Soccer sectional matchups are set

INDIANAPOLIS — Matchups are set.

Now it’s time for coaches to start scouting and teams to prepare.

The IHSAA revealed sectional pairings for the boys and girls soccer tournaments on Sunday evening.

The Jay County High School boys soccer team drew Yorktown in the first round of the Class 2A Sectional 24 tournament at Mississinewa. The Patriots (6-3-2) edged out the Tigers (4-7-2) by one goal on Sept. 7. They will face off Oct. 2 at 5 p.m.

If they win, they will face the winner of Centerville and New Castle on Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.

On the other side of the bracket, Blackford takes on Eastbrook while Mississinewa hosts Delta. The championship game will be played Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.

The girls drew Hamilton Heights (8-4-2) in for their sectional opener. The Patriots’ matchup with the Huskies will take place at Yorktown on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.

If the Patriots (4-8-1) win their first game, they will play the winner of Centerville and Delta on Oct. 5 at 5 p.m.

Yorktown and New Castle bypass the opening round and will face each other in the other semifinal game.

Spikers split

PONETO — The Jay County volleyball team picked up a pair of wins and a pair of losses to finish fourth in the Allen County Athletic Conference tournament on Saturday.

The Patriots beat Bluffton 25-9, 25-23 and Southern Wells 25-16, 25-13 while losing to Adams Central 25-20, 22-25, 5-15 and Woodlan 25-23, 23-25, 15-9.

Bella Denton led Jay County (8-11) in three of the four matches, while Mya Kunkler had five to lead the match against the Warriors. Denton finished with 27 while Kunkler earned 18. Kunkler also had six blocks during the tournament.

Maggie Dillon and Paisley Fugiett totaled ten kills.

Sophie Saxman tallied 54 assists in the matches. She had a particularly strong match against Bluffton when she had three aces and nine digs.

Brenna Haines recorded a team-high 41 digs, with 15 in the games against Bluffton and Adams Central.

Hallie Schwieterman had strong performances against Southern Wells and Woodlan. Against the Raiders she had four kills and a block. She led the Patriots with 20 digs against the Warriors.

Abraham wins pair

CHARLOTTESVILLE — The Jay County boys tennis team took part in the Eastern Hancock invitational on Saturday. The invitational was an individual competition with players from Jay County, Eastern Hancock, Fankton and Shenandoah.

The Patriots picked up three wins and dropped seven matches.

Abraham Dirksen won both matches in the No. 1 singles position. He first took down Frankton’s Sam Barr 6-3, 6-3. In the second round he dispatched Luke Zeilinger 6-1, 6-1.

The only other win came from Eli Dirksen in the No. 2 singles position. It took him three sets to beat Shenandoah’s Cayson Worrell 6-4, 2-6, 10-2. In the first round he lost to Luke Schilling of Eastern Hancock 6-7, 7-5, 10-6.

Liam Garringer dropped both of his matches in the No. 3 singles position. Shenandoah’s Colton Gifti won 6-1, 6-2 before Eastern Hancock’s Luke Fletcher swept him.

Sam Myers and Gage Sims nearly beat Frankton’s Jackson Alexander and Jon Hobbs 7-5, 4-6, 11-9. They also lost to Bo Dixon and Myels Wennen of EHHS 6-1, 6-2.

Isaac Miller and Luke Muhlenkamp dropped both matches to Garrett May and Ethan Taylor of Shenandoah (6-2, 6-3) and Griffin Lawrence and Josiah Swanger of Eastern Hancock (6-3, 2-6, 10-5).

The Patriots’s next match is the sectional opener at JCHS on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Patriots fall

MUNCIE — The Jay County boys soccer team fell to the Delta Eagles 3-2 on Saturday.

Both of the Patriots’ goals were scored by Levi Muhlenkamp unassisted. He took 10 shots on the goal.

Delta’s Cooper Pierce also had two goals in the match. He also scored the game-winning goal.

The Eagles’ other goal came from Maddox Huffman.

Easton Bell and Senad Selimovic both had assists for Delta in the match.

The Patriots (6-3-2) took 18 shots on Delta’s goal in the match. Outside of Muhlenkamp, Dylan Marentes took five shots while Caden Buckland, Brayden Collins and Oskar Mateo each shot once.