Tribe gets shut out, losing skid hits three

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians had difficulty at the plate on Tuesday.

The losing skid got one game longer.

Fort Recovery High School’s baseball team didn’t have a runner reach third base on Tuesday in a 5-0 loss to the New Bremen Cardinals. 

New Bremen (13-4, 5-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) scored the eventual game-winning run in the third inning before adding two runs in each of the fifth and seventh frames for the shutout.

The Indians (9-7, 4-3 MAC), who have now lost three in a row and five of their last seven games, never managed to get a base runner 90 feet from home.

Joe Homan had a leadoff single in the second inning but he was left stranded. Riley Post and Ian Homan singled to start the fourth, but a double play and a strikeout halted the threat. In the sixth inning, a single and a walk gave Fort Recovery two runners on again before an infield fly and a double play marked the end of the potential rally.

Patrick Wells doubled and singled for the Cardinals.

Post took the loss for the Indians, allowing one earned run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out four.

Tennis blanked

MUNCIE — The Jay County girls tennis team suffered a 5-0 defeat to the host Muncie Central Bearcats on Tuesday.

It marked back-to-back losses and the fourth time this season the Patriots (2-7) have been shut out.

Grace Brewster made her No. 1 singles debut and lost 6-1, 6-0. At No. 2 singles, Dawn Minnick fell 6-3, 6-2, and Maria Dirksen dropped her No. 3 singles match 6-2, 6-0.

The No. 1 doubles team of Holly Hemmelgarn and Lilly Hedges lost by a 6-1, 6-1 margin. At No. 2 doubles, Ella Roessner and Ashlyn May dropped a 6-1, 6-1 score as well.

Jay County’s junior varsity team also lost, 1-4. Heaven Hambrock and Sofia Barcus got the only win with a 7-5 triumph at No. 2 doubles.

Tribe girls in fourth

COLDWATER — Day one is in the books and the Fort Recovery girls track team sits in fourth place for the Mercer County Meet at Coldwater.

Marion Local leads the way with 24 points, and Coldwater is second with 21. The Indians, who got a second-place finish by the 4x800-meter relay, have 14 points.

The FRHS boys did not score on the first day.

Kierra Wendel, Anna Wendel, Cassy Martin and Chloe Will were runner-up in the 4x800 relay with their time of 10 minutes, 15.81 seconds. Coldwater won in 10:06.3.

Whitley Rammel earned third place in discus with her distance of 94 feet, 1 inch.

Fort Recovery Middle School’s boys are also in fourth place with 10 points. Marion Local has the lead with 44 points.

Ross Pearson’s height of 5 feet, 2 inches, was good enough for second place in high jump.

The FRMS girls did not score points. The meet resumes Thursday.