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A doubles sweep was not enough for the Jay County High School girls tennis team Wednesday as it lost all three singles matches in a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the visiting Bluffton Tigers.
Megan Huntsman and Briann Saxman split their first six games at No. 2 doubles with Jessica Meitzler and Lauren Dunwiddie, but then won eight in a row to take the first set and grab control of the second. They went on to a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
The No. 1 doubles pair of Cindy Muhlenkamp and Tiffani Bickel trailed early in both sets. They rallied to win four of the final five games in the first and six of seven in the second for a 6-4, 6-2 victory.
Hannah McAbee came close to forcing a third set at No. 3 singles only to drop six of the last seven games in a 6-4, 7-5 loss to Jenny Bennett. In other singles matches for the Patriots No. 1 Megan Adams lost 6-1, 6-1 to Cristina Gratton and No. 2 Betsy Knittle suffered a 6-0, 6-0 defeat to Kara Fiechter.
Kayla Martin rolled to an 8-0 victory to lead the JCHS junior varsity team to a 3-2 win over the Tigers.
Chiefs boys top Driver
Four individuals each won one event Wednesday as the East Jay Middle School boys track team defeated Winchester Drive 56-44. The girls teams finished in a tie at 50 points apiece.
Brock McFarland won the shot put for the Chiefs at 40 feet, 3½ inches, and Cade Price was first in the high jump at 5 feet, 8 inches. They were also part of the EJMS winning relay teams in the 4x100 and 4x400.
Jordan McBride tossed the discus 105 feet, 11 inches to take first place, and Austin Bentz won the 1,600 run in 5-minutes, 40.7 seconds.
Maria Murphy was the lone double winner, leading the girls team with victories in the discus (77 feet, 10 inches) and shot put (32 feet, 9 inches). Megan Buscher took the long jump at 12 feet, 2 inches, Julie Valentine won the 800 run in 2:54.8 and Katie Simmons was first in the 1,600 run at 6:19.
Dylan Cope won the 400 dash and 1,600 run to lead the East Jay boys B team to a 54-46 victory. Tasya Smith was first in the 100 and 200 dash as the girls B team lost 56-44.
Portland dominates
A Portland All-Star softball team scored a 17-2 victory Sunday over Muncie Eastside.
Rachel Ferguson doubled and scored twice to lead Portland, and Abby Dunlavy, Katlin Petro and Katie Aker each had a single and two runs. Breanna Piercy scored twice, and Mikayla Gross doubled and scored a run.[[In-content Ad]]
Megan Huntsman and Briann Saxman split their first six games at No. 2 doubles with Jessica Meitzler and Lauren Dunwiddie, but then won eight in a row to take the first set and grab control of the second. They went on to a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
The No. 1 doubles pair of Cindy Muhlenkamp and Tiffani Bickel trailed early in both sets. They rallied to win four of the final five games in the first and six of seven in the second for a 6-4, 6-2 victory.
Hannah McAbee came close to forcing a third set at No. 3 singles only to drop six of the last seven games in a 6-4, 7-5 loss to Jenny Bennett. In other singles matches for the Patriots No. 1 Megan Adams lost 6-1, 6-1 to Cristina Gratton and No. 2 Betsy Knittle suffered a 6-0, 6-0 defeat to Kara Fiechter.
Kayla Martin rolled to an 8-0 victory to lead the JCHS junior varsity team to a 3-2 win over the Tigers.
Chiefs boys top Driver
Four individuals each won one event Wednesday as the East Jay Middle School boys track team defeated Winchester Drive 56-44. The girls teams finished in a tie at 50 points apiece.
Brock McFarland won the shot put for the Chiefs at 40 feet, 3½ inches, and Cade Price was first in the high jump at 5 feet, 8 inches. They were also part of the EJMS winning relay teams in the 4x100 and 4x400.
Jordan McBride tossed the discus 105 feet, 11 inches to take first place, and Austin Bentz won the 1,600 run in 5-minutes, 40.7 seconds.
Maria Murphy was the lone double winner, leading the girls team with victories in the discus (77 feet, 10 inches) and shot put (32 feet, 9 inches). Megan Buscher took the long jump at 12 feet, 2 inches, Julie Valentine won the 800 run in 2:54.8 and Katie Simmons was first in the 1,600 run at 6:19.
Dylan Cope won the 400 dash and 1,600 run to lead the East Jay boys B team to a 54-46 victory. Tasya Smith was first in the 100 and 200 dash as the girls B team lost 56-44.
Portland dominates
A Portland All-Star softball team scored a 17-2 victory Sunday over Muncie Eastside.
Rachel Ferguson doubled and scored twice to lead Portland, and Abby Dunlavy, Katlin Petro and Katie Aker each had a single and two runs. Breanna Piercy scored twice, and Mikayla Gross doubled and scored a run.[[In-content Ad]]
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