Jay girls can’t hang on in second half vs. Knights

FOUNTAIN CITY — A strong second quarter kept the Patriots in the game with the Knights. But they couldn’t hold on as the home team dropped 21 points in the third to help secure the victory.

Jay County High School’s girls basketball team suffered a 64-56 loss at the hands of the Northeastern Knights on Wednesday.

The Patriots (1-3) and Northeastern (4-2) entered halftime tied at 29. The Knights created a slight separation in the third quarter as seven players combined to put up 21 points, while JCHS had 16. The Knights also edged the Patriots by four in the final period to stave off any comebacks.

Karsyn Schwieterman led Jay County with 16 points, while Hallie Schwieterman added 14. Raylah Newton also finished one point shy of double figures after knocking down two triples in the second quarter and scoring three more points in the third.

Northeastern had three girls finish with 10 or more points. Adysson Kischer led with 16 points, 11 of which came in the first half, while Karri Gammon had 13 and Fiona Breibebach had 10.

Other Patriots to find the basket were Elizabeth Brunswick (six points), Natalie May (four), Charlee Peters (four) and Claudia Dirksen (three).

Seven pinned

The Jay County boys wrestling team opened its season on Wednesday with a 53-29 victory over the Centerville Bulldogs.

The Patriots (1-0) secured seven victories via fall in the dual. The fastest coming from Cooper Glassford in the 132-pound weight class when he put Alex Nobble on his back in 46 seconds.

Also securing victories with pins were Corbin Lotheridge, Sylas Wenk, Jason Landers, Caleb Sibray, Bryan Fields and No. 17 Alan Ortiz.

Miles Jones also earned his first win of the season. The 144-pounder didn’t get the pin, but he still didn’t need the full three periods as he ran up a score of 20-4 on Nick Roberts for a tech fall.

The remaining six points came from a Centerville forfeit in the 126 weight class.

Jay rolls

Jay County High School’s girls wrestling team ran through the Centerville Bulldogs on Wednesday for a 66-12 victory.

Just under half of the Patriots’ points came from forfeits, but they still won one six of the seven contested matches.

Jay County (3-1) rolled through the middle weight classes with Alexis Tipton, Aubree Shannon, Kaylee Bramlett, Maleah Parsons, Madison Gage and Amara Crawford all winning via pin.

JCHS followed up the win over Centerville with a duel against No. 10 Hamilton Southeastern on Thursday and will travel to East Noble on Saturday.