Jay swim splits with the Bellmont Braves

The girls took nine out of 12 events and ran away with the victory.

The boys only managed five wins, and came up just short of the Braves.

The Jay County High School swim teams split with the Bellmont Braves on Tuesday as the girls won 183-100 and the boys lost 140-120.

Brooklynn Byrum led the way for the girls (4-3) with a pair of victories in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 butterfly. The freshman won both events by over 14 seconds with a 2 minutes, 37 seconds, swim in the IM and a 1:11.94 in the butterfly.

Cooper Glentzer also won two events for the boys (2-5). Glentzer secured victories in the 50 freestyle (24.33 seconds) and the 100 freestyle (53.39).

Other Patriot wins came from:

•Sophia Hoevel – 200 freestyle

•Peyton Yowell – 200 freestyle

•Lauren Fisher – 50 freestyle

•Maddy Snow – 1-meter diving

•Avery Wentz – 100 backstroke

•Matthew Fisher – 100 backstroke

•Lincoln Clamme – 100 breaststroke

•Girls 200 medley relay

•Girls 200 freestyle relay

•Girls 400 freestyle relay

Overtime loss

FORT WAYNE — Jay County’s girls basketball team fell to the Concordia Lutheran Cadets 53-49 in overtime on Tuesday.

The Patriots (7-8) held a 33-27 lead on Concordia Lutheran (7-9) heading into the final period. While Jay County put up 13 points in the quarter, six baskets by Sydney Blackwell helped the Cadets claw back and force overtime.

Blackwell — she led the team with 16 points — scored another two hoops in the extra period, while her teammates went 3-of-4 at the free throw line to seal the deal.

CLHS shut down Schwieterman, who already had 25 points in the game, not allowing her to score in overtime. Elizabeth Brunswick put up all three of the Patriots points in the extra period, while shooting 1-of-5 at the foul stripe.

Junior high wins

The Jay County Junior High School wrestling team beat the Coldwater Cavaliers 56-53 on Tuesday.

The Patriots won two of the 12 contested matches.

Walter Campofiore picked up the first win, claiming the 113-pound contest with a 15-0 technical fall.

The other victory came from Logan Wendel in the 120-pound match. Wendel earned a 6-4 win in the contest.

Jay County’s other points all came from forfeits.