Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Fiechter breaks school record
Norwell senior tailback Klay Fiechter broke a 36-year-old school record Friday night for the most rushing attempts in a single football game.
Fiechter carried the ball 37 times for 246 yards and three touchdowns in the Knights’ 28-19 victory over the Leo Lions.
The old mark was 31 set by Chris Gahman in 1973, also against Leo.

Knights 4th at tennis tournament
The Norwell Knights boys’ tennis team finished fourth in the DeKalb Invitational on Saturday at Waterloo.
East Noble was first with 34 points. DeKalb took second with 28, followed by Angola with 24 and Norwell with 20. Bellmont was fifth with 10. West Noble, Jay County and NorthWood rounded out the field.
Norwell singles players, Kyle Fillman, Reid Imel and Thye Petty, each finished the event with 2-1 records. Ross Mathews and Kyle Reinhard were 2-1 in No. 1 doubles and Jasson Werling and Kyle Isch were 2-1 in No. 2 doubles.

Norwell girls 9th at CC invitational
The Norwell Knights girls’ cross country team placed ninth on Saturday at the Huntington North Invitational on the Huntington University course.
The meet featured three Top 25 teams and three other highly-regarded Fort Wayne areas teams.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Best led the Knights with a 27th-place finish of 21:38 on a very hilly 5,000-meter course, which had been softened and muddied by recent rains.
“Kaitlyn put in a lot of miles this summer and it is starting to pay off for her in meets,” said Norwell coach Bob Dahl. “Several of our girls spent time this summer running together and they are also showing progress in their racing.”
Sophomore Jami Reinhard was the next Norwell finisher in 22:57. Junior Kelsey Worrel was 51st in 23:40, followed by freshman Alex Wall who was 63rd in 24:13 and freshman Halle Sweet 66th in 24:25 to round out the top five Norwell scorers.
Junior Alexis Searles was 73rd in 25:36 and sopomore Corinne Eckert was 79th in 27:43. Katherine Gordon placed 58th in the reserve race in 25:43.

Bluffton HS seeking event workers
Bluffton High School is seeking adults to serve as event workers during the upcoming school year. Event workers will earn a discount or free adult all-sports passes for all Bluffton athletic events or can receive pay for their work. Needed are volleyball line judges and ticket sellers. Please contact Athletic Director Steve Thompson at 824-3724 or by e-mail at sthompson@bhmsd.k12.in.us