Jay tops ’Dogs

RICHMOND — The Patriots suffered their second big loss of the season Thursday.

The following day they were back in the win column.

The Jay County High School baseball team didn’t give up a run until the seventh inning of a 7-2 win against the New Haven Bulldogs on Friday in the first game of the Bob Haustetter Memorial Invitational at McBride Stadium.

The Patriots (13-8), who lost to Bellmont 16-6 on Thursday but have now won four of their last five games, resume tournament play at 2:30 p.m. today against Seymour, then play Richmond at 5 p.m.

Austin Curts hit a single in the top of the first inning for Jay County, which scored a run in the second on a wild pitch.

In the fifth, the Patriots tacked on four more runs, including RBI singles from Dusty Pearson and Josh Dowlen. They added two more runs in the frame for a 6-0 advantage.

Dowlen led the Patriots with a double, two singles and an RBI, and Pearson chipped in a double. Quinn Faulkner also had a double.

Crosby Heniser earned the win, giving up two unearned runs on three hits. He struck out seven and walked two in six innings.



Rally falls short

RICHMOND — Jay County’s softball team lost a late lead and had its rally fall short in a 9-8 loss to the Richmond Red Devils on Friday.

The Patriots (16-7), which opens sectional play Tuesday against Yorktown at Hamilton Heights, had a 6-5 lead after five innings before Richmond struck for four runs in the home half of the sixth inning. Jay County rallied with a pair of runs in the seventh but wasn’t able to tie the score.

Haley Gillette was 4-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, while Rieley Brewster doubled, singled twice and scored three times. Olivia Bright doubled and singled, and Aubrie Schwieterman hit a home run and scored twice.

Haleigh Clayton was charged the loss. She allowed nine earned runs on 19 hits with four strikeouts.