’Cats knock off FR

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians led by five after eight minutes.

It was just three at halftime. Then they were tied with one quarter to play.

They never recovered.

Fort Recovery High School’s boys basketball team couldn’t hang on to its early lead Friday with a 48-45 loss to the Minster Wildcats at Fort Site Fieldhouse.

The Indians drop to 9-9 overall and 4-3 in Midwest Athletic Conference play, while the Wildcats pushed their MAC record to 8-0 while moving to 15-4 on the year.

Fort Recovery jumped out to an 18-13 lead after the first quarter thanks in part to a seven-point effort from Dillan Evers. Minster outscored the Tribe 10-9 before halftime in trimming the margin to four. Bryan Falk led the Wildcats with a pair of 3-pointers in the third as they held a 16-12 margin in the period, before holding off the home team.

Evers was the lone Fort Recovery player to score in double figures as he led the squad with 10 points. Cale Rammel contributed eight points and Regan Martin chipped in six points. Derek Jutte, Clay Schmitz and Gavin Thobe scored a half dozen apiece.