Rammel starts with victory

VERSAILLES, Ohio — Whitley Rammel was one of the best shot putters in the area as a freshman.

She started her junior year with a victory.

Rammel grabbed first place in the shot put Saturday for the Fort Recovery High School girls track team as it placed seventh out of 11 teams in the Versailles Tiger Invitational.

West Liberty-Salem, the 2019 Division III state champion, scored 172 points for first place. Minster (108.5) was second and Marion Local (100.5) was third. Fort Recovery finished with 67 points.

The Fort Recovery boys took seventh with 35 points. Minster scored 119 for the team title, with Marion Local (100) and West Liberty-Salem (87) second and third, respectively.

Rammel, who was a district champion in 2019, had a distance of 38 feet, 2.25 inches, for her shot put title Saturday. She was also the runner-up in discus by an inch, and was second in high jump by two inches.

Also earning top-four finishes for the Indians were Mara Pearson (second – long jump), Natalie Brunswick (third – 800 run), Owen Moorman (third – 200-meter dash), Derek Jutte (fourth – long jump) and Abbie Francis (fourth – 100 dash).



Tribe routs Cavs

SIDNEY, Ohio, and FORT RECOVERY — Cobe Wendel and Riley Will each went deep in leading the Fort Recovery baseball team past the Lehman Catholic Cavaliers, 14-1, in six innings Monday.

The Indians also came up short in a 5-4 home loss Saturday to the Crestview Knights.

Wendel ended his Monday 3-for-5 with a double, the first home run of his career, four RBIs, three runs and a stolen base. Will was 2-for-3 with his first career round-tripper, three RBIs and a pair of walks.

Kendrick Wendel also had a pair of hits for the Indians (2-1), who scored five runs in the first inning and four in the sixth while also having an 11-2 advantage in the hit column.

Dillan Evers picked up his second win of the season, allowing one unearned run on two hits. He struck out eight and walked three in five innings.

On Saturday, Fort Recovery gave up the eventual game-winning run in the fifth inning. Ryne Post had a double, two singles and two RBIs, and Brock Dues finished with two hits as well.



FR bounces back

FORT RECOVERY and LIMA, Ohio — After suffering a 14-3 home loss to the Bath Wildcats in six innings Saturday morning, the Fort Recovery softball squad bounced back with a 12-6 road victory over the Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds on Monday.

Fort Recovery (4-2) never trailed against the T-Birds, scoring four runs in the first inning and adding three more in the fourth and seventh frames.

Brenna Homan paced the FRHS offense with three singles, a walk, three runs and an RBI. Sophie Pearson and Abby Knapke each had multi-hit games, with Cali Wendel, Pearson and Knapke each driving in a pair of runs.

Jackie Homan earned the win, allowing six runs — four earned — on 10 hits with a walk and three strikeouts.

On Saturday, Fort Recovery gave up at least one run in every inning to the Wildcats.

Brenna Homan, Jackie Homan and Pearson each had doubles, with Chloey Grisez and Maddie Guggenbiller recording RBIs.



Jay wins opener

HARTFORD CITY — Despite getting out-hit 14-10, Jay County’s junior varsity softball team opened its 2021 campaign Monday with an 11-4 triumph over the Blackford Bruins.

The Patriots (1-0) scored a run in each of the first three innings and led 3-2 after three.

They broke the game open with a four-run fourth, added another run in the fifth before plating three runs in the seventh.

Ava Miller doubled and singled for JCHS, which got a double from Makayla Brainerd as well.

Veronique Coppock, Danyelle Bland and Angel Clairday had two singles apiece.

Miller struck out six batters in earning the win pitching.