Patriots clinch share

A victory on Monday was bigger than just the fifth win in a row for the Patriots. It also clinched them at least a share of the Allen County Athletic Conference title.

The Jay County High School boys soccer team beat the Heritage Patriots in a back-and-forth game  for a 4-2 victory Monday.

The teams traded goals in the first half. After an early Heritage goal, Dylan Marentes tied it 2:10 into the game.

Heritage (4-4-2, 2-1 ACAC) struck back to regain the lead before Levi Muhlenkamp scored on an assist from Marentes with 20:20 left in the half.

Ar Zit Cahn and Myo Min Tway scored the two goals for Heritage with Toby Henning assisting once.

Early in the second half, Hugo Gutierrez converted a header to put Jay County (6-2-2, 3-1 ACAC) ahead.

Muhlenkamp iced the game with a goal with seven minutes left.

Pats stay hot

The Jay County boys tennis team won its fifth match in a row with a 4-1 victory over Bellmont on Monday.

Both No. 1 positions swept their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Abraham Dirsksen took care of the singles against Hayden Huss while Sam Myers and Gage Sims took down James Miller and Kaden Ramsey in doubles action.

Eli Dirksen won No. 2 doubles match for a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Bryson Ball.

Isaac Miller and Luke Muhlenkamp took care of Larry Knous and Ben Mendoza for a 6-2, 6-0 win.

Liam Garringer suffered the only loss for the Patriots. Layne LeMaster beat him 6-1, 6-4.

For the junior varsity, Gabe Pinkerton won his singles against Raiden Knittle 8-2.

Blake Kahlig and Jacob Monroe beat Knittle and Braxton Jarvis 6-4 in the doubles match.

Mathias wins open

LEBANON — Jay County High School graduate Evan Mathias won the Indiana Adaptive Open over the weekend at Golf Club of Indiana.

Mathias, JCHS class of 2014, shot 5-under-par for the 36-hole tournament to win by one stroke over Lucas Jones of Louisville, Kentucky.

After taking a double bogey on the 10th hole Sunday, Mathias captured the tournament title with a strong finish. He trailed Jones by three strokes before recording consecutive birdies on No. 11 and No. 12. He stayed one stroke back until the final two holes, pulling even when Jones bogeyed the 17th hole and taking the win with a par on the 18th while Jones recorded a second consecutive bogey.

Young spikers fall

The Jay County Junior High School volleyball team fell to the Delta Eagles 25-21, 25-19 on Monday.

The Patriots served the ball well, totaling eight aces between Kenady Lyons, Brenna Ruble and Emalyn Homan. They just couldn’t  attack effectively as Amelia Heath led with two kills while Lyons had one.

Lyons had three digs while Gabi Petro contributed two and Ruble, Homan and Peyton Schoenlein each added one.