Patriots reclassified to 3A

The Patriots will have a different path in the postseason next year.

The IHSAA announced the division alignments for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons for the sports of football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball and volleyball on Tuesday morning. The Jay County High School football team will shift down into Class 3A for the next two seasons.

The Patriots will make the move from Class 4A to Class 3A, while sectional rivals Mississinewa and Western join them. Kokomo was reclassified to Class 5A, while the other teams from Sectional 20 remained in Class 4A.

JCHS is tied with Guerin Catholic for the highest enrollment in Class 3A at 800 students.

Despite the four-class sports (baseball, basketball, softball and volleyball) being distributed differently, Jay County will remain in the same levels as previous years. The Patriots will also stay in Class 2A for both boys and girls soccer.

Tryouts complete

The Jay County Junior High School held cheerleading tryouts recently.

Making the roster were Kaylyn Bell, Ashlynn Brunswick, Avery Carpenter, Jordyn Champ, Emery Forthofer, Audrey Hambrock, Ramzey Huftel, Aubree Hunley, Kamzy Johnson and Brooks Kahlig.

Also avoiding the cut were Jozey Kahlig, Miley Love, Ali Luna, Lexi Miller, Ayva Pitman, Journey Reynolds, Ella Roussey, Aubree Shannon, Leah Steed, Madysen Taylor and Tinley Walker.