Grapplers earn 2nd

FORT WAYNE — The Patriots followed up a tough week with a runner-up finish.

The Jay County High School boys wrestling team took second place at the Wild Bill Invitational hosted by Concordia Lutheran on Saturday.

The Patriots earned 227 points, falling short of Snider’s 252.5 for the title.

Jay County had a pair of champions in Sylas Wenk and Bryan Fields.

Wenk won the 120-pound championship match against Churubusco’s Tristen Heath with a pin in 47 seconds. Fields needed 3 minutes 32 seconds to claim the 175 title over Kyle Warrix of CHS.

Alex Rivers (126-pound bracket) and Caleb Sibray (165) both earned second place in their respective weight classes.

Jay County also had five  wrestlers finish third, one claim fourth and two place sixth.

Still perfect

COLDWATER, Ohio — Fort Recovery’s girls bowling team is still perfect in the Midwest Athletic Conference after beating the New Bremen Cardinals 2,561-2,157 at Pla-Mor Lanes on Saturday.

A 216-pin  game led Deanna Brown to the high series of the day at 411.

Liliana Williams and Lilah Thien also beat out the top bowler for New Bremen (3-6, 2-3 MAC), Summer Kuenning shot a 324, with series of 367 and 366.

Jadyn Wyerick also rolled two games for the Indians (9-2, 5-0 MAC) posting scores of 171 and 149.

With just one individual game each, Elizabeth Kahlig added 159 pins for the Tribe while Malia Grisez had 147.

Fort Recovery flirted with 200 pins in the first Baker game while winning the series 791-728.

Can’t slow Perrott

CONVOY, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys basketball team couldn’t slow down Hayden Perrott as the Knight dropped 32 points for Crestview in Saturday’s 65-61 loss.

Perrott found the hoop nine times and hit 12 free throws to power the Knights (9-6). He had seven or more points in each period with the second quarter being his best with a pair of 3-pointers, a 2-point bucket and one free throw.

Three of the Indians (8-5) reached double figures in the game. Colson Post had a career day with 18 points, all of which came from triples.

Breaker Jutte and Hudson Overman both added 15 points, with the latter doing all of his damage in the second half.

Brody Barga was one point away from breaking double digits, while Braylon Dilworth had three points and Grant Fortkamp added one.

Tribe falls

COLDWATER, Ohio — The Fort Recovery boys bowling team fell at Pla-Mor Lanes on Saturday to the New Bremen Cardinals 2,711-2,675.

Reece LeFevre had a massive day for the Indians (9-3, 4-2 MAC), rolling games of 235 and 234 pins for the match-high series of 469.

The rest of the Tribe couldn’t keep up as Anthony Roessner had a 347-pin series, Garrett Diller rolled a 325 and A.J. Siefring shot 323.

Leland Wilson had 178 pins in one game of work, while Gabe Acheson rolled a 139.

Vinny Goings led the Cardinals (5-5, 3-3 MAC) with a 408 series.

New Bremen also won the five Baker games 957-894.