FR gets No. 4 seed

The bracket is out. They’ll need a pair of upsets, but the Tribe ought to like their odds at a regional bid.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association released brackets on Tuesday and the Fort Recovery girls basketball team received a No. 4 seed and is matched up with No. 11 Triad in the Division VI Southwest 2 sectional championship to open the postseason.

The Indians (10-10) will travel to Covington to face Triad (4-17) on Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. A victory over the Cardinals would set up a match with the winner of second-seeded West Liberty-Salem and No. 9 seed Fairlawn.

The WLSHS Tigers (13-6) would be the highest seeded team Fort Recovery could face prior to the regional semifinal. The District semifinal would be held at Covington as well on Feb. 18 at approximately 7:30 p.m.

The district championship would be held at Monroe on Feb. 22 with a time to be determined later. Potential opponents include No. 3 seed Arcanum (11-8), which beat FRHS 34-33 in the first week of the season. The Indians could also see fifth-seeded Houston (12-8).

Should the Indians make it back to the regional for the first time since 2011, they would face the winner of the Northwest 5 district, which includes six Midwest Athletic Conference schools.

Evers leads

ARCANUM, Ohio — Gavin Evers scored a season-high 16 points to propel the Fort Recovery boys basketball team past the Arcanum Trojans 48-44 on Saturday.

Evers, who previously only broke double digits three times on the season, hit six shots with at least one in each quarter to get to 16. Briggs Overman followed with 15, netting three buckets in the second and third periods.

Breaker Jutte added nine points, Colson Post had five and Brody Barga scored three to reach the final.

Two Trojans (10-8) reached double figures as Cameron Ball led all scorers with 19 points and Landon Flatter added 17.

The Tribe (6-13) outscored AHS by two points in the first and third periods, while edging it by one in the other quarters.

Eight grade champs

Both of the Jay County Junior High School girls basketball teams made it to the Allen County Athletic Conference basketball tournament final, but only the eight graders pulled out the championship.

The Patriot seventh grade team took down Bluffton 25-24 in the semifinal before losing to Adams Central 35-21 in the championship.

Boo Towell led Jay County against the Tigers with 10 points, while Brenna Weitzel had seven. Bella Barnett, Arabella Link, Ali Luna and Kyla Sims each scored a basket as well.

Towell scored nine points against the Jets. Weitzel, Link and Barnett finished with five, four and three points, respectively.

The eight graders beat Bluffton 51-19 in the semifinal before smothering Southern Wells for a 35-5 victory.

Karsyn Schwieterman led the Patriots in both games with 22 and 24 points, respectively. Against Bluffton, Charlee Peters put up 13 points, Claudia Dirksen had six and Kendall Schemenaur and Alyvia Schwieterman each supported with four.

Dirksen followed Karsyn Schwieterman with five points in the ACAC title game, while Schemenaur had four, Peters scored three and Alyvia Schwieterman added one.