Jay Summer Swim team runs away with conference relays

BERNE — The season just started, but Jay County couldn’t have asked for a better opener.

The Jay County Summer Swim team dominated the Conference Relays on Saturday, taking home the top spot with 1,756 points.

Wells Community finished as the runner-up with 1,358 points, while host South Adams had 1,086 and North Adams trailed with 532.

Jay County swept all five relays in three different age groups.

In the girls 9-10-year-old girls age group, Riley Clifton, Jaley Knapschafer, Emme Theurer and Laynie Mann combined to win the medley, freestyle and butterfly relays. Parker Downham replaced Clifton in the first-place backstroke and breaststroke relays.

The 13-14-year-old boy swimmers had a similar consistency as Grant Glentzer, Ben Fisher, Grady Warvel and Armon Solis won the medley, backstroke and breaststroke relays. Sam Benirschke replaced Solis on the butterfly and freestyle relays that took the top spot.

The 11-12-year-old girls had a different group for all five relays that won.

Taking on the medley relay was Carsyn Guggenbiller, Anna Fisher, Isabella Byrum and Addisyn Champ. Lydia Hoevel joined Champ, Guggenbiller and Byrum for the butterfly relay and was replaced by Kynlee Homan for the backstroke relay. Fisher rejoined with Hoevel, Guggenbiller and Champ for the breaststroke relay and was replaced by Emalee Aker for the freestyle relay.

The 8-and-younger girls won four of five relays while the 13-14-year-old girls claimed three. Both the 8-and-younger boys and 15-and-over boys age groups won two relays, while the 15-and-older girls came out on top once.

Schneider leads

PENNVILLE — John Schneider led all of the scoring during the second week of Pennville Soccer League play, as the General Store Griffins split a pair of games in the Sky Division.

Schneider’s top performance of six goals led the Griffins to a 9-8 victory over the Vinson Rental Property Dragons. Carson Cooke, Bryson Michael and Chase Kirkwood all added a goal in support of Schneider’s effort. Carter Hermann and Angel Perez both scored three goals for the Dragons, while Camden Vinson added two in the loss.

The trio of Dragons managed to take Schneider down in the opener though as Perez tied the Griffins’ lone scorer with four goals. Herman added two and Vinson found the net once to lead to the 7-4 Dragons win.

Meteors sweep

PENNVILLE — The Ohio Valley Gas Meteors swept their week No. 2 games behind strong efforts from Williams Gutierrez and Neymar Carreno in the Pennville Soccer League Space Division.

Gutierrez put up the best individual performance of the day in the division, scoring six goals as part of an 8-1 beating of the WPGW Asteroids. Carreno contributed the other two goals, while Jude Cline netted the lone Asteroid score.

Carreno led the duo in the Meteors’ 5-3 victory over the AgBest Express Rockets with three goals. Gutierrez added one, along with a score from Bradley Caterson. The Rockets generated offense through Natan Perez, who found the net twice, and Anniston Hammond, who had one goal.

The Penrod Monument Galaxy also beat the Asteroids on Saturday 3-0. Autumn Keyes led the Galaxy with two goals, while Kenna Penrod netted one.

Coleman leads

PENNVILLE — Tessa Coleman led the way in the Pennville Soccer League Stinger Division with a five-goal performance for the Ernst Concrete Bees on Saturday.

Her five goals, combined with one from Silas Ault, resulted in a 6-4 win over the Matt Aker Foundation Yellowjackets. Madison Schmiesing scored all four goals for the Yellowjackets.

The Dave’s Heating and Cooling Hornets ran away with a 10-2 victory over the A Place to Grow Wasps as well. Lance Gentis and Raelyn McClain topped the Hornets’ offense with three goals apiece. Ian Kaehr and Weston Willmann followed suit with two scores each. Sebastian Benavidez and Chase Keys had the two Wasps’ goals.

12 score

PENNVILLE — Twelve players scored a combined 31 goals on Saturday in Pennville Soccer League Wild Cat Division Play.

Liam Thompson of the Edwards Jones Cheetahs and Lyle Beiswanger of the New Beginnings Holiness Church Cougars topped the league with five goals each over two games.

Beiswanger scored four in the Cougars’ 8-3 win over the Cheetahs, while Thompson put two in the net. Beiswanger was supported by two goals from Colten Hermann and one from both Colton Coons and Marcus Milthaler. Zyler White had the Cheetas’ other score.

Beiswanger scored one goal as the Cougars took down the Crossroads FCU Lions. Coons put three into the net, while Hermann, Avery Hovis, Roger Teeple Jr. and Milthaler each had a score.

Thompson scored three goals as part of a 10-2 Cheetahs win over the Poet Biorefining Jaguars. Zyler White matched Thompson with three goals, while Zaylee White netted two. Jaxon Williams and Levi VanDeman each put a ball in the net as well. Jonas Westfall had both goals for the Jaguars.