Tribe accepts playoff berth

After a 49-7 defeat at the hands of Minster, the Indians thought their season was over.

Injuries to other teams and some other teams declining opened the door for the Tribe.

The Fort Recovery High School football team accepted a spot as the No. 16 seed in the OHSAA Division VI Regional 28 tournament on Sunday.

The Indians will travel to Maria Stein face off against top-seeded, No. 1 Marion Local on Friday at 7 p.m.

After going 2-8 during the regular season, the Tribe football team finished 18th in the computer rankings at 2.6 points. (Lockland had 4.0517 points but was placed at the bottom of the list due to previously stating they would not compete in the playoffs due to the lack of healthy players according to a report by WCPO 9 Cincinnati.)

Fort Recovery was able to accept the spot after Cedarville and New Miami declined to take the 16 seed.

During the regular season, the Flyers beat FRHS 62-0. Should the Indians pull off the upset, they would get the winner of the Nov. 8 game in which eighth-seeded Waynesfield-Goshen faces off against No. 9 seed Tri-Village.