Five lead Jay past Marion

MARION — The Patriot had five girls claim first-place finishes. The boys only had three.

As a result, the girls will roll into the postseason with a win, while the boys will have two weeks to reflect from the season-ending loss.

The Jay County High School girls swim team had no trouble taking down the Marion Giants 113-47, while the boys fell 87-77 on Thursday.

Brooklynn Byrum secured two wins for the Patriots (10-4) in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke. She finished the former race in 2 minutes, 38.49 seconds, and the latter in 1:24.68.

JCHS also got wins from Sophia Hoevel, Aubrey Millspaugh, Ariel Beiswanger and Kenzie Huey. Hoevel claimed the 50 freestyle (28.44), Millspaugh topped the 100 butterfly (1:16.45), Beiswanger took care of the 100 freestyle (1:06.60) and Huey got the backstroke (1:14.51).

The girls won all three relays as well.

On the boys’ side, Cooper Glentzer and Carson Westgerdes both grabbed a pair of victories. Glentzer won the 200 freestyle (1:58.25) and the 100 freestyle (54.05), while Westgerdes claimed the 100 butterfly (1:04.37) and the 100 breaststroke (1:12.84).

Jay County (5-9) also got a first-place finish from Peyton Yowell in the 100 backstroke (1:07.32) and the 400 freestyle relay team.

Offense stalled

NEW KNOXVILLE, Ohio — The Fort Recovery girls basketball team’s offense stalled as it fell to the New Knoxville Rangers 38-21 on Thursday.

The Indians (10-10, 3-5 Midwest Athletic Conference) got off to a slow start, only scoring four points in the first quarter on baskets by Karlie Niekamp and Bridget Homan, while the former split a pair of free throws for the only second-period point.

The Rangers (4-16, 2-6 MAC) put up 21 during that same period, with 10 from Addie Albers. The NKHS junior finished with a game-high 21 points, while Paige Webb had nine.

Niekamp led the way with seven points for Fort Recovery, while Homan had six. Makenna Huelskamp hit a pair of shots, while Camron and Kennedy Muhlenkamp each had a bucket in the fourth.

Girls split

BERNE — Fort Recovery’s girls swim team split with Celina and Marion Local on Thursday, while the boys fell to the two teams at South Adams.

The girls totaled 79 points, falling to the Bulldogs by 16 and edging out the Flyers by 10. The boys only managed 26, while Celina won with 54 and MLHS followed with 30.

Joelle Kaup and Livy Timmerman led the way for the girls, each winning two events. Kaup claimed the 50-yard freestyle in 26.18 seconds and the 500 freestyle in 6 minutes, 13.45 seconds. Timmerman took the 100 freestyle in 1:04.35 and placed first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:31.22.

Neveah Lennartz had the other individual victory for FRHS. Her time of 1:33.25 won the 100 backstroke.

Carson Fullenkamp won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly with swims of 25.86 and 1:04.00. The other individual first-place finish came from Caleb Smith in the 100 freestyle (55.84).