West Jay girls tie for first, East Jay fourth

The West Jay Middle School girls track team tied for first place on Thursday at Adams Central.
The Eagles tied the host Jets with 84 points. South Adams was third with 75.5 points, and East Jay finished fourth with 56 points. Bluffton (42.5) and Southern Wells (19) were fifth and sixth respectively.
Kendall Garringer and Kensey Litton each won an event for the Eagles. Garringer placed first in high jump. And Litton beat out teammate Calli Stigleman to win the 100-meter dash.
Gwen Omstead won a pair of events for East Jay. She beat West Jay’s Molly Ault to win the shot put, and also finished first in discus.
East Jay also won the distance medley relay.

Eagle Archers set record
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — West Jay’s archery team set a new school record Thursday at the NASP national championships at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Eagles set a new school mark with 3,092 points.
Makayla Templeton led the West Jay effort with a high score of 276. Conner Benter finished with a 268, and Hunter Harrison and Joey Littler tied one another with 267 points.
Gabe Blankenship and Alex Davis both finished with 263, and Travis Garringer had 251 points.
Blowers homers in win
Landon Blowers hit an inside-the-park home run on Thursday, helping Pioneer Packaging to an 18-4 win against Pak-A-Sak in Portland Junior League Rookie action.
Pioneer’s Maddox Huffman and Dominick Bright each went 4-for-4.
Austin Jellison and Mason Johnson both had two hits for Pak-A-Sak.