Norris tosses no-no

PONETO — McKayla Norris kept the Raiders off the bases.
Southern Wells couldn’t stop the Patriot offense.
Norris tossed her first career no-hitter Tuesday, and the Jay County softball team registered 11 hits in a 13-0 victory over Southern Wells.
Jay County (12-9, 4-2 Allen County Athletic Conference) scored one run in each of the first, third and fourth innings before tacking on three in the fifth for a 6-0 advantage. The Patriot offense didn’t let up, adding seven more in the sixth to earn the lopsided win.
Chloe Steigerwalt tallied two singles and a double to lead the Patriots. Catherine Dunn had two doubles, walked twice and scored three times. Randi Auker drove in three runs on two hits as seven different players scored.
Norris, who struck out five batters, was a walk away from a perfect game. The junior allowed a free pass in the sixth inning to give the host Raiders their only base runner of the evening.

Patriots drill Raiders
PONETO — Four players recorded multi-hit games Tuesday as the Jay County baseball team drilled the host Southern Wells Raiders 10-2.
Jay County (9-10, 3-3 Allen County Athletic Conference) scored four runs in the top of the first inning to get the only lead it needed. Josh Vaughn and Andy Kohler both hit RBI singles, and Chandler Jacks and Jacob Geesaman both drew bases-loaded walks in the frame.
Southern Wells answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning, but couldn’t muster much else the rest of the game.
Jay County padded its lead with three runs in  each of the fourth and sixth innings, totaling 12 hits in the contest compared to just three for Southern Wells.
Tanner Reynolds, Nate Brackman, Vaughn and Geesaman all had two RBIs for the Patriots.
Reynolds also earned the win on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up two earned runs on five hits. He struck out a career-high 12 batters and walked two.

Jay tops Raiders
Jay County’s golf team earned a commanding victory Tuesday against Southern Wells at Portland Golf Club, 170-224.
Jay Houck led all golfers with a 4-over-par 39. The sophomore made par three times, and birdied the par-3 eighth.
Kyler Hudson and Collin Haines both had three pars, finishing with a score of 42 and 43 respectively.
Graham Haines and Nick Hayden both had a 46 to close out the Patriots’ team score.
All five Patriot golfers made par on the 471-yard, par-5 sixth.
John Gearhart paced the Raiders with a 53.
In junior varsity action, Jay County’s Ian James turned in a score of 60, and Auston Rittenhouse shot a 70.

Wendels lead All-Circuit
Wyatt Wendel and Grant Wendel had four and three hits respectively Tuesday, helping All-Circuit Electrical to a 12-9 victory over Pak-A-Sak in Portland Junior League’s Rookie baseball action.
Wyatt hit two doubles and drove in two runs, and Grant scored three times for All-Circuit.
Ethan Gillum and Nick Laux also had three hits, with Gillum hitting a triple, driving in two runs and scoring three times.
Mason and Austin Johnson were both 3-for-3 for Pak-A-Sak. Mason Johnson scored three times. Alexander Miller and Issac Dues both hit doubles.