Four Patriots named All-ACAC

The Patriots picked up their first pair of postseason wins in over a decade this year.

They didn’t quite get the job done in the regular season, but still walked away as the runners-up in the Allen County Athletic Conference.

Now they have some postseason accolades starting to roll in.

Four members of the Jay County High School softball team were named to All-Conference teams on Monday morning.

The Patriots had three players named to the First Team All-ACAC, one behind conference champion South Adams.

The Patriots’ offensive leader, catcher Jaelynn Lykins, made the first team with an at-large selection. The junior led the Patriots in batting average (0.563) and home runs (4) and had the least amount of strikeouts (4) among qualifying batters.

Jozey Shimp and Morgan Missicano also received first team honors.

Shimp, a junior first baseman, put together a 0.457 average and a team-high 15 doubles. She scored 29 runs and drove in 28 more on the season.

Missicano received the outfield nomination in her freshman year. She split Lykins and Shimp in batting average with a 0.493. She scored 25 runs and stole 17 bases during the season.

Mallory Winner was the only JCHS player named to the Second Team All-ACAC.

The junior pitcher finished the season with a 12-4 record and a 2.99 ERA over 96 innings pitched. 

Winner also put together a 0.351 batting average out of the second spot in the order with two home runs and 17 RBIs.

Offense prevails

Joyce Dayton held on to take down REMC 14-11 in Portland Junior League Rookie softball on Monday.

Ivy Trinidad and Annabelle Wiggins led the offensive onslaught for Joyce Dayton with four hits and four runs each. Both players smacked a triple, a double and two singles.

Renlee Hummer and Adalyn Overla both smashed triples in the game as well. Overla added two singles and scored all three times on base, while Hummer added three base hits and scored once.

Isla Cook and Payten Twigg both hit doubles and scored one run for Joyce Dayton, while Ailayla Money added three hits.