FRHS boys bounce back against Ansonia

ANSONIA, Ohio — One quarter can make or break a basketball game.

The third quarter was the defining one for the Indians.

The Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team exploded for 17 points while holding the Ansonia Tigers to zero in the third quarter on Saturday as the Indians won the game 41-29.

The Indians (3-2) were trailing the Tigers 21-16 at the halftime break. Fort Recovery took over from there as five Indians scored to swing back into the lead.

Alex Dues, Gavin Faller and Rex Leverette all had four points in the quarter on a bucket and a pair of free throws. Adding to the offensive effort were Reece Guggenbiller with a 3-pointer and Eli Lennartz with a two.

Leverette was the leading scorer with 11 points. Guggenbiller had nine while the other 21 points were distributed among five players.

Matt Barga and Ethan Reichert scored 10 each for Ansonia (1-3).

The Tigers shot better from outside the arc, hitting five threes to Fort Recovery’s two, but the Indians got the line at a higher clip, hitting 13 free throws to two. FRHS also shot better inside the arc, hitting 10 2-point shots to six for the Tigers.

Fortkamp in top-10

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — The Fort Recovery swim teams competed in the Northwest Ohio Classic at Bowling Green State University on Saturday.

A pair of individuals made it to the finals in four total events, and one relay team as well.

The best finish came from Teigen Fortkamp, who finished ninth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 3.19 seconds. She also competed individually in the 200 individual medley, finishing in 2:22.47 which was good for 11th place.

She also anchored the 200 freestyle relay that also included Makenna Huelskamp, Joelle Kaup and Paige Guggenbiller. They placed 14th with a time of 1:49.17.

Sage Wendel was the only boy to make it to the finals, doing so in the 100 butterfly and the 100 freestyle.

His time of 0:57.49 was good enough for 12th in the butterfly. A 1:00.19 time was good enough for a 22nd-place finish for the senior.

Bowlers struggle

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team dropped its first Midwest Athletic Conference match on Saturday as St. Henry outpaced it 2,804-2,441.

The Indians previously beat St. Henry 2,350-2,237 on Nov. 30.

Austin Steinbrunner was the top bowler for the Indians (3-1, 2-1 MAC) rolling a 177 in the first game and a 169 second for a 173 average. Lucas Acheson and Nate Jutte finished behind Steinbrunner with a 170 and 153.5 pinfall average respectively.

St. Henry (2-1, 2-1 MAC) had two bowlers with averages over 200. Jack Siefeing threw a match-high 270 en route to a 252.5 average. Haden Woods had the next best scores with a 223 average.

St. Henry also beat Fort Recovery in Baker 977-811 by shooting three games over 200 while the Indians’ highest game was 192.