Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Leo, South Adams win ACAC
cross country meets at SW
The Leo girls’ cross country team defeated Southern Wells and South Adams on Tuesday at Southern Wells.
Leo beat South Adams 21-38 and the Raiders 17-45. South Adams defeated the Raiders 19-39 in the Allen County Athletic Conference double dual meet.
The South Adams boys’ team scored a double victory. The Starfires downed the Raiders 15-48 and Leo 18-39. Leo beat the Raiders 19-42.
Leo’s Lauren Hamilton won the girls’ 5,000-meter race in 20:47. Samantha Rhodes was sixth for Southern Wells in 22:00. Ivy Maddox was next for the Raiders, placing 12th in 23:18. Josie Rhodes was 16th in 24:57, Kaylie McCammon 17th in 25:24 and Carissa Carter 18th in 25:36. Jenna Smith was third for South Adams in 21:40.
South Adams’ Eric Isch won the boys’ 5K in 17:33, followed by teammate Evan Liechty in 18:06. Leo’s John Daymeyer was third in 18:08. Clayton Hamilton was 8th for the Raiders in 19:37. Taylor Thompson was 13th in 19:50, Kyle Penrod 19th in 20:55, Matt Taylor 22nd in 21:08, Gage Minniear 26th in 21:46, Lance Oswalt 29th in 22:45 and Zach Green 30th in 22:50.

Bruins beat Knights in boys’ soccer
Pone Xayyachack scored two goals to lead the Northrop Bruins to a 3-1 victory over Norwell in boys’ soccer on Wednesday at Norwell.
Jaron Moser scored a second-half goal for Norwell (5-6). Justin Eberle was Norwell’s goalkeeper.

Summit edges Woodside runners
Sarah Bauermeister and Sara DeVoe led the Norwell Crusaders Wednesday in a middle school girls’ cross country meet at Norwell. Bauermeister was fifth in the 3,000-meter race in 13:02 and DeVoe sixth in 13:08.
Summit and Woodside battled to a tie with 36 points, but Summit broke the tie by the finish of its sixth runner. Norwell tallied 54 points.
Other Norwell finishers were: 11. Hannah Aschliman 13:29; 14. Heather Phillips 13:45; 18. Monica Frauhiger 13:56; 19. Abby Springer 13:58; 20. Halley Edington 14:21.

Norwell 7th-graders come up short
Maple Creek defeated the Norwell 7th-grade football team 36-20 on Tuesday.
Norwell’s Hunter Ingle scored on a 77-yard pass play from Bray Wilson. Cody More returned a kickoff 75 yards. Danny Bullock scored on a four-yard pass from Carson Gerber.
Other offensive standouts were Zach Kintz, Austin Miller, Brody Myers, Conner Nash, Avery Taylor and Kieran Vieth. The defense was led by Trevor Eichler, Jaron Stoppenhagen, Kaleb Johnson, Chase McGrew and Chandler Schoeff.

Tailgate party before Bluffton game
Bluffton football fans are invited to a tailgate party before Friday’s game against Garrett at Fred F. Park Field. The party will be located in the parking lot near the practice field, starting at 5:45 p.m. Meat and table service will be provided. Fans should bring a dish to share.

Norwell tailgate party slated
Norwell football fans are invited to tailgate before Friday’s Homecoming game against New Haven from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Meat and table service will be provided. Money donations will be accepted. Please bring a dish to share.

Buy Bluffton-SW tickets Friday
Tickets for the Bluffton football game against Southern Wells at Ball State on Sept. 25 will be on sale Friday night at the Tigers’ Fall Festival at Fred F. Park Field.
The tickets will be sold for a special discount price of $8 at the merchandise tent at the ticket entrance. Game time at Muncie is 10 a.m.
Friday’s game begins at 7 p.m. and the king and queen will be crowned at halftime.
New Bluffton merchandise, such as long sleeve T-shirts, hoodies and caps, will be available at the tent.

Sign up for Squires Basketball League
Any girl or boy in grades 3-6 in the Northern Wells Community School district may register for the Norwell Squires Basketball League by Friday, Oct. 1. Registration forms have been distributed to all schools. Games will be held on Saturdays in the Norwell High School auxiliary gym beginning Oct. 30. For further information, call girls’ varsity basketball coach Eric Thornton at 543-2213 (ext. 7233) or boys’ varsity basketball coach Randy Hawkins (ext. 7235).

NIU transfer eligible to play for ISU
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State says transfer Darion Anderson has been granted a waiver by the NCAA to play his final season with the Cyclones.
Anderson, a 6-foot-2 guard, played three seasons after redshirting for Northern Illinois and scored 1,152 points.
Anderson graduated from Northern Illinois and is enrolled in graduate school at Iowa State.