Patriots sweep Jets

The Patriot boys picked up their first win of the season against an Adams County school last week, while the girls fell in a close race.

One week later, when the Patriots faced off with the other Adams County team in the Allen County Athletic Conference, both the boys and girls walked away with victories.

The Jay County High School swim teams took care of business against the Adams Central Jets on Monday with the girls rolling to 170-70 win and the boys coming out on top 136-112.

Sophia Hoevel had her strongest meet of the season, picking up a pair of individual victories for the Patriots (3-3, 2-1 ACAC), while contributing to both relays that came out on top. Hoevel started her day as the anchor to the 200-yard medley relay that won with a time of 2 minutes, 8.87 seconds. The junior then pulled out a pair of first-place finishes in the 200 freestyle and the 100 freestyle with times of 2:20.82 and 1:02.74. Hoevel also led off the 400 freestyle relay that took first with a time of 4:29.57.

Brooklynn Byrum also won two events for the Jay County girls. Her victories came in the 200 individual medley (2:35.03) and the 100 butterfly (1:08.84).

Other top finishes for the girls came from Maddy Snow in the 1-meter diving (190.35), Avery Wentz in the 100 backstroke (1:13.80) and Lauren Fisher in the 100 breaststroke (1:21.23).

Carson Westgerdes was the only tanker with multiple victories for the Patriot boys (2-4, 2-1 ACAC). He first claimed the 100 butterfly uncontested in 1:04.18 before beating out two teammates in the 100 breaststroke. Westgredes finished first with a time of 1:13.30, beating runner-up Lincoln Clamme (1:19.11) and third-place Cooper Glentzer (1:22.00).

Glentzer, a fellow freshman, also found some individual success in the 200 IM (2:18.46).

The other three first-place finishes for the boys came from Peyton Yowell in the 100 freestyle (56.44), Matthew Fisher in the 100 backstroke (1:07.94) and the 400 freestyle relay (3:56.74).