Jay wrestlers clean up at NHHS

NEW HAVEN — The Patriots were without their top wrestler, Mallory Winner, who was out with an illness.

It didn’t matter, as their depth propelled them to a pair of victories anyway.

During a trip to New Haven High School, the Jay County girls wrestling team stayed undefeated on the season with a pair of wins against the East Noble Knights (33-18) and the New Haven Bulldogs (42-12).

The Patriots (5-0) won five of the 10 contested matches, going 3-3 against East Noble and 2-2 versus the Bulldogs.

Katie Rowels and Maleah Parsons had the fastest pins of the day. Rowels took down New Haven’s Amilia Spillers 45 seconds into the 100-pound match, while Parsons won the 145 contest 43 seconds in by a defensive pin.

Against East Noble, Lina Lingo (130) and Emily Manor (135) earned victories by fall for JCHS. Manor pinned Natalie Spidel 1 minute, 11 seconds in while Lingo took Hadleigh Ealing to the second round before coming out on top at 2:37.

Willow Hardy claimed the final victory for Jay County by taking down Emma Raatz in a 4-1 decision in the 125 weight class. 

Swimmers struggle

OSSIAN — The Jay County High School swim team got swept by the Norwell Knights on Thursday. The boys fell 107-64 while the girls fell by a wider margin of 141-42.

The only individual victory for the Patriots came in the 1-meter diving competitions. Brasen Glassford had 139.9 points in an uncontested competition, while Maddy Snow took the top spot of three with 207.7 points.

Six second-place finishes helped Jay County (0-4) to its best finish of the season, including the 200-yard medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay.

Joseph Dow was the leader for the Patriots, placing second in the butterfly and the 500 freestyle. Other second-place finishes came from David Keen in the 200 freestyle and Lincoln Clamme in the breaststroke.

While the girls team (2-2) didn’t have any second-place finishes, it took third in eight events. Aubrey Millspaugh had two of the finishes in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle.

Five undefeated

NEW HAVEN — Nine boys wrestled for the Jay County junior varsity wrestling team at New Haven on Thursday.

Five Patriots went undefeated on the day, four of which were 2-0. Alejandro Ruiz won his only match, while Hayden Ison, Joaquin Johnson, Jason Landers and Hayden Richmond all earned two victories.

Gabe Ardizzone, Mario Ardizzone and Bryce Coy all split their matches to go 1-1 on the day, while Gavin Hambrock lost his only match.