Tribe stumps St. John’s in second quarter for win

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians struggled to stop the Bluejays in the first quarter.

In the second, the visitors couldn’t buy a bucket against the Indians, leading to a Tribe victory.

Despite giving up 14 3-point baskets, the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team pulled out a 61-46 victory over the St. John’s Bluejays for its first Midwest Athletic Conference win of the season Monday.

The Indians (4-6, 1-3 MAC) gave up six threes to St. John’s (0-10, 0-4 MAC) in the first period, while totalling only nine points themselves off a trio of Karlie Niekamp baskets and a Makenna Huelskamp triple.

FRHS came back in the second period, not allowing a single Bluejay point while amassing 18 on six made field goals to take a 27-18 lead into the intermission.

Niekamp led the way for Fort Recovery with a season-high 21 points on 10 made shots. Huelskamp followed with 16 points and Kennedy Muhlenkamp added 11. Rounding out the score was Bridget Homan with nine and Cameron Muhlenakamp and Madie Schoenlein with two points each.

SJHS hit 14 threes, while only making one shot inside the arc. Aubrey Fairchild led the way with 21 points to match Niekamp, while Megan Kerner followed with 14.

Grieshop leads

NEW BREMEN, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team cruised to a 2,879-2,095 win over the Parkway Panthers to stay undefeated in MAC matches on Saturday at Speedway Lanes.

Riley Grieshop put up the high score for the Indians (3-4, 2-0 MAC), rolling a 245 in the second individual game. He threw a 179 in the first to finish with a 212 pin average.

A.J. Siefring and Anthony Roessner also had games that eclipsed 200. Siefring opened with a 187 before bouncing back with a 227, while Roessner was inserted into the lineup for the second game in which he knocked down 220 pins.

Other individual bowlers included Eli Lennartz with 371 pins, Gabe Acheson with 341 and Garrett Diller who had 142 in the first game.

Parkway’s best game of 186 pins came from Joshua Hague.

Fort Recovery also dominated the Panthers (2-8, 0-2 MAC) 967-630 in baker. FRHS rolled a 205 and 218 in the first two games.

Tribe wins

NEW BREMEN, Ohio — A collective effort from the Fort Recovery girls bowling team led the Tribe to a 2,522-1,932 victory over the Parkway Panthers at Speedway Lanes on Saturday.

Jadyn Wyerick rolled the best game of the Indians (3-1, 2-0 MAC) at 195 after being inserted for the second game.

Deanna Brown finished with the best average pinfall at 186.5 pins after putting up scores of 181 and 192.

Other bowlers who contributed include Kayla Heitkamp (316 pins), Lilah Thien (311), Emily Lauber (153) and Ella Schoen (139).

Parkway’s high game came from Ashtlynn Muhlenkamp with just 147 pins.

The Tribe also handled the Panthers (1-5, 0-1 MAC) in the baker matches 906-667 thanks to a 211-pin second game and a 247 in the fifth.