Jay wrestling tops Coldwater

COLDWATER, Ohio — The Patriot girls will be competing in the semi-state on Friday.

The boys will be hosting the team state on Saturday.

But for now, both of them got some solid work against an opponent from Ohio.

The Jay County High School wrestling team took down the Coldwater Cavaliers in 53-14 on Tuesday, while the girls picked up a trio of victories as well.

The Patriots (14-2) won 5-of-8 matches that were wrestled. Griffin Byrum and Juaquin Flores both won via pin for Jay County. Byrum pinned Aiden Norris 52 seconds into the 113-pound match while Flores took down Aidan Laux 1 minute, 15 seconds into the 190 contest.

Tony Wood picked up a 19-2 technical fall at 26 seconds into the final round of the 144 match.

Cooper Glassford and Jacob Robinson’s wins both came in the form of decisions. Glassford (210) took out Westgerdes 8-7 while Robinson (157) bested Gavin Zibrida 6-3.

For the girls, Katie Rowles, Madison Gage and Tessa Miller all earned wins against Coldwater.

Can’t stop Christ

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery boys basketball team couldn’t quiet down Regan Christ as it fell to the Anarcum Trojans 47-34 on Tuesday.

The Trojans’ star sophomore dropped 19 points as the Indians’ losing streak skid to four games.

Christ opened with seven points in the first quarter on three and four free throws. He topped that with eight in the third as Anarcum (5-6) took control of the game, outsourcing Fort Recovery 17-9 in the period.

Rex Leverette was the Tribe’s leading scorer with a pair of 3-point shots, three free throws and one more hoop to add up to 11 points. Outside of Leverette, offense was hard to find as Gavin Faller and Briggs Overman each had six.

Jay tankers split

DECATUR — The Jay County girls swim team’s depth propelled them to a 103-78 victory over the Bellmont Braves while the boys team fell 94-82 on Tuesday.

The girls won four events, but the Patriots (5-3) found enough points from swimmers finishing near the top to walk away with the win.

Lauren Fisher and Avery Wentz claimed the only two individual victories for the girls. Lauren Fisher was the first to hit the wall in the 100-yard butterfly at 1 minute, 17.46 seconds, while Wentz clocked in at 1:16.15 in the 100 backstroke. The 200 and 400 freestyle teams won their respective races.

Joseph Dow put together a strong day for the boys team (1-7), winning the 200 individual medley (2:37.62) and the 500 freestyle (6:10.59).

Matthew Fisher had the only other victory for the boys in the 100 freestyle, clocking in at 1:03.62.

Four dual winners

BERNE — Despite walking away with seven first-place finishes, the Fort Recovery girls swim team split with the South Adams Starfires and the Minster Wildcats on Thursday.

The Indians mustered up 86.5 points, but were just beat out by South Adams with 87.5 while Minster lagged behind scoring 68.5. The boys team put together 36 points, falling to SAHS (64) and Minster (42).

Joelle Kaup and Teigen Fortkamp put together strong days for the Indians (4-2). Kaup took first place in the 50-yard freestyle (26.72 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (6 minutes, 19.11 seconds) while Fortkamp claimed the 100 butterfly (1:05.43) and 100 breaststroke (1:15.58).

The final individual victory came from Theresa Hipple in the 1-meter diving.

The 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay teams took the top spot as well.

While the boys team (0-6) couldn’t put together enough points because of a lack of depth, it did reel in five victories.

Like Kaup, Sage Wendel’s victories came in the 50 and 500 freestyle races with times of 24.16 and 5:43.81 respectively.

The 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke were claimed by Caleb Smith in 2:20.61 and 1:08.35.

The final win was claimed by Carson Fullenkamp in the 100 freestyle (59.04).