Tribe volleyball ends season with a victory

FORT RECOVERY — The Tribe finished up its final Midwest Athletic Conference match of the season and had one last opportunity to put another win in its record before the postseason.

The Indians didn’t let the opportunity go to waste.

Fort Recovery High School’s volleyball team picked up a 25-21, 25-15, 26-24 victory over the Tri-Village Patriots on Saturday to cap off the regular season.

Cameron Muhlenkamp led the Tribe (10-12) with 12 kills while adding 17 digs, one block and one ace. Brynn Willmann followed with eight kills and Bridget Homan added seven.

FRHS also dropped 12 aces on the Patriots (11-11). Kayden Ranly had the best day behind the service line with half of the team’s aces.

Ranly also had a team-high 27 assists and dug out 12 balls. Kayla Gaerke led the Indians with 18 digs.

Fort Recovery blocked seven of Tri-Village’s shots. Willmann led at the net with four blocks, while Homan sent three shots back.

FRHS will open up the postseason on Wednesday, when it travels to Newton Local for the sectional final against the 15th-seeded Riverside.

Tribe takes seventh

COLDWATER, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys cross country team finished seventh in the Midwest Athletic Conference hosted by Coldwater on Saturday, while the girls fell one runner short of scoring.

The Tribe finished with 182 points to place seventh, while Versailles won with 24 points. (Minster won the girls race with 55.)

Alex Roessner paced the boys with a time of 17 minutes, 33.27 seconds to claim 17th place. Reece Diller (18:17.49) and Gavin Heitkamp (18:46.06) both finished in the top 50 as well by crossing in 35th and 49th.

Other scores for the boys came from Andon Roessner (52nd – 18:54.01) and Andrew Rehmert (61st – 19:11.43).

While the girls didn’t score as a team, three of the Indians finished in the top 50. Makenna Huelskamp paced the Tribe with a 20:27.84 that placed 11th. Riley Heitkamp crossed the line in 16th with a time of 21:15.07. Madison Heitkamp claimed 41st in 22:40.18.

Claire Grube finished 85th in 26:27.16.