Sports and Outdoors

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Register for SW volleyball camp
A volleyball camp for Southern Wells’ girls in grades 5-12 will be held July 13-17 in the Raiderdome.
Cost is $20 per camper, $15 for each additional camper in the same family. Grades 5-8 will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. and grades 9-12 from 5:30-7.
Sign-up forms may be picked up during the week in the Southern Wells Central Office betweem 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. and must be returned with payment by Friday, June 26.
For more information, contact Coach Sydney Osborn at sosborn@swell.k12.in.us or call 765-331-9278.

Register for tennis tournament
The Bluffton Parks & Recreation Department will host its annual tennis tournament June 27, 28. Registration forms may be picked up at the office, tennis lessons, or the Wells Community Pool. There are singles and doubles categories for all ages. Deadline is noon Friday, June 19. For more information, call 824-6069.

Upward Soccer taking registrations
Upward Soccer registration is underway at Hope Missionary Church, 429 E. Dustman Road, Bluffton. Children in kindergarten through 8th grade may sign up. Registration forms are available at the church between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information, call 824-1844.

Soccer league sign-up available
The Wells County Soccer League is taking registrations for the co-ed league in Ossian, which runs from mid-August through the beginning of October. Age levels are U8 (6-8), U11 (9-11) and U15 (12-15). Registration forms are available at Wells County Public Library locations. For more information, call Kim at 565-3804.

Moss leads Senior Golf League
Jerry Moss, Dick Moser and Bill Amburn were the individual leaders for the Tuesday Men’s Senior Golf League at Green Valley Golf Course in Bluffton. Moss had the low gross score of 40. Moser and Amburn were low net. Members of the winning team were Dick Hamilton, Don Schwartz, Dick Moser, Dave Prible and Amburn. Bob Brickley was closest to the pin winner and Bob Myers had the longest putt.

MarkleBank tops Bohemian Bean
Jordan Bower struck out nine batters to help MarkleBank defeat Bohemian Bean 9-2 in a Bluffton Farm League baseball game on Tuesday. Each team had only one hit. Dillion MacDoddle was the losing pitcher and also legged out an inside-the-park home run.

F.O.P. defeats BRMC
The Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.) doubled up Bluffton Regional Medical Center 6-3 in a Bluffton Farm League baseball game on Monday.
Gavin King, the winning pitcher for F.O.P., also collected two hits, while Nick Huffer smacked a triple. F.O.P. had six hits and Bluffton Regional Medical Center had three. Bryce Kelley was the losing pitcher.

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