FRHS narrowly loses to Houston

SIDNEY, Ohio — The Indians had some struggles on Thursday but still pulled out the win.

On Friday they rebounded, but walked away with a nail-biting loss.

The Fort Recovery High School boys golf team fell to the Houston Wildcats after tying 175-175, forcing a fifth golfer tiebreaker at Shelby Oaks Golf Course on Friday.

With the Indians’ and Houston’s top four scores finishing in a tie, the match was decided by the scores of the next-best golfer.

Mason Diller shot a 49 in his varsity debut for FRHS – one stroke better than Riley Grieshop who’s score didn’t affect the final – with five bogeys and one par. Houston’s Reagan Steiner and Seth Merickel both finished with a 46 to pull out the win over the Indians (1-1).

Reece LeFevre had one of the biggest rebounds on Friday. After shooting a 42 on Thursday, he got it back down to a 39 to earn match medalist honors. He never shot worse than a bogey and had six pars, including three in a row on the fourth, fifth and sixth holes.

The Wildcats’ leading scorer was Tanner Voisard who finished with 42 strokes.

Eli Lennartz contributed Fort Recovery’s second-best score of 43 strokes. The senior bogeyed five holes and parred three.

Keegan Muhlenkamp shot a 45. Caleb Smith rounded out Fort Recovery’s score with a 48.