Tribe golfers beat undefeated St. Henry

The Tribe needed a win to keep their hopes of a second Midwest Athletic Conference title alive.

The Indians played just well enough and now they need to close out the final MAC match to be tied heading into the tournament.

Fort Recovery High School’s girls golf team picked off undefeated St. Henry 194-197 at Portland Golf Club on Thursday to pull itself into a tie for first place in the MAC.

Olivia Knapke’s 45 strokes beat out Ava Wattercutter, who shot a 48 to lead St. Henry, to earn match medalist honors.

Evvie Briner also shot better than all of St. Henry as she carded a 47. Mallory Evers finished one stroke behind with a 48 and Georgia Wenning’s 54 rounded out the team score.

Cora Pearson had 57 strokes and Macy Kaffenberger shot a 58 that didn’t impact the final.

Fort Recovery (10-1, 6-1 MAC) only has a match at New Bremen remaining. It will play the Cardinals on Tuesday, but the match is sandwiched around a pair of non-conference meets on Monday and Thursday.

Should the Indians beat NBHS, they would enter Saturday’s MAC Tournament tied for the top spot and placing first would give them their second consecutive outright conference title.

Offense falters

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery volleyball team put up a good fight but  couldn’t overcome the Division VI No. 1 New Bremen Cardinals in a 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 loss on Thursday.

The Tribe offense struggled as Fort Recovery (3-5, 0-3 MAC) only managed 28 kills to the 42 balls New Bremen (10-0, 3-0 MAC) put down. Bridget Homan and Brynn Willmann led the way with six kills apiece, while Cameron Muhlenkamp and Kenna Dues each had five.

Other leaders for the Indians were Dues with four aces, Muhlenkamp with two blocks, Homan with 10 digs and Kayden Ranley with 22 assists.

FRHS will face Crestview next before returning to MAC play with a match at Minster.

LeFevre leads

CELINA, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys golf team lost another nailbiter on Thursday at Mercer County Elks Golf Course as St. Henry took it down 167-172.

Reece LeFevre earned match medalist honors for the 10th time this season by shooting a 36 for even-par. He had one blip on the third hole, where he shot a triple-bogey, but a birdie on the second and an eagle on the fourth made up for it.

St. Henry was led by Michael Rindler, who carded a 39.

Both Caleb Smith and Andrew Rehmert provided the second-best score for the Indians (7-6, 4-5 MAC) by finishing with 45 strokes. They combined to make eight pars and six bogeys.

Luke Fortkamp rounded out the team score with a 46.

Carson Fullenkamp shot a 47 and Garrett Diller carded a 49 that didn’t affect the final.