JC loses on late rally

ST. HENRY, Ohio — The Patriots were nine outs away from their first win of the season.
Jay County High School’s softball team fell victim to a late rally Monday in a 14-13 loss to the St. Henry Redskins.
The Patriots (0-6) had a 9-3 lead after four innings, and scored three more runs in the top of the fifth for a 12-3 advantage.
But in the bottom of the fifth, the host Redskins struck for nine runs to tie the game. After Jay County went back on top 13-12 in the top of the sixth inning, St. Henry pushed across two runs in the bottom of the frame and held JCHS scoreless in the seventh for the win.
Kady Finnerty led the Patriot offense with three hits and four RBIs. Chloe Trissel had three extra-base hits, smacking two doubles and her second triple of the season. Emily Corn drove in two runs on three hits, and Kensey Litton also had three hits. Gabby Hart and Blaize Miller each tallied two singles.
McKayla Norris suffered the loss, allowing 12 runs on 10 hits. She also struck out three. Rachel Antrim pitched in relief, allowing two runs on three hits.

Tennis shut out
WINCHESTER — Jay County’s girls tennis team was shut out 5-0 by the Winchester Golden Falcons on Monday.
Jay County fell to 1-2 on the season.
At No. 1 singles, Kyra Braun dropped the first set 6-0 and had a rally fall short in the second, losing 7-5 to Mariah Roberts. Shelby McClain lost to Grace Retter 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, and No. 3 singles player Megan Johnson lost to Emily White, 6-1, 6-3.
Braun and Johnson both fell to 2-1 on the season, and McClain dropped to 1-2.
The Patriots’ No. 1 doubles team of Abby Reier and Abby Saxman (0-3) fell to Miranda Winningham and Leah Wren 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Audrey Dirksen and Kayla Dirksen (1-2) fell at No. 2 doubles 6-4, 7-5 to Leah Malkey and Shelby Moreland.
Jay County’s junior varsity team won, 5-2. Francine Muhlenkamp defeated Megan Brown at No. 1 singles 8-3. Cassie Reno and Brittany Snell won at No. 3 doubles, 6-2.

Patriot JV wins
Two runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings Monday propelled the Jay County junior varsity softball team to an 8-5 win over the St. Henry Redskins.
Randi Ferguson was 2-for-2 with a run, and Maggie Pryor had one hit and scored twice. Shelby Caldwell had three hits, scored twice and tallied one RBI.
Rhegan Shimp drilled a double, and Kailee Denney added a single.
Kaylee Inman earned her third victory in as many starts, giving up 10 hits, striking out three and allowing one walk.
The Patriots moved to 4-1 on the year.

West Jay wins
PARKER CITY — The West Jay Middle School girls track team finished first Monday in a quad meet at Monroe Central.
The Eagles tallied 78 points, with East?Jay finishing runner up with 49 points. Monroe Central scored 40 points for third and Union City was last with 17 points.
Calli Stigleman earned a pair of victories for the Eagles. She won the 100-meter dash in 13.18 seconds, and claimed the top spot in the 200 dash in 27.6 seconds.
She also anchored the winning 4x100 relay team, joining MaKenna Davis, Renee Omstead and Kensey Shannon for a time of 56.1 seconds.
Sophia Fugiett won the 1,600 run in 6 minutes, 6 seconds, and Allison Jobe’s distance of 28 feet, 2 inches won shot put. Hallie Fields was first in long jump with a distance of 11 feet, 7 inches.
East Jay results, as well as boys results, were not provided.