Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Raider matmen post second win
The Southern Wells Junior High School wrestling team rolled over Blackford 57-31 on Tuesday night.
Briar Beeks, T.C. Perry, Austin Wells, Paul Renner, Daniel Beeks, Ethan Smith, Brandon Hough, Miguel Arriaga and Alberto Morels were winners for the Raiders.

80 pounds: Brandt Couch (SW) pin J. O’connell (B) 1:17
90: Briar Beeks (SW) pin J. O’Connell (B) :39
105: T.C. Perry (SW) pin B. Schwartz (B) 3:19
110: B. Barkdull (B) pin Jacey Dunnuck (SW) 1:46
110: O. Baronick (B) pin Brennen Rheinhart (SW) 3:38
115: Austin Wells (SW) t.fall J. Glidden (B) 17-2
122: Paul Renner (SW) dec. G. Dyer (B) 8-7
135: Daniel Beeks (SW) pin T. Thompson (B) :53
135: E. Rodgers (B) pin Daniel Stone (SW) 1:29
145: Ethan Smith (SW) pin L. Christman (B) 1:48
152: Brandon Hough (SW) pin C. Bonewitt (B) 3:30
160: Miguel Arriaga (SW) pin D. Thomas (B) :09
175: D. Stoltz (B) dec. Jacob Stout (SW) 10-8
185: J. Adney (B) pin Justin Ballenger (SW) 1:03
215: E. Oliver (B) major dec. Ace Addington (SW) 15-3
250: Alberto Morels (SW) pin R. Fueller (B) :29

Exhibition
80: B. Couch (SW) pin B. Straight (B) 1:35
105: Drew Rockwell (SW) pin B. Schwartz (B) 2:00
125: G. Dyer (B) pin Ethan Westfall (SW) :52
135: Jake Weldy (SW) pin E. Rogers (B) 1:53

Crusaders fall short in comeback
The Norwell Middle School matmen fell short 36-31 in their comeback against the New Haven Bulldogs on Tuesday night.
Trevor Wilson and Jonathon Becker kept their records perfect, as they led Norwell to an early 10-6 lead. Wilson won 14-0 in the 80-pound weight class, while Becker won by a pin in 30 seconds at 85 pounds. Nick Gordon extended the lead with a 4-1 decision at 90 pounds. The Crusaders gave up three pins to fall behind 24-13, before Ashton McCune won by a pin in 57 seconds at 120 to make the score 24-19. Norwell gave up two more pins and trailed 36-19. Trevor Eichler kept his record perfect with a pin in 57 seconds at 135 pounds and Avery Miller scored a pin in 2:47.
The junior varsity Crusaders were edged 20-16. Jaden Hunter, Piercen Harnish and Wilson were winners.

Bluffton boys’ dunk Salamonie
The Bluffton Middle School boys’ swim team sank the Salamonie Rebels Monday evening 129-36 at Bluffton.

Bluffton 129, Salamonie 36
Diving: 1. Ethan Kitt (B) 104.25; 200 Meter Medley Relay: 1. Bluffton (Bryce Kipfer, Colten Barnes, Kitt, Eli Kitt) 2:47; 200 Meter Freestyle: 1. Taylor Pulver (B) 3:03.99; 100 Meter Individual Medley: 1. Et. Kitt (B) 1:32.87; 50 Meter Freestyle: 1. Sam Dedrick (B) 37.59; 50 Meter Butterfly: 1. Zane Cozad (S) 43.32; 100 Meter Freestyle: 1. Jacob Ehle (B) 1:20.91; 400 Meter Freestyle: 1. Cozad (S) 6:20.69; 200 Meter Freestyle Relay: 1. Bluffton (Dustin Lobsiger, Hunter Okey, Kipfer, Pulver) 2:27.08; 100 Meter Backstroke: 1. Kipfer (B) 1:44.87; 100 Meter Breaststroke: 1. Lobsiger (B) 1:55.86; 300 Meter Freestyle Relay: 1. Bluffton (Lobsiger, Pulver, Okey, Et. Kitt) 4:08.65.

Tigersharks sink Vikings
Sam Walburn and Jason Prible were double winners and led the Bluffton boys’ swim team to a 131-53 victory over the visiting Huntington North Vikings.
Luke Bertsch, Ben Miller, Keaton Osborn and Matt Dann also turned in first-place finishes to help lead the Tigersharks, who also won all three relay events.
Walburn won the 200-meter freestyle in 2:14.44 and the 100-meter butterfly in 1:02.19. Prible won the 200-meter individual medley in 2:41.33 and the 100-meter backstroke in 1:13.63.
Miller scored 210.6 points to capture the one-meter diving competition. Dann won the 100-meter breaststroke in 1:23.30. Bertsch won the 50-meter freestyle in 28.9 seconds. Osborn won the 400 freestyle.
Prible, Bertsch and Walburn teamed with Mitchel Meitzler to win the medley relay in 2:10.45. Meitzler, Dann, Prible and Walburn won the 200 free relay in 1:54.56. Aaron Lautzenheiser, Connor Pfister, Dann and Bertsch won the 400 free relay in 4:41.84.