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Club scholarship

Fort Street Car Classics awarded a $500 scholarship to Brayden Bonifas, pictured above (right) with car club president John Jutte. Fort Street Car Classics will host a cruise-in from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday in downtown Fort Recovery. (Photo provided)

Swap shopping

Father and son Shawn and Dave Phillips (center and right) look Thursday morning at some of the items Don Marchal of Versailles, Ohio, has set up at the Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association Swap and Sell Meet. The meet at the Tri-State grounds, 1010 N. Morton St., Portland, continues …

Semifinal celebration

Brion Kahn and Caressa Runyon-Kahn cheer after Dylan Marentes’ goal put the Jay County High School boys soccer team up 4-1 in the sectional semifinal game on Wednesday at Eastbrook. Marentes scored two goals and assisted another to lift the Patriots past the Delta Eagles and earn them a spot …

Clubhouse opens

Jay County Baseball Club held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Saturday for The Clubhouse, its new indoor training facility for outdoor sports. The facility at 822 S. 500 West, Portland, is open, with memberships available. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)

Recovery court

Fort Recovery High School will celebrate homecoming Friday, with the crowning of the king and queen prior to the Indians’ football game against the Parkway Panthers. (The ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m.) This year’s homecoming theme is disco. Pictured, front row from left, are queen candidates Emma Will, Kayla …

Clubhouse toss

Sawyer Smitley winds up to throw a ball into the net to get a read on his velocity Saturday at the Jay County Baseball Club’s grand opening of The Clubhouse. The indoor facility has been in the works since 2023 and is officially open for use.

Three-peat high five

Jay County High School seniors Gabe Pinkerton (left) and Tucker Griffin high five following the Patriots’ 3-2 victory over Union City to claim their third consecutive sectional championship on Thursday. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)

Reading to Rusty

Kennedy Newell, 10, reads to Rusty during the Paws and Pages event Thursday evening at Jay County Public Library. Certified therapy dogs visited the library, allowing children to read to them and play with them. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

New barn

Jay County Fairgrounds celebrated its newly built harness barn before Jayland Trotting Association’s harness race Sept. 21. The barn was built using grant funding from an Indiana State Fair Harness Racing grant. Pictured above, from left, are fair board members Gary Stewart, Brandon Swoveland and Dave Bricker, Jayland Trotting Association …

Use your head

Jay County High School’s Aryan Montes heads a ball during the Patriots’ 4-3 win over Connersville on Saturday. Montes scored the second goal for the Patriots on a free kick. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)
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