Tribe girls finish second

ROCKFORD — The Fort Recovery High School girls track team opened its season with a second-place finish Tuesday in a quad meet at Parkway.
The Indians got wins in six events, scoring 73 points. The host Panthers won with 85 points. Lima Central Catholic was third with 47 points, and Perry was forth with 35.
Parkway also won on the boys’ side with 97 points. Perry (86.5) was second, Fort Recovery (52) was third and LCC (13.5) finished fourth.
The Tribe girls won all four relay races. Angela Heitkamp, Cailtyn Huelsman, Grace Gehle and Rachel Kaup won the 4x800-meter relay. 
Alyssa Post, Emily May and Kiah Wendel joined Paige Hemmert to win the 4x200 relay, and teamed with Carissa Evers to finish first in the 4x100 relay. Alexis Hobbs, Heitkamp, Huelsman and Hemmert won the 4x400 relay.
Also earning wins were Kristen Keller (shot put) and Wendel (200 dash).
Cole Hull picked up a pair of victories for the FRHS boys. He won both the 100 dash and the long jump, and Tyler Acheson earned the top spot in the shot put.

Tribe drops opener
RUSSIA, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s softball team’s losing streak continues.
The Indians dropped their season opener Tuesday to the host Russia Raiders, 7-3.
It was the 20th consecutive loss for the Indians, whose last victory was a 2-1 win May 17, 2013 against Delphos Jefferson.
Haley Knapke accounted for all three runs for Fort Recovery (0-1). She had a two-run double and later scored on a single from Emily Hart.
Audra Metzger had a pair of singles, and Lauren Gehle and Tori Vaughn also added base hits for the Indians.
Chelsea Timmerman took the loss in the circle, giving up three earned runs and walking seven in a complete-game effort.
Fort Recovery travels to New Paris on Saturday for a doubleheader against the National Trail Blazers