Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Imel finishes 10th at State Amateur
Bluffton’s Kaylee Imel finished the Indiana Women’s State Amateur Golf Championship Wednesday in a three-way tie for 10th place at Anderson Country Club.
Imel, who will be a sophomore at Western Michigan University sophomore, shot a 10-over-par 226 (75-75-76) for the three-day tournament.
Milena Savich, of Carmel, was the state champion with a one-under-par 215. Lyndsay, of Bristol, and Michele Nash, of Indianapolis, each ended with an even-par 216.

Parlor City Trophy & Apparel
blanks F.O.P.
Parlor City Trophy & Apparel’s Max Corle and Kolton Moore combined to pitch a one-hit shutout Tuesday against F.O.P. in a Bluffton Farm League baseball tournament game at Roush Park.
Parlor City Trophy & Apparel beat F.O.P. 6-0 to advance to the championship game of the tournament. Parlor City Trophy & Apparel scored two runs in each of the first three innings.
F.O.P.’s Gavin King broke up a no-hitter with a two-out hit in the top of the fifth inning.
Brandon Lockwood led Parlor City Trophy & Apparel with two hits. Ty Wright, Colton Paxson and Corle each added a hit. Corle was the winning pitcher. King was the losing pitcher.

CORRECTION
Wrong softball team noted
The wrong team was named in the Wells County Girls’ Fastpitch Softball Junior League pictures in Wednesday’s News-Banner. The team was Loren’s Light & Heavy Duty Towing Service and not Bluffton Regional Medical Center. The News-Banner regrets the errors and apologizes for the inconvenience it caused. Loren’s Light & Heavy Duty Towing Service won the Junior League tournament championship and Aries Petty was the tournament most valuable player.

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.

Pacers tap Clark Kellogg as VP
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers have chosen Clark Kellogg as its vice president for player relations.
The 48-year-old Kellogg was the Pacers first-round pick out of Ohio State in 1982 and he played five seasons before a knee injury forced his retirement.
Kellogg will continue to work as a television analyst for Pacers games and as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports.

John R. Wooden Classic to continue
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The family of the late John Wooden has agreed to continue the college basketball doubleheader named for him and played in Anaheim, Calif., for the last 16 years.
The event will be Dec. 18 at Honda Center and feature UCLA against BYU and St. Mary’s against Long Beach State.
Jim Wooden and Nancy Muehlhausen, the coach’s son and daughter, said in a statement Wednesday that they’re proud the event will continue to celebrate their father’s life and legacy.