Cross country teams finish sixth

LYNN — The boys didn’t have enough to compete as a team in their first event. The girls didn’t for their first two contests.

For the first time in over a year, the Patriots had enough athletes to qualify both teams for scores.

Jay County’s cross country teams both finished in sixth-place at the Randolph Southern Invite on Saturday.

The girls finished with 141 points, six above Muncie Burris in last. Monroe Central won with 46.

Joseph Boggs finished in the top-10 to lead the boys to sixth-place (180 points) out of 11. Muncie Central led the boys with 63.

Boggs’ 18:37.18 was good enough for 10th-place. Freshman Caleb Garringer wasn’t too far behind, finishing 19th.

The other three scorers for the boys were Max Klopfenstein (38th), Lukes Powers (62nd) and Will Hawbaker (96th).

Alexis Sibray paced the girls, crossing the finish line after 22:14.92 to earn 12th-place.

After her was Paityn Wendel (28), Willow Hardy (33), Courtney Harris (55), Tina Japaridize (61) and Nina Ribas Cesar (62).

DeHoff hat tricks

BERNE — For the second time this season, the Jay County High school girls soccer team scored seven goals against its Allen County Athletic Conference-opponent as they beat the South Adams Starfires 7-1 on Saturday.

Morgan DeHoff scored three goals in the first half for Jay County’s first hat trick of the season.

Jay County (3-5-1, 2-3 ACAC) scored three more first-half goals against the Starfires (2-6-1, 0-4 ACAC). Molly Muhlenkamp scored two of the goals while Jenna Dues had the other.

The Patriots only scored one goal in the second half, coming from Jayla Huelskamp.

Five of the Patriots’ seven goals were assisted on. Aixa Lopez had three assists while Muhlenkamp had two.

Ariel Beiswanger, Emma Hatzell, Ellie Wendel and Naroa Zugasti Goicoechea anchored the defensive side of the ball for Jay County, making Angel Clairday’s job easy in the goal. Clairday only had to save three shots in the match.

Spikers split

NOBLESVILLE — The Jay County volleyball team split four matches at the Noblesville Invitational on Saturday. The Patriots dropped the first two matches against Wes-Del (25-15, 25-17) and Noblesville (25-7, 25-10) before picking up a pair of wins against Shelbyville (25-20, 25-16) and Western (29-27, 25-23).

Through all four matches, Bella Denton had a team-high 20 kills. She also had four aces and two blocks.

Brenna Haines led the Patriots’ defensive effort with 23 digs. She served up six aces, including four in the first match.

The Patriots’ setter, Sophie Saxman, found herself involved in a lot of the action, filling out the entire stat sheet. She had 44 assists, nine kills, six aces and a block.

Mya Kunkler’s three blocks were a team-high. She was also one of the other three Jay County players with double digit kills, earning 12. Maggie Dillon (11) and Laila Waddell (10) were the others.

Snow makes top 7

CELINA, Ohio — Junior Maddy Snow finished top-seven at the Allen County Athletic Conference girls golf invitational at Celina Lynx Golf Club on Saturday to earn a spot on the first team all-ACAC.

Bluffton’s team score of 413 earned the Tigers the conference championship, while Jay County only had three golfers participate, therefore not qualifying for a team score.

Snow shot a 103 to tie for fourth-place with Bluffton’s Tressa Renner and Eve Corkwell. Emma Schwartz of Bluffton was the individual champion with a 91.

Snow shot for par four times in the match. They came on holes No. 1, 10, 12 and 16.

Freshman Brooklynn Bright finished with 124 strokes to earn 24th-place. Bright’s only par came on the third hole, a par-3.

Whitney McIntire shot a 136 to tie with Bluffton’s Aleeah Grover. They tied for 31st and were one stroke above Adam Central’s Sophie Johnson at the bottom.

Junior High sweeps

The Jay County Junior High School volleyball team held the Woodlan Junior High School Warriors to only 26 total points in a 25-12, 15-14 sweep on Saturday.

Amelia Heath led the attack for the Patriots (6-0) with six kills. She also had 11 points and two aces.

Emalyn Homan scored 13 points for Jay County while serving seven aces in the match. She also had four assists and two kills.