FR girls roll to win

SIDNEY, Ohio — The Tribe’s top three bowlers on the season only rolled two individual games against the Yellowjackets, but it was enough for the win.

The Fort Recovery High School girls bowling team pulled out a 1,641-1,353 victory over the Sidney Yellowjackets on Saturday at Belmar Lanes.

Deanna Brown threw the best game of the day at 236 pins, while Lilah Thien had 172.

Liliana Williams had the high series for the Indians at 250 pins. A strong second game put Claire Gearke behind her with 237 pins.

FRHS also had series of 234 and 208 from Elizabeth Kahlig and Maleah Grisez, respectively.

There were only two Baker games in the match. Fort Recovery knocked down 304 pins in the short series to just 242.

Rough start

FORT RECOVERY — Fort Recovery’s boys basketball team dropped its second straight contest to the Botkins Trojans on Saturday 56-42.

The Tribe (6-3) had a rough first half as it got outpaced 30-14. Botkins (8-0) scored 20 points in the first quarter alone.

Breaker Jutte was the Indians’ leading scorer with 15 points, while Brody Barga added 11.

Braylon Dilworth added five points in the third quarter, while Douglas Bihn had four points in the first half and Colson Post added four in the second. Grant Fortkamp and Hudson Overman combined for three points, all on free throws.

Eli Pitts led the Trojans with 17 while Will Monnin and James Steinke added 12 apiece.

First loss

CELINA, Ohio, — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team dropped its first match of the year 2,491-2,299 against St. Henry at Plaza Lanes on Saturday.

The Indians (7-1, 3-1 Midwest Athletic Conference) stayed even with St. Henry (5-2, 4-0 MAC) in the Baker games at 811-809 but were too far behind from the individual games.

A.J Siefring posted the high series of 342 pins for the Tribe. He opened with a 205 but slipped with a 137 in his second game. No other Indian bowled more than one game in the match. Gabe Acheson had the second-best game of 177.