September 30, 2014 at 5:21 p.m.
JCHS tennis draws Rebels
Local roundup
In the IHSAA boys sectional draw held Monday, the Jay County Patriots boys tennis team will host the Randolph Southern Rebels in the tournament semifinal.
Jay County hosts Sectional 27, which begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday. In the other semifinal match, Winchester will square off against Union City at the same time.
The sectional final is slated for 5 p.m. Thursday.
Jay County is searching for its first sectional title since 2007, when it won for the third-straight year. The Winchester Golden Falcons have won back-to-back championships and beat Jay County 3-2 Sept. 8.
In Sectional 46 at Norwell, South Adams will play the host Knights at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bellmont and Adams Central will play in the other opening-round match.
The winner between South Adams and Norwell will advance to the semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Thursday against Huntington North. Bluffton will face the winner between Bellmont and Adams Central, with the championship match slated for 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Adams Central is the two-time defending sectional champion, and the Starfires are looking to win their first title since 2005.
Sectional final changed
The schedule for the Class 2A Sectional 15 boys and girls sectional championship games has changed.
The boys title game will now be played at 2 p.m. at the Yorktown Sports Plex, with the girls game slated for 7:30 p.m.
Jay County’s girls team is the defending sectional champion, and the host Yorktown Tigers are the reigning boys champs.
Patriots JV falls
WOODBURN — The Jay County junior varsity football team traveled Monday to take on Woodlan and returned to Portland on the wrong end of a lopsided score.
Mitchell Frasher scored the lone touchdown for the Patriots, who lost to the host Warriors 46-6.
With the loss, Jay County falls to 2-3 on the season. It will take on South Adams on Monday.
Braves top Starfires
BERNE — South Adams trailed 3-1 at half, and tied the game in the first 10 minutes of the second. But the Blackhawk Christian Braves scored three goals in the final 17 minutes to beat the Starfire girls soccer team, 6-3.
The Braves tallied three straight goals before Madison Morgan found twine for the first South Adams goal with 16:37 left to play in the half.
Riley Leichty and Alyssa Bertch both scored in the first five minutes after intermission to tie the game at three apiece. The Braves broke the tie nearly 20 minutes later, and added two more goals in the span of three minutes for the win.
Record broken
Kendra Muhlenkamp broke her own course record Monday, helping the East Jay Middle School girls cross country team to a second-place finish.
Muhlenkamp finished in 13 minutes flat, shaving 11 seconds off her previous time. The East Jay girls placed second with 39 points, nine behind Winchester Driver. The Bellmont Braves were third with a score of 57.
The EJMS boys scored 27 points for first. Bellmont had 44 points and Winchester totaled 55.
Following Muhlenkamp for the Chiefs were Kristy Alig, Miranda Alig, Klarissa Hemmelgarn and Grace Saxman, who finished eighth through 12th.
Skylar Myers was second in the boys race in 12:59. Tayler Smeltzer, Mason Winner and Brayden Sprunger were third, fourth and fifth respectively behind Myers. Yuri Miyatsu was 13th.
Eagles top Heritage
MONROEVILLE — The West Jay eighth grade volleyball team picked up a win over the Heritage Patriots on Monday, 25-17, 25-10.
Molly Ault led the Eagles with 16 service points, including four aces. Rhegan Shimp tallied five points, four kills and a pair of aces and digs.
Kendal Garringer notched seven kills, four points and two aces, and Gracie Miller had two points.
EJMS spikers lose
East Jay’s sixth grade A and B volleyball teams lost to Selma on Monday.
The A team lost 25-20, 25-8, and the B team fell 25-23, 24-25, 15-6.
Pacie Denney led the Chiefs’ A team with four points, and Natalie Miles added three. Alana Kunkler and Lexie Ferguson both had two points.
Olivia Rowles served the EJMS B team to 14 points, including three aces.
Jay County hosts Sectional 27, which begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday. In the other semifinal match, Winchester will square off against Union City at the same time.
The sectional final is slated for 5 p.m. Thursday.
Jay County is searching for its first sectional title since 2007, when it won for the third-straight year. The Winchester Golden Falcons have won back-to-back championships and beat Jay County 3-2 Sept. 8.
In Sectional 46 at Norwell, South Adams will play the host Knights at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Bellmont and Adams Central will play in the other opening-round match.
The winner between South Adams and Norwell will advance to the semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Thursday against Huntington North. Bluffton will face the winner between Bellmont and Adams Central, with the championship match slated for 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Adams Central is the two-time defending sectional champion, and the Starfires are looking to win their first title since 2005.
Sectional final changed
The schedule for the Class 2A Sectional 15 boys and girls sectional championship games has changed.
The boys title game will now be played at 2 p.m. at the Yorktown Sports Plex, with the girls game slated for 7:30 p.m.
Jay County’s girls team is the defending sectional champion, and the host Yorktown Tigers are the reigning boys champs.
Patriots JV falls
WOODBURN — The Jay County junior varsity football team traveled Monday to take on Woodlan and returned to Portland on the wrong end of a lopsided score.
Mitchell Frasher scored the lone touchdown for the Patriots, who lost to the host Warriors 46-6.
With the loss, Jay County falls to 2-3 on the season. It will take on South Adams on Monday.
Braves top Starfires
BERNE — South Adams trailed 3-1 at half, and tied the game in the first 10 minutes of the second. But the Blackhawk Christian Braves scored three goals in the final 17 minutes to beat the Starfire girls soccer team, 6-3.
The Braves tallied three straight goals before Madison Morgan found twine for the first South Adams goal with 16:37 left to play in the half.
Riley Leichty and Alyssa Bertch both scored in the first five minutes after intermission to tie the game at three apiece. The Braves broke the tie nearly 20 minutes later, and added two more goals in the span of three minutes for the win.
Record broken
Kendra Muhlenkamp broke her own course record Monday, helping the East Jay Middle School girls cross country team to a second-place finish.
Muhlenkamp finished in 13 minutes flat, shaving 11 seconds off her previous time. The East Jay girls placed second with 39 points, nine behind Winchester Driver. The Bellmont Braves were third with a score of 57.
The EJMS boys scored 27 points for first. Bellmont had 44 points and Winchester totaled 55.
Following Muhlenkamp for the Chiefs were Kristy Alig, Miranda Alig, Klarissa Hemmelgarn and Grace Saxman, who finished eighth through 12th.
Skylar Myers was second in the boys race in 12:59. Tayler Smeltzer, Mason Winner and Brayden Sprunger were third, fourth and fifth respectively behind Myers. Yuri Miyatsu was 13th.
Eagles top Heritage
MONROEVILLE — The West Jay eighth grade volleyball team picked up a win over the Heritage Patriots on Monday, 25-17, 25-10.
Molly Ault led the Eagles with 16 service points, including four aces. Rhegan Shimp tallied five points, four kills and a pair of aces and digs.
Kendal Garringer notched seven kills, four points and two aces, and Gracie Miller had two points.
EJMS spikers lose
East Jay’s sixth grade A and B volleyball teams lost to Selma on Monday.
The A team lost 25-20, 25-8, and the B team fell 25-23, 24-25, 15-6.
Pacie Denney led the Chiefs’ A team with four points, and Natalie Miles added three. Alana Kunkler and Lexie Ferguson both had two points.
Olivia Rowles served the EJMS B team to 14 points, including three aces.
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