Tribe basketball falls in second half

BRADFORD, Ohio — Staunch defense gave the Indians a 9-point lead going into the intermission.

A rocky third quarter got the Railroaders back into it and a slippery fourth gave it away.

Despite nearly a double-digit lead at half time, the Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team couldn’t hold on to beat the Bradford Railroaders on Saturday, falling 53-48.

The Indians (0-3) controlled the first two quarters, scoring 13 and 9 respectively with six points from Grant Fortkamp and Gavin Evers. On the other end of the floor, FRHS only gave up 13 first-half points on four made field goals and five free throws.

Things turned in the third quarter, when the Railroaders (2-2) dropped 17 points with strong efforts from Owen Canan and Rallie Wirrig. Both finished with a game-high 16 points. Fort Recovery only managed eight points in the period, leaving the teams tied at 30 heading into the fourth.

Bradford put FRHS away with 23 points scored, including eight from Canan. The Tribe scored 17 in the fourth quarter, including six from Briggs Overman, but the damage was done on the other end of the floor.

Evers’ 12 points led the Indians, while Fortkamp and Overman followed with 11 and 10, respectively.

Schoen shines

FORT RECOVERY — Ella Schoen rolled a pair of strong games as the Fort Recovery girls bowling team won its Midwest Athletic Conference opener 2,664-1,846 at Miracle Lanes on Saturday.

Schoen opened her day by knocking down 211 pins, and improved in the second for a match-high 236.

Emily Lauber and Deanna Brown also broke the 200-pin mark in the first game. Lauber rolled a 230, while Brown had a 207. They slowed down in the second game, finishing with a 182 and 161, respectively.

Kayla Heitkamp and Saidy DeRoo added 327 and 256 total pins to round out the individual games.

The Tribe (2-1, 1-0 MAC) added another 854 pins in the baker games.

Maggie Frey finished as the top bowler for the Flyers (0-3, 0-1 MAC) with 283 pins between the two individual games.

Tribe rolls

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team had no trouble picking up its first MAC win of the season Saturday, as it beat the Marion Local Flyers 2,836-2,439.

A.J. Siefring eclipsed 200 pins in both individual games for 409 total and a 204.5 average.

Anthony Roessner rolled the high game of the day of 232. Gabe Acheson had the next-best game at 226, before finishing the second game with a 164.

Riley Greishop added 359 pins for Fort Recovery (2-4, 1-0 MAC). Bowling in one game each were Reece LeFevre (168), Eli Lennartz (159) and Drew Backs (144).

The Tribe averaged 195 pins over the five baker games, with the high coming in the fourth game at 212 pins.

Isaac Bruns put together the strongest day for Marion Local (0-3, 0-1 MAC) with 339 pins.