DeHoff records second hat trick

MUNCIE — Morgan DeHoff has led the Patriots in goals this season.

She led the Patriots on Tuesday as well, earning her second hat trick of the year.

DeHoff powered the Jay County High School girls soccer team to a 4-2 victory over the Delta Eagles on Tuesday night.

Just under four minutes into the game, Sophie Sprunger opened up the scoring on a shot assisted by Aixa Lopez. DeHoff scored the first goal of her hat trick with 28:50 left in the first half.

Delta (6-4-2) scored the next two goals to tie the match at 2-2. The first came with 2:21 left in the first half and the second at 33:19 in the second. One goal was scored by Jordan Bunch, assisted by Chloe Newsome, and the other was scored by Nila Johnson assisted by Bunch.

The Patriots (4-7-1, 2-4 Allen County Athletic Conference) regained the lead on DeHoff’s second goal with 16 minutes remaining and iced the game away with her third at 7:28. She is now up to 14 goals on the season.

Angel Clairday finished with nine saves.

Lopez led the midfield attack with 21 steals while Molly Muhlenkamp and Jayla Huelskamp were right behind her with 19 each.

Offense struggles

BERNE — Jay County’s volleyball team hung with the Class 2A No. 10 South Adams Starfires in the first set but couldn’t keep up as they lost 25-20, 25-15, 25-13 on Tuesday.

Only three Patriots — Mya Kunkler (27.3%), Sophie Saxman (18.8%) and Bella Denton (6.2%) — had positive hitting percentages. Denton had the most kills of the three with eight while Saxman added three and Kunkler had two.

Jay County (6-8, 1-3 ACAC) hurt itself in the match by giving up 25 points on hitting errors and nine on aces. As a team, they were negative-3.4% on hitting.

The Patriots outplayed South Adams (20-2, 4-0 ACAC) defensively by digging seven more balls and committing less errors on that side of the ball but it couldn’t make up for the offensive struggles.

The junior varsity team beat South Adams 24-25, 25-19, 15-10.

Kendel Rowles and Hallie Schwieterman both had nine kills each in the match. Paisley Fugiett led with nine assists while Elizabeth Barnett anchored the defense with 15 digs.

Muhlenkamp birdies

VERSAILLES, Ohio — The Fort Recovery High School boys golf team fell 145-168 to the Russia Raiders on Tuesday at Stillwater Valley Golf Course.

Keegan Muhlenkamp owned Fort Recovery’s low score in the match with a 39. He shot a pair of birdies in the match on the second and eighth hole, both of which are par-4s. He also had four pars en route to his score.

Russia’s Felix Francis was the match medalist, shooting a 32 which is three under par. All four of the Raiders’ scores either tied or beat Muhlenkamp’s 39.

Reece LeFevre had the No. 2 score for the Indians (7-7, 5-4 MAC) with a 40. He also had a birdie, his coming on the par-4 third hole.

Rounding out the team score was Natte Jutte with a 42 and Matthew Romer with a 44.

Alex Dues (50) and Eli Lennartz (52) did not impact the final.

JV dominates

The Jay County junior varsity boys soccer team dominated the Daleville Broncos in an 8-1 victory on Tuesday.

Both teams scored one goal in the first half.

Jay County exploded in the second half to dominate the game. The Patriots scored seven times while blanking Daleville.

Garrett Hidy, Oskar Mateo and Aryan Montes each had two goals in the game. Blake Collins and Brendan Runyon both added one as well.

Fifer sets record

Abby Fifer broke the Jay County Junior High School girls cross country record as both teams hosted Muncie Southside on Tuesday.

The boys won the meet 15-50 while Muncie Southside did not have enough players to field a girls team.

Fifer’s time of 12:51 beat the previous record of 13 minutes flat set by Kendra Muhlenkamp in the 2014-15 season.

Muncie Southside’s top girl finished sixth with a time of 14:31.

Raif Beiswanger led the boys with a time of 11:42 for the victory. He beat Muncie Southside’s top scorer, Traycen Boggs (eighth) by three minutes, 18 seconds.

Other boys scores came from Sam Wiggins (second), Grady Warvel (third), Carson Westgerdes (fourth) and Dougie Cox (fifth).

Patriots slide

BERNE — The Jay County Junior High volleyball team fell to South Adams 25-14, 25-12 Tuesday.

Amelia Heath put together a strong game in which she led in blocks and kills. She ended with four blocks and six kills. Brenna Ruble and Kenady Lyons each had one kill for Jay County (8-7).

Gabi Petro protected the back row with three digs while Ruble added two.

Lyons was the primary ball handler, tallying four assists.

Heath and Peyton Schoenlein both had three service points. Emalyn Homan had two while Lyons and Makayla Bishop had one.