Muhlenkamp leads Jay boys to 2-1 victory

DECATUR — The Patriots suffered their first loss at the hands of Heritage not too long ago.

Then they dropped their first road game to the Richmond Devils.

Making the trip north to face the Braves, the Patriots began to right the ship.

After dropping two of the last three games, the Jay County High School boys soccer team took down the Bellmont Braves 2-1 on Thursday.

Both scores came from Jay County’s leading scorer Levi Muhlenkamp.

The first goal came in the first half on an assist from Emmitt Reynolds. Later in the half, Bellmont’s Evan Sovine found Jack Johnson to tie the game up at 1-1.

Muhlenkamp broke the tie in the final minute of the game with a header out of the reach of Xavior Palacios. Alan Ortiz sent a cross ball to assist Muhlenkamp’s score.

The senior has 18 of the 25 goals this season for Jay County (7-2).

Peyton Yowell picked up the win, making five saves in the game.

12 straight for FR

The Fort Recovery girls golf team finished the regular season Thursday with its 12th consecutive win by topping Fort Loramie 185-202 at Portland Golf Club.

Olivia Knapke set a new career best, shooting a 42 to earn match medalist honors. The FRHS junior has medaled in seven of the Indians’ 13 matches, including the last three.

The score of 185 tied the team low for Fort Recovery (13-2) this season. It previously hit that mark on Aug. 26 against Coldwater.

Evvie Briner produced the second best score out of the sixth position with a 46.

Georgia Wenning added a 48, while Emma Will rounded out the team score at 49.

Mallory Evers’ 53 and Eva Kahligs’ 56 didn’t impact the final score.

Cavaliers smother

COLDWATER, Ohio — The Fort Recovery volleyball team hung around in the first set, but fell to the Division VI No. 1 Coldwater Cavaliers 25-20, 25-14, 25-16 on Thursday.

Bridget Homan and Karlie Niekamp led the offensive effort for Fort Recovery (7-6, 1-4 Midwest Athletic Conference) with six kills apiece. Conversely, Spencer Etzler and Morgan Blasingame led the Cavalier (14-0, 5-0 MAC) offense with 17 and 16 kills, respectively.

The Indians also got five kills from Kennedy Muhlenkamp, four from Cameron Muhlenkamp and three from Brynn Willmann.

Niekamp and Willmann led the defensive effort at the net with two blocks each, while Homan and Kayla Heitkamp each had one.

Kennedy Muhlenkamp and Willmann recorded the only aces for FRHS.

Kenna Dues’ 14 digs was the most on the team, while Heitkamp led with 16 assists.

Patriots shut out

The Jay County girls soccer team fell to the Bellmont Braves 5-0 on Thursday.

Four players scored goals for Bellmont (8-2-1), while Gwen Laurent found the back of the net twice. Laurent also had two assists.

Other scores came from Oni Krueckeberg, Grace Ruble and Maggie Wilson. Kaitlyn Barton added an assist.

Jay County (6-4) only managed two shots on the goal, both of which were saved by Emily Barton.

The Patriots next face the Woodlan Warriors today with a perfect 4-0 Allen County Athletic Conference record on the line.