Seven Patriots pinned Knights in win

OSSIAN — The Patriots continue to pick up wins on the mat.

The Class 2A No. 10 Jay County High School boys wrestling team picked up its 11th win of the season Tuesday by taking down the Norwell Knights 53-23.

The Patriots (11-4) won seven of the 11 contested matches, all via pin.

Sylas Wenk got the ball rolling for Jay County by getting Maddox Affolder on his back 39 seconds into the 120-pound match.

JCHS rattled off three more victories with Alexander Rivers, Cooper Glassford and Jason Landers pinning Knights in the 126, 132 and 138 weight classes.

The Patriots also got victories from Miles Jones (150), Bryan Fields (175) and No. 16 Alan Ortiz (285).

Jay County also got 12 points from forfeits in the 106- and 113-pound weight classes.

JC takes three

FORT WAYNE — Jay County’s girls wrestling team took three of four contested matches to beat the South Side Archers 54-12 on Tuesday.

Madison Gage, No. 10 Amara Crawford and Alexis Tipton all picked up victories via pin, while Jay County’s sole loss came from Reagan Mannah.

Outside of the contested matches, the Patriots (6-2) had to forfeit one weight class, while Kenady Lyons, No. 6 Katie Rowles, Chloe Torres, Alayna Willoughby, Maleah Parsons and Kelly Jones all secured six points with SSHS forfeits.

JCHS will travel to Findlay, Ohio on Friday for a two-day tournament.

Tankers fall

MUNCIE — The Patriots finally hit a roadblock as both Jay County swim teams fell to the Delta Eagles on Tuesday.

The JCHS boys kept things close with six victories but still fell 94-81, while the girls took a 119-67 defeat.

Grady Warvel had the strongest day for the Patriots (2-3) with wins in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 14.66 seconds) and the 100 backstroke (1:02.31).

Cooper Glentzer and Peyton Yowell claimed the other individual wins for the Patriot boys by swimming times of 56.72 in the 100 butterfly and 55.42 in the 100 freestyle, respectively. JCHS also claimed the 200 freestyle relay (1:38.61) and the 400 freestyle relay (3:34.66).

Having to swim against five Eagles that made state appearances last season, the Jay County girls (4-1) only managed to win one event. That first-place finish came from Elly Byrum as her time of 1:20.27 claimed the 100 breaststroke.

Smith leads

BERNE — The Fort Recovery swim team hosted St. Henry, Minster and Botkins at South Adams’ pool on Tuesday.

The FRHS girls team’s depth helped rack up 77 points, while the boys finished with 34.

Caleb Smith had a pair of strong swims in the 100-yard backstroke (1 minute, 5.37 seconds) and 200 individual medley (2:23.06) to claim first in both events.

The only other individual victory came from Carson Fullenkamp in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:06.74.

The girls’ only first-place finish came from the 200 freestyle relay team consisting of Autumn Leuthold, Scarlett Hiser, Claire Wenning and Emily Boeckman. They combined for a time of 2:11.67.

Fort Recovery had two tankers finish as the runner-up in an event. Leuthold placed second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:23.81, while Fullenkamp’s 1:16.05 in the 100 breaststroke came up just short.

FRHS also earned third place in four events, including a pair of relays for the girls team.