Sixteen Indians claim wins for track

ST. HENRY, Ohio — The girls have already proven to have a strong team. The boys are building themselves up.

Between the two, 16 Indians can claim they won an event on Tuesday.

The Fort Recovery High School track teams competed in a four-team meet at St. Henry on Tuesday, with the girls placing second, while the boys got third place.

The girls team tallied 78 points to finish as the runner-up to Minster (96). Minster also won the boys competition with 107 points, while FRHS tallied 55.

Top finishes from the boys team include Austin Steinbrunner in the 200-meter dash (24.33 seconds), Trevor Heitkamp in the 1,600 run (4 minutes, 33.75 seconds) and Lucas Acheson in the high jump (5 feet, 8 inches).

Mara Pearson, Anna Roessner and Kiana Matsuda won sprinting and hurdles events for the girls. Pearson claimed the 100 dash in 12.94 seconds. Rosserner got wins in the 200 dash (25.9) and the 400 run (59.95). Matsuda’s victory came in the 300 hurdles (49.44).

Natalie Brunswick’s win in the 1,600 run (5:20.58) was the only top-finish for a distance event.

In the field events, Pearson and Karlie Niekamp both claimed first-place finishes. Pearson’s 17 feet, 3 inch jump earned first in the long jump, while Niekamp handled the discus with a throw of 108 feet, 5 inches.

Winning relays included:

Paige Guggenbiller, Aubrey Shuttleworth, Matsuda and Pearson in the girls 4x100 relay (55 seconds)

Connor Kaikaila, Steinbrunner, Benjamin Ingold and Micheal Laux in the boys 4x100 relay (46.3)

Guggenbiller, Matsuda, Maddie Heitkamp and Shuttleworth in the girls 4x200 relay (1:53.4)

Matsuda, Ellie Will, Brunswick and Roessner in the 4x400 relay (4:15.57).

Walks hurt Tribe

COLDWATER, Ohio — A five-run sixth inning kept the Fort Recovery softball team from securing its second Midwest Athletic Conference win on Tuesday as the Coldwater Cavaliers got away with a 6-2 triumph.

The Indians (3-6, 1-2 MAC) held a 2-1 advantage for most of the game. The flood gates opened for Coldwater (4-4, 2-0 MAC) in the sixth as a pair of walks set up the rally.

Tori Timmerman singled to center field to tie the game, before a ground out and an error led to two more runs. Two more walks loaded the bases for Claire Steinke, who’s single to center pushed in the final two runs.

Jenna Homan got stuck with the loss after pitching all but one out and giving up six runs, only two of which were earned. She struck out seven batters while allowing three hits and six walks.

Both of the Indians’ runs came in the first inning. Ava Grisez scored Emma Will from first base on a single to right field and later came around to score on a passed ball.

First inning struggles

FORT RECOVERY — A rocky start for Fort Recovery’s baseball team resulted in a 13-3 loss to the Coldwater Cavaliers in six innings Tuesday.

Alex Dues struggled on the mound for the Indians (4-3, 1-1 Midwest Athletic Conference) as he allowed all six batters he faced to reach base. Troy Homan came in and the first batter reached base on an error before the next three got out but the damage was done as the Cavaliers (9-0, 2-0 MAC) now had a five-run advantage.

Dues suffered the loss as a result of the first inning.

Reece Wendel had the strongest offensive performance, driving in two runs and scoring one as well. Alex Gaerke was the only Indian with more than one hit.