Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Bluffton swimmers breeze to victory
The Bluffton Middle School swim teams sank their foes from Memorial Park on Tuesday evening at Bluffton. The boys’ team won 144-26 and the girls won 105-68.
Ethan Kitt, Taylor Pulver and Jacob Ehle were double winners for the Bluffton boys. Sam Dedrick and Bryce Kipfer also were individual winners. The 200-meter medley relay team of Dustin Lobsiger, Kipfer, Kitt and Ehle also took first place. Kitt, Kipfer, Pulver and Ehle won the 200-meter freestyle relay. Hunter Greenway, Hunter Okey, Pulver and Dedrick won the 300-meter freestyle relay.
Mikayla Brickley took two firsts for the Bluffton girls. BreAnna Kizer, Caroline Mettler, Jamie Jaskie and Siera Gregg also were first-place finishers. Payton Davidson, Madison Heller, Katie Holloway and Jaskie won the 200 free relay.

James Fisher rolls two 300 games
James Fisher recently rolled two 300 games over a span of two weeks at The Bowling Center in Bluffton.
In the Sunday night Ossian Mixed League, Fisher started out with a 268 game and followed with 12 straight strikes for his fourth career 300 game. He concluded the night with a 269 for an 837 series, which is the second highest series on record. Tom Osborne holds the top spot with an 848.
Before that on Feb. 3 in the men’s Pizza Hut Merchants League, Fisher opened with a 234 game and followed with the 300 game. He finished with a 214 game for a 748 series.

Norwell matmen fall to Indian Springs
The Norwell Crusaders wrestling team lost 54-9 to defending Northeast Hoosier Middle Level Conference champion Indian Springs on Wednesday evening at The Castle.
Trevor Wilson and Ashton McCune continued their winning ways for the Crusaders. Wilson won 4-2 in the 75-pound weight class and McCune pinned his opponent in two minutes at the 125 pounds.
The junior varsity wrestlers were victorious 48-6. Winners were Jaden Hunter (75), Wilson (80), Jonathon Becker (85), Blake Lewis (100), Dylan McCune (115), Noah Tobias (115), Paul Jensen (135), Corey Germann (145) and Jon Dathe (155).

K-105 to play SW staffers
The Southern Wells school staff will play the K-105 radio basketball team in a game at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Admission is $3 and proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund. The game is hosted by the Athletic Boosters. The Southern Wells Raider ropers will be performing at 6:30 p.m. Pizza will be available.

Buffet set for Norwell cross country
The Norwell girls’ and boys’ cross country teams have created a booster club to help raise money to offset the transportation fee.
A pizza buffet has been scheduled at the Ossian East of Chicago Pizza restaurant from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Team members will be servers and dishwashers and the restaurant will donate $1 per buffet and all tips also will go to the club. Cost is $9.29, which includes buffet, drink and tax.

Odum, Indiana State
drop Southern Illinois 77-72
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Jake Odum scored 16 points and Indiana State weathered a game-opening drought lasting 8:12 to beat Southern Illinois 77-72 on Wednesday night.
Odum made just two baskets but went 12-for-12 from the line as the Sycamores (15-12, 10-6 Missouri Valley) won their third in a row. Dwayne Lathan scored 11 points.
The Salukis (11-16, 5-11) were led by Carlton Fay, whose 24 points included five three-pointers. Kendal Brown-Surles and Diamond Taylor scored 12 points apiece and Mamadou Seck grabbed 11 rebounds for Southern Illinois, which has lost seven of eight.
The Salukis led 12-0 before Jordan Printy got Indiana State on the board with a three-pointer with 11:48 left in the first half.
After the Salukis went up 15-9, the Sycamores rattled off the next nine points for an 18-15 lead with 5:16 left in the first half and never trailed again.