Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Knights sweep through South Side
The Norwell Knights upped their boys’ tennis team record to 3-0 Tuesday with a 5-0 victory over visiting Fort Wayne South Side.
Reid Imel, Kyle Isch and Tanner Bowen were singles winners for the Knights.
Kyle Fillman and Ross Mathews easily won their No. 1 doubles match, while Tanner Mathews and Mitchell Wilson were winners in the No. 2 doubles contest.
Norwell won the junior varsity match 3-2 to also improve to 3-0.

NORWELL 5, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE 0
VARSITY SINGLES: Reid Imel (N) d. Antonio Gooden, 6-2, 6-0; Kyle Isch (N) d. Alex Graham 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3; Tanner Bowen (N) d. Tyler Staton 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
VARSITY DOUBLES: Ross Mathews/Kyle Fillman (N) d. Sean White/Adam Miller 6-1, 6-0; Tanner Mathews/Mitchell Wilson (N) d. Ean VanSumeren/Andy Fenstermacher 6-3, 6-4.
NORWELL 3, SOUTH SIDE 2
JV SINGLES: Brandon Taylor (N) d. John Dukarski 8-2; Logan Landon (SS) d. Damon Gerber 8-4; Nate Thomas (SS) d. Jordan Dickey 8-5.
JV DOUBLES: Tyler Smith/Jake Price (N) d. Reed Brown/Thomas Sheppard 8-6; Drew Shively/Dickey (N) d. Tyler Salway/Erin Schimmels 8-2.
Huntington North nips Tigers
Huntington North edged the Bluffton Tigers 3-2 in boys’ varsity tennis on Tuesday afternoon at Huntington.
The Vikings’ junior varsity squad topped the Tigers 5-4.

HUNTINGTON NORTH 3, BLUFFTON 2
VARSITY SINGLES: Phil Truitt (H) def. Damon Kuhlenbeck 6-4, 6-3; Jackson Bates (B) def. Keith Stambaugh 6-0, 6-2; Ben North (H) def. Zach Mezera 6-2, 6-3.
VARSITY DOUBLES: Neal Hamilton/Luke Hoffman (H) def. Chandler Okey/Michael Vanderkolk 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4); Alex Penrod/Brendan Baumgartner (B) def. Stephen Reich/Ethan Hethcote 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-2.
HUNTINGTON NORTH 5, BLUFFTON 4
JV SINGLES: Jake Garrett (B) def. Tyler Bracht 8-2; Josh North (H) def. Dillon Myers 9-7; Cameron Buzzard (H) def. Carson Addington 8-5; Aaron Gilmore (H) def. Matt Dann 8-1; Buzzard (H) def. Alex Miller 8-1.
JV DOUBLES: Jeremy Rice/Josh Pinney (H) def. Luke Bertsch/Josh Buckland 8-5; Austin Okey/Jackson Lambert (B) def. Tom Bolinger/Jacob Klingaman 9-7; Jacob Antrim/Stephen Vanderkolk (B) def. Wyatt Nave/Tyler Bracht 8-4; Nathaniel Clark/Trey Mettler (B) def. Andrew Smith/Matt Sieberns 9-7.

Bluffton spikers conquer Blackford
The Bluffton Tigers defeated Blackford 3-0 in girls’ volleyball Tuesday night at Hartford City.
Maggie Garrett led the Tigers with eight kills as they won the three games 25-23, 25-12, 26-24. Garrett also had 10 digs and two assists.
Kara Fiechter had five kills, 12 assists, seven aces and seven digs. Natasha Patterson, Felicia Prible and Shelby Taylor each had four kills. Patterson also had six digs, Prible four and Taylor two. Gina Eisenhut had two kills and five digs. Hannah Gilliam had four assists and Megan Evans had three digs. The Tigers are 2-5.

Norwell girls outplay Bulldogs
The Norwell girls’ golf team downed the visiting New Haven Bulldogs Tuesday at Timber Ridge Golf Club in Bluffton.
Sophomore Megan Evans led the Knights with a three-over-par 39 on the front nine. Evans birdied the second hole and shot par on holes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9. She double bogeyed 8 and bogeyed 7.
Kristen Springer added a 44. Hannah Porrata shot a 46. Cassie Herndon added a 48 to complete the Knights’ team score of 177. Kelsey Beer finished with a 49 to round out the varsity action.
New Haven was led by Matraca Fritcha with a 46. Destiney Beard and Cory Thompson each shot a 49, while Stephanie Fox added a 50 for a 194 team total.
Norwell won the junior varsity match 226-248. Bailey Nodine led the Knights with a 53. Kristine Morgan carded a 55 and Kailey Thiele a 58. Maggie Lazzell shot a 60.

Raider girls’ run to victory
The Southern Wells girls’ varsity cross country runners cruised past the Southwood Knights and White’s Warriors Tuesday afternoon at Wabash.
Southern Wells had the only team with five runners and easily won. Sam Rhodes led the Raiders, finishing the 5,000-meter course in 22:45. Southwood’s Lisa Schmalzried was second in 23:27. Ivy Maddox was third for the Raiders in 23:42, followed by Josie Rhodes in 25:22, Carissa Carter in 25:57 and Kaylie McCammon in 26:45.
In the boys’ 5K race, Southwood beat the Raiders 20-39. White’s had only three runners.
Southwood was led by Chandler Saalfrank, who finished in 18:49. The Knights’ Johnny Mendez and the Raiders’ Clay Hamilton each finished in 19:15, but Mendez was awarded second and Hamilton third.
Devin Dale was fourth for Southwood in 19:44 and the Raiders’ Taylor Thompson was fifth in 19:46.
Kyle Penrod was ninth for the Raiders in 21:17, followed by Matt Taylor in 10th in 21:40. Lance Oswalt was 12th in 22:10, Joe Biddle 14th in 23:14, Josh Markley 15th in 23:45 and Zach Green 16th in 24:50.

Raider Jr. High girls split in CC meet
The Southern Wells Junior High School girls’ cross country team split a three-way meet Tuesday against Southwood and White’s on Tuesday at Wabash.
The Raiders were edged by Southwood 27-28, while White’s did not have a complete team.
In the boys’ meet, neither school had a complete team of five runners.
The Southern Wells’ girls were led by second-place finisher Sam Ramseyer. The other Raider finishers were: 4. Meghan Yencer; 6. Chloe Maddox; 7. Autumn Stevens; 9. Timber Tucker; 11. Shelby Skidmore; 12. Chloe Elam; 13. Brooke Penrod; 14. Jordan Sills; 16. Tori Wiese; 17. Kennedy Rhodes.
In the boys’ race, Southern Wells’ Paul Renner was the first finisher, followed by Wyatt Maddox in second place. Nick Childers was sixth and Ian Klowetter seventh.

Gilliom, Ehrsam lead senior golfers
Bob Gilliom and Richard Ehrsam were the top individual golfers for the Tuesday Senior Golf League at Green Valley Golf Club in Bluffton.
Gilliom had the low gross score of 39 and Ehrsam had the low net score of 31.
Gilliom, Ehrsam also were on the winning team with Bill Fuller and Larry Claghorn. Ehrsam also had the longest putt and Fuller was closest to the pin.