Tribe boys to face Houston

The Indians received a sixth seed.

But they'll only need to battle a pair of teams that currently have less than 10 wins to put themselves in the district championship.

The OHSAA Division VI Southwest 1 District bracket came out on Sunday and the Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team will open against seventh-seeded Houston in the sectional finals.

The No. 6 seed Indians (6-14) will open their tournament experience at 6 p.m. at Troy on Feb. 20 in the sectional championship against the seventh-seeded Houston (5-14).

The winner will earn a matchup in the district semifinal on Feb. 26. FRHS would face either No. 4 seed Northeastern (9-12) or fifth-seeded Riverside (7-14).

The district championship on March 1 would likely come against No. 2 seed Anna (11-10).

Potential matchups for the regional semi-final come include No. 1 Tri-Village (18-2), No. 2 Country Day (12-8) and No. 3 Felicity-Franklin (11-9) out of the Southwest 2 district. No. 1 Miami Valley Christian Academy (15-4) is likely to be the regional championship opponent.

Kaup qualifies

TROTWOOD, Ohio — Caleb Smith and Carson Fullenkamp swam good enough times on Friday to punch their tickets to the district finals.

One day later, four girls earned spots alongside them.

Joelle Kaup and the 200-yard medley relay team of the Fort Recovery girls swim team will have a date with the district final on Feb. 14 after competing at the OHSAA Division II sectional swim meet at Trotwood on Saturday.

The top first-place finisher in each event and the next 25-best times advance to the district meet at Miami University (OH) to fill out a 32-athlete field. (Only the next 17 best times advanced for relays to fill out the 24-team field.)

Kaup made it in a pair of individual events. The senior swam times of 25.84 seconds in the 50 freestyle and 1 minute, 4.36 seconds in the 100 backstroke to claim third in both events at sectional.

Kaup is listed as the ninth seed in the 50 freestyle and 15th in the backstroke.

She also joins Livy Timmerman, Liza Knapke and Aubrey Shuttleworth on the 200 medley relay team that advanced. Despite only finishing sixth at sectional, their time of 2:10.78 was good enough for the final spot in the district.

Tribe gets fifth

MINSTER, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team placed fifth at the Midwest Athletic Conference tournament Saturday at Community Lanes to finish tied for fourth in the conference.

The Indians entered the tournament with a 4-3 conference record heading into the tournament, before the fifth-place finish tied them with Minster and New Bremen for fourth at 7-7.

Fort Recovery fell to fourth-seeded Versailles in the opening round before topping No. 8 seed Parkway in the semifinal of the consolation side of the bracket. They wrapped up the tournament with a 3-1 win over third-seeded Minster to climb into fourth.

The Tribe will enter postseason play with the sectional tournament on Feb. 13.