Thien nearly perfect as FR beats ’Skins

WAPAKONETA, Ohio — Grace Thien didn’t have her best shooting performance in the season opener Thursday.
She made up for it Saturday.
Thien was 5-for-6 from the field, including making all five of her 3-point attempts, in leading the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team to a 54-42 victory against the Wapakoneta Redskins.
The Indians (2-0) and Redskins were just about even through the first two quarters, as Fort Recovery held a four-point advantage at halftime. But a 17-5 advantage in the third quarter helped the Indians build a bigger lead.
Thien also made both of her free-throw attempts in finishing with a game-high 17 points. Whitney Will followed with 16 points and Carley Stone chipped in with 10. Jocelyn Kaiser had a game-high seven rebounds and Stone led the way with five assists.
Fort Recovery’s junior varsity team lost, 40-26.
Macy Day, Olivia Patch and Lydia Wenning had six points each for the Indians (1-1).

Chiefs thrash Panthers
MUNCIE — Ten players hit the scorebook as the East Jay Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team thrashed the Southside Panthers on Monday, 46-4.
The EJMS eighth graders lost a heartbreaker, 33-32.
Madison Dirksen led the way for the seventh grade Chiefs by scoring 11 points. Holly Hemmelgarn was second on the team with seven points, while Heaven Hambrock, Andrea Jutte and Elayna Paro scored six points apiece. Rachel Muhlenkamp tallied four points, with Maddy Wenk, Emily Chenoweth, Kylie Klopfenstein and Jayden Claytor adding two points each.
Natalie Miles led the Chief eighth graders with 14 points in the loss. Alana Kunkler tallied six points, Aubrie Schwieterman notched five points and Grace Saxman had four points.

EJ 7th still perfect
UNION CITY — East Jay’s seventh grade boys basketball team remained undefeated with a 40-18 victory Monday over Union City.
The eighth grade squad won 42-38.
Ethan Dirksen led the EJMS seventh graders (5-0) with eight points, and Adam Muhlenkamp was second on the team with six points.
Darrius Esparza totaled five points, with Shawn Fisher, Gavin Myers and Gavin Muhlenkamp adding four points each.
Bailey Cox and Brody Auker scored 18 and 12 points respectively for the eighth graders. Landon Grimes tallied eight points and Nick Fields notched three points.