Indians’ skid hits four

BOTKINS — The Indians opened with three straight losses.

Then they won three in a row.

They’re back in the midst of the wrong kind of streak.

Fort Recovery High School’s boys basketball team fell 62-49 Saturday to the Botkins Trojans for their fourth straight loss.

The game got away from the Indians (3-7) in the third quarter when they got doubled up 18-9. The result was a 42-25 deficit after they had trailed by eight at halftime.

Grant Fortkamp was the only FRHS player to reach double figures as he scored 19 points. A dozen of those points came in the fourth quarter while the other seven were in the first.

Breaker Jutte followed Fortkamp for the Indians, scoring all of his even points in the second half. Briggs Overman and Brody Barga had six points apiece.

Fort Recovery will be on the road again Friday at New Bremen before playing its first home game of 2025 on Jan. 14 against St. Henry.