Tribe picks up second MAC win over Minster

MINSTER, Ohio — With a one-point deficit at half, the Indians’ fourth conference game could have gone either way, but a strong second half helped them prevail.

The Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team pulled out a 63-51 victory over the Division VII No. 7 Minster Wildcats on Friday.

Minster got off to a 15-10 lead by the first quarter break, but the Tribe fought back to go into halftime trailing 25-24.

They took advantage of a strong third quarter, in which Hudson Overman scored six points while Breaker Jutte, Brody Barga and Grant Fortkamp each had four, to take a 5-point lead. Jutte and Overman went to work in the fourth period to secure the victory for Fort Recovery (8-4, 2-2 Midwest Athletic Conference). Jutte finished with a game-high 20 points, while Overman had 19. Barga also reached double figures with 12.

Cole McClurg was the leading scorer for the Wildcats (7-6, 0-4 MAC) with 17 points. Beck Stephey had 12 as well.

FR girls fell

FORT RECOVERY — Fort Recovery’s girls bowling team fell 43 pins short of Memorial at Miracle Lanes on Friday in a 2,375-2,332 defeat.

Jadyn Wyerick put together the best day for the Indians (8-2) rolling games of 178 and 220 for a 398 series. Deanna Brown also broke the 200-pin mark in her first game with a 214. She followed with a 159 for a 373 series.

The only other Tribe bowler to roll two games was Lilah Thien, who had a 291 series.

Other individual game scores came from Lilliana Williams (139), Claire Gaerke (121), Malia Grisez (121) and Elizabeth Kahlig (114).

The Tribe edged out the Roughriders in the Baker series 775-764, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a strong set of second games.

Roessner leads

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team failed to defend its home lanes as the Memorial Roughriders claimed a 2,946-2,683 victory over the Indians at Miracle Lanes on Friday.

The best day came from Anthony Roessner as games of 209 and 190 added up to a 399 series. Memorial had three bowlers roll better than Roessner with Will Ross leading the way at 478 pins.

Reece LeFevre and Gabe Acheson both threw a pair of games for Fort Recovery (9-2). Acheson’s 202 helped him to a 381, while LeFevre had 363 pins.

Other individual scores came from Garrett Diller (196) and A.J. Siefring (158).

The Tribe couldn’t keep up with the Roughriders in the Baker games either, falling 966-859.

Just missed

FORT WAYNE — Jay County’s boys wrestling team lost a heartbreaker to the Homestead Spartans 40-39 on Thursday.

The Patriots (12-7) won six of the 12 contested matches with four pins, a tech fall and a major decision.

Jay County first got on the board with Jacob Robinson racking up a 23-7 lead on Christopher Saine for the tech fall 4 minutes, 29 seconds into the 157-pound match.

Caleb Sibray immediately followed with a 17-4 victory in the 165 contest over Brandon Pinkston.

Bryan Fields, Spencer Smitley, Alexander Rivers and Jason Landers all secured victories via fall.

Fields handled Caleb Grayless in the 175 match in 1:36. Smitley won the 285 weight class in 3:15. Rivers needed 1:13  to get the fall on Bryson Eng in the 126 match. Landers wrapped up the match against Nolan Mangan in the 138 contest, pinning the Spartan in 1:06 to leave JCHS one point short.

Tribe lost

FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team couldn’t keep up with the Division VI No. 6 Minster Wildcats in the first half as it fell 56-30 on Thursday.

The Indians (2-12, 0-5 MAC) gave up 33 points in the first two quarters, more than they scored the entire game, while only finding the hoop five times for 14 first-half points. They stayed closer in the second half only getting outscored 23-16.

Cameron Muhlenkamp led the Tribe with 14 points. She hit two shots in each of the final three periods, including a pair of threes in the fourth.

Makenna Huelskamp followed with six points, while Maddie Schoenlein and Ivy Tobe each had three and Emma Schmitz and Brynn Huntsman added two apiece.

FRHS was without starting guard Paisley Hart and only got one quarter out of Bridget Homan in the loss.

Josephine Hoying and Charlie Wolf both reached double figures for the Wildcats (13-3, 4-1 MAC). The former led with 15 points, while the latter added 12.