Jay defeat Panthers

A trio of Patriots continued their hot streaks and got enough help for the team to come away with a win.

Mason Winner, Ethan Reiley and Zakk Atkins all extended their unbeaten records and Cooper Jacks also added a pin Tuesday as the Jay County Hight School wrestling team topped the visiting Parkway Panthers 42-36.

Winner, Reiley and Atkins were all coming off undefeated performances in the Allen County Athletic Conference Duals on Friday and Saturday, and all three delivered pins. Winner, the third-ranked 182-pounder in the state, finished off Hayden Ridenour in 1 minute, 37 seconds. Reiley (113) scored his victory over Skyler Fokine in 2:53, and Atkins pinned Collin Fokine in 4:37.

Jacks needed just 36 seconds to defeat Billy Popp at 220 pounds.

Other contested victories for the Patriots came from Ben Hunter (138) by a 15-5 major decision, Camron Gage (145) thanks to a disqualification and Garrett Mann (160) by a 7-6 decision.

Winning junior varsity matches for JCHS were Lita Chowning (120), Sebastian Jones (132) and Daidrick Retz (138).



Swimmers top Delta

MUNCIE — Jay County’s girls swim team improved to 4-1 Tuesday with a 116-67 victory over the host Delta Eagles. The boys remain winless following a 122-63 defeat.

Erica Hathaway and Eliza Bader each had a pair of wins for the girls team. Hathaway was first in the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 33.22 seconds, and the 100 freestyle in 58.51 while Bader took the top spot in the 200 freestyle in 2:08.58 and the 500 freestyle in 5:53.1.

Also adding victories for the Patriot girls were Elayna Paro in the 100 breaststroke, Ashlyn Dow in the 100 backstroke and Mara Bader in the 100 butterfly.

The boys team’s only win of the night came from Reid Claycomb, Kyle Sanders, Chase McFarland and Griffin Mann in the 200 medley relay.



Boys basketball falls

YORKTOWN — Turnovers proved costly Tuesday as the Jay County boys basketball team suffered its fourth straight loss by a 41-35 score to the Yorktown Tigers.

The Patriots (2-4) broke out of their first-quarter slump with 13 points to take the lead and had a five-point advantage through three quarters. But they turned the ball over nine times in the fourth as Yorktown (3-3) rallied for the win.

Brayden Sprunger, Noah Arbuckle and Ethan Dirksen each had eight points for Jay County.

The Patriot junior varsity team edged Yorktown 26-25 led by Gavin Myers’ nine points. The freshman team won 45-33 behind 14 points from Josh Dowlen.



EJ goes 4-1

WAUSEON, Ohio — East Jay Middle School’s wrestling team finished with a 4-1 record to place second Saturday at the Midwest Duals.

The Chiefs topped All-Star 72-24, Perrysburgh 48-46, Sandusky 54-42 and Fassett 54-36. Their only loss came by a 49-42 score to champion Wauseon.

Tony Wood (104), Cameron Clark (134), AJ Myers (142) and Bryce Wenk (172) all went 5-0 for East Jay. Adding 4-1 records were Cody Rowles (110) and Conner Specht (205), while Griffin Byrum (80), Tristan Stout (160) and Ricky Nava (245) each finished 3-2.