Swimmers open with split

HAGERSTOWN — The Indians returned their strongest swimmer for both the boys and the girls, and they wasted no time proving it this season.

Teigen Fortkamp and Saige Wendel both earned first place wins as the Fort Recovery High School swim team competed in a tri-meet against Delta and Hagerstown on Monday.

The girls came out on top against Hagerstown 99-27, but didn’t have enough to top Delta, falling 116-55. The boys got swept by the two schools 115-23 (Delta) and 88-29 (Hagerstown).

Fortkamp headlined the Indians (1-1) with a pair of individual victories in the 200-yard individual medley and the backstroke. Her time of 2 minutes, 24.87 seconds in the individual medley was 18 seconds faster than second place Addison Shoe of Delta. Her victory in the backstroke (1:01.48) was narrower, beating Delta’s Olivia Jackson by four seconds.

Wendel’s lone victory came in the breaststroke with a time of 1:12.23. He hit the wall less than a second faster than Delta’s Josiah Hotmire who swam a 1:12.43. Wendel also earned second place in the sprint freestyle (24.69) behind Zachary Baty (23.97) of Delta.

Other second place finishes came from Caleb Smith in the backstroke and Makenna Huelskamp in the breaststroke.

Homan recognized

COLUMBUS — Fort Recovery’s Troy Homan was named as an honorable mention for the Division VII All-Ohio football team on Monday.

Homan was one of 20 players listed as an honorable mention at the defensive back position.

During the season, the senior recorded 25 tackles and 2.5 tackles for a loss of yards. He led Fort Recovery with 50 yards lost when tackling the opposition behind the line of scrimmage.

He also had two interceptions for the Indians, second behind Reece Guggenbiller who had three.

Earlier in the year, Homan was selected to the First Team Defense All-Midwest Athletic Conference as a defensive back as well.

Staying perfect

SELMA — The Jay County Junior High School girls basketball teams swept Selma on Monday with the eight graders winning 35-8 and the seventh graders 32-15.

The Eighth grade team (6-1) had a clear leader for once, as Elizabeth Brunswick went off for 18 points.

Next in line were Natalie May and Amelia Heath with seven and six points respectively. Kylie Shannon and Raylin Hummer both had two.

The seventh grade team (7-0) stayed undefeated, with Karsyn Schwieterman going for a team-high 16 points. Charlee Peters was also pushing double-digits but came up short with eight.

Rounding out the scoring were Kendall Schemenaur with four and Alivya Schwieterman and Claudia Dirksen with two each.

Stephens tops

INDIANAPOLIS — The JC Flipsters of JC Tumbling and Gymnastics competed in the Judge’s Cup Invitational at the Indiana State FairGrounds over the weekend.

The Flipsters had only one first-place finish, coming from Charli Stephens in the Xcel Silver level. Her score of 9.7 on the bars earned her the victory. She also finished 12th on the floor competition (9.15) to help her to an all-around score of 36.65 (11th place).

Carlie Runkle was the Flipster’s top placer from the Bronze division, finishing fifth with 36.525 points. She earned fifth-place finishes on the bars (9.3), the balance beam (9.175) and the floor (9.3). Brinley Steury also finished in the top-10, coming in eighth place.

The highest finish in the gold division came from Bella Sarver. A score of 8.8 earned her seventh on the beam and 16th all around.