Tribe trounces Tigers, Hobbs ties win record

ANSONIA, Ohio — The Indians jumped on the board early. Then they poured it on in the next four innings.
And Jackson Hobbs is one win away from a school record.
Fort Recovery High School’s baseball team used an 11-run second inning to trounce the Ansonia Tigers 27-0 in five innings on Monday.
With the win, Jackson Hobbs — who threw two hitless innings and struck out three on 20 pitches — tied Dale “Whitey” Bruns with 26 career victories. He will start Thursday when Fort Recovery (10-3) travels to Versailles.
Jacob Homan led all players with four hits, including two doubles, and drove in six runs. Cade Wendel was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, and Hobbs had a double with three RBIs as well. Will Homan and Ben Homan drove in four and three runs respectively, and Chase Bruns had two hits and scored twice.
Jacob Homan pitched in relief of Hobbs, allowing one hit, walking one and striking out tow in three innings.

Tribe loses late
CELINA, Ohio — An eight-run sixth inning was too much for the Fort Recovery softball team in a 16-6 loss to the Celina Bulldogs on Monday.
Fort Recovery (1-11) scored five times in the fourth inning to trail 7-6 before the Bulldogs extended their lead with a run in the fifth inning. Celina doubled its score in the sixth for the run-rule victory.
Audra Metzger led the Indians with a double and a single. She was one of six players to score a run. Chelsea Timmerman had a single and two RBIs. Logan Ranly, Tori Vaughn, Taylor Thien and Whitney Will each had one hit.
Timmerman took the loss. She allowed 16 runs — four earned — on 14 hits in 5 2/3 innings. She struck out three and walked two.

Stars top Raiders
PONETO — The South Adams baseball team scored four runs in each of the third and sixth innings Monday in a 9-1 victory against Southern Wells.
The Starfires (3-4) jumped on top in the third inning thanks to RBIs from Joe Stuber and Tyler Sprunger. Southern Wells scored its only run in the bottom of the third on a solo home run from Evan Huffman.
South Adams added an insurance run in fifth inning before putting the game out of reach in the sixth.
Sprunger had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Starfires. Isaiah Baumgartner and Mark Clary each had two hits. Jayden Dull, Corbin Blomeke, Terry Dawn, Braxton Haight, Marcus Teeter and Stuber had one hit each.
Clary earned the win, scattering four hits over 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked one.