Indians drop opening match

ARCANUM, Ohio — The Indians didn’t quite have the start they were hoping for out of the gate.

The Fort Recovery High School girls golf team dropped its first match of the year 215-223 to Tri-Village at Beechwood Golf Course on Tuesday.

Reagan Brewer earned match medalist honors for the Patriots (1-0) by shooting a 40. Their second-best score came from Taylor Begoon with a 49.

Olivia Knapke put up the best day for FRHS with a 53.

Emma Will finished only one stroke behind the Indians’ top golfer to shoot a 54.

In her varsity debut, Mallory Evers scored for Fort Recovery (0-1) by contributing a round of 57.

Both Eva Kahlig and Georgia Wenning shot 59s to round out the Indians’ score.

Rylee Bubp’s 64 did not affect the team score.

Opening victory

CELINA, Ohio — The Fort Recovery junior varsity boys golf team took down the Parkway Panthers 216-242 on Monday at Celina Lynx Golf Club.

Fort Recovery’s Will Westgerdes ended as the match medalist after shooting a 46. He got off to a hot start, scoring pars on the first three holes.

Parkway’s top golfer, Carson Stauffer, had a 58.

Will Faller and Hoyt Schmitz both had better scores than Stauffer for Fort Recovery, putting up a pair of 55s. Faller had a par on the par-4 fifth hole and added a bogey as well. Schmitz finished with a trio of bogeys on the final three holes.

Garrett Diller contributed the final score by shooting a 60. He had a pair of bogeys on holes No. 2 and 4.

Reed Albers’ 66 and Carson Fullenkamp’s 67 did not affect the team’s final.