Girls sweep, boys split in final home dual meet

The boys beat the Bruins, but couldn’t take Burris.

The girls bested both teams.

Jay County High School’s girls swim team swept the Blackford Bruins and the Burris Owls, while the boys team split the double dual in the final week of the regular season Tuesday.

The Patriot boys (5-8) dominated Blackford 102-38, while falling just short in a 85-74 defeat to Burris. The girls (9-4) eclipsed 100 points in both matchups, winning 123-65 over Blackford and taking down Burris 109-69.

Sophia Hoevel had the strongest day for the girls, bringing home wins in the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 40.21 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (6:21.64). The junior was also on the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams that took first place. (The girls’ 200 medley relay team also finished first.)

Other individual wins came from Maddy Snow in the 1-meter diving (179.85 points) and Avery Wentz in the 100 backstroke (1:12.88).

The freshman secured the only victories for the boys. Cooper Glentzer swam times of 1:04.32 and 2:18.37 to win the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke, respectively. Carson Westgerdes claimed the 50 freestyle in 25.92 seconds.

The Patriots will travel to Marion tonight before preparing for their respective sectional meets.

Indians lose

MARIA STEIN, Ohio — The Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team fell to the Marion Local Flyers 46-38 on Tuesday.

The Tribe (4-12, 1-5 MAC) played its best basketball in the third quarter, as it outscored Marion Local 16-11. Briggs Overman and Grant Fortkamp were the only two Indians to score in the period, putting up eight points apiece. Overman finished with 14 on the night, while Fortkamp had 10.

Breaker Jutte and Brody Barga both scored six points, while Gavin Evers made one shot in the fourth quarter.

Grant Kremer  led the Flyers (15-1, 5-1 MAC) with 20 points. The junior poured in six triples, while hitting two free throws. Seven more players scored for MLHS, including Austin Niekamp, who had 13.

Moving on

The Jay County Junior High School girls basketball teams both advanced past South Adams in the Allen County Athletic Conference tournament on Monday with the eighth graders winning 44-6 and seventh grade claiming a 29-6 victory.

With the win, both teams advanced to the second round of the ACAC tournament against Bluffton on Wednesday.

Karsyn Schwieterman and Charlee Peters both reached double figures, scoring 13 and 10 points, respectively. Claudia Dirksen followed with nine points, while Avery Snow, Alyvia Muhlenkamp and Kendall Schemenaur all had four.

Boo Towell powered the seventh graders’ victory with 15 points. Brenna Weitzel scored six points, Bella Barnett had four and Arabella Link and Leah Steed each made one bucket.