JCHS softball beats up on Bluffton Tigers 10-0

Doug Arbuckle told the Patriots their memory needed to be short to bounce back from a loss at South Adams on Wednesday.

As a result, they got the job done in only five innings against the Tigers.

After going 0-for-3 on Wednesday, Brenna Ruble delivered a two-RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning to give the Jay County High School softball team a walk-off win via the mercy rule against the Bluffton Tigers 10-0 on Thursday.

Ruble led the Patriots (12-2, 2-2 Allen County Athletic Conference) with three RBIs on two doubles. JCHS also got a pair of doubles from Morgan Missicano, who drove in one run and scored two more, and Carley Trinidad, who led the team with three hits.

Trinidad picked up the win in the circle without giving up a run or a walk. She allowed two hits over the five innings of work, while striking out 11 batters.

Jay County scored an unearned run on Bluffton (6-12, 2-3 ACAC) in the bottom of the first inning. It scored one more in the second before finding its groove in the third for five runs. There were three runs scored in the fifth on an Ava Bice single and Ruble’s double.

Just short

Jay County’s baseball team scored five runs over the final two innings, but couldn't tie the Bluffton Tigers, resulting in a 7-6 loss on Thursday.

Bluffton (14-6, 5-0 ACAC) put up four runs in the top of the sixth inning, but the Patriots (5-9, 2-2 ACAC) punched back with four of their own on singles by Leighton Brown and Carter Fugiett. 

In the seventh, Aiden Phillps starting things off with a single and Garrett Bennett and Drew Schemenaur reached base by getting hit by pitches. With two outs, Brown drew a walk to cut the deficit to 7-6 with the bases still loaded. Wyatt Foster followed with a groundball to shortstop that ended the game.

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Brown led JCHS with three RBIs on two hits and a walk. He also scored two runs.

A.J. Myers was saddled with the loss after throwing three innings in relief of Kade Sommers. Myers surrendered four runs (only one was earned) on five hits.

DeHoff leads

The Jay County boys golf team slipped to third place in a tri-meet with Bluffton and Bellmont at Portland Golf Club on Thursday.

Bluffton claimed the top spot with 156 strokes, beating out Bellmont’s 162 and the Patriots’ 166.

Cody DeHoff shot the low score for Jay County (6-4) with a 38. One Bluffton golfer and two from Bellmont beat him out. DeHoff never shot worse than a bogey while making six pars on the day.

Tucker Griffin followed DeHoff with a round of 40 strokes. He also never shot worse than a bogey, but only made par twice. He did have a highlight on the 335-yard, par-4 first hole with a birdie.

Griffin Byrum and Isaac Homan made up the rest of the team score by carding 44 each.

Dawson Goldsworthy shot a 47 from the No. 5 spot, which didn’t affect the final score.