Indians place fifth in sectional

HARROD, Ohio — Three strokes. That’s all that separated the Indians from a district berth.

The Fort Recovery High School boys golf team’s season came to an end Thursday, as it shot a 339 for fifth place as the OHSAA Division III northwest sectional tournament at The Colonial Golfers Club.

Minster (308), St. John’s (322) and St. Henry (336) all advanced to the district tournament (the top three teams advance). Marion Local was only one stroke off of third place with 337, while Fort Recovery was three back with a 339. It finished fifth out of 12 teams.

The top three individuals not on advancing teams also move on to the district tournament. Advancing are Marcus Rethman (73) of Marion Local, Parker Judy (75) of Lima Central Catholic and Isaac Gallmeier (76) of Jefferson.

The Indians’ Eli Lennartz was four strokes off from tying with Gallmeier. His 80 was good for 10th place, tying with Minster’s Jack Meyer. Lennartz shot a birdie on the par-5 second hole and had 10 pars.

Following Lennartz was Keegan Muhlenkamp with an 85. He shot for par seven times en route to a 15th-place finish.

Nate Jutte and Reece LeFevre both shot 87s to round out Fort Recovery’s team score.

Alex Dues’ 92 did not affect the final score.

Tribe falls

FORT RECOVERY — The Division III No. 8 Fort Recovery volleyball team fell to No. 3 St. Henry 25-16, 25-12, 28-26 Thursday.

Teigan Fortkamp led the attack for the Indians (10-3, 4-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) with 11 kills. The only other players with kills were Mara Pearson and Pagie Guggenbiller with six each and Saige Leuthold and Karlie Neikamp with one apiece.

St. Henry was able to spread the ball around with five players recording five or more kills.

Serving and returning serves was a struggle for Fort Recovery, as it committed nine service errors and were aced eight times.

Leading the defensive effort at the net were Fortkamp and Leuthold, each with three blocks. On the back row, Mara Pearson and Cali Wendel each had 10 digs.