Tribe pulls out win in 5

FORT RECOVERY — The first set didn’t go the way the Indians were hoping, but they found a way to pull out the win in five.

The Fort Recovery High School volleyball team won its season opener Tuesday against the St. Marys Memorial Roughriders in five sets, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, 20-25, 15-7.

Teigan Fortkamp excelled attacking the net, as she had a team-high 19 kills. She also had a hand in the Indians’ defensive effort with four digs, and had a team-high four aces.

FRHS junior Kennedy Muhlenkamp also had a big day with 14 kills, seven digs, one block and three aces without commiting a service error.

Kayla Heitkamp put in some strong work for the Indians as a setter, assisting her teammates 33 times throughout the match.

In the middle, Paige Guggenbiller and Saige Leuthold stopped five balls combined at the net while adding two kills apiece.

Boys bounce back

ANARCUM, Ohio — After falling to St. John’s on Monday, the Fort Recovery boys golf team bounced back with a 168-188 victory over the Tri-Village Patriots at Beechwood Golf Course on Tuesday.

Reece LeFevre was the match medalist with a 39 (three over par). He shot four pars and a birdie on the 10th without ever shooting over a bogey.

Behind LeFevre was Keegan Muhlenkamp with 40 strokes. Muhlenkamp also shot a birdie, his coming on hole No. 13 and had three pars to go along with it.

Alex Dues shot par three times, including both par-3s en route to a 44.

Reece Evers made his way into the scoring column in his varsity debut this season with a 45. He shot three pars and three bogeys.

Eli Lennartz and Matthew Romer’s scores of 47 and 49 respectively did not count towards the Indians’ team score.