Tribe bowling teams open up with losses

CELINA, Ohio — The Tribe girls returned four bowlers from a team that made a state run last season.

The boys came in knowing they could be looking at a rebuilding year.

Neither team got off to the start they would have liked.

The Fort Recovery High School bowling teams fell to the Memorial Roughriders at Plaza Lanes on Saturday. The girls came up one pin short as Memorial claimed a 2,311-2,310 victory and the Indians fell 2,717-2,369 on the boys side.

Kayla Heitkamp finished as the top bowler on the girls side, rolling a team-high 350 pins for a 175 average during individual games. She opened with a 148 before picking things up for a 202 in the second.

Emily Lauber was the only other Indian to come within single digits of the 200-pin mark, shooting a 191 and 151.

Rounding out scores during the individual matches were Deanna Brown with games of 170 and 148, Ella Schoen with 136 and 173, freshman Lilah Thien with a 123, and an unnamed bowler with a game of 126.

The Tribe (0-1) knocked down 742 pins during baker play, while Memorial totalled 791. FRHS opened with its high game at 157 pins.

Returner Gabe Acheson put together the strongest day for the boys with games of 188 and 209 pins for a 198.5 average.

Garrett Diller and Drew Backs also threw two games each, totalling 293 and 290, respectively.

Riley Grieshop and Anthony Roessner shot 165 and 152 for the Indians (0-1) in the first game, while Reece LeFevre and another bowler put up 161 and 121 in the second.

The boys had tallied 790 pins in baker, with a high third game of 168.