FRHS pull off one-stroke win

The Indians had an inspired performance Tuesday afternoon.

It resulted in the team’s lowest score of the season and two girls’ best performance of their careers.

In the Fort Recovery High School girls golf team’s first match since the death of coach Joe Bruns, the group banded together to take down Winchester and Jay County in a three-team match at Portland Golf Club.

The Indians finished with 211 strokes, just one better than the Winchester Golden Falcons’ 212. The Patriots came in third with 236.

Bruns, a longtime FRHS teacher and coach, died Thursday following a battle with cancer. A day after his funeral Monday, both Ella Schoen and Brynn Stammen had the best rounds of their careers, finishing with 50 and 51 strokes, respectively. Schoen shot for par on both of the par-3 holes (No. 2 and 8) and had a bogey on the ninth. Stammen also pared the 119-yard eighth hole. Jay County’s Maddy Snow was the match medalist with a 47. She had pars on the fourth and fifth holes, while adding four birdies into the mix as well.

Winchester’s top golfer was Allyssa Cole with a 49.

Following Schoen and Stammen for the Indians was Olivia Knapke with a 52. Knapke’s only par came on the par-5 fifth hole, but she had three bogeys to go with it.

Emma Will and Eva Kahlig both shot 58s to round out the Indians’ score.

Sophomore Whitney McIntire had the second-best score for Jay County with a 62.

Brooklynn Bright shot only one stroke over McIntire for a 53. The highlight of her round was a bogey on hole No. 8. Rounding out the Patriots’ score was Meah Devoe with a 64.

Brooklyn Zimmerman’s 67 strokes did not factor into the JCHS team score.