FR baseball on a slide

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians are on a bit of a backward slide.

Fort Recovery High School’s baseball team dropped a doubleheader Saturday and lost for the third straight game Monday.

The Indians (4-7) struck out 15 times and couldn’t come back from a 2-0 deficit after the third inning in a 2-1 loss to South Adams in the first game of the twin bill Saturday. In game two, South Adams broke a 1-1 tie with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh inning to hand Fort Recovery a 3-1 setback.

On Monday, the Tribe lost to the Shawnee Indians, 13-0 in five innings.

Brock Dues paced the FRHS offense with three hits Saturday. Riley Will and Ryne Post each doubled. The Indians struck out 22 times against the Starfires.

Fort Recovery fanned eight more times against Shawnee, which struck for seven runs in the second inning, added another four in the fourth and got a grand slam from Keaton Cooper.

Dillan Evers had Fort Recovery’s only hit against Shawnee.

Tribe goes winless

CELINA, Ohio, and FORT RECOVERY — Fort Recovery’s softball team dipped to 11-6 on the season after losing three straight games recently.

The Tribe lost to Lincolnview 4-3 in the first game of a quad at Celina on Saturday, then fell by the same margin to Crestview in game two.

On Monday, the Indians fell to Wapakoneta, 14-9, for their fourth loss in the last five games.

Brenna Homan and Jackie Homan each collected five hits over the three games, with Jackie Homan tallying three doubles and four RBIs. Brenna Homan tripled.

Chloey Grisez, Abby Knapke and Cali Wendel had three hits each, and Maddy Guggenbiller contributed a double.