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Artistic evening

Delores Hart sketches out a design of the pond Friday afternoon at Hudson Family Park in Portland. The Alcove Artists’ Collective members spent their evening painting at the park. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)

Recovery royalty

Fort Recovery High School crowned Gavin Evers and Anna Roessner as its homecoming king and queen prior to the football game against Parkway on Friday. Evers made up for a poor kickoff by jumping on the ball and recovering it for the Indians after an offensive touch to help them …

Clinic cheer

Harper Wendel cheers during halftime of Friday night’s Jay County High School football game against the Lapel Bulldogs. She was one of 98 girls who attended the JCHS cheerleading clinic this week and then joined the Patriot cheerleaders on the track at halftime Friday. For more on the game, see …

Club scholarship

Fort Street Car Classics awarded a $500 scholarship to Brayden Bonifas, pictured above (right) with car club president John Jutte. Fort Street Car Classics will host a cruise-in from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday in downtown Fort Recovery. (Photo provided)

Swap shopping

Father and son Shawn and Dave Phillips (center and right) look Thursday morning at some of the items Don Marchal of Versailles, Ohio, has set up at the Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association Swap and Sell Meet. The meet at the Tri-State grounds, 1010 N. Morton St., Portland, continues …

Semifinal celebration

Brion Kahn and Caressa Runyon-Kahn cheer after Dylan Marentes’ goal put the Jay County High School boys soccer team up 4-1 in the sectional semifinal game on Wednesday at Eastbrook. Marentes scored two goals and assisted another to lift the Patriots past the Delta Eagles and earn them a spot …

Clubhouse opens

Jay County Baseball Club held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Saturday for The Clubhouse, its new indoor training facility for outdoor sports. The facility at 822 S. 500 West, Portland, is open, with memberships available. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)

Recovery court

Fort Recovery High School will celebrate homecoming Friday, with the crowning of the king and queen prior to the Indians’ football game against the Parkway Panthers. (The ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m.) This year’s homecoming theme is disco. Pictured, front row from left, are queen candidates Emma Will, Kayla …

Clubhouse toss

Sawyer Smitley winds up to throw a ball into the net to get a read on his velocity Saturday at the Jay County Baseball Club’s grand opening of The Clubhouse. The indoor facility has been in the works since 2023 and is officially open for use.

Three-peat high five

Jay County High School seniors Gabe Pinkerton (left) and Tucker Griffin high five following the Patriots’ 3-2 victory over Union City to claim their third consecutive sectional championship on Thursday. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)
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