Bilbrey 17th in shot

BLOOMINGTON — Gabi Bilbrey closed the indoor season Saturday by placing among the top 20 in the state in the shot put at the Hoosier State Relays at Indiana University’s Gladstein Fieldhouse.

Competing in the large school division, Bilbrey’s best toss of the day traveled 35 feet, 8.5 inches. That placed her 17th, one-quarter inch behind 16th-place Courtney Butler of Ben Davis.

Hadley Lucas of Bloomington North took the championship at the meet with a toss of 48 feet, 5 inches.

Bilbrey had a strong indoor run, including back-to-back victories in the shot put March 11 in the Golden Eagle Relays and March 18 in the Blue and White Relays, both at Anderson University. Her best distance came during the Golden Eagle Relays at 38 feet, 1 inch.



FR baseball blanked

CELINA, Ohio — After a rainout Saturday, the Fort Recovery High School baseball team struggled to a 10-0, six-inning loss to the Celina Bulldogs in its season opener Monday night.

Celina jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, forcing an early pitching change for the Indians. The Bulldogs steadily increased their lead after that, finishing off the game an inning early with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.

The Indians were also plagued by errors, recording five in the contest.

Fort Recovery never got its bats going, finishing with six hits. They had a chance to score in the top of the sixth inning, getting four different players to reach base, but failed to get any runs across.

The Indians’ leading hitter was Troy Homan, who had two hits in three at bats.

Homan also took the loss, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks in just one-third of an inning.