Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Norwell girls lose soccer match
The Norwell Knights girls’ soccer team was defeated by the Columbia City Eagle 5-1 on Monday at Columbia City in its final Northeast Hoosier Conference match of the season.
Lauren Johnson broke up a Columbia City shutout with a second-half goal. Norwell goalkeeper Haley Heller had 23 saves.
Columbia City’s goals were scored by Cassie Garesis, Erica Spade, Sarah Opliger, Kaitlyn Boner and Chelsey Roush. Boner had 13 shots and Roush 10. Goalkeeper Corriana Raypole made two saves.
The Knights (5-9-1) finished 2-5 in the conference. Columbia City won the junior varsity match 3-0.

Kaylee Imel
helps Broncos
Western Michigan freshman Kaylee Imel tied for 54th place at the 34th Nittany Lion Women’s Invitational to help the Broncos tie for third-place over the weekend at State College, Pa. Imel finished the 54-hole tournament with rounds of 81, 79, 84 for 244.

Paul Frank plays for Wittenberg
Paul Frank, a 2008 Norwell graduate, had his first taste of college varsity football action Saturday, playing much of the fourth quarter for Wittenberg University.
Frank, a sophomore defensive tackle, helped the Tigers whip Hiram 70-7 at Springfield, Ohio. Wittenberg is 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
Frank also played Sunday in Wittenberg’s 23-3 junior varsity win at Wilmington College of Ohio and recorded his first quarterback sack.
Frank was a starter on the offensive line for Norwell during his senior year. He is a son of Geoff and Mary Lynn Frank of Bluffton.

Ratcliffe to represent USA Baseball
Norwell graduate Brett Ratcliffe will be representing the USA Baseball 14-and-under National Team as a pitching and catching coach, when he leaves Saturday for Miami to select players for the United States team. The team will begin play in Ecuador at the COPABE “A” Pan American games Oct. 17-25. Ratcliffe is a teacher and assistant baseball coach at DeKalb High School.

Free wrestling camp at Norwell
The Norwell High School wrestling team will be holding a free camp for elementary students in grades 3-5 on Oct. 12-16 from 5-6:30 p.m. in the wrestling room. Students must have a signed parent consent form and insurance. Camp forms are available in the athletic office.