Eels clobber during opener

FORT RECOVERY — The Eels started their season off with a complete domination of the Stingrays.

The Fort Recovery Eels finished first in 50 events to beat the Darke County Stingrays 736-442 during Tuesday’s season opener.

The Eels (1-0) had five tankers win a trio of individual events.

Caleb Smith and Carson Fullenkamp cleaned up well in the 15-and-older division. Smith claimed the 50-meter freestyle, 50 breaststroke and 50 backstroke, while Fullenkamp came out on top in the 100 freestyle, 100 individual medley and 50 butterfly.

Another 15-and-older swimmer, Livy Timmerman, won the 100 IM, 100 freestyle and 50 backstroke.

One age division down, Isla Kaiser claimed wins in the 13-14-year-old girls 100 IM, 50 freestyle and 50 butterfly. Rozlyn Diller also won a trio of events in the 11-12-year-old girls division in the 100 IM, 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke.

The Eels also performed well in the relays, winning 12 events.

Double event winners were Ivan Boeckman, Liza Knapke, Helena Roessner, Emma Timmerman, Maddy Timmerman, Sammi Vagedes, Hailey Wenning and Owen Wenning.

Klenke leads

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians bowed out one week short of the state tournament during the high school season.

When they got to lace their cleats back up for the summer season, they got right back to work with a five-inning win.

The Fort Recovery ACME baseball team pulled off a 12-2 victory over the Coldwater Junior ACME team in Tuesday’s season opener.

Dylan Klenke powered the offensive effort with five RBIs. He delivered a bases-clearing triple in the first inning, an RBI double in the third and a single that drove in a run in the fourth.

Colson Post pitched for Fort Recovery (1-0), throwing four innings. He gave up two runs on two hits in the win. He also struck out five batters.

Reece LeFevre threw the final inning, in which he gave up one hit and zero runs.

POET (Cook)ed

Cook’s Nursery took down POET 14-7 on Tuesday in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball play.

Bryson Berry, Duke Steed, Steven Robbins, Waylon Huelskamp and Griffin Halfner all led the offensive charge for Cook’s Nursery by going 3-for-3 at the plate. Berry, Steed and Robbins all scored three runs, Huelskamp crossed home plate two and Halfner made his way around the basepaths once.

Nolan Homan matched the offensive production by going 3-for-3 for POET. He also provided two runs.

James Bruggeman, Logan Mikulski and Mason Pfeifer all went 2-for-2 to support Homan’s effort.

PG14 outhit

Despite getting outhit 9-4 by the Lions, PG14 came away with a 12-8 victory in Portland Junior League Willie Mayes baseball Tuesday.

While PG14 only collected four hits, they accounted for five RBIs. Ashton Conn hit a two-RBI triple, while Liam Ridenour smacked a two-run double. Trey Hirshy drove in a run with a single, while Micah Davis collected the final hit. Conn led the team with three runs scored as well.

Lions Club got a strong offensive output from Kasen Rowles in the game as he had three RBIs and two runs on a double and two singles.

Gabe Lutes drove in two runs as well with a double, while Hunter Hamilton and Jacob Ellington had an RBI each.

Lodge wins

Masonic Lodge had no shortage of offense as it beat Kiwanis 16-1 in Portland Junior League Willie Mayes baseball play on Tuesday.

Emerson Cavanaugh led the way for Masonic Lodge with four RBIs on a double and two singles.

Carson Pryor and Blake King both collected their first hits of the season, doubles that drove in a pair of runs. Brantly Robinson also had a two-RBI double, while Khoden Bentz drove in a pair on a walk and a single.

Oaklin Blunk had the lone RBI for Kiwanis, as his single drove in Owen Clemmens.

Fenning leads

In a Portland Junior League Sandy Koufax matchup on Tuesday, Local 1620 came out on top of Optimist 12-7.

Grant Fenning put in work for Local 1620, finishing 2-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs on a triple and a double, while also spending four innings on the mound, where he collected seven strikeouts.

Bryce VanSkyock took Local 1620 the rest of the way with four strikeouts over two innings pitched.

Koltyn Garringer and Blake Jellison each drove in two runs, while Easton Steed provided one.

Andrew Day led the way for Optimist at the plate. He went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double and a single for three RBIs. He also pitched the final inning striking out two batters.

Varen Ridgeway also had a solid offensive performance with a double and a single that collected two RBIs.

Trio powers

Patriot Auto Sales pulled off a 10-9 win over Pioneer Packaging on Tuesday in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball.

Kolsen McDavid, Eli Smith and Dietrich Par led Patriot Auto Sales. McDavid slashed two singles and a double, Smith crushed an inside-the-park home run and a double and Par had a pair of singles. Each had one RBI.

Jack Johnson was one of Pioneer Packaging’s offensive leaders with an RBI in three at bats.