Geesaman’s 22 powers Patriots

LEO — Wyatt Geesaman’s career high scoring total was a dozen points.

He obliterated it Saturday.

Geesaman, a Jay County High School junior, scored 18 of his career-high 22 points in the second half, guiding the Patriot boys basketball team to a 55-51 victory over the Leo Lions.

It was the sixth consecutive win for Jay County (13-6), and coach Chris Krieg’s 100th victory (he won 57 games leading the JCHS girls team for five seasons).

Jay County led 14-7 over its former Allen County Athletic Conference rival and pushed the advantage to 24-12 at halftime. Leo began to mount a bit of a comeback, trimming the deficit to 38-29 with eight minutes remaining.

The Lions continued to outscore the Patriots but the first-half hole was insurmountable.

Geesaman was 10-of-11 from the field and 2-of-3 from the free-throw line en route to his 22 points. Ryan Schlechty was second on the team with 12 points, and his twin brother Michael contributed 10 points while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds.



Stars fall short

CHURUBUSCO — The South Adams boys basketball team fell short in a 64-58 loss to sectional rival Churubusco on Saturday.

The Starfires (5-12) trailed 17-12 after one quarter of play and went into intermission behind 32-24. The deficit stayed at eight points with one period to play, and South Adams was able to inch closer but couldn’t limit further damage by the Eagles (7-10).

James Arnold scored 24 points for South Adams, which also got 18 points from Lars In’t Groen and 11 from Spenser Clark. 

Brandon Newman led the team with seven rebounds while In’t Groen hauled in six boards.

Dalston Duff and Brayton Bonar had 16 points apiece for the Eagles.



Miles finishes seventh

CHICAGO — Courtney Miles capped her final regular-season club gymnastics meet with a top-10 finish.

Miles, a senior at Jay County High School, had an all-around score of 32.525 to finish seventh in the Chicago Style meet Friday at Navy Pier.

The Level 9 senior C competitor had her best finish — fifth — on the floor exercise as she earned 8.55. Her best score was on vault, an 8.6, which was eighth. She was also 10th on the balance beam (8.3) and uneven bars (7.075).

Halle Hill, a JCHS sophomore who competes in the same division as Miles, was third on floor (8.7), seventh on vault (8.775) and eighth on beam (8.5). She did not compete on bars and finished with an all-around total of 25.975 for 11th.



Xtreme teams 2nd

TROY, Ohio — A pair of competitive cheerleading squads from JC Tumbling and Gymnastics finished second Sunday at Greater Midwest Cheer & Dance Expo Go Red Cheer and Dance Championships at Hobart Arena.

The JC Xtreme Junior Level 2 squad was runner-up and had a zero deduction routine. The Mini Level 1 team also had a zero deduction routine to place second.