Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Justin Imel makes state amateur cut
Huntington University golfer Justin Imel made the cut Wednesday for the Indiana Amateur golf tournament at Rock Hollow Golf Club in Peru.
The 2004 Norwell graduate from Markle was one of six golfers tied for 60th place with a 7-over 151. He will be paired with Indiana University’s David Erdy in the third round. Erdy qualified for last week’s U.S. Open.
First-round leader Erik Barnes of Marion carded a second day 71 to share the lead with Richard Lamb of South Bend at six under.
Decatur’s Keith Blythe and Fort Wayne’s Erich Johnston are tied for third at four under.

Notre Dame star to join Silver Hawks
South Bend — Notre Dame pitcher A.J. Pollock has signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks after being drafted in the first round and will soon be assigned to the South Bend Silver Hawks.
Pollock is not yet on the active roster and is not expected to play until next week..
After a distinguished career at Notre Dame, Pollock was drafted as the 17th overall selection in the Major League First-Year Player Draft earlier this month.
South Bend opens the second half of the Midwest League Class A minor league season tonight against the Fort Wayne TinCaps at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne. Game time is 7:05 p.m.

Cougars, senior tailback high in Sporting News preseason rankings
FORT WAYNE — Though the University of Saint Francis football opener is more than two months away, the Cougars received national mention in the Sporting News 2009 College Football Magazine.
The Sporting News NAIA preview selected senior tailback Daniel Carter on its NAIA All-America Team and ranks the Cougars fifth in its Top 10 poll. Saint Francis was fourth in the NAIA Top 25 released in late April.
Carter, from Decatur Central, was selected to the preseason team after earning Mid-States Football Association Mideast League Offense Player of the Year in 2008. Carter is the leading returning scorer in NAIA after he led the MSFA in scoring with 25 touchdowns for 150 points, which also set a school single-season scoring record.
Carter has 5,722 career all-purpose yards, fourth on the MSFA list, and needs 1,051 yards to set a new MSFA record. He also has 2,955 career rushing yards and needs 951 to set a school career rushing yardage record. He is second on the school’s list behind Michael Ledo (2002-05), who finished with 3,905 yards.

Sluggers take second place
The Summit City Sluggers 14-and-under baseball team was runner-up at the recent Best of the Best Tournament in Noblesville.
The Sluggers lost 8-4 to the top-seeded Louisville Panthers in the championship game. Evan Brown was the losing pitcher.
The Sluggers (30-5) reached the finals by sneaking past the BallPark Raiders of Chicago 6-5. Ryan Keaffaber picked up the win and Brown nailed down a save. In pool play, the Sluggers were 4-0, beating the Illinois Sparks 6-4, the Lafayette Jaguars 13-2, the Middletown Bats (Ky.) 9-8 and the Indiana Mustangs 12-3.
Brown led the Sluggers’ offense by driving in 10 runs. Keaffaber batted in eight runs. Austin Dettmer drove in seven, Tailur Szarenski five, Josh VanMeter four, Ross Koble two, Garrett Snyder and Justin Bair one apiece.
Andy Roser, Luke Hunter, Chayse Bell and VanMeter were winning pitchers.

Les Gerber Ins. defeats National Oil
Les Gerber Insurance defeated National Oil 17-5 in Wells County Girls’ Softball Senior League action Wednesday at Roush Park.
Carlee Harnish and Meghan Yencer each doubled to lead Gerber Insurance. Emma Thompson assisted with two singles. Kaitlyn Lovell was the winning pitcher.

Pretzel’s downs MarkleBank
Pretzel’s downed MarkleBank 16-1 on Wednesday night in a Wells County Girls’ Softball Senior League game.
Breanna Brickley gave up just one hit and struck out eight batters to lead Pretzel’s. Katie Runyon doubled and drove in three runs. Jacki Ford and Molly Stoffel each had two hits to add to the nine-hit attack.

Pizza Hut tops Standard Plastics
Pizza Hut out hit Standard Plastics to log a 13-3 Bluffton Junior League baseball victory on Wednesday at Jefferson Park.
Matthew Vitatoe struck out 12 batters to notch the win, while also hitting a double and two singles and scoring three runs. Drew Hunter added a triple, double and single. Dylan Longenberger doubled, Trae Jojola doubled and singled, Bubba Applegate tripled and doubled, and Reggie Garrett singled twice.
Matt Scott and Hank Ifer doubled and singled for Standard Plastics. Grant Prible, Caitlin Herndon and Mike Scott each singled twice. Prible also was the losing pitcher.

First Bank of Berne posts win
First Bank of Berne scored in every inning but the fifth to out slug AdamsWells Internet for a 17-12 Bluffton Junior League baseball win on Tuesday night.
Jacob Studabaker had four of First Bank of Berne’s 20 hits, including a three-run triple. Caleb Shepherd added three hits and Tanner Thompson had two. Josh Moriarity also doubled. Garrett Walborn was the winning pitcher.
Dane Hoffman drilled a solo home run for AdamsWells Internet. Desmond Carter was the losing pitcher.

PCTA shuts down National City
Parlor City Trophy & Apparel recently blanked National City 10-0 in a Bluffton Farm League baseball game.
Bryce Paxson tripled, doubled and singled for PCTA. Jacey Dunnuck added two doubles. Max Corle doubled and singled. Mitchell Kuhlenbeck was the winning pitcher and Jason King suffered the loss.

Register for SW volleyball camp
A volleyball camp for Southern Wells’ girls in grades 5-12 will be held July 13-17 in the Raiderdome.
Cost is $20 per camper, $15 for each additional camper in the same family. Grades 5-8 will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. and grades 9-12 from 5:30-7.
Sign-up forms may be picked up during the week in the Southern Wells Central Office between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. and must be returned with payment by Friday, June 26.
For more information, contact Coach Sydney Osborn at sosborn@swell.k12.in.us or call 765-331-9278.

T-Ball scores reported
The following Bluffton T-Ball League scores have been reported: Hot Cakes 19, Almco Steel 8; Wells Fargo 12, Shaw Realty 10.