Kenney fight moved to October 3

Casey Kenney will wait a few weeks longer to get back in the octagon.

The 2009 Jay County High School graduate’s bantamweight fight against Heili Alateng, originally scheduled Sept. 19 at UFC 253 in Las Vegas, has been moved to UFC Fight Night on Oct. 3. Though not officially announced, the card is expected to take place at UFC Fight Island located on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Kenney, who is 14-2-1 as a pro and 3-1 in the UFC, took out Louis Smolka by first-round submission in his last fight May 30 at UFC on ESPN. That was a bounce-back from his first UFC defeat by decision Feb. 15 to Merab Dvalishvili, who is now the No. 13 ranked bantamweight.

Prior to the Dvalishvili fight, Kenney had won six in a row.

Alateng is 14-7 overall and has won his two UFC fights, both by decision. He has not had a bout since knocking off Ryan Benoit by a split decision Dec. 19.

The main event for the card features second-ranked women’s bantamweight Holly Holm against sixth-ranked Irene Aldana.



Boys come up short

Fort Recovery High School’s boys golf team came up short Wednesday, 178-187, against the Tri-Village Patriots at Portland Golf Club.

Carson Rammel led the Tribe (3-3) by shooting a 42, and Derek Lochtefeld was second on the team with a round of 47. Zander Kunkler and Russell Gehle both shot 49 to complete the Indians’ team score.

Isaac LeFevre (54) and Cole Muhlenkamp (56) also competed but they did not factor into the team score.

Aiden Collins of Tri-Village was the meet medalist with his 6-over-par 41.

In junior varsity action, Seth Lochtefeld paced Fort Recovery with 48, Carson Siefring (50), Matthew Romer (56) and A.J. Romer (57) also contributed to the FRHS team score of 211. Tri-Village did not have enough to qualify for a team total.