Patriots take down Adams Central 4-1

One of the four blips on the Patriots’ record came at the hands of an Allen County Athletic Conference foe. The second time they faced a conference opponent, the Patriots came out on top.

The Jay County High School boys tennis team picked up a 4-1 conference victory over the Adams Central Jets on Tuesday.

Both doubles teams needed three sets to pull out wins. Kadyn Carpenter and Alex Miller beat Mason Fruechte and Brody Ischg 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 at the No. 1 doubles position, while Gabe Overton and Brock Wasson won the No. 2 doubles match 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

Paul Dirksen picked up a point at the No. 1 singles position by defeating Logan Heiman 6-2, 6-3.

Clark Wellman had the other win over Braxton Gerber 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 3 singles match. Henry Dirksen suffered the sole loss for JCHS (10-4, 1-1 ACAC) to Zach Frank 6-2, 7-5 in the No. 2 singles match.

Tribe slips

CELINA, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s girls golf team dropped its second Midwest Athletic Conference match of the season 202-205 on Tuesday against the New Bremen Cardinals at Mercer County Elks.

Alli Trego of New Bremen earned match medalist honors with a 46, while Mallory Evers and Olivia Knapke came in with the second and third-best scores of the day for the Indians (11-2, 6-2 MAC). Evers shot a 48, while Knapke carded a 49.

Georgia Wenning finished with 51 strokes for the third FRHS score. Macy Kaffenberger tied Evvie Briner with a 57 to score for the first time in a varsity match.

Cora Pearson shot a 60 that didn’t impact the final.

The Tribe’s hopes of a second consecutive conference title now solely rests in Saturday’s MAC tournament.

Jay falls

Despite Erin Aker setting a new career mark and the team shooting a season low, the Jay County girls golf team fell to the Southern Wells Raiders 202-206 at Portland Golf Club on Tuesday.

Aker shaved five strokes off of her previous best to shoot a 45. Her best round came about with one par and seven bogeys. She was one stroke off of the match medalist.

Taven Bentley and Alexa Ridenour both provided 53s for the Patriots (2-11, 1-5 ACAC). They combined for two pars and four bogeys.

Elizabeth Brunswick carded a 55 to round out the team score. Reny Lingo shot a 56 that didn’t impact the team final.

Minster wins

MINSTER, Ohio — The Fort Recovery volleyball team is still searching for its first MAC win after falling to the Minster Wildcats 25-21, 25-20, 25-12 on Tuesday.

The Wildcats (7-7, 2-2 MAC) tallied 22 kills in the match and also dropped in eight aces. MHS also had two blocks, meaning the remaining 43 points came on various attack, service and ball handling errors by the Tribe (3-7, 0-4 MAC).

Fort Recovery’s next opportunity at a MAC win will come today against the Division VI No. 6 Coldwater Cavaliers.

Devils score

Jay County’s boys soccer team couldn’t handle the Richmond Red Devils in a 6-1 loss on Tuesday.

The Red Devils (9-2) scored two early goals. JCHS (4-5-1) cut into the lead as Brody Collins assisted Jaxson DeHoff for a score halfway through the first period.

The flood gates completely opened as Richmond poured in four more goals to secure the victory.

Peyton Yowell allowed six goals while making four saves.

The Patriots will face the Bellmont Braves tonight.