Jay County Golf secures first win under Houck

The Patriots have some new leadership this season and it’s only taken him one match to pick up their first win.

The Jay County High School boys golf team claimed a 176-199 win over Richmond in its first dual match under coach Jay Houck on Tuesday.

Senior transfer Tucker Griffin earned match medalist honors with a 40. Griffin never shot worse than a bogey and made par four times.

Dawson Goldsworthy followed with a 44, tying Richmond’s top golfer Conner Chamberlain. Goldsworthy shot par on the third, fourth and fifth holes.

Cody DeHoff finished right behind Goldsworthy with a 45 and Dominick Bright rounded out the score with a 47. DeHoff had two pars and five bogeys, while Bright made three pars and three bogeys.

Griffin Byrum’s 48 didn’t affect the final score.

The Patriots opened the season on Saturday with a 410 at the Yorktown invitational. Griffin led the Patriots (1-0) with a round of 95, while Byrum, DeHoff and Goldsworthy all shot 105s. Bright shot a 113 as well.

Still undefeated

The Jay County softball team stayed undefeated on the season by beating the Eastbrook Panthers on Tuesday 11-6.

Mallory Winner led the offensive effort with three hits and four RBIs. She drove in her first run in the opening frame with a single before blasting a 3-run home run as part of a four-run third inning.

Winner also earned the win for Jay County (6-0). She surrendered six runs, three of which were earned, on 10 hits and one walk. She also struck out six batters.

Along with the big third inning, the Patriots put up five runs on the Panthers (3-3) in the fifth. Hallie Schwieterman, Chloe Brown and Morgan Missicano drove runs in during the frame.

Eastbrook held a 3-1 advantage before Winner’s home run in the third inning.

Beiswanger, Hutzler lead

The Jay County High School track teams each had a pair of athletes win two events as it hosted South Adams and Adams Central on Tuesday.

The Patriot girls (3-0, 2-0 Allen County Athletic Conference) took the top spot in the meet, while the boys (1-2, 0-2 ACAC) slipped against the Adams County teams.

Ariel Beiswanger and Jordyn Hutzler led JCHS with two victories each. Beiswanger’s victories came in the sprints, winning the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.11 seconds and the 400 dash in 1 minute, 6.01 seconds. Hutzler took care of the throws, hitting marks of 109 feet, 8 inches and 32 feet, 7 ¾ inches in the discus and shot put, respectively.

Other victories for the girls came from Jenna Dues (100 dash), Jessie Homan (800 run), Ava May (3,200 run), Mya Kunkler (high jump), Maria Hemmelgarn (pole vault), the 4x100 relay team and the 4x800 relay team.

The boys also had a pair of dual event winnings. Caden Gambill sprinted to times of 11.78 and 23.66 seconds in the 100 and 200 dashes, respectively. Adam Alig topped the hurdles for the Patriots, claiming the 110 contest in 16.19 and the 300-meter race in 42.53.

Other JCHS boys victories came from Payton Yowell (pole vault), Brasen Glassford (shot put) and the 4x100 relay team.