Final period lifts Tribe

ST. MARYS, Ohio — Fort Recovery and Memorial went back and forth through the first three quarters Saturday.
The Indians pulled away in the fourth.
Fort Recovery High School’s girls basketball team capitalized on eight turnovers in the fourth quarter to beat the host Memorial Roughriders, 43-31.
Leading 31-29 heading into the final period, the Indians (1-0) went on an eight-point run thanks to four free throws by junior Kendra Siefring and a 3-pointer by Jocelyn Kaiser.
Rachel Meier made the only bucket of the fourth quarter for the Roughriders (0-1), who attemped just four field goals in the final period and shot 24 percent for the game.
Kaiser made the front end of a one-and-one, and Tori Lennartz assisted on a bucket by Whitney Will to push the Tribe’s lead to the eventual final score with 2:59 left to play.
Siefring and Lennartz led the Indians with 12 and 10 points respectively, as Siefring went 6-of-7 from the free-throw line. Grace Thien tallied nine points, and Cassidy Rammel chipped in with six points.

McIntire awarded
For the second time in as many seasons, a South Adams cross country runner earned all-state honors.
The Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches named SAHS sophomore Bailey McIntire the Class 2A runner of the year.
Bailey placed 21st at the state finals with a school-record time of 15 minutes, 54.6 seconds. The Allen County Athletic Conference, sectional and regional champion was also named to the all-state first team.
Sawyer Miller, the 2013 Class 2A runner of the year as a junior, earned honorable mention for his senior campaign.
Freshman Olivia Von Gunten was given first-team all-state honors in her first season for the Starfires.