July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Tennis sectional semifinal moved to Saturday (09/29/06)
Local roundup
MARION - Jay County's road to the boys tennis sectional championship continues to shrink.
In recent years the Patriots have drawn the opening match, setting them up for three consecutive days at Marion. They got the bye this year, limiting their possible bus rides to the Grant County school to two. Now, thanks to rain Thursday night, if they bring home the sectional championship it will all happen in one day.
Thursday's opening match between Mississinewa and Marion was rained out, thus moving back the entire tournament. Those two schools will now play today at 4:30 p.m., with the winner to play Madison-Grant in one of two semifinal matches Saturday at 9 a.m. Jay County and Blackford will play in the other semifinal match.
The championship match, originally scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m., will be played Saturday at 1 p.m.
The Patriots, who finished the regular season at 11-4 after being rained out at Bellmont Wednesday, enter as the favorite to repeat as sectional champions. They defeated Marion 3-2 in the 2006 season opener, and topped Blackford 4-1.
Chiefs runners win a pair
MONTPELIER - The first six runners across the finish line in the girls race were all from East Jay Middle School, and the Chiefs took nine of the top 11 spots in the boys race as both teams defeated Montpelier Thursday.
East Jay's girls won 15-49, and the boys defeated Montpelier 19-42.
Katie Butcher dominated the field in the girls 3K race, winning by 21 seconds. She crossed the finish line with a time of 13-minutes, 5 seconds.
Leah Wellman placed second in 13:26, two seconds ahead of Katie Simmons in third place. Laura Bowen finished fourth in 13:43, and LeAnn Horn placed fifth with a time of 13:50.
Garrett Krieg and Bradley Leuthold gave the Chiefs a one-two finish in the boys race. Krieg posted a time of 12:07, and Leuthold finished in 12:13.
Jacob Heitkamp was fourth at 12:30, and Austin Bentz finished fifth 20 seconds later. Blake LeMaster took seventh in 13:27.
FR football splits with Jays
FORT RECOVERY - The Fort Recovery seventh grade football team managed just one touchdown Thursday. But it was all the squad needed.
The Indian seventh graders defeated the St. John's Blue Jays 8-0. The Tribe eighth grade team lost 36-14.
Jason Pottkotter gave the Fort Recovery seventh grade team the winning score on a 53-yard touchdown run. Jake Whitacre added the two-point conversion.
Shane Brunswick and Craig Kaiser teamed up for both touchdowns for the eighth graders. They connected on TD passes of 17 and 50 yards. Brian Keller ran in for a two-point conversion after the first touchdown.
Driver downs WJ spikers
WINCHESTER - West Jay Middle School's eighth grade volleyball team pushed Winchester Driver in the second game Thursday, but still fell to a 25-15, 25-23 defeat. The Eagle seventh graders also lost to Driver, 25-12, 25-17.
Talir Ellis scored four of her team-high five points for the eighth graders in the second game. Kendra Younger had all of her four points and two aces in game two, and Breanna Dahlstrom had three points and two aces in game one.
Krisha Barber paced the West Jay seventh grade team in both games, finishing with 12 points and five aces. Shelby Shirk scored five points, and Megan Sawyer added four.[[In-content Ad]]
In recent years the Patriots have drawn the opening match, setting them up for three consecutive days at Marion. They got the bye this year, limiting their possible bus rides to the Grant County school to two. Now, thanks to rain Thursday night, if they bring home the sectional championship it will all happen in one day.
Thursday's opening match between Mississinewa and Marion was rained out, thus moving back the entire tournament. Those two schools will now play today at 4:30 p.m., with the winner to play Madison-Grant in one of two semifinal matches Saturday at 9 a.m. Jay County and Blackford will play in the other semifinal match.
The championship match, originally scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m., will be played Saturday at 1 p.m.
The Patriots, who finished the regular season at 11-4 after being rained out at Bellmont Wednesday, enter as the favorite to repeat as sectional champions. They defeated Marion 3-2 in the 2006 season opener, and topped Blackford 4-1.
Chiefs runners win a pair
MONTPELIER - The first six runners across the finish line in the girls race were all from East Jay Middle School, and the Chiefs took nine of the top 11 spots in the boys race as both teams defeated Montpelier Thursday.
East Jay's girls won 15-49, and the boys defeated Montpelier 19-42.
Katie Butcher dominated the field in the girls 3K race, winning by 21 seconds. She crossed the finish line with a time of 13-minutes, 5 seconds.
Leah Wellman placed second in 13:26, two seconds ahead of Katie Simmons in third place. Laura Bowen finished fourth in 13:43, and LeAnn Horn placed fifth with a time of 13:50.
Garrett Krieg and Bradley Leuthold gave the Chiefs a one-two finish in the boys race. Krieg posted a time of 12:07, and Leuthold finished in 12:13.
Jacob Heitkamp was fourth at 12:30, and Austin Bentz finished fifth 20 seconds later. Blake LeMaster took seventh in 13:27.
FR football splits with Jays
FORT RECOVERY - The Fort Recovery seventh grade football team managed just one touchdown Thursday. But it was all the squad needed.
The Indian seventh graders defeated the St. John's Blue Jays 8-0. The Tribe eighth grade team lost 36-14.
Jason Pottkotter gave the Fort Recovery seventh grade team the winning score on a 53-yard touchdown run. Jake Whitacre added the two-point conversion.
Shane Brunswick and Craig Kaiser teamed up for both touchdowns for the eighth graders. They connected on TD passes of 17 and 50 yards. Brian Keller ran in for a two-point conversion after the first touchdown.
Driver downs WJ spikers
WINCHESTER - West Jay Middle School's eighth grade volleyball team pushed Winchester Driver in the second game Thursday, but still fell to a 25-15, 25-23 defeat. The Eagle seventh graders also lost to Driver, 25-12, 25-17.
Talir Ellis scored four of her team-high five points for the eighth graders in the second game. Kendra Younger had all of her four points and two aces in game two, and Breanna Dahlstrom had three points and two aces in game one.
Krisha Barber paced the West Jay seventh grade team in both games, finishing with 12 points and five aces. Shelby Shirk scored five points, and Megan Sawyer added four.[[In-content Ad]]
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