Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Tigers swat down Luers netmen
Using a sweep of the two doubles matches and a win by No. 2 singles player Jackson Bates, the Bluffton Tigers edged the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights 3-2 in varsity boys’ tennis on Monday.
Bluffton won the junior varsity match 4-3.

BLUFFTON 3, FW BISHOP LUERS 2
VARSITY SINGLES: Charlie Scott (BL) def. Damon Kuhlenbeck 6-1, 6-1; Jackson Bates (BHS) def. Hunter Tobe 6-3, 6-0; Joey Leja (BL) def. Zach Mezera 6-2, 6-4.
VARSITY DOUBLES: Chandler Okey/Michael Vanderkolk (BHS) def. Ryan Pyle/Sam Scheer 6-3, 6-1; Alex Penrod/Brendan Baumgartner (BHS) def. Mark Hellinger/Gabe Sundberg 6-4, 6-1.
BLUFFTON 4, BISHOP LUERS 3
JUNIOR VARSITY SINGLES: Paul Buta (BL) def. Dillon Myers 8-4; Collin Hire (BL) def. Jacob Antrim 8-1; Jake Garrett (BHS) def. Buta 8-5; Hire (BL) def. Matt Dann 8-2; Austin Okey (BHS) def. Canyon Zwick 8-2; Nathaniel Clark (BHS) def. Mathieu Helmick 8-0.
JUNIOR VARSITY DOUBLES: Carson Addington/Jackson Lambert (BHS) def. Zwick/Helmick 8-1.

Norwell, Huntington North
tie in girls’ soccer
The Norwell girls’ soccer team came away with a 3-3 tie against the Huntington North Vikings on Monday in a match at Huntington.
Lauren Johnson scored two goals for the Knights and Carlee Harnish one. The goals came in the second half. Caitlin Ailor had two assists.
Kelsey Hollowell scored two first-half goals for the Vikings and Allison Johnson netted the last goal of the second half to tie the match.
Haley Heller was the Knights’ goalkeeper and made 20 saves. Kaylie Dunn was the Vikings’ netminder with 18 saves.
The Vikings raised their record to 2-1-1 and Norwell’s record is 0-1-1.

Vikings nip Norwell in boys’ soccer
Tyler Wemhoff scored a second-half goal to lead the Huntington North Vikings to a 1-0 victory over the Norwell Knights in boys’ soccer Monday at Norwell.
Wemhoff’s goal came at the end of the 47th minute against Norwell goalkeeper Justin Eberle.
The Vikings’ junior varsity team won 3-0.

Indians beat Bluffton spikers
Mississinewa defeated the Bluffton Tigers 3-0 in volleyball action Monday night at the Tiger Den.
The Indians won the three games 25-18, 25-18, 25-20.
Bluffton (1-5) was led by senior Kara Fiechter with six kills, two aces, eight digs and one assist. Maggie Garrett had nine digs, two aces, one kill and one assist. Natasha Patterson had seven digs, two kills and one ace. Gina Eisenhut had three kills, two digs, one block and one ace. Felicia Prible and Shelby Taylor each had two kills. Hannah Gilliam had four assists, four digs, one ace and one kill. Megan Evans had three assists, three digs and one ace.

Knights fourth in girls’ golf tourney
The Norwell girls’ golf team placed fourth in the New Haven Invitational tournament on Saturday at Whispering Oaks.
Kristen Springer led the Knights with an 18-hole round of 88. Megan Evans shot a 91 and Hannah Porrata turned in a 95. Cassie Herndon finished with a 102 to give Norwell a team score of 376. Kristine Morgan posted a score of 120.
In junior varsity action, Kelsey Beer led Norwell with a 106, followed by Bailey Nodine at 109, Kailey Thiele 120, Maggie Lazzell 122 and Alexis Hathaway 129.
Yorktown beat Leo 332-365 for the team championship 332-365. Fort Wayne Snider was third with 369. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran was fifth with 378, followed by Angola 382, Wayne Trace (Ohio) 396, New Haven 403, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 405, Fremont 408, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 411 and Blackford 426.

Golf scramble slated for
Norwell Baseball Club
The Norwell Baseball Club is taking registrations for the 19th Turf’s Up golf scramble on Sept. 25 at Timber Ridge Golf Club in Bluffton. Limited space is available and entry fee is $65. Entry deadline is Sept. 17. The shotgun start is set for 1 p.m. Registration begins at 12:15 p.m. Contact Kurt Gray for more details or registration at 260-414-5458 or 744-4387 or e-mail at norwellbaseball@frontier.com.

Sign up for Parlor City Trot races
Runners may register for the 36th Parlor City Trot presented by Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Race date is Saturday, Sept. 4. Starting time is 7:30 a.m. Participants may choose between three events: a half-marathon (13.1 miles), a 10-mile run or a 10-kilometer run.
Registration may be completed on-line at runrace.net or forms may be picked up at FPC and YMCA in Bluffton for mail-in registration. Any questions may be addressed to Mac at 260-450-1071 or e-mail at macmcavoy@gmail.com.

VanMeter selected to baseball team
Norwell sophomore Josh VanMeter was named to the Great Lakes Region NTIS (National Team Identification Series) 15-and-under Team on Monday. He was selected as a pitcher and middle infielder.
VanMeter, who also plays for the Summit City Sluggers, is one of just 18 players from the Great Lakes Region (Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan) that will travel to Cary, N.C., Sept. 9-12 to compete against five other regional teams from the USA and Puerto Rico. Following the series, a minimum of eight of the 108 NTIS players will be selected to a spot on Team USA’s 2011 16-and-under National Team.

Norwell Football Club
concludes golf outing
Kyle Putt, Brady Diehl, Kevin Isch and Drew Imel took first place in the Norwell Football Club golf outing on Saturday at Timber Ridge Golf Club in Bluffton.
Twenty-three teams participated. Larry Clontz, Bruce Imel, Jeff Roberts and Chris Thompson placed second. Tim Wilson, Jim Wilson, Jeff Wilson and Carey Monnier finished third.
Putt also had the longest drive. Clontz was closest to the pin. Chris Schroeder had the longest putt.