Sports and Outdoors

Monday, July 12, 2010

Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

State Farm wins tournament title
JayR Kobryn and Noah Antrim led State Farm to victory Saturday afternoon over First Bank of Berne in the championship game of the Bluffton Junior League baseball tournament at Jefferson Park.
Playing with only eight players, State Farm scored three runs in the fourth inning and four in the fifth to break open a 1-1 tie and went on to win the game 8-1.
Kobryn drove in four runs with a triple and double and scored two runs. Antrim knocked in three runs with two singles and was the winning pitcher. He struck out 14 batters in the six-inning contest.
Cordell Humbarger drove in Antrim for the first run of the game with a double in the first inning. Bryce Paxson singled in the fourth to key State Farm’s rally.
Grant Harris doubled and singled twice for First Bank of Berne. Harris also struck out five over 4 2/3 strong innings of pitching. Hunter Schreiber smacked a double and scored the lone run.
First Bank of Berne left two baserunners stranded in the first inning. Tanner Thompson also reached third in the second inning, but Antrim struck out the next three batters. Thompson also reached second in the fourth inning, but Antrim fanned the next three batters.
After Paxson reached to lead off State Farm’s fourth inning, Bobby Lovis and Keaton Reddick also got on base. With two outs, Kobryn tripled and Antrim singled to give State Farm a 4-1 lead.
In the fifth, Lovis and Reddick reached base with two outs. T.J. Arriaga was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Kobryn doubled to drive in three runs off relief pitcher Garrett Walborn. Antrim knocked in Kobryn.

Brett Ratcliffe to coach USA team
Brett Ratcliffe, an assistant baseball coach at DeKalb High School, left Monday to serve as the pitching and catching coach for the USA Baseball 14-and-under National Team.
Ratcliffe, a Norwell graduate, will be in Cary, N.C., at the USA National Training Center to help select 18 players for the United States team, which will travel to Nicaragua to play in the COPABE “A” Pan American games July 25-Aug. 1.
Ratcliffe also coached the USA team which captured the Gold medal last year in Ecuador.

Summit City Sluggers place 12th
The Summit City Sluggers 15-and-under baseball team finished 12th at the Buckeye Elite Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, last week.
The Sluggers ended up with a 2-1 mark in the 56-team field.
On Saturday, the Sluggers defeated the NorthCoast (Ohio) Gladiators 9-6. Evan Brown pitched six strong innings to record the win.
In the tournament, Austin Branock went 6 for 10 with four runs batted in. Spencer Dull went 3 for 6 with seven runs Josh VanMeter went 6 for 8 with five RBIs.
The Sluggers beat the Cincinnati Styx 11-1 on Thursday in their second game. Matt Chronister pitched a complete 4-inning game, which ended by the mercy rule. Southtown (N.J.) Knights beat the Sluggers 5-4 also on Thursday in their first game. Josh VanMeter was the losing pitcher.

F.O.P. wins tourney game
F.O.P. drilled Bluffton Regional Medical Center 12-3 on Wednesday in the Bluffton Farm League baseball tournament at Roush Park.
Nick Huffar was the winning pitcher and also had three hits, including a triple and double. Everett Johnson also doubled. Gavin King and Stewart Strickler each singled twice.
Nick Bowman tripled and Brock Nunley singled for Bluffton Regional. Rylie Johnston was the losing pitcher.

Imel 22nd at Indiana Open
Drew Imel finished in a four-way tie for 22nd place at the Indiana Open Championship at The Legends of Indiana golf club in Franklin on Friday.
Imel, of Bluffton, a sophomore at IPFW, ended the tournament with a 3-under-par 285 (74-69-74-68). He is a 2009 Norwell graduate.

Volleyball coaches needed
Southern Wells High School is searching for volleyball coaches for the upcoming season. Interested applicants should call Southern Wells Activities Director Kevin Lavanchy at 765-728-5534.

Cross country invitation issued
Bluffton High School boys interested in joining the cross country team are invited to call head coach Bret Grover for more information at 820-0638.
NMS runners invited to conditioning
Norwell Middle School girls or boys interested in joining the cross country team next fall are invited to conditioning on the following Tuesday and Thursday evenings, July 13, 15, 20, 22, at 7 p.m. Meet with coach Bob Dahl at the track. Parents interested in joining the group also are invited. Runners should have a physical form filled out and signed. A link to the physical form can be found at http://www.teacherweb.com/IN/NorwellHighSchool/NHSGirlsCC/links1.aspx.
For more information please contact Bob Dahl at bdahl@onlyinternet.net.

Final summer track & field meet
The final New Haven High School track meet is July 14 at 6 p.m. Cost is $1 for each event entered. All standard high school field events will be contested. The following running events will be offered: 300mH, 60m dash (9-under only), 100m, 800m, 200m, 400m, 3200m. The following age groups will be available: 9-under, 10-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and up.

Baseball tournaments need teams
Blackford Area Baseball and Thunder Sports will have a 13U, 12U, 11U, 10U, 9U, 8U baseball tournament Aug. 5-8 at Hartford City and Montpelier. Little League rules will apply unless otherwise noted. 13U will follow high school rules. Entry deadline is July 31. Cost is $260 and two new baseballs, 13u is $300 and two new baseballs. Guarantee of three games, single-elimination tournament will follow pool play. 13U games will be played at the Hartford City Babe Ruth Park. Contact John Hendricks at 765-348-6413 or e-mail hendricksjohn@hotmail.com.

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