Thien, Brown lead in opener

MINSTER, Ohio — The Tribe girls lost a large chunk of its roster that made back-to-back state appearances.

But the girls that returned showed they are ready to compete with the best of them.

The Fort Recovery High School girls bowling team opened the 2025-26 season at the Midwest Athletic Conference singles tournament on Saturday at Community Lanes.

Both Deanna Brown and Lilah Thien made the first and second cuts with 548 and 542 pins over three games, respectively. As the No. 2 and 3 seeds, they faced off in the first semifinal, with Thien beating Brown 216-200.

In the championship match Thien fell to Coldwater’s Brittany Burden 208-204. Brown beat Josie Welling of Coldwater in the consolation match 189-164.

Jadyn Wyerick and Liliana Williams both made the first cut as well. Wyerick finished with 445 pins to place 15th, while Williams’ 432 earned 17th.

Claire Gaerke (22nd – 257 pins), Elizabeth Kahlig (26th – 249) and Malia Grisez (35th – 176) all competed as well but didn’t make it the first cut.

LeFevre leads

MINSTER, Ohio — Reece LeFevre finished as the runner-up for the Fort Recovery boys bowling team in the MAC singles tournament at Community Lanes on Saturday.

LeFevre made it into the top four with a series of 681 pins. He beat Coldwater’s Andrew Myers 247-226 in the semifinal match, but fell to Braylon Brown of Coldwater 244-219 in the championship.

Four more Indians made it past the first cut. Ben Vogel and Leland Wilson finished in 19th and 20th with series of 571 and 566, respectively. Garrett Diller (24th – 549) and Kale Diller (28th – 487) also advanced to roll a third game.

Riley Stammen (33rd – 354), Gabe Acheson (34th – 352), Charlie Stammen (45th – 309) and Pete Guggenbiller (53rd – 174) all competed for Fort Recovery as well.