Tribe sprinters dominate vs. UC

FORT RECOVERY — A trio of sprinters led the boys to top-three sweeps in two events.

Mara Pearson kept her momentum with another jump longer than 18 feet.

The Fort Recovery High School track teams hosted Union City for senior night Thursday. The girls dominated with a score of 106-9, while the boys edged out their second victory 68-61.

The trio of Austin Steinbrunner, Reese Guggenbiller and Micheal Laux secured the top-three finishes for the boys 100-meter dash and 200 dash. Steinbrunner took first place in both events with times of 12.80 seconds and 25.56, respectively.

Lucas Acheson also earned two first-place finishes in field events. He was victorious in the high jump (5 feet, 4 inches) and shot put (39 feet, 2 1/4 inches).

After Mara Pearson broke the school record in girls long jump Tuesday night — her new record of 19 feet, 1/2 inch surpassed her previous best of 17 feet, 8 1/4 inches — she followed it up with the second-best leap of her career. She jumped 18 feet, 1.75 inches. She also took first in the 100 dash with a time of 13.92.

The girls won every event.



Softball struggles

MARIA STEIN, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s softball team lost its second straight Midwest Athletic Conference softball game Thursday against the Marion Local Flyers, 5-4.

For the third straight matchup between the Indians and Flyers, the game was decided by one run. (FRHS won 6-5 during the 2022 regular season and then 3-2 in nine innings in the sectional championship game.)

The Flyers (3-6, 1-4 MAC) walked the game off in the seventh inning on a pair of intentional walks and a pair of errors by Tribe right fielder Audra Bubp.

The Indians (5-7, 0-4 MAC) tallied three hits on the day from Kayla Heitkamp, Emma Will and Sophie Pearson. Heitkamp had the only RBI for Fort Recovery, coming in the second inning when a single to center field plated Ava Grisez.

Jenna Homan suffered the loss, giving up one unearned run on two hits through 1 1/3 innings.