Tribe takes down Bulldogs in five innings

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians just scraped a run across in the third inning. In the fourth, the runs poured in with ease.

The Fort Recovery ACME baseball team beat the Celina Bulldogs 12-0 in five innings during Tuesday’s regular season finale.

Reece Wendel scored the first run in the third inning on a Dylan Klenke groundout.

The flood gates opened in the fourth with runs scoring on a Jett Tobe single, a bases-clearing double by Wendel, an Alex Gaerke double, a single by Klenke, Ian McCain’s double, a Garrett Diller base hit and a triple from Tobe.

Klenke earned the win after throwing the first two innings and giving up zero runs on four hits. Gaerke and Wendel pitched in relief, giving up a combined two hits and one walk.

The Tribe (5-2) will host Marion Local in the first round of the ACME playoffs on Thursday at 4:15 p.m.

Four compete

FISHERS — The Jay County Winter Swim team had four athletes compete at the Swimming Open Water State Championships on Tuesday at Geist Waterfront Park.

Cooper Glentzer, who competed in the event for the first time in 2024, and Carson Westgerdes competed in the 15-and-older boys 1,600-meter race. Cooper Glentzer posted a time of 20 minutes, 3.97 seconds to claim 19th place. Westgerdes’ 21:38.38 earned a 24th-place finish.

Grant Glentzer earned the highest spot of all the competitors as he took 17th in the 13-14-year-old boys 1,200 race with a time of 16:37.64.

As the lone girl representing Jay County, Addisyn Champ took 21st with a time of 12:22.53.

Loys splits

Loys and Local 1620 split a pair of games in Portland Junior League Sandy Koufax baseball play on Tuesday.

Loys took the first game 6-3 before falling 9-5 in the second contest.

Sam Wiggins led the offense for Loys in game No. 1 with four RBIs on a pair of home runs.

David McKee earned the win on the mound after striking out six batters and not surrendering an earned run over four innings pitched.

Cooper Reynolds and Tyan Rodgers had the only RBIs for Loys in the second game of the doubleheader, the former driving a run in with a double and the latter on a single.

Wiggins suffered the loss after giving up two earned runs in one inning of work.

Walk-off win

Tuck Hemmelgarn delivered a two-RBI single in the eighth inning to help Kiwanis walk-off PG14 11-10 in the opening round of the Portland Junior League Willie Mayes baseball tournament on Tuesday.

Along with the walk-off single, Tuck Hemmelgarn had two doubles and another base hit to total three RBIs and two runs scored. Sawyer Hemmelgarn and Klay Farmer followed with two RBIs apiece on three doubles and a triple, respectively.

Corbin Brown powered the PG14 offense as he drove in four of the 10 runs on a pair of hits.

Ashton Conn, Parker Huntsman and Liam Ridenour provided nice lifts at the plate as well in the loss.

Lions Club wins

Lions Club beat Southern Thunder 18-5 in Tuesday’s Portland Junior League Willie Mayes baseball tournament opener.

Madden Barnett led the way for Lions Club with a triple and a double, while Drew Lingo smacked a pair of doubles. Reid Wendel also managed multiple hits in the contest.

Corbin Hutzler had the only extrabase hit for Southern Thunder as he had a double and a single in the loss.