Patriot baseball sweeps Archers

FORT WAYNE — The Patriots finally swept a doubleheader.

The Jay County High School baseball team took two games from the South Side Archers on Saturday to earn its first doubleheader sweep of the season.

The Patriots (10-7) beat the Archers 3-1 in the first game before a 14-3 triumph in five innings in game two.

Crosby Heniser paced the Patriots offensively, collecting two hits, including the first home run of his career, and four RBIs. Blake Caldwell also homered, his team-leading third of the season, and drove in two runs. Quinn Faulkner doubled, hit two singles and knocked in a pair of runs.

Austin Curts and Sam Dunlavy both doubled and singled with two RBIs. Josh Dowlen chipped in three singles and two RBIs, with Sam Myers, Dusty Pearson and Kess McBride all adding hits.

Pearson earned his sixth win of the season in game one. He struck out two, walked one and didn’t allow a hit in three innings. Dunlavy struck out seven and allowed one earned run on one hit in four innings of relief.

Heniser pitched the Patriots to the game two win, surrendering two earned runs on two hits with four walks and a pair of punch-outs in two innings.

Softball sweeps Tigers

HAGERSTOWN — Jay County’s softball team earned a pair of 13-3 victories against the Hagerstown Tigers on Saturday.

The Patriots (16-6) needed five innings to get the win in game one, and used a seven-run seventh inning for the game-two win.

Aubrie Schwieterman led the JCHS offense with a double, two singles and six RBIs on the day, with Riah Champ adding a double, two singles and four runs. Olivia Bright doubled, singled and knocked in a pair of runs, while Rieley Brewster hit a double and collected two RBIs.

Haleigh Clayton finished with two hits, while Maddy Rinker and Kristen Wendel each scored three times.

Clayton got the win in the first game, allowing three runs — two earned — on five hits. She struck out five and walked three.

Taylor Brown was the winner in game two. Only one of the three runs she gave up was earned, and she surrendered six hits with three strikeouts and a walk.



Patriots 10th

HUNTINGTON — In a meet of just freshmen and sophomores, the Jay County boys track team placed 10th out of 11 teams in the Huntington Invitational on Saturday.

Full team scores were not available.

Sebastian Solis and Isaac Kunkler had the best individual finishes for the Patriots. Solis had a career-best time of 11 minutes, 55.01 seconds, to take fifth in the 3,200-meter run, and Kunkler had the same place in high jump with his height of 5 feet, 6 inches.

Joseph Kunk threw a career-best 111 feet, 2 inches, for fifth in discus, and placed eighth in shot put with his best distance of 35 feet, 6 inches.

Kunkler was sixth in 110 hurdles (18.15 seconds) and eighth in 400 dash (career-best 56.75 seconds).

Trey Nichols, Owen Ransom, Kaleb Meadows and Kunkler placed eighth in the 4x400 relay.



JV drops two

Jay County’s junior varsity baseball team fell to 5-8 on the season with a pair of run-rule losses to the Norwell Knights on Saturday.

The Patriots lost 12-0 in five innings before a six-inning 18-1 loss.

Bennett Weitzel led the Patriots with a double and the team’s only RBI on the day.

Cody Rowles, Ryne Goldsworthy and Peyton James also singled.

James took the loss in game one, giving up eight runs — seven earned — on four hits. He walked 10 and struck out seven 4 1/3 innings.

Rowles was charged the loss in game two. He surrendered seven runs — four earned — on two hits. He struck out five and walked six in four innings.