New-look Indians keep on rolling

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Tribe lost plenty of girls that made back-to-back state appearances.

But what has returned and the new additions seem to be doing just fine.

The Fort Recovery High School girls bowling team took home the crown from the Division II Ohio High School State Invitational Kick-off Tournament at H.P. Lanes on Saturday.

FRHS totaled 2,494 pins in the qualifying round to enter bracket play as the No. 9 seed.

They faced Midwest Athletic Conference rival Versailles in the opening round, winning 442-401. Three strong games led the Indians past top seeded Memorial 527-491 before beating another MAC foe in Coldwater 493-446.

The Tribe got ahead of second-seeded Napoleon early with a game of 150 pins and followed it up with 140. A final game of 170 secured a 460-425 victory in the championship.

Deanna Brown had the second-best individual series of 592 pins to make the all-tournament team. She rolled the highest game of any girl with 235 pins.

Lilah Thien finished with a 464 series for 22nd place while Jadyn Wyerick took 32nd with a 438.

Third at Western

RUSSIAVILLE — The Jay County High School boys wrestling team finished third at the Western Super Six duals on Saturday.

The Patriots (4-2) won its first three matches of the day. They beat Logansport 62-16 in the opener before stomping Carroll 62-12 in the second round. They just got past host Western 45-32 in the third round.

JCHS fell to eventual champion Harrison in the fourth round 61-15. It dropped the final match of the day 43-33 to Madison-Grant.

Corbin Lothridge was the only undefeated Patriot on the day. He pinned Noah Shue of Western in the 113-pound match and later took down Liam Clouse of MGHS in the 106 bout in 32 seconds.

Finishing 4-1 on the day were Jason Landers (138 weight class) and Caleb Sibray (165). No. 17 Alan Ortiz went 3-1 in the 285 weight class, while Sylas Wenk did the same in the 120 matches.

Fell in first

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s boys bowling team finished ninth at the Division II Ohio High School State Invitational Kick-off Tournament at H.P. Lanes on Saturday.

They tallied 2,939 pins to come out of the qualifying round in third place tied with Napoleon.

The tribe faltered in the opening round of bracket play, falling 532-503 with games of 160, 173 and 170 pins to 14th seeded Bucyrus.

Anthony Roessner had the high series for the Tribe at 577, which placed 12th. He finished five pins behind Coldwater’s Andrew Schulze for the final spot on the all-tournament team.

Gabe Acheson rolled the high game for the Tribe with 243 pins.

Rowles leads

KENDALLVILLE — The Jay County High School girls wrestling team earned 94 points to tie host East Noble for seventh place at the East Noble Girls Invitational on Saturday.

Out of the five varsity wrestlers, No. 6 Katie Rowles was the only to win her bracket. She rolled through her first three opponents in the 100-pound bracket before pinning Annalise Sanches of New Haven in 1 minute, 9 seconds.

No. 8 Amara Crawford, Maleah Parsons and Madison Gage all claimed third in their respective brackets. All three girls lost to wrestlers ranked first or second with Crawford falling to No. 2 Laine Peppler in the 170 weight class, Parsons losing to No. 1 Naima Ghaffar in the 135 bracket and Gage getting defeated by No. 2 Rhaigyn Trenary in the 155 semifinal.

Kelly Jones also competed in the 140 weight class but did not place.