Robinson leads Jay County to first place at Celina Lions Invitational

CELINA, Ohio — The Patriots only had one wrestler reach the top of the podium, but it was enough to lift the team to the top of the standings.

The Jay County High School boys wrestling team took first place out of 14 teams in the Celina Lions Invitational on Saturday.

The Patriots racked up 266.5 points to skate past the host Bulldogs (145) with ease.

Jacob Robinson claimed the only individual victory for Jay County, winning the 150-pound weight class.

Four more Patriots made it to their respective title matches, but fell in the final. Corbin Lothridge claimed second in the 106 bracket while the other three runners-up — A.J. Heskett (144), A.J. Myers (190) and Alan Ortiz (215) — were in the middle and heavy-weight classes.

Seven more Patriots made it into the top four as Griffin Byrum (113), Sylas Wenk (120) and Jason Landers (132) placed third, and Hayden Richmond (120), Cooper Glassford (126), Mario Ardizzone (165) and Freddie Lingo (215) took fourth.

Treacherous third

FORT RECOVERY — Fort Recovery’s boys basketball team fell to the Division VI No. 7 Crestview Knights 67-37 on Saturday.

The Indians (3-11) trailed 26-18 at the half, but a poor third quarter put the game out of reach as the Knights (12-3) rattled off 24 points.

Breaker Jutte led FRHS with 10 points. Only two more players for the Tribe reached five, with Briggs Overman scoring six points and Grant Fortkamp putting up five.

Wren Sheets topped all scorers with 16 points, including 12 in the third period. Hayden Perrott followed with 13 points and Owen Heckler contributed nine on three triples.

Indians roll

The Fort Recovery boys bowling team picked up a pair of victories against Ansonia 2,197-2,093 on Friday and Coldwater 2,887-2,762 on Saturday at Miracle Lanes and McBo’s Lanes, respectively.

In the blowout against Ansonia, Riley Grishop led the way for the Tribe (5-7, 3-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) with a 227 game and a total of 417 pins.

Gabe Acheson threw the match-high game of 234 pins against Coldwater (9-2, 4-1 MAC). Acheson finished with a 217 average pinfall. Eli Lennartz also averaged above 200 pins, as he rolled games of 212 and 206.

Brown leads

The Fort Recovery girls bowling team dominated both Ansonia 2,302-1,834 on Friday and Coldwater 2,586-2,063 Saturday at Miracle Lanes and McBo’s Lanes, respectively.

The Indians (7-1, 5-0 MAC) had two bowlers average over 200 pins a game against Ansonia. Deanna Brown shot the match-high 237 and coupled it with a 164 for an average of 200.5 pins. Ella Schoen led the way with games of 223 and 183 for a 203 average.

Brown followed up with a strong performance against the Cavaliers (3-8, 2-3 MAC). She shot games of 231 and 213 for a 222 average as Fort Recovery rolled over CHS.

Bronze for bronze

INDIANAPOLIS — The JC Flipsters gymnastics team competed at the Meet Me Under the Sea Invitational on Saturday.

First all-around performances by Paxton Hirschy and Carlie Runkle led the bronze Xcel team to third place in the meet. 

The bears was Hirschy’s top event, in which she placed first with 9.65 points en route to her 37 all-around points. Hirschy also finished second on the vault and third on the beam.

Runkle’s 37.25 all-around points were fueled by a first-place finish on the vault with 9.65 points, second-place performances on the bars and the beam and a third place on the floor.

Paylin Vance had the best day of the Flipsters in the silver Xcel division. She finished seventh all-around thanks to a third-place finish on the vault (9.375).

Aubree Shannon and Jordyn Champ both claimed fourth all-around in the gold Xcel division with scores of 36.15 and 35.675, respectively.

Guggenbiller leads

YORKTOWN — Carsyn Guggenbiller dominated as the Jay County Winter Swim team competed at the Robbin Linsey Memorial Meet over the weekend.

Guggenbiller made a state cut in the 100-yard backstroke, while winning all eight of her events en route to being the 9-10-year-old girls high point winner.

Hayden Guggenbiller and Addisyn Champ were both high point winners as well, claiming the 8-and-younger girls and 11-12-year-old girls divisions respectively. Hayden Guggenbiller won eight events, while Champ claimed seven.

Nine tankers made divisional cuts as well. They were:

•Elly Byrum in the 200 freestyle and 200 breaststroke

•Isabelle Byrum in the 100 breaststroke

•Gabby Gibson in the 1,650 freestyle

•Lydia Hoevel in the 100 breaststroke

•Jaley Knapschafer in the 100 backstroke

•Maria Laux in the 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke and 100 butterfly

•Emme Theurer in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke

•Maddy Timmerman in the 50 freestyle

•Grant Glentzer in the 100 butterfly