FRHS girls basketball falls just short to Flyers

FORT RECOVERY — The Flyers have averaged nearly 50 points per game this season.

If the Tribe knew it would hold the Flyers under 40, it would have likely felt pretty good about its odds. Still, it fell just short of victory.

The Fort Recovery High School girls basketball held the Marion Local Flyers to a season low, but couldn’t hold on for victory in a 39-36 loss on Thursday.

After holding Marion Local (8-2) to only two points in the second quarter, the Indians (2-6) held a 28-27 going into the final period. The Flyers got big lifts from Avae Unrast and Allison Dirksen who combined for 10 of their 12 fourth-quarter points. Unrast hit two shots inside the arc and a free throw while Dirksen went 2-for-2 from the line and added a three.

Kennedy Muhlenkamp scored six points while Cameron Muhlenkamp added two as Fort Recovery was outpaced 12-8, losing the slim lead.

Makenna Huelskamp set a career-high 13 points, including three 3-pointers for Fort Recovery. Kennedy Muhlenkamp was only one point behind.

Unrast led MLHS with 18 while Dirksen had 10.

Not enough offense

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery boys basketball team got overwhelmed by the Marion Local Flyers in a 61-34 loss on Thursday.

The Indians (4-3) hung with the Flyers (2-3) in the first quarter, only trailing 19-16.

The well dried up after that, getting outscored 42-18. The Flyers held the Indians to only four points in the second quarter.

Grant Kremer and Austin Niekamp powered Marion Local’s offense, dropping 16 points each. Kremer hit four 3-pointers while Niekamp’s work came closer to the basket.

Briggs Overman led FRHS with nine points 

Fortkamp leads

LIMA, Ohio — The Fort Recovery girls swim team placed ninth at the Bluffton Holiday Invitational at the Lima YMCA while the boys team earned 15th on Thursday.

The girls team scored 100 points in the meet, while the boys tallied 31. Ottawa Glandorf won the girls meet with 270.5 points while Lima Shawnee took the boys with 284.5.

Teigen Fortkmap led the Indians with a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. Her time of 56.04 seconds was 2.79 seconds faster than Jenna Downey of Buffton in second place.

Fortkamp also took second in the 100 backstroke and was a part of the 200 medley relay team that placed fifth. Paige Guggenbiller, Joelle Kaup and Allison Knapke joined her in the relay.

Guggenbiller also had a high finish in the 50 freestyle, where she earned sixth place.

Sage Wendel led the boys team with a fourth-place finish in the 100 butterfly and sixth in the individual medley.