Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

State Farm advances to finals
State Farm defeated AdamsWells Internet 15-8 Sunday night to advance to tonight’s championship finals of the Bluffton Junior League baseball team at Jefferson Park.
State Farm will meet National City at 6 p.m. National City is undefeated in the double elimination tournament. If National City loses the first game, a second game will follow at 8 p.m.
Noah Antrim and JayR Kobryn each drove in three runs to lead State Farm. Kobryn doubled and singled twice, while Antrim singled three times. Chris Hoffmeier added four hits, including a double. Anthony Harriman, Hunter Greenway, Jacob Wenger and Trey Collins each added two hits. Collins also was the winning pitcher. State Farm out hit AdamsWells Internet 18-6.
State Farm broke the game open with seven runs in the third inning, led by two-run hits by Kobryn and Antrim. State Farm added five more runs in the fifth, powered by RBI singles by Kobryn and Antrim and a RBI double by Hoffmeier off the top of the fence in right-center field. Wenger also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
AdamsWells Internet was led by Dane Hoffman, who crushed a three-run home run in the third inning. He also added a double and two singles. Brandon Norman was the losing pitcher.

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: 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.

Norwell football golf outing slated
The Norwell Football Club will be holding a golf outing on Aug. 8 at Timber Ridge Golf Club. Cost is $60 for the 18-hole Florida scramble, including fees, cart and lunch. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m., with lunch following and the shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Hole sponsorships are $100. For more information or hole sponsorship, call Tom or Jon Neuenschwander at 260-622-4169 or e-mail at tom754@comcast.net. Send registration to Norwell Football Club, P.O. Box 159, Ossian, IN 46777.

Golf scramble for Norwell boys’ tennis
The Norwell boys’ tennis team is hosting a golf scramble July 25 at Timber Ridge Golf Club. Proceeds benefit the boys’ tennis program. Entry fee is $75 per person. Hole sponsorships are $100. The shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Sign up in the Pro Shop. For more information, call Bruce Imel at 824-4465.

Decatur boats place third, fourth
DETROIT — Dave Villwock won his seventh Chrysler Jeep Superstores APBA Gold Cup victory Sunday on the Detroit River.
Villwock, driver of the U-16 Miss Ellstrom Elam Plus, defeated Steve David in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto.
Running in third was Jeff Bernard in the U-5 Formulaboats.com, owned by Ted Porter of Decatur. Bernard edged out fellow teammate J. Michael Kelly in the U-7 Graham Trucking boat. Rounding out the field was Greg Hopp in the U-100 Miss Jarvis Painting.