Tigers take down Jay with ease

YORKTOWN — The  Tigers were just too much.

Jay County High School’s swim teams both took a loss to the Yorktown Tigers on Tuesday, with the girls falling 110-66 and the boys going down 123-56.

Both teams only picked up a pair of first-place finishes.

Cooper Glentzer led the boys (4-6) with wins in the distance freestyle events. He beat Yorktown’s Peyton Wormer by the tips of his fingers in the 200-yard freestyle as the JCHS freshman’s time of 1 minute, 56.09 seconds, was just 0.01 seconds ahead of the Tiger.

Glentzer had an easier time in the 500 freestyle, as his time of 5:21.51 earned him the victory with over 20 seconds to spare.

Maddy Snow got the Patriot girls (6-4) started off with a first-place finish in the 1-meter diving. She was uncontested, but the senior still racked up 173 points.

Kenzie Huey claimed the only other win for Jay County. She took the top spot in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:12.78.

Can’t overcome

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery boys basketball team stayed within striking distance of St. Henry, but couldn’t get over the hump in a 46-42 loss on Tuesday.

After losing to St. Henry by 10 points on Dec. 30 in the Ohio 119 Classic, the Indians (3-9, 1-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) hosted SHHS (5-6, 2-2 MAC) a second time. The Tribe didn’t let the game get out of hand, but couldn’t take control of the lead late in the game.

FRHS trailed by just three points at halftime before St. Henry created some separation with a 16-point third quarter. Fort Recovery outscored its MAC rival 12-9 in the final period, but came up just short of the win.

Briggs Overman led the Indians’ scoring with 13 points, while Grant Fortkamp had nine. Both Gavin Evers and Brody Barga contributed eight as well.

Charlie Werling matched Overman for 13 points as St. Henry’s offensive leader.

Jack Huelsman followed with eight points and five more St. Henry players scored three or more points.

The Indians will travel to take on Minster Friday for a chance to pull even in MAC play.