JC golf drops season opener

DECATUR — Maddy Snow came to the golf course ready to begin the season.

The junior led the Patriots to a fifth-place finish and earned a ribbon.

The Jay County High School girls golf team finished fifth with a score of 491 in the Bellmont Invitational on Tuesday morning at Cross Creek Golf Club.

Norwell won the invitational with a score of 369 while Jay County was able to edge out sixth-place Garrett by eight strokes. Allen County Athletic Conference rivals Bluffton (429) and Adams Central (459) finished third and fourth respectively.

Snow shot a 50 on the front nine setting her up for sixth in the meet, before a 56 on the back dropped her score. She ended with a final score of 106 strokes, tied for 11th in the invitational with Meghan Pettibone of Bellmont. Norwell’s Meghan Pettibone was the match medalist with a score of 86.

First-year golfers Whitney McIntire and Brooklyn Bright both finished one stroke off of each other and were the second and third scorers for Jay County. McIntire shot a 127 while Bright had 128.

The final contributor to the team score was Meah Devoe who shot 130 on the day.

Brooklynn Zimmerman’s score of 137 did not count towards the final.