Tribe soars vs. Marion (01/27/07)

FORT RECOVERY - Marion Local showed up to play two strong quarters Friday night.

Unfortunately for the visitors, it was a four-quarter game.

Fort Recovery lifted its season record to 8-5 and evened its Midwest Athletic Conference mark at 3-3 with a dominant win over the Flyers 63-47.

Greg Kahlig had the hot hand for the Indians as he hit 8-of-15 from the field, including 3-of-7 from 3-point range, for a game-high 23 points. He also posted the top rebounding total, finishing with eight.

Clint Tobe was close behind with 18 total points on 7-of-15 from the field and 3-of-7 from 3-point range.

Fort Recovery, which went 0-9 in the MAC a year ago before beating Marion Local in the opening round of the sectional tournament, hit 43.6 percent of its field goal tries. For the Flyers, some rough spots in the first and third quarters made all the difference.

While the two teams were evenly matched in scoring in the second quarter at 16 points apiece and again in the fourth quarter at 18, the Indians racked up an insurmountable 19-8 lead in the first quarter and added to it with a 10-5 advantage in the third.

Those quick starts at the opening buzzer and right after halftime keyed the win.

Chris Stucke was high scorer for Marion Local with 17 points.

Junior varsity

The Flyers pulled away in the final period for a 49-39 victory over Fort Recovery

Luke Bertke scored 11 points to lead Marion Local, which was up by three with seven mintues to go before scoring 21 fourth-quarter points.

Cody Fiely powered the Indians' scoring attack with 11 points, and Brent Faller and Curt Heitkamp each added 10.[[In-content Ad]]