Nine Patriots receive All-ACAC honors

Eleven soccer players take the pitch at the start of a game.

Nine of those players that don the red, blue and white for the Patriots were found worthy of all-conference honors.

The Jay County High School boys soccer team had five players named to the All-Allen County Athletic Conference First Team on Wednesday morning and four more made the Second Team.

The Patriots (14-2) swept the top spot in each position on the first team and the goalkeeper.

Ashton Castillo got honored with the top defensive spot on the list. Castillo often marked the opposing team’s leading scorer to help protect First-Team goalie Peyton Yowell. The junior goalkeeper notched 110 saves to earn 14 wins on the season, while Castillo and Aryan Montes each had one goal-line save.

Offensively, Levi Muhlenkamp took the top forward spot. The senior found the net 35 times and broke the record for career goals at 82.

Dylan Marentes claimed the top midfielder spot. Marentes scored nine goals and assisted his teammates 19 times. Montes followed as the No. 2 midfielder with two goals and three assists.

Jay County took the top two midfielder spots on the second team as well. Cayden Buckland earned the first spot and Alan Ortiz was honored with the second.

Blake Collins and Emmitt Reynolds took the first and second forward spots on the second team as well.

Ten honored

Ten of the Jay County girls soccer team’s players received recognition from the ACAC on Wednesday morning.

Four players made the First Team All-ACAC. Morgan DeHoff led the team offensively with 14 goals and nine assists to earn the top forward position. Out of the midfield, Aixa Lopez scored 13 times and assisted on eight goals for the top spot.

Making 137 saves during the season, Maleah Parsons was named as the First Team’s goalkeeper. Also on the defensive side of the ball, Tessa Frazee made the First Team as the No. 2 defender.

JCHS swept the top spot of each position on the Second Team, with Ariel Beiswenger as the defender, Jayla Huelskamp as the midfielder and London Lloyd as the forward. Raylin Hummer and Jenna Dues also made the second team as the third forward and at-large, respectively.

Raylah Newton was named as an honorable mention.

Named academic

The Jay County High School boys tennis team received honors as an Academic Team All-State by the Indiana Tennis Coaches Association on Wednesday.

The award is given to teams that have cumulative grade point averages above 3.6 of varsity players, ignoring freshmen.

The Patriots finished with a cumulative GPA of 3.74 to earn the honor.