Tribe boys lose to Lancers

VAN WERT, Ohio — The Lancers put up 17 points right away on the Indians.

From there, the Tribe had an uphill battle and despite getting it close by the end of the third quarter, it couldn’t finish the job.

Fort Recovery High School’s boys basketball team fell to the Lincolnview Lancers 52-46 on Friday.

The Indians (3-6) were outpaced 17-9 in the first quarter with Kreston Tow leading the way with seven for Lincolnview (4-5). FRHS got its points on buckets by Briggs Overman, Brody Barga and Gavin Evers and three free throws by Breaker Jutte.

At the intermission, Fort Recovery trailed by 11 points.

The Tribe started to mount a comeback in the third quarter, outsourcing LHS 14-7. Colson Post provided five points in the quarter, including a 3-point field goal. Grant Fortkamp, Douglas Bihn and Barga all added a bucket as well.

The Indians’ effort just came up short as the Lancers put the game away at the free throw line.

Lincolnview hit 7-of-8 foul shots in the period and added four more hoops to secure its lead.

Fort Recovery made six shots in the period, including two apiece from Jutte and Fortkamp, but it just wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit.

Barga finished as the Indians’ leading scorer with 12 points, followed by Jutte with eight and Post with seven. Both Overman and Fortkamp put up six points while Evers and Bihn rounded out the scoring with five and two, respectively.

Lincolnview had three players reach double figures. Chayse Overholt’s 15 points led all scorers. Max Hammons followed behind with 14, while Tow had 12.

The Indians have now dropped three consecutive games. The Tribe opened up the year with a trio of defeats as well before rattling off three victories, including its only Midwest Athletic Conference game to this point in the season against Parkway.

FRHS will return to the court today as they face Botkins before a trio of MAC games against New Bremen, St. Henry and Minster.