Jay Co. grad Houck named scholar athlete

A Jay County High School graduate was recently named scholar athlete for the second consecutive season.
Drew Houck, who graduated from JCHS in 2011 and played golf at Indiana University East, repeated as a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete.
He joins his teammate Cameron Cox as two-time winners, and is one of 165 golfers to earn the honor nationwide.
Houck recently completed his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.

Brown nets nine
One game after scoring 12 times, Chayson Brown added another nine goals Wednesday.
He provided all the offense for the second consecutive game, helping Nate’s Kustom Painting & Auto Body Repair Bees to a 9-4 victory against Adair Processing Wasps in Pennville Soccer League’s Stinger division.
Brown scored six goals in the first half before tacking on three in the second.
Toby Wenger scored all four goals for the Wasps.

Dues, Johnson lead
Isaac Dues and Mason Johnson led Pak-A-Sak to a 12-4 victory Tuesday against Pioneer Packaging in Portland Junior League’s Rookie baseball.
Dues had a home run, two singles and a double, and Johnson recorded four singles for Pak-A-Sak. Layne Reidt added a trio of singles.
Rhysin Blowers smacked a home run and two doubles to pace Pioneer.

Loy’s wins
Nicholas Nickson and Nate Dalrymple were both 3-for-4 Tuesday, helping Loy’s Realty to a 12-3 victory against Local 1620 in PJL’s Sandy Koufax division.
Jordan Schricker, Matthew Minnich, Derek Bryan and Bailey Cox had two hits apiece for Loy’s.
Seth Fugiett and Brock Bayless both had two hits for Local 1620. Neo Ferrel, Lacey Canterberry and Logan McGinnis each added hits.

Frontline wins 13-0
Frontline Construction shut out Crossroads Financial Federal Credit Union 13-0 on Wednesday in Minor softball.
Aubrey Schwieterman had a pair of hits and scored three runs for Frontline. Renna Schwieterman, Madison Wenk and Lenzi Earls all tallied two hits and a pair of runs. Olivia Bright scored two runs on three hits.