Patriots earn first ACAC W

CELINA, Ohio — Maddy Snow led the Patriots to their first win Monday.

On Tuesday, she led them to their first Allen County Athletic Conference win.

The Jay County High School girls golf team split a three-team match with the Adams Central Jets and South Adams Starfires on Tuesday at Celina Lynx Golf Club.

The Starfires won the match with a score of 202. The Patriots’ 232 was just enough to top Adams Central’s 236.

Snow was the match medalist, shooting a 46. She shot par on holes No. 3, 4, 7 and 9.

Following Snow was Meah Devoe with a 57. Like Snow, Devoe shot for par on the ninth hole.

Brooklynn Bright shot a 61 in the No. 3 position for Jay County (2-5, 1-5 ACAC). The highlight of her match was a bogey on the sixth.

Whitney McIntire’s 68 wrapped up the score for the Patriots.

Brooklyn Zimmerman’s 69 did not count towards the team score, but she shot a bogey on hole No. 3.

Patriots tie

NEW CASTLE — Jay County’s boys soccer team finished in a 1-1 tie with the New Castle Trojans on Tuesday.

Both teams’ scores came in the first half.

Levi Muhlenkamp scored his second goal of the season to put the Patriots (0-1-1) on the board. Brayden Collins assisted Muhlenkamp on the play.

The Trojans (1-2-1) tied the game up with a goal by Caden Johnson. The score came on a corner kick by Owen Barrett, who earned the assist.

The Trojans managed only four more shots on Jay County’s goal in the rest of the game, all of which were saved by Kaleb Coppock.

New Castle’s Andrew Christman saved the other three shots the Patriots took at New Castle’s goal.

Runners dominate

The host Jay County Junior High School cross country teams dominated Delta and Wes-Del in a three-team meet Tuesday.

The Patriots boys finished with only 16 points, just one more than the minimum, while only one point separated Delta (55) and Wes-Del (56). Jay County’s girls team had 20 points with Delta following (52) and Wes-Del placing third (76).

Jay County claimed five of the top six boys spots, only missing fifth place. The girls had six athletes place between first and eighth, only missing third and sixth.

The top four boys spots went to Raif Beiswanger (11:50), Rocky Beiswanger (12:43), Sam Wiggins (12:46) and Grady Warvel (13:05). The final score came from Carson Westgerdes in sixth place with a time of 13:21.

The top two girls were Abby Fifer (13:35) and Jessie Homan (13:51). In fourth-place was Ava May running a 14:21. The final two scores came from fifth-place Brooklyn Byrum (15:08) and seventh-place Lyla Kunkler (15:10).