JV falls to 10th at MCHS

PARKER CITY — The Patriots picked up a meet last year to fill in for not making the Team State tournament, which they ran away with. This year, they sent their junior varsity team and fell down the ladder.

The Jay County High School junior varsity boys wrestling team finished 10th at the Battle of the Bear Den hosted by Monroe Central on Saturday.

The Patriots struggled in pool play, dropping all four matches. North Central shut them out for a 77-0 loss, Milan claimed a 71-6 victory (Spencer Smitley earned the sole victory in the 285-pound contest), Brownsburg beat JCHS 70-6 (Jacob Robinson picked up his first win of the season) and Muncie Central picked up a 54-10 win over the Patriots (Varin Ridgway won by a major decision).

JCHS kept the ninth-place match against Wapahani tighter, but still fell 42-30.

All 30 of the Patriots’ points came from forfeits, while the Raiders also received 30 free points. Wapahani won both of the contested matches to pull out the victory. Gavin Fenning got pinned by Cooper Heines in the 132-pound match, while Braelyn Rathbun fell to Malachi Johnson in the 215 contest.