Tribe forces mercy rule on Marion Local

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians are trying to eliminate innings that spiral out of control.

In their most recent matchup, they didn’t even allow the Flyers a chance to pile the runs on.

Britney Tebbe shut out the Marion Local Flyers in six innings, while the offense fueled a 10-0 victory for the Fort Recovery High School softball team on Thursday.

Over the six innings, Tebbe only allowed two hits and four walks. She struck out three batters and a strong defensive effort prevented extra runners from reaching base.

Fort Recovery (4-6, 2-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) jumped out early with four runs in the first inning and two more in the second. They finished the Flyers (4-6, 2-2 MAC) off with three runs in the sixth, the final coming on a single by Kayla Heitkamp.

Tebbe, Jenna Homan and Cali Wendel all led the way with two RBIs each, while Homan earned a team-high three hits. Ella Schoen scored the most runs with four.

Errors hurt

MARIA STEIN, Ohio — A four-run seventh inning wasn’t enough for Fort Recovery’s baseball team as the Marion Local Flyers pulled off a 6-5 win on Thursday.

Marion Local (8-5, 3-2 MAC) led the game 3-1 entering the seventh inning. A couple of runners reached base, allowing back-to-back RBI singles from Reece Evers and Mason Diller to tie the game. A third run scored for the Indians (4-4, 1-2 MAC) off of a Caden Homan single that pushed the lead to 5-3.

The bottom of the seventh started out rocky with Hayden Poeppelman reaching first on an error by Alex Gaerke at shortstop. The next two batters walked to load the bases before an error by Wendel in left field allowed the first run to score.

An error by Gavin Faller at first base allowed the tying run to score next before Gaerke, now pitching, balked in the winning run of the game.

Two-stroke loss

The Jay County boys golf team lost a close match 166-168 to the Northeastern Knights on Thursday at Portland Golf Club.

After a tough outing on Tuesday, Caleb DeRome brought his score back below 40. Gage Sims matched DeRome’s score as they tied for match medalist with 39 strokes.

Cody DeHoff came in next with a score of 43, while Liam Garringer and Luke Fugiett tied at 47 to make up the team score.

The Patriots (1-2) will travel to Wabash Valley Golf Club as they try to stay undefeated in Allen County Athletic Conference play against the South Adams Starfires.

Trojans sweep

The Jay County girls tennis team got swept 5-0 by the New Castle Trojans in an added meet on Thursday.

Meredith Dirksen and Sophia Sprunger played the closest match of all the Patriots (3-2). The lost the first set of the No. 1 doubles match 6-3 before dropping the second 6-4.

Brenna Haines in the No. 1 singles match and the No. 2 doubles pair of Zion Beiswanger and Chloe Ruiz both dropped their matches 6-2, 6-3.

Maggie Dillion fell in the No. 2 singles contest 6-0, 6-2.

Lilly Johnson filled in for Brenna Bailey for her first varsity meet. She ended up losing the No. 3 singles match 6-0, 6-1.

All five junior varsity matches were also losses. Lucie Henneaux played the closest match but was defeated 8-6.

Eagles dominate

Jay County’s track team got swept by the Delta Eagles during a makeup meet on Thursday.

The girls tallied 35 points as Delta totaled 87 for the win. The Eagles boys defeated the Patriots 110-11.

The girls only won two events at the meet. Alexis Sibray came out on top of the 400-meter run with a time of 1 minute, 7.77 seconds. The second and third-place finishes also went to the Patriots with Moa Sakamoto as the runner-up and Willow Hardy claiming third.

The 4x100 relay team of Morgan DeHoff, Jenna Dues, Ariel Beiswanger and Matilda Mende made up the other top finish with a time of 51.38 seconds.

The boys failed to capture first place in any event and only Adam Alig managed a second-place finish in the high jump.

Junior high falls

The Jay County Junior High School golf team fell to Delta 124-150 in a six-hole match at Portland Golf Club on Thursday.

Karson Hines received match medalist honors for shooting a 34. The highlight of his match was a par on the second hole.

Tobe Swartenstruber and Bailey Towell followed up Hines with 38 strokes. Towell’s best hole was also par-3 second hole, where she shot a bogey.

Crystal Swartenstruber and Camden Buckland rounded out the scoring for the Patriots (1-1) with 40s. Buckland shot for par on hole No. 2.

Kason Sims’ score of 41 did not affect the team score.