Evers leads Tribe past Cavs

CELINA, Ohio — The Indians had their first slip up of the past two seasons on Thursday as they lost a Midwest Athletic Conference match to the Minster Wildcats.

The very next time out on the links, the Tribe righted the ship.

Fort Recovery High School’s girls golf team bounced back from its first MAC loss of the past two seasons with a 197-204 win over the Coldwater Cavaliers at the Mercer County Elks on Monday.

Mallory Evers led the way for the Indians (5-1, 3-1 MAC) by shooting a 48 that earned her match medalist honors.

Both Olivia Knapke and Evvie Briner finished right on Evers’ heels with rounds of 49.

Georgia Wenning rounded out the team’s score by carding a 51.

LeFevre leads

Reece LeFevre secured match medalist honors for the first time since Aug. 14 to lead the Fort Recovery boys golf team to a 173-184 victory over the Coldwater Cavaliers on Monday at Portland Golf Club.

LeFevre earned match medalist honors in the first six contests of the year before a trio of matches where he finished second (despite two of them being in the 30s). His round of 37 – he made one birdie and seven pars – got him back atop the match.

Caleb Smith followed behind with a 44, which beat out Coldwater’s leader, Bryant Evans, by one stroke.

Garrett Diller and Luke Fortkamp rounded out the team score for the Indians (6-3, 3-2 MAC) with 46 strokes apiece.

Andrew Rehmert shot a 47 and Carson Fullenkamp carded a 48 that didn’t affect the final.

Towell leads

The Jay County High School girls golf team is still searching for a second win after falling to the Bluffton Tigers 187-212 at Portland Golf Club on Monday.

Bailey Towell led the way for the Patriots (1-5, 1-3 Allen County Athletic Conference) with her second consecutive round of 48. Towell pared the second hole and supported it with four bogeys.

Alexa Ridenour had the best match of her career to shoot a 51. The highlight of her match was a birdie on hole No. 1.

The final two scores came from Erin Aker with a 54 and Elizabeth Brunswick with a 59.

Crystal Swartzentruber and Reny Lingo both carded 61s that didn’t affect the final.

Bruins shutout

Jay County’s junior varsity football team cruised past the Blackford Bruins 44-0 in Monday’s season opener.

The Patriots (1-0) scored three times in the first quarter. The first time, quarterback Brady Millspaugh rushed 55 yards to put the ball in himself. They soon after took Blackford (0-1) down in the endzone for a safety before Millspaugh connected with Rayden Sollars for a 33-yard score.

They put up 21 points in the second quarter on two Layne VanNote rushes and a Walter Campofiore reception.

The Patriots slowed down in the second half with the only touchdown coming on a goal-line keeper by Millspaugh.

Blackford finished the game with -20 yards of offense, while the Patriots had 242.