January 7, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.
FR announces 2020 inductees
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FR announces 2020 inductees
A pair of former Indians separated by nearly five decades will be inducted to the Fort Recovery High School Athletic Hall of Fame this year.
Dale Griesinger, class of 1949, and Matt Roessner, class of 1998, will be inducted during a ceremony between the junior varsity and varsity boys basketball games Jan. 18 at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
Griesinger was a four-year varsity baseball player and was part of the 1949 squad that was undefeated until falling in the regional championship game. He also played two years of varsity basketball and continued his hoops career at Capital University.
Roessner was a standout runner for the Indians, leading the cross country team to a 162-0 record and the state championship in 1996. (He finished seventh in the state individually that year and was eighth in 1997.) He still holds the school record for a 5K race at 16 minutes, 14 seconds.
He also placed seventh in the state in the 800-meter run in track in 1998, and was part of 4x800 relay teams that placed fifth in the state in 1997 and ninth in 1998. He still holds school records in both events.
Tribe 18th in voting
The Fort Recovery boys basketball team made an appearance in the opening Ohio Associated Press poll of the season Monday, tying for 18th in the Division IV voting.
The Indians, who are 7-2 under first-year coach Jim Melton, earned 23 poll points to finish tied for 18th with Malvern. No. 10 Toledo Christian totaled 31 poll points.
Undefeated Norwalk St. Paul leads the Division IV poll ahead of No. 2 Sebring McKinley and No. 3 New Boston Glenwood.
Other Midwest Athletic Conference schools joining FRHS in the opening poll of the season are Division IV No. 6 St. John’s, Division III No. 3 Versailles and Minster, which was 12th in the Division IV voting.
WJ wins two
DUNKIRK — West Jay Middle School’s boys basketball teams both cruised past the Union City Indians on Monday, with the eighth graders earning a 42-31 victory. The seventh grade squad won 37-28.
Parker Nichols led a trio of Eagles in double figures with 14 points. Liam Garringer and Jackson Edwards added 13 and 10, respectively, as WJMS improved to 5-2.
Ben Crouch’s 20 points powered the seventh grade Eagles, who are now 3-4. Eli Goodspeed scored nine points and Keegan Wasson had eight.
Chiefs top Delta
MUNCIE — East Jay Middle School’s girls basketball teams started 2020 strong Monday with victories over the host Delta Eagles. The eighth graders won 37-19 while the seventh grade squad won 18-5.
Cash Hollowell led a group of eight Chiefs who scored in the eighth grade game as she totaled nine points. Molly Muhlenkamp had six points and Breanna Dirksen added five for East Jay (6-2).
Cassie Petro’s six points led the way for the EJMS seventh graders (5-3). Laylianna ElDeeb and Daisy Muhlenkamp each added five points.
Dale Griesinger, class of 1949, and Matt Roessner, class of 1998, will be inducted during a ceremony between the junior varsity and varsity boys basketball games Jan. 18 at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
Griesinger was a four-year varsity baseball player and was part of the 1949 squad that was undefeated until falling in the regional championship game. He also played two years of varsity basketball and continued his hoops career at Capital University.
Roessner was a standout runner for the Indians, leading the cross country team to a 162-0 record and the state championship in 1996. (He finished seventh in the state individually that year and was eighth in 1997.) He still holds the school record for a 5K race at 16 minutes, 14 seconds.
He also placed seventh in the state in the 800-meter run in track in 1998, and was part of 4x800 relay teams that placed fifth in the state in 1997 and ninth in 1998. He still holds school records in both events.
Tribe 18th in voting
The Fort Recovery boys basketball team made an appearance in the opening Ohio Associated Press poll of the season Monday, tying for 18th in the Division IV voting.
The Indians, who are 7-2 under first-year coach Jim Melton, earned 23 poll points to finish tied for 18th with Malvern. No. 10 Toledo Christian totaled 31 poll points.
Undefeated Norwalk St. Paul leads the Division IV poll ahead of No. 2 Sebring McKinley and No. 3 New Boston Glenwood.
Other Midwest Athletic Conference schools joining FRHS in the opening poll of the season are Division IV No. 6 St. John’s, Division III No. 3 Versailles and Minster, which was 12th in the Division IV voting.
WJ wins two
DUNKIRK — West Jay Middle School’s boys basketball teams both cruised past the Union City Indians on Monday, with the eighth graders earning a 42-31 victory. The seventh grade squad won 37-28.
Parker Nichols led a trio of Eagles in double figures with 14 points. Liam Garringer and Jackson Edwards added 13 and 10, respectively, as WJMS improved to 5-2.
Ben Crouch’s 20 points powered the seventh grade Eagles, who are now 3-4. Eli Goodspeed scored nine points and Keegan Wasson had eight.
Chiefs top Delta
MUNCIE — East Jay Middle School’s girls basketball teams started 2020 strong Monday with victories over the host Delta Eagles. The eighth graders won 37-19 while the seventh grade squad won 18-5.
Cash Hollowell led a group of eight Chiefs who scored in the eighth grade game as she totaled nine points. Molly Muhlenkamp had six points and Breanna Dirksen added five for East Jay (6-2).
Cassie Petro’s six points led the way for the EJMS seventh graders (5-3). Laylianna ElDeeb and Daisy Muhlenkamp each added five points.
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