Tribe stays undefeated in MAC play

CELINA, Ohio — The Tigers weren’t able to pick off the Indians.

The Tribe kept the Cardinals from making a move to the top of the standings as well.

The Fort Recovery High School girls bowling team held off the New Bremen Cardinals 2,400-2,210 on Saturday at Plaza Lanes to keep the top spot in the Midwest Athletic Conference standings.

Emily Lauber shot the match-high game of 195 pins for Fort Recovery (5-1, 4-0 MAC). She opened the match with a 146 for an average pinfall of 170.5.

Five other Indians averaged 145 pins or higher to give the Indians a 1,535-1,482 advantage on New Bremen (4-4, 3-2 MAC). Kayla Heitkamp (155), Lilah Thien (152) and Jadyn Wyerick (151) all averaged above 150 pins, while Ella Schoen and Deanna Brown finished with 149 and 145, respectively.

The Tribe put the match away in the baker games, outrolling the Cardinals 865-728, with a 202 high in the second game.

Aliyah Parlett led the way for New Bremen with games of 185 and 160.

Three top

CONNERSVILLE — The JC Flipsters had athletes finish place all-around to lead the bronze and silver Xcel teams to victory at Celebrate the New Year with gymnasts.

Jordyn Champ, Emma Robinson and Paxton Hirschy all placed first all-around in the gold, silver and bronze Xcel divisions, respectively.

Champ racked up 36.9 points thanks to first-place finishes on the bars (9.35) and the beam (9.275).

Taking top spots on the vault (9.0), bars (9.35) and the floor (9.4) pushed Robinson to the top of the silver division with 37.025 points. Aubrey Forman followed Robinson as the second-place finisher all-around.

Hirschy took first in the vault (8.9), bars (9.275) and floor (9.35) to claim the all-around. Aria Shannon got third in the bronze all-around as well.