Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Clouser ties for 8th in golf tourney
Norwell junior McCormick Clouser finished in a tie for eighth place at 12-over par in the Callaway Junior Series Golf Tournament at Penn State University’s Blue Course last week. He shot 76 (37-39), 80 (41-39) and 72 (37-35) for a total of 228.

Pretzel’s downs Les Gerber Insurance
Pretzel’s defeated Les Gerber Insurance 12-6 last Wednesday night in the final regular-season game of the Wells County Girls’ Softball Senior League.
Breanna Brickley and Erin McKinley combined to pitch a three-hitter, with Brickley posting the win. Brickley also tripled and doubled to lead Pretzel’s 11-hit attack. Nicole Lykins added two hits.
Pretzel’s and Gerber Insurance will play at 6 p.m. tonight in the first game of the league tournament. MarkleBank and National Oil will face off in following game, with the winners squaring off Wednesday night.

Pizza Hut beats First Bank of Berne
Pizza Hut scored five runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings to defeat First Bank of Berne 10-4 last Friday in a Bluffton Junior League baseball game at Jefferson Park.
Drew Hunter doubled and singled twice for Pizza Hut. Dylan Longenberger tripled and singled. Matthew Vitatoe and Bubba Applegate each singled twice. Kohl Buskirk and Zach Wilson each doubled and singled, while Trae Jojola doubled. Applegate also was the winning pitcher.
Caleb Shepherd had three singles for First Bank of Berne. Grant Harris and Tanner Thompson each added two singles. Nick King was the losing pitcher.

MarkleBank rolls past Hiday Motors
MarkleBank beat Hiday Motors 15-8 last Thursday in a Bluffton Farm League baseball game at Roush Park.
Jordan Bower struck out eight batters to notch the win. He also had a double and two singles. Draven Stoultz legged out an inside-the-park home run. Orion Lewis singled twice.
Evan Huffman hit a three-run inside-the-park homer and two singles to lead Hiday Motors. He also was the losing pitcher. Gabe Eisenhut doubled and singled. Elijah Hon added two singles.

PCTA tops Bohemian Bean
A pair of nine-run innings powered Parlor City Trophy & Apparel to a 19-4 victory over Bohemian Bean last week in a Bluffton Farm League baseball game.
Tylon Wright smacked a home run and two singles to lead Parlor City Trophy & Apparel. Cordell Humbarger doubled and singled. Mitchell Kuhlenbeck, Jacey Dunnuck and Max Corle each added two hits. Kuhlenbeck also was the winning pitcher.
Mitchell Von Gunten tripled for Bohemian Bean and Dillon McAdoo doubled. Sean Stinson was the losing pitcher.

MarkleBank clips Bluffton Regional
Jordan Bower, Orion Lewis and Landon Harris each hit an inside-the-park home run on June 29 to lead MarkleBank to a 12-9 victory over Bluffton Regional Medical Center in a Bluffton Farm League baseball game.
Bower also struck out eight hitters to log the victory. Bobby Louis was the losing pitcher for Bluffton Regional Medical Center, whose pitchers combined to strike out 11 batters.

T-Ball scores reported
The following Bluffton T-Ball League scores have been reported: Saf-T-Lite 17, DeHoff Insulation 9; Longenberger Financial 17, AdamsWells Internet 4.

Bluffton HS volleyball camp set
The Bluffton High School volleyball camp for girls who will be in grades 9-12 will be held July 13-16 from 6-8 p.m. at the Tiger Den. Cost is $100. IPFW volleyball coach Arnie Ball and members of his coaching staff will be conducting the camp. For more information, contact the Bluffton Athletic office or Robert Ochoa 260-710-1317.

Bluffton HS volleyball conditioning
Bluffton volleyball conditioning will resume on July 7 and run on Tuesday and Friday from 5-7 p.m. and Thursday 7-9 p.m.

Bluffton MS volleyball camp slated
The Bluffton Middle School volleyball camp also will be held July 13-16 from 4:30-5:45 p.m. Cost is $25.

Volleyball rules clinic at Bluffton
Bluffton Volleyball will have a volleyball rules clinic for parents and athletes on Tuesday, July 14, from 5-6:30 p.m. Dan Houser, a certified high school, college and international official, will be discussing volleyball rules. The clinic is free.

Register for Youth Football League
Boys entering grades 5-6 may begin registering for the Wells County Youth Football League.
The tackle football league is for students attending Bluffton, Norwell, Southern Wells and South Adams. Cost is $60.
Registration and equipment fitting dates and times are as follows: Tuesday, July 7, 7-8:30 p.m.; Thursday, July 9, 7-8:30; Monday, July 13, 7-8:30; Wednesday, July 15, 7-8:30.
At Norwell, please enter Door 46 and go to the main gym’s upper deck.
Southern Wells students will be contacted by coach Mark Lefebvre to get signed up.

BayBears rally to slam Lookouts
MOBILE, Ala. — Ricardo Sosa’s grand slam highlighted a six-run seventh inning as the BayBears rallied for their fourth consecutive victory with an 8-2 crushing of the Chattanooga Lookouts on Saturday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.
Sosa’s blast off Tim Corcoran (2-6) came just after the BayBears claimed the lead in the seventh. Cyle Hankered was hit by an 0-1 fastball with the bases loaded, breaking a 2-2 tie. Pedro Ciriaco’s RBI single earlier in the frame evened the score, while Sosa capped off the rally.
Chattanooga entered the seventh with the lead after scoring a pair in the fifth against Jarrod Parker. Parker had shut the Lookouts down on just two singles over his first four frames but allowed Gabriel Gutierrez to reach on a one-out double in the fifth. Gutierrez was singled home by Justin Sellers who took second on the throw home. Sellers came in on a two-out knock by Adam Godwin.
Parker gave way to Josh Ellis (3-1), who kept the Lookouts right where they were with two scoreless frames and three punch outs.
Scott Maine worked around a couple hits and a walk over his two scoreless innings to end the ballgame.

TinCaps drawing more fans
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The first months of Fort Wayne’s new downtown baseball stadium have seen bigger crowds that officials hope will grow larger through the summer.
The Fort Wayne TinCaps drew nearly 162,000 fans to Parkview Field through the Midwest League’s all-star break in late June. That is more than 50,000 ahead of last year during the team’s final season in Memorial Stadium.
Team president Mike Nutter told The Journal Gazette he was pleased with attendance for the season’s first half.