Tribe softball falls to Ansonia in extras

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians had Brenna Homan standing at third base with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

She didn’t get to travel the remaining 60 feet.

The Fort Recovery High School softball team left the potential game-tying run at third base as it wasn’t able to pull even with the Ansonia Tigers in a 4-3 loss in extra innings on Monday.

Fort Recovery (2-1), which swept the Jefferson Wildcats on Saturday, fell behind 2-1 in the second inning but nabbed a 3-2 lead in the fourth. The Tigers pulled even in the fifth inning before going ahead 4-3 in the top of the eighth inning.

Homan, a sophomore, hit a one-out single in the home half of the eighth and reached third on back-to-back stolen bases.

A fly out to center field and a strikeout ended the Tribe’s threat to tie the game.

Chloey Grisez and Homan had two hits for the Indians, with Grisez hitting her first career triple. Jackie Homan, Hannah Knapke, Macy Day and Aleigha Jenkins each had singles.

Jackie Homan took the loss pitching. She scattered one hit over eight innings, gave up four runs — all unearned — and struck out 10 while walking two.



’Dogs walk off

CELINA, Ohio — The Celina Bulldogs junior varsity baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh for a walk-off, 6-5 win over Fort Recovery on Monday.

A two-run sixth gave the Indians (0-1) a 4-3 lead, but it was brief as the Bulldogs tied the score in the home half of the frame. Fort Recovery grabbed a one-run lead in the seventh before Celina walked away with a win.

Kendrick Wendel had a double, two singles and drove in four runs for the Tribe, while Peyton Brunswick chipped in a pair of singles. Sam Jones drove in a run.