Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

SW Jr. High wrestlers suffer setback
The Southern Wells Jr. High School wrestling team suffered a close 23-21 loss to Woodlan on Monday night.
Austin Osborne, Jacey Dunnuck, Daniel Beeks and Clay Watson recorded wins for Southern Wells.

WOODLAN 23, SOUTHERN WELLS 21
85 C. Parisot (W) pin T.C. Perry (SW) 2:24
95 Z. Zink (W) m dec. C. Owens (SW) 9-0
100 J. Knepp (W) m dec D. Rockwell (SW) 10-0
105 A. Osborne (SW) dec. L. Scharr (W) 12-9
105 J. Dunnuck (SW) pin K. Nelson (W) 2:17
122 D. Beeks (SW) pin L. Hahn (W) 1:38
130 C. Watson (SW) pin D. Schmeyer (W) 1:28
138 L. Garman (W) dec. S. Trissell (SW) 6-4
160 R. Hogue (W) pin J. Stout (SW) 2:35

Exhibition
85 D. Slate (W) dec. T.C. Perry (SW) 11-5
100 C. Pettyjohn (W) dec. D. Rockwell (SW) 7-5
105 T. Geiger (W) pin J. Dunnuck (SW) 1:36
115 B. Woodward (SW) pin K. Nelson (W) 1:22
115 E. Smith (SW) pin L. Hahn (W) 1:13
140 C. Watson (SW) pin D. Cook (W) 2:14

Sandy Koufax sign ups
Registration and tryouts for Northern Wells Sandy Koufax baseball will be Saturday, March 6, from Noon to 2 p.m. in the Norwell auxiliary gym. Cost is $70 per child ages 13-14 before May 1. Fee includes hat, undershirt and socks, but pants are not supplied. Athletes should bring gym shoes, glove and bat. For information call Jason McGrew at 260-820-0975 or e-mail at chazackira@AOL.com

Baseball sign ups slated at Ossian
Northern Wells Minor League and Wells County Junior League baseball sign ups are being taken at the Ossian Town Hall, as follows: Tuesday, March 2, from 5-8 p.m; Thursday, March 4, 5-8 p.m.; Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Thursday, March 11, 5-8 p.m.; Saturday, March 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Ages 4-12 and under. Cost is $55 for T-Ball, Coaches Pitch and Lower Minor and $60 for Junior League 10-and under and 12-and under. Birth certificates are needed.
Junior League tryouts are at the Norwell auxiliary gym on March 6 from 2-4 p.m. and March 12 from 5-7 p.m.

Summer youth activities planned
Registration for summer T-Ball, Farm, Junior and Baseball Leagues will be held at the City Hall building on the following dates and times:
Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m. - Noon
Thursday, March 11 6 - 8 p.m.
Sandy Koufax Baseball (13-14 years old) and girls’ softball also will be accepting registrations on March 6. The Wells Community Swim Team also will be available for information on its program.
Sandy Koufax will continue to accept registrations at the Parks Dept. office until April 2. Girls’ softball will be sending registration forms home with students through area schools.
Tryouts for Farm and Junior League Baseball will be at the Bluffton Middle School on Saturday, March 13. Junior League will be from 9-10:30 a.m. and Farm League from 10:30 a.m.-noon. Age is determined by what the participant is on May 1. T-Ball is for 5 years (parent must help coach) – 8 years, Farm League is 8 years (may or may not be placed on a team, but still eligible for T-Ball) – 10 years of age. Junior League is for 10 years (may or may not be placed on a team, but still eligible for Farm League) – 12 years of age. Sandy Koufax is for youth 13-14 year olds. Girls’ softball is for grades 2-12.
For more information please call the park office at 824-6069 or e-mail us at: parks@ci.bluffton.in.us

Register for Pee Wee Soccer
The Bluffton Parks & Recreation Dept. will be registering girls and boys currently in grades K-3 for its Pee Wee Soccer League at the City Hall Building on Saturday, March 6 from 9 a.m.-noon. Cost is $15 per child and includes a T-shirt. The league will be held on six Saturdays, April 3-May 8 at the Bluffton City Gym.
There are some changes to the program this year. The games will be in the afternoons (starting at 1 p.m.) so not to conflict with the Upwards program and the participants will be assigned a time instead of a team. They will come the same time each week and will run through drills (by paid staff) for the first part of the time, then divided into two teams to scrimmage. They will be with the same group of children each week, but will be divided differently each week for the scrimmage. They will still be divided into grade categories of K-1 and 2-3. If you have further questions, call or e-mail the office at 824-6069 or parks@ci.bluffton.in.us

Swim team needs coaches
The Wells Community Swim Team is looking for coaches for the 2010 season. Please send resume to WCST, P.O. Box 208, Ossian, IN 46777. For more information, contact Teri Huffman at 260-307-6146.

Sign up for Squires Girls’ Softball
Sign up forms for Markle’s Norwell Squires Girls’ Softball will be given to all Northern Wells girls in grades 2-5 in coming weeks. The season will be starting a couple weeks later. Forms also will be available online at www.teacherweb.com/IN/NorwellMiddleSchool/HanniWarwick/index.html. For questions, please contact Norwell head softball coach Scott Hanni at Scott.Hanni@nwcs.k12.in.us or Doug Denney at dtank23@verizon.net.

Norwell 5th-grade girls place second
The Norwell fifth-grade girls’ basketball team was runner-up in the Bruin Classic at Hartford City over the weekend. The Lady Knights defeated Eastbrook, Carroll and Blackford, before being downed by Eastbrook 31-29 in the championship game. Team members are Bree Bailey, Courtney Beer, Taylor Byerly, Saddie Dunnuck, Kennedy Johnson, Alexa Mallery, Addie Mann, Kaylee Roller, Sara Runyon and Megan Theismann.