for the EJMS girls, who swept the top 10 spots in the race. She won by nearly 20 seconds over teammate Erika Kunkler in 14 minutes, 19 seconds.
Kunkler was the runner-up in 14:37 followed by Sydney Mathias (15:02), Jamie Valentine (15:36) and Breea Liette (15:56).
Alex LeMaster won the seventh grade boys race for East Jay in 13:49. Korbin Auker was second in 14:16 ahead of Skyler Myers (third – 14:18), Gavin Randall (fifth – 14:48) and Jason Minnich (seventh – 15:39).
Tim Hein was the runner-up in the eighth grade boys race, leading East Jay in 13:53. Also running for the Chiefs were Dustin Bricker (sixth – 14:23), Trevor Miller (seventh – 14:36), Ethan Wendel (ninth – 15:11) and Mark Hein (10th – 15:13).
Blackford tops WJ
DUNKIRK — The West Jay Middle School boys cross country suffered a 21-46 loss Monday to the visiting Blackford Bruins.
Tanner Craw lead the Eagles as he won the race. Matthew Paquette was ninth followed by Ian McCombs (11th), John Paquette (12th) and Rob Garringer (13th).
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Jay County High School’s boys tennis team swept the singles matches in a 4-1 victory over the host Blackford Bruins.
In addition to the singles sweep, Evan Mathias and Jake Schwieterman were in control at No. 2 doubles. They won the first set in shutout fashion and went on to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Travis Scriba and Jordon Elliott.
Landry Inman and Garhett Blackford each picked up their fifth wins of the year in singles action. Inman topped Trevor Smith 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1, and Blackford defeated Heaston Wilson 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3.
Josh Martin completed the singles sweep by winning 6-2, 6-3 over Bailey Landis at No. 2.
Josh Lykins and Zach Pryor suffered the lone loss of the evening for JCHS (4-6) as they fell 6-1, 6-2 to Mitchell Lanning and Chase Twibell.
In junior varsity action, Nick Leuthold (No. 1 singles) and Connor Daniels and Sok Vormohr (No. 2 doubles, each won by 8-0 scores.
JV football loses
WINCHESTER — Both squads had trouble finding the end zone in regulation, but Jay County gave up a touchdown on the first play in overtime and went on to lose 6-0 to the Winchester Golden Falcons.
Winchester took the lead on a bootleg pass, and then Jay County moved the ball inside the 5-yard line on its possession. But the game ended when the Patriots failed to convert on a fourth-and-2 attempt.
Andrew Eley had 12 tackles to lead the defense for JCHS, which stopped the Golden Falcons in the red zone on three different occasions.
The Patriots were hurt by penalties. They had a 65-yard TD run by Andrew McShane erased because of a holding call and a 30-yard punt return negated as well.
Freshman football falls
Jay County fell behind by two touchdowns in the opening half and couldn’t recover in a 13-6 loss to the visiting Southern Wells Raiders.
Nick Lairson scored the only touchdown of the night for the Patriots on a 2-yard run. Michael Vanover broke a long run to set up the TD.
JCHS recovered three fumbles in the game.
EJMS girls roll
The host East Jay Middle School girls cross country team dominated the Bellmont Squaws 15-40 Monday. The EJMS seventh grade boys won 18-37 while the eighth grade boys lost 21-34.
Kendra Muhlenkamp led the way for the EJMS girls, who swept the top 10 spots in the race. She won by nearly 20 seconds over teammate Erika Kunkler in 14 minutes, 19 seconds.
Kunkler was the runner-up in 14:37 followed by Sydney Mathias (15:02), Jamie Valentine (15:36) and Breea Liette (15:56).
Alex LeMaster won the seventh grade boys race for East Jay in 13:49. Korbin Auker was second in 14:16 ahead of Skyler Myers (third – 14:18), Gavin Randall (fifth – 14:48) and Jason Minnich (seventh – 15:39).
Tim Hein was the runner-up in the eighth grade boys race, leading East Jay in 13:53. Also running for the Chiefs were Dustin Bricker (sixth – 14:23), Trevor Miller (seventh – 14:36), Ethan Wendel (ninth – 15:11) and Mark Hein (10th – 15:13).
Blackford tops WJ
DUNKIRK — The West Jay Middle School boys cross country suffered a 21-46 loss Monday to the visiting Blackford Bruins.
Tanner Craw lead the Eagles as he won the race. Matthew Paquette was ninth followed by Ian McCombs (11th), John Paquette (12th) and Rob Garringer (13th).
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