Tribe takes two

CELINA, Ohio — In the second match of the day, the Indians didn’t have the prettiest baker scores, but individual efforts were more than enough to push them to a sweep.

The Fort Recovery High School boys bowling team picked up a pair of wins at Plaza Lanes on Saturday, beating St. Henry in a nonconference match 2,478-2,438 and Van Wert 2,261-2,172.

While the Tribe (3-0) only totaled 691 pins in the five baker games, Anthony Roessner, Troy Post and Garrett Diller put up strong performances in the individual games. The trio had series of 388, 334 and 298 pins, respectively.

Also rolling one individual game each were Gabe Acheson (179), A.J. Siefring (156), Leland Wilson (112) and Zach Ervin (103).

Siefring led the Indians in the opening match against St. Henry with games of 225 and 191 for a 416 series. Roessner followed with a 371 series.

Bowling in just one individual game each were Wilson (183), Acheson (175), Riley Stammen (149) and Troy Post (129).

Laux leads

WESTFIELD — Jay County High School’s girls swim team opened its season on Saturday at the Kristin Rice Invitational hosted by Westfield.

Freshman Maria Laux posted the best finish for the Patriots by posting a time of 59.62 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle for third place.

The Patriots also had a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay in 1 minute, 51.38 seconds. Laux led off the relay with Elly Byrum, Brooklynn Byrum and Lauren Fisher following.

Jay County had five other top-five finishes. Brooklynn Byrum finished fourth in the 200 freestyle, while Gillian Keller matched in the 1-meter diving. The 400 freestyle relay team also placed fourth.

Fifth-place finishes belonged to Kali Newell (diving) and the 200 individual medley relay.

Jay takes three

MOORESVILLE — The Jay County High School girls wrestling team went 3-2 at the Mooresville Duals on Saturday.

The Patriots (5-3) beat Jennings County 72-12 and Terre Haute North Vigo 47-33 in pool play while falling to Perry Meridian 69-12. Then in crossover play, Jay County beat Greenwood 48-30, but lost to Mt. Vernon 46-36.

Katie Rowles, the fourth-ranked wrestler in the 100-pound weight class, had the best day with four victories and one loss. Her sole loss came to No. 6 Aniah Delgado of Perry Meridian via fall in 5 minutes, 23 seconds. She bounced back to tech fall No. 5 Emma Ellis of North Vigo 16-0.

No. 13 Maleah Parsons (140 pound weight class) won three matches. Her highlight was pinning No. 16 Molly Wathen of Jennings County in the 135 match.

No. 7 Amara Crawford also won three matches for the Patriots.

JCHS will have 10 days off before hosting Centerville on Dec. 2.

Referendum passed

The OHSAA passed an emergency bylaw referendum to allow high school athletes to sign and benefit from contracts surrounding name, image and likeness (NIL).

The new bylaw allows high school student athletes to receive compensation from businesses in return for use of their name, image and likeness for services such as endorsements, social media, public appearances and licensing, based solely on the athlete’s athletic notoriety.

The bylaw specifically prohibits pay-to-play or the idea of paying athletes simply for the sake of competing. It also does not allow for the forming of collectives, or groups of alumni who pool donations and fundraising through NIL for student athletes.

For more information on the decision, visit ohsaa.org/Eligibility/NIL-resource-center.

Girls power

CONVERSE — The Jay County winter swim team competed at the Oak Hill Eagle Invitational on Saturday.

The Jay County girls topped the entire field, while the boys and girls combined finished just behind host Oak Hill.

Brea Steiner, Maddy Timmerman and Emalee Aker all earned divisional cuts in the 100-yard freestyle.

Four Jay County girls finished as the high point winners as well. 

Hayden Guggenbiller dominated the 8-and-younger division, while Isla Kaiser took care of the other end of the age groups by topping the 13-and-older girls. 

In between, Jaley Knapschafer controlled the 9-10-year-old division, while Carsyn Guggenbiller earned the top spot of the 11-12-year-old girls.