Jay County girls track team tops Warriors and Raiders

The Patriots won 12 events, added 16 more second-place finishes and had another 19 earn points.

For the girls team, it was enough to take the top spot, while the boys slipped to second.

The Jay County High School girls track team edged out Woodlan for the top spot in a three-team track meet on Tuesday, while the boys slipped behind the Warriors while still dominating Southern Wells.

The Patriot girls (7-1, 5-0 Allen County Athletic Conference) gathered 72 points to top Woodlan by three. Southern Wells trailed behind with 25.

The boys (2-6, 1-4 ACAC) mustered up 65 points, but couldn’t overcome Woodlan’s 86. The Patriots still beat the Raiders, who had 16.

The girls had five first-place finishes. Jordyn Hutzler led the way with throws of 34 feet, 3 inches, in the shot put and 106 feet, 6 inches, in the discus for a pair of victories.

JCHS had another field event win from Peyton Carpenter in the long jump with a mark of 15 feet, 10 inches.

The other girls victories came from Brooklynn Byrum in the 400-meter dash (1 minute, 4.16 seconds), Morgan DeHoff in the 300 hurdles (51.26 seconds), the 4x100 relay team (52.46) and the 4x400 relay team (4:24.47).

Adam Alig led the boys with three wins. He topped the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles with times of 15.74 and 42.83, respectively. He also won the high jump with a height of 6 feet.

The only other victories came from Dash Thacker in the 1,600 run (4:40.58) and the 4x100 relay team (45.03).

Season low

FORT WAYNE — The Jay County boys golf team put up its best score of the season as it took down the Heritage Patriots 156-174 on Tuesday.

Previously, Jay County’s best score was a 171 they shot against Delta.

Tucker Griffin led the way for JCHS (6-2, 1-1 ACAC) with a round of 35 to earn match medalist honors.

Cody DeHoff also broke 40 for the first time this season as he carded a 38.

Isaac Homan and Griffin Byrum weren’t too far behind as they rounded out Jay County’s team score with a 41 and a 42, respectively.

Dominick Bright’s 50 didn’t impact the final.

JCHS previously dropped its first ACAC match to Bluffton on April 22. Its next conference match will take place at home on May 13 against Southern Wells.

Jay falls

MUNCIE — Jay County’s girls tennis team couldn’t find a third point as it fell to the Muncie Central Bearcats 3-2 on Tuesday.

Brenna Bailey remains undefeated on the season as she beat Isabel Quirk 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 1 singles match.

Meredith Dirksen picked up her seventh win of the season at the No. 2 singles position with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Grace Walker.

Lily Johnson got shut out in the first set of the No. 3 singles match as Andrea Lopez picked up a 6-0, 6-4 victory.

In their first match together, Courtney Harris and Lydia Johnosn lost the No. 1 doubles contest to Sadie Hannah and Emma Judge 6-1, 6-2.

At the No. 2 doubles position, Gretchen Link and Sophia Sprunger fell to Maya Carpenter and Rachel Meece 6-1, 6-4.

No changes

The IHSAA released the sectional assignments for the fall sports during the 2025-26 school year on Tuesday.

There have been no changes made to the sectional assignments for Jay County, as boys soccer, girls soccer, volleyball and football will pull from the same group of potential opponents.

During the 2024 season, the Jay County boys soccer team won the Class 2A Sectional 23 title after beating Delta 4-1 and Eastbrook 2-2 (4-3).

The Patriot football team won its first sectional game since 2017 with a 42-7 victory over Bellmont. They fell to the Class 3A runner-up Bishop Luers 41-8 in the Sectional 28 semifinal

Jay County’s volleyball team lost to Connersville in the Class 3A Sectional 24 semifinal 25-19, 25-16, 20-25, 25-13.

The JCHS girls soccer team tripped up in the Class 2A Sectional 24 semifinal for a 3-1 loss to Delta.