JC golf ends regular season with a victory

MUNCIE — Making it through the sectional and into the regional was a big goal the Patriots set at the start of the season.

They’ll be entering Monday’s sectional with a boost of momentum.

The Jay County High School boys golf team came out on top of Daleville and Wes-Del on Tuesday at Crestview Golf Course.

The Patriots (11-2) finished with 171 strokes in the match, dominating both of their opponents as Daleville shot a 212 and Wes-Del had a 221.

Caleb DeRome earned match medalist honors by shooting even par at 36.

Cody DeHoff put together the second best day with 42 strokes.

Gage Sims shot a 45 and Liam Garringer needed 48 strokes to round out Jay County’s team score.

Luke Fugiett’s 54 did not affect the team score.

The Patriots will travel to Hickory Hills Golf Club on Monday at 9 a.m. for the sectional meet hosted by Monroe Central.

Home runs help

A pair of home runs helped POET Bioprocessing to a 9-8 victory over Pak-A-Sak on Tuesday in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball.

Nolan Homan and Corbin Hutzler both crushed home runs for POET in the victory. Homan also had a double, a single and scored three runs, while Hutzler added a triple and two runs.

Wyatt Shawver, Harvey Hemmelgarn and Jaxon Allred added extra-base hits for POET as well.

Paxson Hudson powered the Pak-A-Sak offense in the loss. He hit two doubles, two singles and scored two runs.

Jaxson Curtis, Rickey Heitkamp and Cage Reynolds all scored a pair as well to support Hudson. Reynolds slashed a triple and a double, while Curtis and Heitkamp each added a double.

Williams wins

Williams Auto Parts dominated Barnett’s Auto parts for a 12-1 victory in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball on Tuesday.

Ten batters contributed to the offensive onslaught by Williams Auto Parts that included 24 hits.

Brett Huntsman drove in the most runs as two triples and a single plated four runners.

He also scored two runs to match Carson Dailey, Thobe Keller, Zander Williams and Daylan Winters for the team high.

Other players from Williams Auto Parts with three hits include Dailey, Keller, Winters, Dax Davis, Wyatt Fenning and Boone Locke.

Chett Childress was the only player for Barnett’s Auto Parts with multiple hits. He also scored its only run of the game, driven in by Drayden Brown.