Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Kaylee Imel playing in
Women’s Amateur Championship
Western Michigan University sophomore Kaylee Imel is competing in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, N.C.
Imel of Bluffton, a 2009 Norwell graduate, was slated to begin her first round at 12:50 p.m. Monday and tee off Tuesday at 7:50 a.m.
Carmel’s Milena Savich and Aimee Neff are two other Hoosiers in the opening field. The field will be cut to 64 players after two days of stroke play and those players will move on to match play.
The match play portion will be televised on the Golf Channel, beginning on Wednesday.

Bluffton MS football to begin
The first practice for Bluffton’s 7th- and 8th-grade football teams will be Friday, Aug. 13, at 3 p.m. Equipment will be issued at that time. Students must have a completed physical form on file in the school office in order to practice.

SW Junior High cross country to start
Southern Wells Jr. High School cross country will begin on Tuesday, Aug. 10, from 6-7 p.m. All runners must have their physical on file in the high school office before the first practice.

Bluffton boosters golf outing slated
Golfers are invited to register for the second Bluffton Athletic Boosters golf outing on Aug. 14 at Green Valley Golf Club in Bluffton. There will be a hot picnic lunch and free beverages. Individual entry fee is $40, while the fee for foursomes is $160. Individual or corporate hole sponsorship is $35. Door prize sponsors also are needed. For a registration brochure or more information, contact Bill McKinley at 273-2155 or mckinleybill@lve.com; Cheri Zeis at 273-7823 or zeis@mchsi.com; or Dan Geimer at 824-8543 or djgeimer@sbcglobal.net.

Norwell football golf outing Saturday
The Norwell Football Club’s 11th golf outing is scheduled for Aug. 14 at Bluffton’s Timber Ridge Golf Course. Cost of the 18-hole Florida Scramble is $60 per person. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Hole sponsorships are available for $100 for each hole. For registration or more information, contact Tom or Jon Neuenschwander at 260-622-4169 or e-mail at tom754@comcast.net.

Elks’ golf tournament scheduled
The Bluffton Elks Lodge 796 scholarship golf tournament is set for Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Golf Club of the Limberlost in Geneva. Proceeds will go to the Elks scholarship fund. The shotgun start is 9 a.m.

Special race at Baer Field Speedway
FORT WAYNE — The Outlaw Super Late Models will be racing Saturday, Aug. 14, at Baer Field Speedway in a 100-lap feature.
The Outlaws will be joined by the Baer Field Speedway open-wheeled modifieds, street stocks, mini stocks, and front wheel drives. Gates will open at 4 p.m., with qualifying at 5:30, and racing at 7:30. Adult admission will be $18, with children 7-12 $5, and kids 6-and-under no charge.