Jay County soccer had 12 honored by ACAC

A dozen Patriots have been recognized for their work out on the pitch.

Seven boys and nine girls for the Jay County High School soccer teams received All-Allen County Athletic Conference honors for the 2025 season.

While the boys only had three first-team members, Elias Mueller and Emmitt Reynolds earned the top spots for defender and midfielder, while Jacoby Penrod made it as the second forward.

Also receiving honors on the second team for the Patriots, which finished third in the conference, were Samuel Wiggins, Jaxson DeHoff, Brody Collins and Peyton Yowell.

The girls had four players named to the first team including top midfielder Aixa Lopez and No. 1 forward London Lloyd. The other first teamers were Emma Hatzell (defender) and Ariel Beiswanger (at-large).

Tessa Frazee, Raylah Newton, Raylin Hummer and Maleah Parsons all made second team All-ACAC, and Charlee Peters was an honorable mention. 

Junior honored

Fort Recovery High School’s Cameron Muhlenkamp was named to the District 8 All-Star third team on Tuesday.

The FRHS junior is one of eight Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball players to be named to the third team that ran 20 spots deep.

Muhlenkamp led the Indians’ offense with 208 kills and 49 aces. She also had the second-most digs at 193, while Kayla Gaerke had the most with 288.

She also had five blocks and 12 assists as well, while leading the Indians to an 11-12 record and the No. 2 seed in the OHSAA Division VI Southwest 3 District tournament.

Four firsts

CONNERSVILLE — The JC Flipsters gymnastics team swept first place in each division as it opened up the 2025-26 season over the weekend at the Spooktakular Classic.

Emalee Miller earned the top spot in the Xcel bronze division with 35.2 all-around points. She claimed first place on the bars (9.15) and the floor (8.2) and added runner-up finishes on the vault and the beam.

At the Xcel silver level, Emma Robinson’s 36.85 all-around points earned first place. She topped the competitions on the vault bars and floor with scores of 9.45, 9.375 and 9.125, respectively.

Emma Fisher took first on the beam (8.75) and added second-place finishes in the bars and floor competitions to collect the most all-around points in the Xcel gold division at 34.825.

Allie Evans finished first in the Xcel platinum division with an all-around score of 35.55. She nearly swept all the events with first-place finishes on the bars (9.175), beam (8.1) and floor (9.25).

The Flipsters also claimed second place in each division and third in the bronze, silver and gold. Lettie VanSkyock, Madi Biagi, Charli Stephens and Audrey Miller all were runners-up and Sydney Muhlenkamp, Paxton Hirschy and Aubrey Foreman all placed third.