Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Heat advances at Dreams Park
The Ossian Heat split a pair of games Tuesday to finish 3-3 in pool play and earned a first-round bye in the single elimination tournament of the Cooperstown Dreams Park tournament series in Cooperstown, N.Y.
The Heat beat the Burlington Bulls from Canada 8-7 in a thrilling come-from-behind victory by scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The score was tied 5-5 after four innings, but the Heat gave up one run in the fifth and another in the sixth to go down 7-5.
Garrett Mohler started the sixth with his third hit of the game. He was balked to second base and Hunter Ingle drove him in with a single. Graham Denney entered for Ingle as a pinch runner. Trevor Eichler sacrifice bunted Denney to second. Denney stole third base and the throw got past the third baseman to allow Denney to score the tying run. Brandon Burch walked and stole second and third. Alex Hunter added a bunt single, but Burch was picked off third on a trick play. Hunter was balked to third. Trevor Wilson followed with a high pop up between second and first, but the Bulls’ players collided and dropped the ball, allowing the winning run to score.
Nathan Allison belted his fourth home run and Reggie Hayes slammed his first homer. Ingle picked up the win in relief of Graham Denney.
In the second game, the Heat ran into a team from Georgia that couldn’t be stopped. The East Cobb Warriors, 6-0 in pool play, blanked the Heat 20-0. The Heat were led by Hayes with two hits. Eichler was the losing pitcher.

BMS cross country to start conditioning
Bluffton Middle School cross country conditioning will begin Monday, July 27 at the White Bridge east of Bluffton at the intersection of River Road and 450 East from 8-9:30 a.m. All students entering grades 6-8 are welcome to attend. All participants must have a completed physical on file at the middle school before beginning conditioning. All interested parties should bring a water bottle and a beach towel. For more information, call Bev Balash at 565-3278 or 223-5529.

Claghorn, Dickenson lead senior golfers
Larry Claghorn and John Dickenson were the top individual leaders Tuesday morning in the Senior Men’s Golf League at Green Valley Golf Club in Bluffton. Claghorn posted the low gross score of 40 and Dickenson had the low net score of 30. Members of the winning team were Bill Poulson, Tom Williams, Dick Hamilton and Bob Brickley. Smokey Baller was the closest-to-the-pin winner and Claghorn had the longest putt.