December 10, 2017 at 4:51 a.m.
Fort fends off Jay
Indians escape Portland with 45-41 victory
Fort fends off Jay
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Kendra Muhlenkamp sat most of the second quarter in foul trouble.
She helped the Patriots build a slight lead when she returned to the court in the third.
But that’s also when Indian seniors Carley Stone and Grace Thien were out of the game with too many fouls, leaving it up to the reserves to weather the storm.
Thien got back on the court and put the Tribe ahead, and Stone sealed the win with 13 seconds remaining Saturday as the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team held off the host Jay County Patriots, 45-41.
“It was a fun game,” said FRHS coach Brian Patch, whose team moves to 3-1 and has defeated Jay County in back-to-back years. “Kids played hard. I don’t know if the execution was perfect by any means, by both teams, but as a fan you just want to come out and see that both teams play hard, get after it and be competitive.
“I thought both teams did that.”
Jay County coach Kirk Comer said he was disappointed in the loss.
“Yeah we rebounded the ball well tonight but we didn’t get the key rebounds,” he said. “When we had to have a key rebound we couldn’t get it.”
Fort Recovery and Jay County were tied at 39 with 2 minutes, 6 seconds, left to play in the contest and Stone at the free-throw line with a chance to put her team out front. She missed both foul shots, but Thien grabbed the offensive rebound and put it back up for a layup and a 41-39 lead.
Jay County turned the ball over 30 seconds later, and Fort Recovery called a timeout with 53.7 seconds left. The Indians worked the ball around the perimeter, avoiding being fouled before Hannah Phillips eventually got her hand on Thien.
The Tribe senior, who had 14 points up until that point, nailed both of the ensuing charity tosses to extend the lead to 43-39 with 37.1 seconds left.
At the other end of the court Shelby Caldwell put back her own miss and absorbed contact from Val Muhlenkamp, but missed the ensuing free throw.
Muhlenkamp then got fouled with 17.2 ticks remaining and also had her bonus free throw miss the mark.
Stone was there to grab the rebound, and she made a layup with 13 seconds left to seal the win.
“Just came up a little short,” Comer said. “We have to continue to work. We just couldn’t get the basket when we needed it to put us over the top and we couldn’t get the stop when we needed it.”
Jay County sisters Kendra and Briana Muhlenkamp sat most of the second quarter with two fouls apiece, and that allowed the Indians to turn a two-point deficit into a seven-point lead. Thien drained three consecutive 3-pointers, the last of which was set up by Alli Vaughn. The FRHS freshman leaped to grab a loose ball as it was going out of bounds and flicked it left handed to Thien, who was camped at the right wing for the open shot.
In the third quarter, Kendra Muhlenkamp and Caldwell combined to score seven straight points as the Patriots led 33-29. After two points from each team, FRHS senior Kiah Wendel scored eight straight — a jumper from the left side and a right corner triple that were set up by Stone, then a 3-pointer from the top of the key on a Brooke Kahlig assist — to put the Indians out front 39-35.
Fort Recovery took a 39-37 lead into the fourth quarter before both teams had to rely heavily on the bench to weather foul trouble.
“I thought all night our bench played pretty good,” Comer said. Patch had the same sentiment about his reserves, noting at one point he had all freshmen and sophomores on the court.
“They got into some foul trouble and we had to put the hammer down then and we couldn’t do it,” Comer added. “Give them credit, their bench came in and held off until they could get their players back in.”
Caldwell led all players with 22 points, 15 of which came in the first half. She also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Kendra Muhlenkamp contributed 10 points.
Thien’s 16 points were a team high, and Muhlenkamp joined her in double figures with 13 points. Muhlenkamp grabbed six rebounds and Thien had five.
“I said at the beginning of the year that (Muhlenkamp) could be good and she hasn’t come close to reaching her potential,” Patch said. “When she does figure it out she can be really scary.
“Tonight she showed glimpses of that and she’ll just continue to hopefully work and get better.”
Junior varsity
After a slow start offensively Jay County battled back for a 36-31 win.
The Patriots (9-2) trailed 6-1 heading into the second quarter and 15-12 at half. Jay County outscored Fort Recovery (3-1) 13-6 in the third period for a 25-21 advantage before extending the lead in the final seven minutes.
Grace Saxman led Jay County with 10 points and Pacie Denney was second with nine points. Aubrie Schwieterman scored six points.
Fort Recovery’s Hope Wendel scored 18 points to lead all players, and Alli Vaughn contributed eight points.
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Kendra Muhlenkamp sat most of the second quarter in foul trouble.
She helped the Patriots build a slight lead when she returned to the court in the third.
But that’s also when Indian seniors Carley Stone and Grace Thien were out of the game with too many fouls, leaving it up to the reserves to weather the storm.
Thien got back on the court and put the Tribe ahead, and Stone sealed the win with 13 seconds remaining Saturday as the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team held off the host Jay County Patriots, 45-41.
“It was a fun game,” said FRHS coach Brian Patch, whose team moves to 3-1 and has defeated Jay County in back-to-back years. “Kids played hard. I don’t know if the execution was perfect by any means, by both teams, but as a fan you just want to come out and see that both teams play hard, get after it and be competitive.
“I thought both teams did that.”
Jay County coach Kirk Comer said he was disappointed in the loss.
“Yeah we rebounded the ball well tonight but we didn’t get the key rebounds,” he said. “When we had to have a key rebound we couldn’t get it.”
Fort Recovery and Jay County were tied at 39 with 2 minutes, 6 seconds, left to play in the contest and Stone at the free-throw line with a chance to put her team out front. She missed both foul shots, but Thien grabbed the offensive rebound and put it back up for a layup and a 41-39 lead.
Jay County turned the ball over 30 seconds later, and Fort Recovery called a timeout with 53.7 seconds left. The Indians worked the ball around the perimeter, avoiding being fouled before Hannah Phillips eventually got her hand on Thien.
The Tribe senior, who had 14 points up until that point, nailed both of the ensuing charity tosses to extend the lead to 43-39 with 37.1 seconds left.
At the other end of the court Shelby Caldwell put back her own miss and absorbed contact from Val Muhlenkamp, but missed the ensuing free throw.
Muhlenkamp then got fouled with 17.2 ticks remaining and also had her bonus free throw miss the mark.
Stone was there to grab the rebound, and she made a layup with 13 seconds left to seal the win.
“Just came up a little short,” Comer said. “We have to continue to work. We just couldn’t get the basket when we needed it to put us over the top and we couldn’t get the stop when we needed it.”
Jay County sisters Kendra and Briana Muhlenkamp sat most of the second quarter with two fouls apiece, and that allowed the Indians to turn a two-point deficit into a seven-point lead. Thien drained three consecutive 3-pointers, the last of which was set up by Alli Vaughn. The FRHS freshman leaped to grab a loose ball as it was going out of bounds and flicked it left handed to Thien, who was camped at the right wing for the open shot.
In the third quarter, Kendra Muhlenkamp and Caldwell combined to score seven straight points as the Patriots led 33-29. After two points from each team, FRHS senior Kiah Wendel scored eight straight — a jumper from the left side and a right corner triple that were set up by Stone, then a 3-pointer from the top of the key on a Brooke Kahlig assist — to put the Indians out front 39-35.
Fort Recovery took a 39-37 lead into the fourth quarter before both teams had to rely heavily on the bench to weather foul trouble.
“I thought all night our bench played pretty good,” Comer said. Patch had the same sentiment about his reserves, noting at one point he had all freshmen and sophomores on the court.
“They got into some foul trouble and we had to put the hammer down then and we couldn’t do it,” Comer added. “Give them credit, their bench came in and held off until they could get their players back in.”
Caldwell led all players with 22 points, 15 of which came in the first half. She also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Kendra Muhlenkamp contributed 10 points.
Thien’s 16 points were a team high, and Muhlenkamp joined her in double figures with 13 points. Muhlenkamp grabbed six rebounds and Thien had five.
“I said at the beginning of the year that (Muhlenkamp) could be good and she hasn’t come close to reaching her potential,” Patch said. “When she does figure it out she can be really scary.
“Tonight she showed glimpses of that and she’ll just continue to hopefully work and get better.”
Junior varsity
After a slow start offensively Jay County battled back for a 36-31 win.
The Patriots (9-2) trailed 6-1 heading into the second quarter and 15-12 at half. Jay County outscored Fort Recovery (3-1) 13-6 in the third period for a 25-21 advantage before extending the lead in the final seven minutes.
Grace Saxman led Jay County with 10 points and Pacie Denney was second with nine points. Aubrie Schwieterman scored six points.
Fort Recovery’s Hope Wendel scored 18 points to lead all players, and Alli Vaughn contributed eight points.
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