Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Bellmont jayvees spear Knights
The Norwell Knights’ junior varsity softball team suffered an 11-1 loss Wednesday against the Bellmont Squaws at Norwell. The Knights (0-8) had two singles by Raven Pearson and Ariel Kelly. Chelsea Rice scored the run and stole a base.

Crusader girls win track meet
The Norwell Middle School girls’ track team defeated New Haven and Carroll Wednesday. The Crusaders scored 71 points. New Haven was second with 50 and Carroll ended up with 17.
Norwell was second in the junior varsity meet with 45 points.

Hurdles: 1. Jorey Wall (N) 16.0; HJ: 1. Wall (N) 4-9; 100 Meters: 1. Kendall Beckstein (N) 13.6; 200 Meters: 1. Beckstein (N) 28.2; 400 Meter Relay: Norwell (Beckstein, Brittany Barger, Wall, Mackenzie Sawyer) 54.0; 400 Meters: 1. Samantha Tolson (N) 1:07.1; 800 Meters: 1. Rachel Johnson (N) 2:39; 1600 Relay: 1. Norwell (Sawyer, Best, Johnson, Tolson) 4:36; Shot Put: 1. Renee Friend (N) 28-4; Discus: 1. Friend (N) 83-3.

Indian Springs tops Crusaders
The Norwell Crusaders dropped a 5-2 decision against Indian Springs in boys’ soccer on Tuesday.
Brandon Burch and Sam Crowell each scored a goal for the Crusaders. Assists by Jalen Smith assisted on Burch’s goal, while Crowell scored on a penalty kick. Jason Meyer had 11 saves in the goal for the Crusaders. Grant Hiday, Justin Miskin, Cameron Wilson and Landon Lockwood had strong performances for the Crusaders.

High school track polls released
The Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches girls’ and boys’ Top 20 polls, as of April 27, are listed below as follows:

GIRLS TOP 20: 1. Warren Central; 2. Lawrence Central; 3. Carmel; 4. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran; 5. Pike; 6. Fort Wayne Northrop; 7. Indianapolis North Central; 8. Lawrence North; 9. Center Grove; 10. Hamilton Southeastern; 11. Ben Davis; 12. Southport; 13. Carroll (Allen); 14. Fort Wayne Wayne; 15. Penn; 16. Columbus North; 17. Franklin Central; 18. Valparaiso; 19. Munster; 20. Fort Wayne Snider.
BOYS TOP 20: 1. Lawrence Central; 2. Ben Davis; 3. Bloomington South; 4. Indianapolis North Central; 5. Center Grove; 6. Carmel; 7. Zionsville; 8. Warren Central; 9. Fort Wayne Snider; 10. Bloomington North; 11. Lawrence North; 12. Columbus North; 13. Homestead; 14. South Bend Clay; 15. Fort Wayne Northrop; 16. Chesterton; 17. Evansille Harrison; 18. Castle; 19. Merrillville; 20. Valparaiso.

Free Norwell physicals available
Norwell student athletes may receive free physicals on Saturday, May 15, at Fort Wayne Orthopaedics, 7601 W. Jefferson Blvd., in Fort Wayne from 9:30-10 a.m. If there is a conflict with an athletic event, come between 8:30 a.m. and noon. Athletes must bring the proper form, which is available in the athletic office.

Former I.U. recruit commits to UCLA
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Bloomington South basketball player who rescinded his commitment to Indiana earlier this year has decided to play for UCLA.
Matt Carlino moved from Arizona to Indiana before this school year after verbally committing to Indiana in August 2008. He reconsidered his options this year and made an unofficial visit to UCLA last weekend. He also had visited Florida and had planned to visit Butler this week.
The 6-foot-2 guard will graduate high school a year early because he took summer classes before he left Arizona. He will leave for UCLA in June to take two summer classes.
Carlino said he liked coach UCLA coach Ben Howland and felt he could succeed there.