Patriots rebound against Generals

FORT WAYNE — The Patriots are back in the win column.
Less than 24 hours after having its nine-game win streak snapped, the Jay County High School boys basketball team rebounded with a 39-38 victory Saturday over the host Wayne Generals.
Jay County (15-5), fell behind after the first quarter, 13-10, but held Wayne (6-11) to just four points during the second in taking a 20-17 lead into halftime.
The margin stayed the same heading into the fourth quarter, and a potential game-winning 3-pointer by Wayne was off target and another chance, a tip in, to win missed the mark.
JCHS senior Adam Dirksen had a game-high 16 points to go with his six rebounds. Bowen Runyon chipped in with eight points and five rebounds, with Kyler Carvel adding seven points, three assists and three rebounds.
Jason Schlosser made the Patriots’ only 3-pointer (1-for-12) as he and Jay Houck both had four points.
Jay County’s junior varsity team fell to 11-5 on the season with a 47-34 loss.
Michael Schlechty led the Patriots with 12 points, and Max Moser followed with 11. Holton Hill added six points.

Tribe tops ’Riders
FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team overcame a fourth-quarter surge to defeat the St. Marys Memorial Roughriders on Saturday, 62-56.
The Indians (14-6) led by as many as 20 points in the third quarter but had their offense dwindle down the stretch.
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The Roughriders scored 20 points in the fourth quarter compared to 13 for the Tribe, but FRHS was able to win on senior night.
Junior Micaiah Cox recorded a double-double, leading the Indians with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Chase Bruns followed with 18 points, and Caleb Martin chipped in with seven. Matt Bihn and Brandon “Speedy” Schoen had four points each.
Jacob Grannon of St. Marys had a game-high 29 points.
Fort Recovery’s junior varsity team also won, 57-36.
Reese Rogers was 3-for-6 from 3-point range and finished with a game-high 19 points. Cade Wendel added 12 points and Payton Jutte tallied nine.

Four move on
DEFIANCE, Ohio — In record-breaking fashion, four Fort Recovery swimmers qualified for the district meet.
The Indians set new school records in the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays, finishing fourth and second respectively at the Northwest District sectional meet Saturday at Ayersville.
Alexis Bubp, Sophie Timmerman, Cassy Martin and Cori Stone swam to a time of 1 minute, 46.55 seconds, in the 200 freestyle relay, beating the previous mark by more than a second.
The same four shaved nearly a second off the 400 freestyle relay record too, finishing in 3:54.29.
Martin, a freshman, also broke the 100 freestyle record with her time of 57.68 seconds.
The quartet qualified for district, which is Friday at Bowling Green State University, in both relays as well as the 200 medley relay. Timmerman (second – 100 breaststroke), Stone (fourth – 100 butterfly) and Bubp (fourth – 100 freestyle) also qualified as individuals.
Team scores were not provided.

East Jay second
The East Jay Middle School wrestling team had four champions and finished third as a team Saturday as it hosted the East Jay Invitational.
The Chiefs scored 241 points, trailing Shenandoah (263.5 points) and McCullough of Marion (257).
West Jay was last out of 12 teams with 66 points.
East Jay’s Dawson Hundley (85 pounds), Zakk Atkins (105), Brian Newman (120) and Mason Winner (145) each won the championship in their respective weight classes. Dyllan Garringer (75), Blayne Daniels (80) and Garrett Mann (152) all finished second, and Jackson Lyons (135), Derrick Allen (160) and Levi Peterson (225) were third.
Carter Mitchell (100) of West Jay was second, the highest place of any Eagle wrestler.
Nevaeh Cox (152) placed third and Sean Ashley (120) was fourth.

Hill earns two wins
FRANKLIN — Halle Hill finished first on two events Saturday and Sunday at the Sweetheart Classic gymnastics meet at Franklin Community Middle School.
The West Jay eighth grader scored a 9.0 on the vault and an 8.825 on the floor exercise to win both events in the Level 8 competition. She also added an 8.5 (third) on balance beam and 7.75 (fourth) on uneven bars for an all-around score of 33.65 (third).
JCHS sophomore Courtney Miles, also a Level 8 gymnast, was second on beam (8.75), third on floor (8.675) and fourth on vault (8.2). She scored 7.125 on bars for an all-around score of 32.75 (fourth).
West Jay seventh grader Hanna Outcalt was third on both floor (8.65) and bars (8.4). She added a 9.05 on beam and 8.05 on vault. Her all-around score of 34.15 was fourth in Level 4.