Six Patriots receive honors

Three wrestlers took home hardware.

Three more were honored.

Six Jay County High School wrestlers were named Scholar All-Americans by the National Wrestling Coach’s Association and the United States Marines Corps on Friday.

Mallory Winner and Tony Wood headlined the group.

Winner, the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the 155-pound weight class, won her third-straight state championship Jan. 12 to cap off an undefeated season at 26-0.

Wood made it back to the state finals for the fourth time in February. The fourth-ranked 138-pound wrestler won his first first two matches to reach the semifinals, before dropping his final two matches to place fourth. He ended with a record of 46-2 to push his career record to 207-15.

Lina Lingo, Jay County’s other state medalist for the girls team, was also named on the list. She finished 24-11 while placing fourth.

Willow Hardy was the other Patriot from the girls team to be named a Scholar All-American. The senior (16-12) bowed out of the opening round of the semi-state tournament.

Cameron Clark and Connor Specht were also honored.

Clark built an 8-0 record before an injury kept him off the mat for the rest of the season. Specht finished the year at 10-13 while taking his exit from the postseason in the ticket round of the sectional.