Patriots open with win over Bulldogs

CENTERVILLE — The Patriots wrestled 10 matches against the Bulldogs and their experience prevailed.

The Jay County High School boys wrestling team opened with a 53-27 victory over the Centerville Bulldogs on Tuesday, as it claimed six of the 10 contested matches.

All three of the Patriots upperclassmen that got to wrestle, Sylas Wenk, A.J. Heskett and Brice Coy, secured victories. Wenk won the 120-pound match by pinning Isaiah Smith in 2 minutes, 29 seconds. Coy got the fall against Julian Armyx as the final buzzer sounded to claim the 190 weight class. Heskett didn’t get the pin, but got out early with a 17-0 technical fall 3:05 into the 138 contest.

JCHS (1-0) also picked up wins in the 126, 157 and 215 weight classes. Freshman Freddie Lingo (215) secured his first career victory with a fall against Sean Newman in 1:11. In the 126 match, Cooper Glassford beat Alex Nobble, pinning the Bulldog in 1:43. Hayden Ison worked a victory in the 157 contest by putting Cameron Medvegy on his back in 4:49.

Alex Rivers, Jason Landers, Chandler Murphy and Reynaldo Ortega-Leos all took losses, as the rest of the Patriots’ points came from forfeits.

Patriots sweep

CENTERVILLE — The Jay County girls wrestling team picked up a trio of victories over Hagerstown, Mount Vernon and Centerville on Tuesday.

The Patriots’ most dominant victory came against Mount Vernon, winning 72-6. The Patriots claimed three of the four contested weight classes as Lina Lingo (135), Emily Manor (140) and Madison Gage (170) all won by fall in the first period.

JCHS beat Hagerstown 51-6 fueled by victories from Maleah Parsons (145) and Brenna Ruble (120). Parsons pinned Saide Nicholas in 1 minute 49 seconds, while Ruble edged out Brenna Walker for a 5-4 decision.

All seven matches between Jay County and Centerville ended by fall as the Patriots claimed five of them for a 60-18 triumph. Katie Rowles (100), Manor (140), Gage (155), Mallory Winner (170) and Amara Crawford (190) all took down their opponents.

Swim splits

BLUFFTON — The Jay County High School swim teams split with the Bluffton Tigers in the first Allen County Athletic Conference meet of the season.

The Patriot girls dominated Bluffton for a 115-64 victory, while the boys got clobbered 130-51.

The boys (0-1, 0-1 ACAC) only victories came from Cooper Glentzer and Matthew Fisher. Glentzer, a freshman, claimed the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 11.15 seconds, while Matthew Fisher won the 100 butterfly.

The girls team (2-2, 1-0 ACAC) earned eight first-place finishes, including a pair of wins for freshman Kaitlyn Fisher in the 200 freestyle (2:43.57) and the 100 freestyle (1:22.83).

Avery Wentz beat Bluffton’s Tess Frauhiger in the 100 backstroke by 0.05 seconds. Other individual victories came from Lauren Fisher in the 50 freestyle (32.25), Ariel Beiswanger in the 400 freestyle (5:54.56), Sophia Hoevel in the 100 freestyle (1:12.08)  and Maddy Snow in the 1-meter diving (179.85 points).

The girls also claimed the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

Junior High wins

DECATUR — The Jay County Junior High School girls basketball teams rolled over Bellmont on Monday.

The eighth grade team picked up a 55-5 victory, led by a 21-point effort from Karsyn Schwieterman. Charlee Peters followed with 11, while Alyvia Schweiterman added eight. Rounding out the scoring, Kendall Schemenaur had six points, Claudia Dirksen put up five and Arabella Link and Ali Luna both hit shots.

The seventh grade team got back on track with a 36-7 win over Bellmont. Brenna Weitzel led the way with 20 points. Link and Bristol Kahlig supported with six and four points, respectively, while Boo Towell, Emmi Clark and Bella Barnett all had two.