FRHS girls swim team sweeps in MAC opener

BERNE — The Indians opened the dual season against some strong schools from Indiana.

Now facing teams from the Midwest Athletic Conference, the Tribe is starting to roll.

The Fort Recovery High School girls swim team opened up conference competition by sweeping Minster and Marion Local, while the boys fell to them Thursday at the South Adams High School pool.

The girls team (3-1, 2-0 MAC) earned 87 points to edge second-place Minster (72) while Marion Local trailed behind (10). The boys (0-4, 0-2 MAC) scored 34 points, but wasn’t enough to pull off a win as Marion Local netted 49 and Minster 40.

The girls won nine events, including the 200-yard medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay.

Joelle Kaup and Teigen Fortkamp placed first in two events. Kaup dominated the 200 individual medley (2 minutes, 38.58 seconds) and had just enough to win the 100 backstroke (1:08.98). Fortkamp’s wins came in the 100 butterfly (1:05.22) and the 100 breaststroke (1:16.74).

Other victories came from Allison Knapke (200 freestyle), Makenna Huelskamp (50 freestyle) and Theresa Hipple (1-meter diving).

All three boys won events in the meet, two of which swept both of their events.

Carson Fullenkamp won the 100 freestyle (59.3 seconds) and the 200 freestyle (2:15.87), while Saige Wendel took care of the 200 individual medley (2:15.11) and the 100 backstroke (1:01.54).

Caleb Smith won the 50 freestyle as well.

FRHS heartbroken

Three days after earning a one-point win, the Fort Recovery boys basketball team lost a heartbreaker against Fort Loramie in overtime 46-45 Tuesday.

The Indians (2-1) scored 12 fourth-quarter points, led by Briggs Overman with five, to force the extra period.

A pair of baskets from Max Maurer and Spencer Knouff lifted Fort Loramie (1-1) to victory as Fort Recovery only mustered three points on a basket from Overman and a trip to the free throw line that Rex Leverette split.

Overman led the Tribe off the bench with 15 points while Gavin Faller trailed him with 13.

Maurer finished with the most points for Fort Loramie with 13. Also scoring in double-figures were Eli Heitkamp (11) and Alex Boerger (10).