Indians stay undefeated

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians had 14 service errors against Jay County on Tuesday.

They cut that number to three in their first Midwest Athletic Conference win.

Fort Recovery High School’s volleyball team needed some extra points to pull off the 25-18, 26-24, 27-25 sweep over the Parkway Panthers on Thursday.

Mara Pearson, Cali Wendel, Kenzie Gaerke and Kayla Heitkamp were all perfect from the service line. Kennedy Muhlenkamp and Teigan Fortkamp weren’t far behind, combining to go 28-for-31. Fortkamp had all five of the Indians’ aces.

The Indians (4-0, 1-0 MAC) received more big performances from their outside and middle hitters.

Pearson led with 13 kills, while Fortkamp and Muhlenkamp weren’t far behind her with nine and eight, respectively. Also contributing to the attack were Paige Guggenbiller with four, Saige Leuthold with three and Karlie Neikamp with two.

Fort Recovery blocked attacks 15 times in the match. Guggenbiller led with six, Fortkamp and Leuthold both had four and Pearson added one.

The junior varsity team also won its match 20-25, 25-23, 25-15.

Bridget Homan’s four kills and two aces were team highs. Sophia Guggeniller also had two aces with three kills.

Alexis Grisez was the only player to record any blocks, totaling five.

Girls stay hot

CELINA, Ohio — It took seven matches for the Indians to pick up their first win. They have been undefeated ever since.

The Fort Recovery girls golf team won its fourth straight match Thursday, as it took down Midwest Athletic Conference-rival St. Henry 220-223 at Mercer County Elks Golf Club.

Four straight pars on holes two through five propelled Oliva Knapke to a 47, her best score of the season, for match medalist honors. St. Henry’s Ava Watercutter shot the low score for her team with a 53.

Emma Will began to return to form as her 55 was the second-best score for the Indians (5-5, 3-2 MAC). Will’s highlight was a par on the par-3 fifth hole.

Ella and Marissa Schoen had 59 strokes to wrap up the team’s score.

Brynn Stammen’s 60 and Eva Kahlig’s 67 didn’t factor into the final.

Boys bounce back

After dropping three straight Midwest Athletic Conference matches, the Fort Recovery boys golf team bounced back with a 171-183 victory over St. Henry at Portland Golf Club on Thursday.

The Indians (4-5, 3-3 MAC) had three golfers tie for match medalist. Keegan Muhlenkamp, Nate Jutte and Alex Dues all tied with rounds of 42.

Jutte shot a birdie on the 498-yard, par-5 12th hole, three pars and three birdies to reach his score.

Muhlenkamp and Dues shot four pars and three bogeys each. Ty Post had St. Henry’s best score, shooting a 44.

The final score for Fort Recovery came from Reece LeFevre, who shot a 45.

Eli Lennartz and Matthew Romer’s scores of 48 and 52 didn’t affect the team score.

The JV team won its match 189-200. Colson Post and Sage Wendel both shot 46 to lead the team.