July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Stith, Link win conference titles (05/17/03)
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The Jay County girls track team placed second to Huntington North in the Olympic Athletic Conference meet for the second straight year, and the boys team was fourth as it outdistanced Muncie Southside.
The girls team scored 129 points, just two ahead of Connersville, and the Vikings won with 162 points.
Huntington North also won the boys competition with 212 points. Connersville was second at 134, Anderson Highland had 109 and Jay County scored 82.5.
Both teams were led by their shot put athletes, as Kristina Link and David Stith earned the only Jay County wins on the evening.
Link won the girls conference shot put title by more than three feet. She finished with a toss of 37 feet, four and one-half inches.
Stith was the champion in the boys shot put with a toss of 49 feet, 7 and one-half inches. He also placed third in the discus with a throw of 138 feet.
Danielle Michael picked up a pair of third-place finishes with times of 17.92 in the 100-meter hurdles and 50.94 in the 300-meter hurdles. Alyssa Johnson placed second in the 3200-meter run in 12:27.60 in just her second meet after breaking her foot prior to the season, and Nicole VanSkyock placed third in the 800-meter run in 2:33.28.
Jessica Heitkamp and Jamie Bruggeman teamed to take two of the top three spots in the 400-meter dash. Heitkamp was second in 1:04.27, and Bruggeman placed third with a time of 1:04.64.
Bruggeman, Heitkamp and Michael teamed with Amber Golden for a second place finish in the 1600-meter relay in 4:22.91. Golden, VanSkyock, Megan Franks and Jill Roughia finished the 3200-meter relay in 10:30.16 to place second.
Adam Grile and Lucas McBride were the only other individual athletes to place in the top three for the Jay County boys team. Grile was second in the high jump with a leap of five feet, eight inches, and McBride took second in the long jump at 20 feet, 10.75 inches.
Grile and McBride teamed with Steven Castillo and Alex Loucks to take third in the 400-meter relay in 47.04.
The Patriot girls will be in sectional action at Muncie Southside Tuesday, and the boys sectional is Thursday at Muncie Southside.
Jay softball falls again
Again the Jay County softball team had a chance to end its losing streak, and again it lost in the opposition’s final at bat. The Patriots allowed two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday to lose their 12th game in a row 3-2 to the Wapahani Raiders.
Jay County (5-20) trailed 1-0 after two innings, but scored once in the fifth and once in the top of the seventh to pull ahead. However, the pair of seventh-inning runs by Wapahani (7-9) sent the Patriots to defeat.
Ashleigh Myers took the loss, allowing three runs — two earned — on eight hits. She walked three and struck out one.
Ashley Cook had a pair of hits and scored both of the Jay County runs. Myers and Renae Laux each had a single and an RBI, and Felisha Parr added the other Patriot hit.
Jay County has the weekend off before hosting Monroe Central Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
JCHS offers physicals
Physicals for middle school and high school athletes will be held at the Jay County High School gym Thursday, June 5 at 6 p.m.
Physical forms must be completed by parents and returned to the high school by Friday, May 30 in order for students to attend. The cost is $15.
Basketball camp
The Jay County High School boys basketball camps will be held June 9-13 at JCHS.
There will be three separate sessions, one for third and fourth grades (10 to 11 a.m.), one for fifth and sixth graders (11 a.m. to noon) and one for seventh and eighth graders (noon to 1 p.m.). The camps will be conducted by Jay County coach Craig Teagle and his staff and players.
The cost of each camp is $25, which includes a T-shirt. Registration forms are available at any of the schools in Jay County.
For more information, call JCHS at (260) 726-9306.[[In-content Ad]]
The girls team scored 129 points, just two ahead of Connersville, and the Vikings won with 162 points.
Huntington North also won the boys competition with 212 points. Connersville was second at 134, Anderson Highland had 109 and Jay County scored 82.5.
Both teams were led by their shot put athletes, as Kristina Link and David Stith earned the only Jay County wins on the evening.
Link won the girls conference shot put title by more than three feet. She finished with a toss of 37 feet, four and one-half inches.
Stith was the champion in the boys shot put with a toss of 49 feet, 7 and one-half inches. He also placed third in the discus with a throw of 138 feet.
Danielle Michael picked up a pair of third-place finishes with times of 17.92 in the 100-meter hurdles and 50.94 in the 300-meter hurdles. Alyssa Johnson placed second in the 3200-meter run in 12:27.60 in just her second meet after breaking her foot prior to the season, and Nicole VanSkyock placed third in the 800-meter run in 2:33.28.
Jessica Heitkamp and Jamie Bruggeman teamed to take two of the top three spots in the 400-meter dash. Heitkamp was second in 1:04.27, and Bruggeman placed third with a time of 1:04.64.
Bruggeman, Heitkamp and Michael teamed with Amber Golden for a second place finish in the 1600-meter relay in 4:22.91. Golden, VanSkyock, Megan Franks and Jill Roughia finished the 3200-meter relay in 10:30.16 to place second.
Adam Grile and Lucas McBride were the only other individual athletes to place in the top three for the Jay County boys team. Grile was second in the high jump with a leap of five feet, eight inches, and McBride took second in the long jump at 20 feet, 10.75 inches.
Grile and McBride teamed with Steven Castillo and Alex Loucks to take third in the 400-meter relay in 47.04.
The Patriot girls will be in sectional action at Muncie Southside Tuesday, and the boys sectional is Thursday at Muncie Southside.
Jay softball falls again
Again the Jay County softball team had a chance to end its losing streak, and again it lost in the opposition’s final at bat. The Patriots allowed two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday to lose their 12th game in a row 3-2 to the Wapahani Raiders.
Jay County (5-20) trailed 1-0 after two innings, but scored once in the fifth and once in the top of the seventh to pull ahead. However, the pair of seventh-inning runs by Wapahani (7-9) sent the Patriots to defeat.
Ashleigh Myers took the loss, allowing three runs — two earned — on eight hits. She walked three and struck out one.
Ashley Cook had a pair of hits and scored both of the Jay County runs. Myers and Renae Laux each had a single and an RBI, and Felisha Parr added the other Patriot hit.
Jay County has the weekend off before hosting Monroe Central Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
JCHS offers physicals
Physicals for middle school and high school athletes will be held at the Jay County High School gym Thursday, June 5 at 6 p.m.
Physical forms must be completed by parents and returned to the high school by Friday, May 30 in order for students to attend. The cost is $15.
Basketball camp
The Jay County High School boys basketball camps will be held June 9-13 at JCHS.
There will be three separate sessions, one for third and fourth grades (10 to 11 a.m.), one for fifth and sixth graders (11 a.m. to noon) and one for seventh and eighth graders (noon to 1 p.m.). The camps will be conducted by Jay County coach Craig Teagle and his staff and players.
The cost of each camp is $25, which includes a T-shirt. Registration forms are available at any of the schools in Jay County.
For more information, call JCHS at (260) 726-9306.[[In-content Ad]]
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