Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Crusader girls
second in
NHMLC meet
The Norwell Crusaders placed second in the Northeast Hoosier Middle Level Conference girls’ cross country meet on Wednesday.
Maple Creek edged the Crusaders 42-48, while Indian Springs was third with 102 points.
Samantha Roush of Indian Springs won the girls’ 3,000-meter race in 11:26. Jessie Best was fifth for Norwell in 11:57. Sarah Bauermeister was sixth in 12:00, Rachel Johnson eighth in 12:01, Samantha Tolson 11th in 12:09, Sara DeVoe 18th in 12:25, Abby Springer 33rd in 12:46 and Monica Frauhiger 48th in 13:26.
The Crusaders’ boys’ team finished in ninth. Justin Miskin finished 35th, Nathan Garver 36th, McGerran Clouser 48th, Duke Wang 51st, Evan Roebuck 56th, Austin Harris 60th, and Noah Dirig 63rd.

Norwell
7th-graders
blank Chargers
The Norwell Crusaders’ 7th-grade football team came away with a big 6-0 victory in overtime against Carroll at Huntertown Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, the 8th-grade Crusaders lost 49-0.
The Chargers (5-1) had two goal-line stands in regulation play but could not hold the Crusaders (5-2) out of the end zone in overtime. Piercen Harnish scored to break the goose egg and the defense stopped Carroll.
Offensively, Reggie Hayes and Andrew Oakes made big plays to keep the Chargers off balance. The offensive line of Anthony Richard, Adam Nahrwold, Jace Geiger, Jeremy Davis and Logan Crandle showed continued improvement.
The defense recorded its second shut out in two weeks and have held opponents scoreless for 10 straight quarters. Big play makers were Ashton McCune, Nathan Allison, Ronnie Norman, Nahrwold, Hayes, Oakes, Davis and Harnish.
The 8th-graders (4-3) were haunted by penalties and turnovers, while the defense played hard but was unable to stop Carroll. The defense was led by Austin Fisher, Cam Blount and Colyn Torson. Torson blocked two fieldgoal kicks.

Limbaugh
dropped
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams.
Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement that Limbaugh’s participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him.
Limbaugh’s bid ran into opposition from within the image-conscious NFL on Tuesday when Colts owner Jim Irsay said he would vote against the radio personality.