Jay girls soccer claim ACAC title

WOODBURN — Kendra Muhlenkamp was a freshman in college the last time the Patriots were Allen County Athletic Conference champs.

In her third year at the helm, the Patriots have reclaimed the title.

The Jay County High School girls soccer team remained undefeated in ACAC play with a 3-1 victory over the Woodlan Warriors on Saturday, clinching the conference title.

The first half nearly finished without a score, but with just 37 seconds left, Raylin Hummer found the net on an assist from London Lloyd to give Jay County (7-4, 5-0 ACAC) the lead.

Less than five minutes into the second half, the Warriors (3-5, 2-2 ACAC) tied the game up, but JCHS soon reclaimed the lead on a corner kick from Aixa Lopez.

Hummer found the net a second time after crashing the goal on a free kick by Morgan DeHoff with 8:32 remaining in the game.

Maleah Parsons sent four Woodlan shots away to control the game from the goal.

Comeback win

WOODBURN — Jay County’s boys soccer team overcame a slow start to beat the Woodlan Warriors 6-2 on Saturday.

The Warriors (4-6-1, 1-2 ACAC) jumped on Jay County (8-2, 2-1 ACAC) early with a pair of goals.

Dylan Marentes worked to get the game tied by halftime, scoring the initial Patriot goal with 19 minutes left on an assist from Raif Beiwsanger and nine minutes later, finding Jaxon DeHoff for a score.

The Patriots owned the second half, starting with a goal from Levi Muhlenkamp.

The fourth and fifth goals were both assisted by Osmar Gonzalez. First, he found Blake Collins with 23 minutes remaining, before giving it up to Marentes two minutes later.

The final score came from Marentes on a corner kick that deflected off of one of the Warriors into the goal.

Goalkeeper Peyton Yowell ended with five saves.

JC finishes third

YORKTOWN — The Jay County cross country teams both finished third at the Yorktown Jim Leffer Invite on Saturday.

The girls scored 60 points, while the boys finished with 99. The top spot in the girls race went to Yorktown with 31 points. Lawrence North claimed the boys race with 29 points.

Caleb Garringer paced the boys, finishing sixth, while clocking in at 17 minutes, 12.52 seconds.

Dash Thacker (17:55.33) and Joseph Boggs (18:08.96) weren’t far behind, claiming 14th and 17th.

Max Klopfenstein’s career best 19:02.89 earned him a 27th-place finish, while Dougie Cox (19:24.88) rounded out the team score.

For the second time this season, Abby Fifer led the girls. A time of 22:10.39 got her across the finish line in eighth place.

Jessie Homan was the next to score, claiming 13th in 22:29.42.

Alexis Sibray, Brooklynn Byrum and Ava May finished back-to-back-to-back to round out the team score. Sibray’s season-best time of 22:37.39 netted her 15th, Byrum got 16th in 22:37.46 and May took 17th in 22:46.11.