Schwieterman earns 1st start

Renna Schwieterman had a slow start to the season.

She didn’t see much time in the first game of the season. Then she started to see minutes and got to scoring. Her playing time is only increasing.

The 2023 Jay County High School graduate earned her first start for the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball team Nov. 24 against the Iowa Hawkeyes and kept the spot for the next two games as well.

Schwieterman played 23 minutes in her first start, shooting 1-for-3 from beyond the 3-point arc. She also had two rebounds, two assists and one steal in the 98-59 loss to Iowa.

The next day, Schwieterman improved to be 4-for-7 from the floor for nine points in only 15 minutes as she dealt with foul trouble. She scored the first seven points for the Mastodons (4-2) in the 88-74 victory over Delaware.

She scored her career high against another division I school on Sunday against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. The freshman shot 2-for-6 from deep and 5-for-6 at the free throw line to end with 15 points. She also pulled down four rebounds, three of which came from the offensive glass, in the 90-77 win.

Eliza Bader

Jay County — 2021

Competed in two events for the Ball State University swim team that took first place in the field of 13 teams at the House of Champions Invite hosted by IUPUI.

Bader swam the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke. 

The top 32 finishers made finals heats, with the top eight in the championship, 9-16 in the consolation, 17-24 in the “bonus” and 25-32 in the “D” final. She made the consolation final in the butterfly with a 12-place finish. In the consolation, she placed seventh in the heat for 15th overall with a time of 57.96 seconds.

A 32nd-place finish earned her the final spot in the “D” heat of the backstroke. She swam 59.72 second time to finish second in the heat and 26th overall.

She also swam in two relays that didn’t qualify as Ball State’s top relay.

Whitley Rammel

FRHS — 2022

Got on the court for two sets of East Tennessee State University’s 25-18, 27-25, 25-21 loss to The Citadel on Nov. 17.

Rammel didn’t have a kill on seven attacks.

The FRHS grad had one dig in the match.

Olivia Patch

FRHS — 2020

Played five minutes in the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team’s 77-53 win over Lake Superior State on Nov. 21. She did not take a shot in the game.