Indians outlast Minster in 4 OTs

FORT RECOVERY — Caleb Martin didn’t score a bunch.

His teammates Micaiah Cox and Payton Jutte did most of the work.

But two of Martin’s 11 points were perhaps the most important.

Martin hit a pair of free throws to put the Indians ahead by two, and Cox made a shot before Jutte added two baskets from the charity stripe to lift the Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team to an 86-82 victory over the Minster Wildcats in quadruple overtime Friday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.

For three overtime periods, neither Fort Recovery (12-7, 5-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) nor Minster (10-9, 4-4 MAC) could gain the edge.

Minster’s Bryce Schmiesing hit two free throws with no time left to send the game into double overtime, during which both teams scored six points to make it 76-all. Not much in the way of offense transpired in the third OT as the score was tied at 80 after seven periods of play.

Martin, who finished with 11 points, grabbed the rebound off a Jutte miss and got fouled. He made both charity tosses to put FRHS ahead 82-80, Cox followed with a field goal for the final two of his career-high 33 points. Minster, which scored 25 points in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime, cut its deficit in half before Jutte capped his career-high night of 23 points by twice making the front end of double-bonus free throws.

Cox was 12-for-24 from the field, including 4-for-6 from long range, while making all five of his free throws. He also led the Indians with nine rebounds. Jutte was 6-for-9 from the field and made 10 of his 14 shots from the free-throw line in the best game of his career. Martin was second on the team with eight rebounds.

Aaron Ernst led Minster with 28 points, including five 3-pointers. Isaac Dorsten had 18 points and Jarod Schulze finished with 11 points.



Junior varsity

Fort Recovery trailed by as many as 10 points in the first quarter but slowly mounted a comeback in a 45-43 victory.

The Indians trailed 17-10 in the first quarter before going behind 23-21 at half. Fort Recovery got one point closer with a 12-11 margin in the third period before overtaking the Wildcats in the final period.

Trevor Vaughn led the Indians with 12 points, and Ethan Schoen followed with 11 points. Reese Rogers chipped in nine points, as Blayne Thobe and Will Homan scored five points each.