Patriots are Super 6 champs

RUSSIAVILLE — The Patriots entered the weekend 1-0 in dual meets.

They finished it 6-0.

The Class 2A No. 3 Jay County High School boys wrestling team came out on top at the Western Super 6 on Saturday at Western High School defeating Logansport, Hamilton Heights, Harrison, Madison Grant and Class 2A No. 2 Western.

The Patriots’ day was highlighted by their upset of the No. 2 team, taking down the Panthers 46-27.

Four Jay County wrestlers finished a perfect 5-0 on the day – Griffin Byrum in the 113-pound weight class, Tony Wood in the 138, Cameron Clark in the 150 and Bryce Wenk in the 215.

Wenk and Wood pinned all five of their opponents. Bryum pinned competitors four times, while Brice Emery of Harrison by a technical fall (17-1) 14 seconds into the third period. Clark also had four pins with the fifth win being an 8-2 decision against Simon Kuhn of Hamilton Heights.

Second for swim

MUNCIE — The Jay County Winter Swim Team opened up its season with a second-place finish at the Christmas CARD Invitational over the weekend at Muncie Central High School.

Jay County placed second out of nine teams with 1,144 points. Yorktown was the champion of the invite with 1,292 points and Oak Hill came in third with 940.

Addisyn Champ led the way with six individual victories in the 10-and-younger girls 200-yard freestyle, 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle. She had the most points of any swimmer in the age group, with Carsyn Guggenbiller behind her.

Other placers include Jaley Knapschafer (second) and Maddy Theurer in the 8-and-younger girls, Cooper Glentzer (second) in the 13-and-older boys and Grant Glentzer (second) in the 11-12-year-old boys.