Fort Recovery holds on vs. Cardinals (05/06/05)

FORT RECOVERY — The New Bremen Cardinals threatened in the seventh inning, but the Fort Recovery softball team held on for a 2-0 victory Thursday.

New Bremen put runners on second and third base with one out in the seventh inning, but senior pitcher Alyssa Tobe and the Indian defense held strong. Second baseman Ciera Rammel tracked down a fly ball on the edge of the center field grass for the second out, and Tobe induced a ground ball to end the game.

The victory improved the Indians to 9-7 overall at 4-1 in the Midwest Athletic Conference.

Fort Recovery, which scored both of its runs in the third inning, got two hits and a run from Megan Wenning. Ciera Rammel singled and scored a run, Krystal Rammel had a single and an RBI and Kristen Schwieterman drove in a run.

Tobe picked up the win, allowing six hits in seven scoreless innings. She struck out five and walked one.

Roessner places 2nd

COLDWATER, Ohio — Fort Recovery sophomore Vicki Roessner posted a couple of second-place efforts as the Fort Recovery track team competed at the second day of the Mercer County Meet Thursday.

The Indian girls team placed fourth with 44 points at the five-team event.

The boys team was fifth with 11 points.

Roessner was the top seed in the 100-meter hurdles after Tuesday’s preliminaries, and finished second in the event in the finals in 18.08 seconds. She ran a personal-best time of 50.63 to place second in the 300 hurdles.

Kristi Westgerdes scored the only other top-three finish for Fort Recovery Thursday, placing third in the 200 dash in 28.24.

The top efforts from the boys team came from Eric Lamm (seventh - 400 dash) and Mitch Fullenkamp (seventh - 3,200 run).

JV softball blanked

NEW BREMEN, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s junior varsity softball team managed just two hits Thursday in a 10-0, five-inning loss to the New Bremen Cardinals.

New Bremen grabbed the lead with five runs in the first inning and added four in the third and one to end the game in the fifth.

Carla Guggenbiller took the defeat, allowing nine runs in three innings. She walked 10 batters.

Jodi Tobe had a hit and a stolen base for the Indians. The only other hit came from Ashley Grube.

JH girls place third

COLDWATER, Ohio — The Fort Recovery junior high girls track team couldn’t quite match its day-one effort, slipping from first to third place Thursday at the Mercer County Meet. The girls team scored 54.5 points, while the boys team was fifth at the five-team event with 14 points.

Tina Roessner and Emily May each scored second-place finishes for the Tribe. Roessner was second in the 1,600-meter run in 6-minutes even, and May took second in the 400 dash in 1:08.97.

Amber Heitkamp added a third-place finish in the 800 run in 2:45.84.

Jordan Hess paced the Indian boys by placing third in the 200 hurdles in 29.98.[[In-content Ad]]