Fort falls late to Panthers

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians and Panthers couldn’t break through for eight innings.

The Tribe bullpen wasn’t able to preserve the shutout.

Fort Recovery High School’s baseball team gave up four runs in the top of the ninth inning Thursday in a 4-0 loss to the Parkway Panthers.

The Indians (11-6, 4-2 Midwest Athletic Conference), who finished ninth in the OHSBCA Division IV coaches poll earlier in the day, left eight runners on base, including Ben Homan and Nick Thwaits after they hit doubles. Homan finished with two hits and one walk, and Thwaits added a walk too.

After seven solid innings from Thwaits — he allowed one hit, one walk and struck out a dozen — he gave way to Micaiah Cox. Parkway got two runners on in the eighth to chase Cox, and Homan came in to get out of the jam.

But the Panthers got to Homan one inning later, scoring four runs — two earned — on four hits.

Cade Wendel also had a hit in the loss.



Tribe shut out

ROCKFORD, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s softball team suffered its fifth shutout on Thursday, losing 10-0 in six innings to the host Parkway Panthers.

Parkway scored two runs in the second inning, before taking an 8-0 lead with a six-run fifth. The Panthers pushed across two more runs in the home half of the sixth to complete the run-rule victory.

Lydia Wenning had a double for the Indians, who managed only two hits while committing five errors. Rachel Thien also had a single.

Olivia Homan took the loss. She gave up 10 runs — seven earned — on 12 hits while walking two and striking out one in 5 1/3 innings.



Jets down Stars

BERNE — The South Adams girls tennis team lost to the Adams Central Flying Jets on Thursday, 3-2.

South Adams (8-2, 2-1 Allen County Athletic Conference) swept the doubles matches while losing all three singles contests.

At No. 1 doubles, Caralie Farlow and Julia Grabau defeated Randi Bebout and Sarah Liter 8-6, 6-3. The Starfires’ No. 2 doubles duo of Sydney Pierce and Breanna Potts knocked off Lilly Kantz and Kyndall Rose 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Both SAHS squads improve to 11-2.

Haley Gerber dropped her No. 1 singles match to Jenna Lehman 6-2, 6-0, and at No. 2 singles Virginia Lagos fell to Maddie Deroo 6-2, 6-2. Hannah Dull won the first set of her No. 3 singles match against Grace Faurote 6-4, but lost the final two 6-4, 6-2.

South Adams’ junior varsity team won, 5-2.

Cassie Yoder picked up two singles victories, while Jade Farlow also won her singles match. Sarah Kloepper teamed with Fatima Sandoval for a doubles victory, while Shayla Welch and Kate Buckingham won at No. 3 doubles.



Star golfers second

GENEVA — South Adams’ boys golf team went 1-1 in a three-team meet it hosted Thursday at Golf Club of the Limberlost.

Bellmont won with a team score of 172. South Adams shot 188 for second, and Adams Central was third at 190.

David Muselman and Jake Rife led the Starfires with identical scores of 44. Nick Wurster posted the No. 3 score for the South Adams as he finished with 49. J.D. Groh rounded out the Starfires’ team score wiht a 51.

Eli Hamrick also competed, and he finished with 51.

Bellmont’s Peyton Staub was match medalist with 42.