Junior high stays hot

UNION CITY — The Patriots have gotten off to a hot start this season.

They expanded upon that, making a statement earlier in the week.

The Jay County Junior High School girls basketball teams both held the Union City Indians to single digits on Monday evening. The eighth grade team beat Union City 47-6 while the seventh graders came out on top 50-2.

The seventh graders (3-0) had a new scoring leader, as Charlee Peters put up 16 points. Karsyn Schwieterman wasn’t far behind as she poured in 14.

Claudia Dirksen was one bucket away from double digits, as she contributed eight points. Both Avery Snow and Kendall Schemenaur added six.

Elizabeth Brunswick led the eighth graders (2-1) with 11 points and was the only Patriot to hit double figures. A trio of girls dropped eight points on the Indians, those being Amelia Heath, Raylin Hummer and Natalie May.

Rounding out the scoring was Gabi Petro with six points, Stella Skirvin with five and Kylie Shannon with one.