Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Kaylee Imel competing at U.S.
Women’s Amateur Championship
From News-Banner and Associated Press reports
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Western Michigan University sophomore Kaylee Imel was 11 strokes behind the leader after Monday’s first round of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
Imel of Bluffton, a 2009 Norwell graduate, finished the round with a 4-over-par 76. She started on the par-35 back nine and shot a 3-over-par 38. On the front nine, she finished the par-37 layout with a 1-over 38. Imel bogeyed 10, 14, 16 and 18, while sinking a birdie on the par-3, 17th hole. She bogeyed No. 1, birdied the par-4 fifth hole and bogeyed the par-4 eighth hole to conclude her 18-hole round. Overall, Imel parred 10 holes.
Rachel Rohanna, an all-Big Ten player at Ohio State, set a U.S. Women’s Amateur scoring record with a 65 during a muggy first round of stroke play.
Rohanna had nine birdies and two bogeys to finish 7-under on the 6,559-yard Charlotte Country Club course. Kellee Booth (1998), Natalie Gulbis (1999) and Amanda Blumenherst (2008) previously shared the 18-hole mark of 66.
Brooke Pancake, of Chattanooga, Tenn., finished with a 68 as conditions eased slightly with some cloud cover and a slight breeze in the afternoon.
Girls’ junior champion Doris Chen of Bradenton, Fla., and Jaclyn Sweeney, a senior at Arizona State from Andover, Mass., were at 3-under on a day in which the heat index neared triple digits.
Sixty-four of 156 players will advance to match play after a second day of stroke play Tuesday in this U.S. Golf Association event, concluding with a 36-hole final on Sunday.

Bluffton MS football to begin
The first practice for Bluffton’s 7th- and 8th-grade football teams will be Friday, Aug. 13, at 3 p.m. Equipment will be issued at that time. Students must have a completed physical form on file in the school office in order to practice.

NMS boys’ cross country to start
The Norwell Middle School boys’ cross country team will have practice Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7-8 p.m. All interested runners should meet at the track. Students must have a completed physical form on file in the school office in order to practice.

Norwell spikers to hold carwash
The Norwell volleyball team car wash is Saturday, Aug. 14, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Mike Anderson Chevrolet in Ossian. Free will donations will be accepted.