Isaac Homan leads Jay golf past Raiders

SELMA — The Patriots got off to a solid start to the dual match season on Tuesday and rolled that success right into their next contest.

Jay County High School’s boys golf team traveled to Cardinal Hills Golf Course and defeated the Wapahani Raiders 174-187 Thursday.

Isaac Homan led the way for JCHS (2-0), shooting a 41 to tie Camden Bell for match medalist with a round of 41. Homan excelled on the first seven holes, with three pars, two bogies and a birdie on the 409-yard, par-4 third hole. 

Cody DeHoff, whose highlight of the match was a birdie on the 210-yard, par-3 ninth hole, followed with a 42.

Tucker Griffin’s round consisted of four pars and three bogeys and finished with 43 strokes, while Dawson Goldsworthy’s 48 rounded out the team score.

Griffin Byrum’s 53 did not affect the team score for the Patriots.

Blast bashes

Despite holding a two-run lead, the Jay County baseball team fell to the Yorktown Tigers on Thursday 9-6 after giving up a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning.

The Patriots (2-5) held a 6-4 advantage heading into the final frame. Kade Sommers secured the first out on a fly ball to A.J. Myers in right field before giving up a double and a single that pulled the Tigers (4-3) within one.

Zedrian Vazquez entered to relieve Sommers, but gave up a single that tied the game and a double that put what would be the winning run on third base. Ryan Burkholder followed with a home run to left field that gave Yorktown a 9-6 lead and eventually the victory.

Myers ended as the top hitter with one hit and two RBIs. He drove the one run in on a single in the first inning and the other after being hit by a pitch in the fifth.

Wyatt Foster led JCHS with two hits and two runs scored.

Jay drops

BLUFFTON — The Jay County girls tennis team dropped its first Allen County Athletic Conference match to Bluffton 4-1 on Thursday.

The sole Patriot (1-2, 0-1 ACAC) victory came from Brenna Bailey at the No.1 singles. She beat Emma Schwartz 6-2, 6-1 to earn the point.

Meredith Dirksen, the only other player who has seen the varsity court before facing the Tigers, dropped the No. 2 singles contest 6-3, 6-0 to Hazel Pfister.

In her first varsity appearance this season, Tessa Frazee was defeated 6-1, 6-3 by Kinzie Fiechter in the No. 3 singles match.

Faith Faulkner and Raylah Newton only managed to secure one point in their No. 1 doubles match against Sophie Eisenhut and Emily Drayer, falling 6-1, 6-0.

Kaitlyn Fisher and Chloe Muhlenkamp’s No. 2 doubles debut ended with a 6-1, 6-1 defeat at the hands of Eve Corckwell and Madison Duncan.

Junior varsity also fell 7-2 with wins coming from Taven Bentely and doubles duo Halle Homan and Dunja Jusufovic.