Jay opens with Frankton

The Patriots will open the tournament against an unfamiliar foe.

In the IHSAA tournament draw held Sunday, the Jay County High School boys basketball team received an opening-round game against the Frankton Eagles.

JCHS and Frankton will play at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Sectional 24 tournament at New Castle. The schools have never met in boys basketball.

The Sectional 24 tournament opens Feb. 28, with Delta (14-8) taking on Centerville (7-13). Wednesday’s opening round action will feature the Patriots and Eagles in the opening game with defending champion Yorktown (14-7) and host Trojans (11-10) to follow.

In the semifinal around at 6 p.m. Friday, Hamilton Heights will play the Delta/Centerville winner. The Jay County/Frankton and Yorktown/New Castle winners will follow in the second semifinal game.

The championship is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 4.

The Patriots are 0-3 against sectional opponents this year, with losses to New Castle, Delta and Yorktown.



JCJH swimmers fall

Jay County’s junior high swim teams had plenty of first-place finishes Monday but still lost to Norwell — 172-129 for the girls and 182-119 for the boys.

Brooklynn Byrum reached the wall first in the 50-yard butterfly in 31.81 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 1 minute, 19 seconds. Maria Laux won with times of 1:00.65 in the 100 freestyle and 2:21.89 in the 200 freestyle.

Also picking up wins were Kaitlyn Fisher (100 individual medley), Elly Byrum (100 breaststroke) and Gabby Gibson (400 freestyle).

The boys team got wins from Carson Westgerdes in the 50 freestyle in 28.21 and the 50 butterfly in 31.86, and Rockland Beiswanger earned victories in the 100 butterfly in 1:03.61 and 100 breaststroke in 1:25.50. Cooper Glentzer had winning times of 2:211.72 in the 200 freestyle and 4:38.14 in the 40 freestyle.



Lingo wins

BROWNSBURG — Lina Lingo led a group of four Jay County wrestlers who finished in the top three Saturday while competing in Indy Nationals at Brownsburg.

Lingo went 3-1 in the freshman/sophomore 130-pound division at the tournament, pinning Oreal Johnson of Southport and Chelsea Spears and Saniyah Turner, both of Decatur Central. She lost by pin to Londyn Grant of Urbana (Illinois) but won the bracket by virtue of having the best record.

Also wrestling in the freshman/sophomore tournament were Maleah Parsons (second – 155 pounds), Katie Rowles (third – 101) and Dakota Chowning (third – 123).

Bryce Wenk added a seventh-place finish in the 182-pound high school boys division.