Collins’ hat trick leads Jay past Knights

OSSIAN — For the first 75 minutes, the Patriots and Knights traded goals.

For the final five the Patriots took over.

Brody Collins scored the go-ahead goal with five minutes left to record his first career hat trick and push the Jay County High School boys soccer team past the Norwell Knights 5-3 on Thursday.

Collins scored his third goal of the match off a rebound with five minutes left in the match go to up 4-3 on Norwell (3-4-1).

One minute later, Jacoby Penrod found Elias Mueller to salt the game away for Jay County (4-1-1).

Penrod also assisted on the first goal of the match that Collins scored. Both Penrod and Collins scored goals on assists from Emmitt Reynolds as well.

Peyton Yowell finished the match with the win after saving five shots and allowing three to sneak through.

Jay above .500

Jay County’s boys tennis team buoyed back above .500 as it secured a 4-1 victory over the Marion Giants on Thursday.

Henry Dirksen and Clark Wellman both picked up their fourth wins of the season at No. 2 and 3 singles. Henry Dirksen beat Landon Beal 3-6, 6-3, 10-4 while Wellman swept Peter Lomagistro 6-0, 6-0.

Both doubles teams picked up wins for the Patriots (4-3) as well. Kadyn Carpenter and Alex Miller beat Gabe Clark and Albert Tucker 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.

In just their second varsity match, No. 2 doubles duo Nick Snow and Jace Vance beat Adam Elarnaouty and Nicholas Smith 6-0, 6-3 for their first career victory.

Paul Dirksen suffered the only loss for JCHS. He dropped the No. 1 singles match to Adam Lord 6-3, 7-5.

Aker leads

MUNCIE — Erin Aker earned match medalist for the first time in her career as the Jay County girls golf team traveled to Crestview Golf Course on Thursday to take on the Muncie Central Bearcats.

The Patriots (2-7) shot a 224 as a team, but Muncie Central didn’t have enough golfers to field a team score.

Aker’s 53 came with four bogeys. She played the best on par-5s, carding sixes on both holes.

Elizabeth Brunswick provided the second-best score of the day as one par and three bogeys earned a 55.

Taven Bently is now 2-for-2 on scoring in varsity matches as she shot a 57 to produce the third score for JCHS.

Alexa Ridenour rounded out the team score with 59 strokes, while Crystal Swartzentruber’s 67 didn’t affect the final.

Jay falls

SELMA — The Jay County high school volleyball team fell to the Wapahani Raiders on Thursday 25-15, 25-23, 25-21.

Mya Kunkler led the Patriots’ offense with nine kills, while Maria Hemmelgarn had eight. Elizabeth Barnett was the only other Patriot with more than five kills at six.

Hallie Schwieterman led Jay County (4-2) from behind the service line with four aces.

Hemmelgarn had the most blocks for JCHS, assisting on four of them.

The most assists came from Paisley Fugiett with 17, while Kayla Jetmore’s 10 digs was a team high.