Stronger by the day

The Fort Recovery High School girls golf team took second at the Gary Broering Invite on Wednesday. Olivia Knapke and Eva Kahlig led the way with scores of 104, which was the fourth-best score in the match. Pictured is the All-Tournament Team. From left are Natalie Kuess (Marion Local), Eleanor Sommers and Lauren Heitkamp (Minster), Emma Smith (Marion Local), Shay Boroff (Parkway) and Knapke and Kahlig.

 

CELINA, Ohio — The Indians had a disappointing start to their season.

They corrected some things on day two, leaving them happy with the progress made.

On the third day of the season, they played like the team they expected to be.

Fort Recovery High School’s girls golf team put together a 423 in its first 18-hole match of the season to place second in the Gary Broering Invite on Wednesday at Mercer County Elks.

The Indians trailed Midwest Athletic Conference foe Minster by 16 strokes, as the Wildcats’ 407 claimed the top stop at the invite.

Fort Recovery’s separation with the third-best team was just slightly larger, as the Marion Local Flyers shot a 440 to trail by 17 strokes. St. Henry followed with 448 and Fort Loramie stayed within striking distance at 457. Celina, Coldwater, Parkway and Wapakoneta fell behind with scores of 495, 503, 508 and 511 to round out the standings.

Olivia Knapke and Eva Kahlig led the way for FRHS with a score of 104 by shooting a 53 on the front nine and 51 on the back.

Knapke and Kahlig also tied with Emma Smith and Natalie Kuess of Marion Local to make the All-Tournament Team. Joining the quartet were match medalist Lauren Heitkamp of Minster (92), Shay Boroff of Parkway (95) and Minster’s Eleanor Sommer (97).

The invite also acted as a bounce-back for Kahlig, who didn’t score on Tuesday for the Indians.

For the second day in a row, Georgia Wenning contributed out of the No. 5 position by shooting a 107 for FRHS. Outside of the All-Tournament Team golfers, only Madison Pleiman of Fort Loramie and Rachel Hartings of St. Henry had better rounds than Wenning, both finishing one stroke better with 106s.

Rounding out the Indians’ score, both Emma Will and Mallory Evers shot 108. Will had better fortune on the front half, shooting a 52 before finishing with a 56, while Evers flipped Will’s scores to have a 56 on the front nine and a 52 on the back.

Evvie Briner’s 127 did not impact Fort Recovery’s final.