Homan powers FR

SAINT PARIS, Ohio — It took the Indians a bit over a month to pick up their first win. It only took two days to get their second.

The Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team picked up a 53-47 victory over the Graham Local Falcons on Monday, just 48 hours after beating Preble Shawnee.

Bridget Homan dominated the Falcons (7-3) with 24 points. She made four baskets in the first quarter and found the hoop two more times in the second. Homan made four more baskets in the second half while going 4-for-5 at the free-throw line.

Cameron Muhlenkamp followed with 13 points, while Marie Schoenlein had six and Makenna Huelskamp added five. Emma Schmitz and Kayla Gaerke both hit a free throw for the Indians (2-9).

Zoey Cohn’s 14 points led Graham Local and Bailey Britten wasn’t far behind with 12.

Diller dials in

BELLFONTAINE, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team knocked down 4,362 pins to finish as the runner-up at the BHS Classic Tournament at T.P. Lanes on Monday.

Coldwater won the tournament with 4,407 pins, just 45 ahead of the Indians.

Garrett Diller had a phenomenal day, rolling games of 250, 233 and 223 for a 706 series. Only Coldwater’s Carter Miller (720) and Riverside’s Cooper Crouch (709) finished ahead of Diller.

Reece LeFevre joined Diller on the all-tournament team with a 698 series by throwing games of 206, 245 and 247. Anthony Roessner was the only other Indian to bowl three games, finishing with a 582 series.

Gabe Acheson bowled the first two games, putting up scores of 200 and 139 before Leland Wilson finished with a 217.

A.J. Siefring started the day with 173 pins before Riley Stammen took over to bowl a 235 and 173.

During the six Baker games, the Tribe totaled 1,266 with a high of 257. 

Girls get third

BELLFONTAINE, Ohio — The Fort Recovery girls bowling finished third by knocking down 3,482 pins at the BHS Classic Tournament at T.P. Lanes on Monday.

Bellfontaine won their tournament with 4,012 pins, while Coldwater finished second in the 13-team field with 3,731.

Jadyn Wyerick had a strong day with scores of 205 pins, 160 and 167. Her 532-pin series came up 18 short of the final all-tournament team spot, which went to Makylee Lot of Lima Senior.

Lilah Thien shot games of 205, 149 and 176 to finish two pins behind Wyerick. Deanna Brown also rolled three games, recording a 517 series.

In two games apiece, Claire Gaerke threw 136 and 158, while Liliana Williams had 151 and 135. Elizabeth Kahlig knocked over 145 in her lone game. Multiple Indians combined to shoot a 131 as well.

Fort Recovery got 1,047 pins from the six Baker games, the high of which was 225.

Tribe finishes 17th

LIMA, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s swim teams competed in the Bluffton Holiday Invitational at Lima YMCA on Tuesday with both the boys and girls finishing 17th.

The Tribe girls secured 18 points for the 17th-place finish out of 21 teams while the boys had 17 points. The Ottawa Glandorf girls claimed the meet with 322 points, while Bryan’s 317 claimed the boys competition.

The Tribe had three top-10 finishes. Two came from Caleb Smith in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 25.08 seconds and in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:11.57.

On the girls side, Livy Timmerman swam a 28.32 to finish 10th in the 50 freestyle. She also earned points by finishing 14th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:03.61.

Carson Fullenkamp scored the remaining three points by placing 14th in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:07.90.

Claire Wenning had the only other points for the girls as her 3:02.40 swim in the 200 IM netted her 15th.