Schwieterman, Brunswick can’t lead JCHS past Bearcats

MUNCIE — Hallie Schwieterman did her thing, getting her offensive numbers back over 20 points.

She also got offensive support from Elizabeth Brunswick.

It just wasn’t enough to keep an eight-year streak against the Bearcats alive.

The Jay County High School girls basketball team fell to the Muncie Central Bearcats 50-45 on Tuesday, snapping an eight-game winning streak that dates back to the 2016-17 season.

Schwieterman led the way with 25 points, bouncing back from a 13-point performance against Fort Recovery.

The Patriots (3-5) also got a lift from Brunswick, who scored a career-high 12 points. The freshman’s previous high was eight points, scored on Dec. 3 against Northeastern. It also marks the first time one of the JCHS freshmen broke double figures this season.

Rounding out the score, Amelia Heath had four points, Alexis Sibray added three and Raylin Hummer contributed two.

Heath led Jay County with nine rebounds, followed by Brunswick with seven and Gabi Petro with five. Schwieterman stole the ball 10 times in the game.

The Patriots have now dropped four straight, the first time they’ve done so since early in the 2019-20 season.

Tribe falls

FORT LORAMIE, Ohio — A rough third quarter held the Fort Recovery boys basketball team back as Fort Loramie defeated it 56-38 on Tuesday.

The Indians got outscored by nine points in the first half after only putting up four in the first quarter, followed by 10 in the second. But it was the third quarter, which Fort Loramie won 20-9 that put the game out of sight for FRHS. Five players scored for FLHS in the period.

Briggs Overman and Brody Barga led the Indians (0-2) with nine points apiece. Barga did a bulk of his scoring in the second period with three made shots, while Overman’s scoring was distributed throughout the game.

With only two quarters to play, Braylon Dilworth followed with eight second-half points for Fort Recovery.

Landon Drees scored a game-high 15 points for Fort Loramie, including eight in the fourth quarter. FLHS had six more players to put up six or more points.

Pats sweep

The Jay County Junior High School girls basketball teams swept Elwood on Tuesday, with the eighth grade team picking up a dominant 43-4 victory and the seventh graders pulling out a 24-10 defeat.

Karsyn Schwieterman led the eight graders with 18 points, followed by Charlee Peters with 11. Claudia Dirksen came two points short of double figures at eight.

Rounding out the scoring, Kendall Schemenaur and Gabby Friddle each had two, while Alivya Schwiterman and Bristol Kahlig each hit a free throw.

Brenna Weitzel and Boo Towell both scored 10 points in the seventh grade game. Their efforts were supported by Bella Barnett and Emmi Clark with one bucket each.