August 26, 2015 at 4:50 p.m.
Jay Co. cruises to win
Local roundup
WINCHESTER — Jay County High School’s volleyball team cruised past Winchester for its sixth win of the season.
The Patriots beat the Golden Falcons on Tuesday, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18.
Senior Kylie Osborne led the Patriots with eight kills, six aces, six digs and 10 points while going 13-for-15 from the service line.
Fellow senior Ava Kunkler had seven kills to go with her two digs, and was one of two players to record a solo block.
Kaelyn Weaver, a junior, tallied five kills and two assists. Britlyn Dues and Lizzy Schoenlein, also juniors, had three kills and four digs apiece. Schoenlein also tallied 16 assists in her first match back to the court after sitting out Saturday’s Jay County Invitational with concerns of a head injury.
The Patriot junior varsity squad also swept the Golden Falcons 25-14, 25-19.
Hanna Ault led Jay County with four kills. Olivia Kunkler had three kills and two digs, and Kendal Garringer tallied a team-high six aces.
Both teams are now 6-1 on the year, with their only loss to Delta.
Trojans top Jay
NEW CASTLE — The Patriot boys soccer team rallied late but couldn’t overcome a first-half deficit in a 7-3 loss to the New Castle Trojans on Tuesday.
New Castle nabbed a 4-0 lead with three goals in the first half. After intermission, Zaaron Lee scored to get the Patriots (1-3) on the board, but the Trojans answered with a quick tally to extend their lead back to four.
The Trojans pushed the advantage to 6-1 before Nathan Heitkamp scored the first of his two goals to make it 6-2.
New Castle answered back with its final goal of the game, and Heitkamp notched his first multi-goal game of the season shortly thereafter.
JCHS goalie Trevor Moeller had four saves.
SA spikers win
BERNE — The Starfires lost the first set to the Panthers on Tuesday.
They wouldn’t lose another the rest of the night.
South Adams’ volleyball team rallied from an opening-set defeat to beat the Eastbrook Panthers in four games, 24-26, 28-26, 25-13, 25-20.
Madeline Wurster led South Adams (6-1) with 18 kills, and Cindy In’t Groen was close behind with a dozen. She also added six digs and three aces.
Morgan Alberson tallied nine kills and nine digs. Kylie Grabau made her presence known at the net in totaling eight blocks to go with her seven kills.
Julia Grabau had 34 assists and 20 digs, and Kylea Pierce notched 17 digs as well.
The Starfire junior varsity team also beat the Panthers, 25-18, 25-19.
Stars blank Braves
DECATUR — Three games and three shutouts for the Starfires.
The South Adams boys soccer team kept the Bellmont Braves off the scoreboard Tuesday in a 3-0 road victory. It was the third straight shutout to start the season for the Starfires.
Brian O’Donnell got South Adams (3-0) on the scoreboard with 18 minutes in the first half when he launched a shot from 30 yards out that went over the Bellmont goalkeeper’s hands.
In the second half, O’Donnell assisted on David Guzman’s team-leading sixth goal of the game to put the Stars up 2-0.
A shot later in the game by Chance Sprunger plunked the goal post and deflected off a Bellmont defender for an own goal.
Tyler Sprunger had nine saves for South Adams.
The Patriots beat the Golden Falcons on Tuesday, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18.
Senior Kylie Osborne led the Patriots with eight kills, six aces, six digs and 10 points while going 13-for-15 from the service line.
Fellow senior Ava Kunkler had seven kills to go with her two digs, and was one of two players to record a solo block.
Kaelyn Weaver, a junior, tallied five kills and two assists. Britlyn Dues and Lizzy Schoenlein, also juniors, had three kills and four digs apiece. Schoenlein also tallied 16 assists in her first match back to the court after sitting out Saturday’s Jay County Invitational with concerns of a head injury.
The Patriot junior varsity squad also swept the Golden Falcons 25-14, 25-19.
Hanna Ault led Jay County with four kills. Olivia Kunkler had three kills and two digs, and Kendal Garringer tallied a team-high six aces.
Both teams are now 6-1 on the year, with their only loss to Delta.
Trojans top Jay
NEW CASTLE — The Patriot boys soccer team rallied late but couldn’t overcome a first-half deficit in a 7-3 loss to the New Castle Trojans on Tuesday.
New Castle nabbed a 4-0 lead with three goals in the first half. After intermission, Zaaron Lee scored to get the Patriots (1-3) on the board, but the Trojans answered with a quick tally to extend their lead back to four.
The Trojans pushed the advantage to 6-1 before Nathan Heitkamp scored the first of his two goals to make it 6-2.
New Castle answered back with its final goal of the game, and Heitkamp notched his first multi-goal game of the season shortly thereafter.
JCHS goalie Trevor Moeller had four saves.
SA spikers win
BERNE — The Starfires lost the first set to the Panthers on Tuesday.
They wouldn’t lose another the rest of the night.
South Adams’ volleyball team rallied from an opening-set defeat to beat the Eastbrook Panthers in four games, 24-26, 28-26, 25-13, 25-20.
Madeline Wurster led South Adams (6-1) with 18 kills, and Cindy In’t Groen was close behind with a dozen. She also added six digs and three aces.
Morgan Alberson tallied nine kills and nine digs. Kylie Grabau made her presence known at the net in totaling eight blocks to go with her seven kills.
Julia Grabau had 34 assists and 20 digs, and Kylea Pierce notched 17 digs as well.
The Starfire junior varsity team also beat the Panthers, 25-18, 25-19.
Stars blank Braves
DECATUR — Three games and three shutouts for the Starfires.
The South Adams boys soccer team kept the Bellmont Braves off the scoreboard Tuesday in a 3-0 road victory. It was the third straight shutout to start the season for the Starfires.
Brian O’Donnell got South Adams (3-0) on the scoreboard with 18 minutes in the first half when he launched a shot from 30 yards out that went over the Bellmont goalkeeper’s hands.
In the second half, O’Donnell assisted on David Guzman’s team-leading sixth goal of the game to put the Stars up 2-0.
A shot later in the game by Chance Sprunger plunked the goal post and deflected off a Bellmont defender for an own goal.
Tyler Sprunger had nine saves for South Adams.
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