Freshmen fall in finale

After giving up two touchdowns in the first half, the Patriots kept the Indians off the scoreboard the rest of the way.
They just weren’t able to find the end zone themselves.
The Jay County High School freshman football team closed its season Monday with a 14-0 loss to the visiting Mississinewa Indians.
The visitors scored a touchdown in each of the first two quarters, one of which was aided by a botched snap on a punt on Jay County’s opening drive.
Gabe Link, Ethan Corwin and Levi Peterson had five tackles each to lead the Patriots (0-8). Garrett Mann forced a fumble during the second half to stop Mississinewa deep in Jay County territory.
Tribe still 10th
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the OHSAA football Associated Press poll released Monday, Fort Recovery remained No. 10 in Division VII.
The Indians (5-3), who host New Bremen at 7:30 p.m. Friday, finished with 20 points. Covington remained the top-ranked team in the state, earning eight first-place votes and totaling 209 points. Norwalk St. Paul, which received five votes for first place, was second with 205 points.
Despite getting 12 first-place votes, Warren John F. Kennedy finished third with 198 points. Monroeville is No. 4 with 156. Each of the top four teams are 8-0.
Mogadore is fifth with 151, edging McComb by two points. Troy Christian (89) is seventh and Waterford (81) is eighth. All four squads are 7-1 on the season.
Finishing ahead of Fort Recovery was Portsmouth Sciotoville Community, an 8-0 squad that finished with 26 points.
Fort Recovery’s losses this season are to Division V No. 2 Coldwater, Versailles and Division VI No. 2 Marion Local. After playing New Bremen Friday the Indians close the regular season at St. Henry, which finished 14th in the Division VI poll.