Flood Watch issued August 19 at 7:53PM EDT until August 20 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana, including the following counties, Fayette, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Preble, Shelby and Union.
* WHEN...Through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Repeated rounds of storms, combined with the extremely wet soil conditions will increase the risk for flash flooding into the overnight hours.

Flood Warning issued August 19 at 8:49PM EDT until August 19 at 11:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Southeastern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Southern Logan County in west central Ohio... Central Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1145 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 848 PM EDT, local law enforcement and emergency management reported flooding in the warned area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Sidney, Bellefontaine, Newport, West Liberty, Anna, Fort Loramie, De Graff, Quincy, Port Jefferson, Valley Hi, Zanesfield, Maplewood, Pemberton, Logansville, Mcmorran, Swanders, Pickrelltown, New Jerusalem and Lake Loramie State Park.

Flood Advisory issued August 19 at 6:33PM EDT until August 19 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Southern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Logan County in west central Ohio... Northern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1030 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 633 PM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... New Bremen, Minster, Jackson Center, Russells Point, Botkins, Lakeview, Huntsville, Kettlersville, Montra, Mccartyville, Lewistown and Egypt.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

Off to a good start

Indians improve to 4-0 with sweep of Bulldogs

By Gary R. Rasberry

Photo by Nick Wenning/The Daily Standard

Fort Recovery's Whitley Rammel (19) and Marissa Gaerke (2) team up to block the ball hit by Celina's Payton Bertke during Tuesday's volleyball match at Fort Site Fieldhouse.

FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery volleyball coach Travis Guggenbiller said his team still needed to work on some things after Tuesday's game with Celina.

Those things didn't seem to hamper the Indians as they improved to 4-0 with a 25-12, 25-18, 25-12 win over the Bulldogs at Fort Site Fieldhouse. The loss dropped Celina to 4-2 and snapped a three-match winning streak.

"We've been really trying to start off stronger," said Guggenbiller. "That showed in the first set, but (in the second set) it showed that we had some areas to work on, but the girls worked hard tonight."

The Indians jumped out quickly in the first set, getting the side-out right away. Hope Wendel served up six straight points to give the Indians a 7-0 lead. Marissa Gaerke followed with a five-point run that made the score 12-1. Until Amelia Lutz served up three straight aces, the only points Celina scored came on either hitting errors or service errors by the Indians. The Bulldogs managed just two service rotations that lasted more than one serve in the set.

The second set was a bit more competitive as the teams combined for nine ties and four lead change. Thanks to two aces by Chloe McNeilan and a kill by Lutz, Celina was up 9-6 before the Indians started to come back. Wendel had three service points and later Madelyn Knapke had two points that helped Fort Recovery take a 13-11 lead. Celina got back to within a point at 14-13, but Emma Kahlig served up a pair of aces to push the lead back to a safe total for the Indians.

"When we had passing our hitters couldn't put the ball away and when the hitters could put the ball away, then we'd miss the serve," said Celina coach Angela Bourne. "It seemed like we couldn't put everything together tonight."

The third set was much like the first as Fort Recovery led 4-1 out of the gate. Celina could stay as close as only three points at 13-10 before the Indians tallied 12 of the final 14 points. Paige Fortkamp had three kills down the stretch to put the Indians in control.

"We fought through (the second set) and did some nice things," said Guggenbiller. "We're not a clean team, yet. We had hitting errors and serving errors. But we're focusing on technique and you can see the improvement in technique."

Fortkamp finished with 12 kills. Whitley Rammel added 11 kills and three blocks. Kahlig had four aces with Wendel tallying three.

Maria Lutz had four kills to lead Celina. Amelia Lutz and Bourne each added three kills.

Celina won the JV match in two sets.

Both teams are in league play at home on Thursday. Fort Recovery hosts Parkway and Celina celebrates Senior Night against Elida.

Photo by Nick Wenning/The Daily Standard

Celina's Brooklyn Bourne goes up for a spike against Fort Recovery.

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