Jay Co. golf 2nd in ACAC

CELINA, Ohio — Jay County fell to Heritage by two strokes in the regular season.

In the conference tournament Saturday, Heritage again had a two-stroke margin.

Jay County High School’s boys golf team took second at the Allen County Athletic Conference championships at Celina Lynx Golf Club.

Heritage, which beat Jay County 156-158 on May 4, shot 365 to win the team championship. Jay County ended with 367, and Bluffton was one stroke behind for third.

Caleb DeRome led Jay County with his round of 85, good for third overall and first team All-ACAC. (The top seven golfers earn first-team honors, while those placing eighth through 14 are named second team.)

Griffin Mann was the No. 2 JCHS golfer with his round of 90. He was eighth overall. Kyle Sanders placed 13th with his round of 94, and both were named All-ACAC second team.

Simon Pryor and Brock DeHoff shot 98 to finish in a three-way tie with Woodlan’s Peyton Roth for 18th overall.



Jay loses two

RICHMOND — Jay County’s baseball team wasn’t able to end the regular season on a winning streak as it lost back-to-back games Saturday in the Bob Hostetter Memorial Invitational.

The Patriots, who open sectional play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday against Guerin Catholic at Yorktown, lost to Seymour 11-2 and host Richmond 7-2.

Quinn Faulkner doubled and singled and added an RBI in the loss to Seymore. Blake Caldwell and Kess McBride chipped in singles.

Caldwell paced the Patriots (13-10) against Richmond with a double and two singles. Faulkner and McBride also singled, and Dusty Pearson accounted for the team’s only RBI.

Sam Dunlavy suffered the loss against Seymour. He allowed eight runs — five earned — on six hits. He struck out seven and walked three in five innings.

Austin Curts was charged the loss against Richmond, allowing six runs — two earned — on six hits in four innings. He struck out four and walked three.



Patriots split

CENTERVILLE — The Jay County junior varsity baseball team split a pair of games in the Centerville Invitational on Saturday.

The Patriots (7-11) lost to Batesville 13-3 in six innings before rebounding to get a 6-5 win over the host Bulldogs.

Conner Specht doubled, singled and drove in a run against Batesville, while Jackson Edwards and Christian Runkle both added singles.

Edwards was charged the loss, surrendering five runs — two earned — on seven hits in four innings. He struck out two and walked a pair.

Jay County, which held off a late rally by Centerville, got a double and two singles from Ryne Goldsworthy. Cody Rowles also had three hits, while Peyton James doubled, singled and had an RBI.

Rowles also earned the win, surrendering just one earned run on two hits over six innings. He struck out 13 despite six walks.