Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Knights learn pairings for
IHSAA soccer sectionals
The IHSAA conducted the draw for its boys’ and girls’ soccer tournaments on Tuesday and released the sectional pairings.
The Norwell Knights’ boys’ team will be playing in the Bellmont Sectional on Oct. 7 against Heritage in the second match at Decatur. Bellmont and South Adams will play in the first match. The championship match is set for Oct. 9.
Norwell’s girls’ team will play in the Marion Sectional, which starts Oct. 11 at Ballard Field in Marion. The other dates of the sectional are Oct. 12, 14 and 16.
South Adams drew Huntington North in the first match. Jay County and Norwell will face off in the second match, followed by Eastern (Greentown) against Blackford and Oak Hill against Marion. Winners of the first two matches will play next, followed by winners of the third and fourth matches.

Kayle Imel on winning golf team
Kaylee Imel, a 2009 Norwell graduate, helped the Western Michigan Broncos’ women’s golf team win the Ball State Cardinal Classic at The Players’ Club golf course in Yorktown.
Imel tied for 25th place individually with an 11-over-par 155 (79-76).

Heritage tops Bluffton spikers
Heritage defeated Bluffton 3-1 in Allen County Athletic Conference volleyball action Tuesday night at Bluffton, winning in four games 25-22, 25-22, 24-26, 25-7.
Bluffton is 7-17 overall and 1-5 in the ACAC after the match.
Kara Fiechter led Bluffton with six aces, five kills, nine assists and five digs. Her aces helped break the school record for aces in a season, which she set last year. She currently has 43 with six matches left in the season.
Gina Eisenhut, Hannah Gilliam and Shelby Taylor each had three kills for the Tigers. Felicia Prible and Maggie Garrett each had two kills. Megan Evans had five assists, one ace and two digs. Garrett had four aces and four digs. Gilliam and Eisenhut each had five digs. Prible and Eisenhut each had 1.5 blocks.
Abby Saalfrank led the Patriots with 14 kills. Erica Frank had seven, Alisha Gerardot six and Sarah Sorg six.

Squaws down Norwell spikers
The Bellmont Squaws’ volleyball team rolled over the Norwell Knights 3-0 on Tuesday night in Northeast Hoosier Conference action at Norwell by scores of 25-8, 25-9, 25-8.
The Class 3A No. 4 Squaws (20-4) are 4-0 in the NHC. Norwell (16-10) dipped to 0-4 in loop play.
Alex Fuelling led the Squaws with 14 kills out of 21 total hitting attempts. Payton Schultz had eight kills, while Holly Hankenson and Madison Schultz each had seven kills.
Bellmont defeated Bluffton on Monday in three games, 25-7, 25-14, 25-18.
Garrett spikers top Southern Wells
Garrett defeated Southern Wells in Allen County Athletic Conference volleyball action Tuesday night, winning in three games 25-12, 25-12, 25-17. Garrett won the junior varsity match 25-11, 25-18.

8th-grade Crusaders
beat Indian Springs in football
The Norwell 8th-grade football team defeated Indian Springs 14-8 on Tuesday at Columbia City.
Piercen Harnish ran for touchdowns of 62 and four yards for the Crusaders. Jeremy Davis finished out the scoring with a point-after-touchdown conversion kick.
The Crusaders (4-1) insured their victory on the last play of the game. Harnish knocked the ball loose from an Indian Springs’ receiver and Brandon Norman recovered the fumble to insure the victory.
Earlier in the fourth quarter, Harnish picked off a pass and returned it 45 yards to the Indian Springs 10-yard line. Reggie Hayes had a first-half interception, while Adam Nahrwold recovered the opening kickoff. Other big defenders were Anthony Richard, Ashton McCune, Nathaniel Mayer, Joey Wilson and Davis.
Hayes connected with Davis, Nahrwold and Harnish with some nice passes. Jay-Ar Kobryn carried the ball for positive yardage. The offensive line of Chandler Shady, Dalton Cochran, Jace Geiger, Nahrwold and Norman helped lead the way.

Gilliom, Grove lead senior golfers
Bob Gilliom and Bob Grove were the best individual golfers Tuesday morning for the Green Valley Golf Course Senior Golf League.
Gilliom had the low gross score of 41 and Grove had the low net score of 30. Jim Smith was the closest-to-the-pin winner and Jerry Moss made the longest putt.
Members of the winning team were Allen Penrod, Richard Hamilton, Tom Moser and Jim Smith.

Southern Wells girls, Bluffton boys
win in MS cross country meet
The Southern Wells girls’ cross country team defeated Bluffton 16-43 on Tuesday to capture the Allen County Athletic Conference season championship with a 6-0 mark.
Bluffton won the boys’ meet with 23 points. The Raidders did not have a complete team of five runners.
GIRLS FINISHERS: 1. Sam Ramseyer (SW) 12:13; 2. Meghan Yencer (SW) 12:42; 3. Chloe Maddox (SW) 12:50; 4. Autumn Stevens (SW) 12:51; 5. Ashley Smith (B) 13:26; 6. Shelby Skidmore (SW) 13:32; 7. Timber Tucker (SW) 13:35; 8. Brooke Penrod (SW) 14:02; 9. Chloe Elam (SW) 14:16; 10. Morgan Huffman (B) 14:52; 11. Brynn Yonker (B) 14:53; 12. Tori Wiese (SW) 15:12; 13. Jordan Sills (SW) 15:52; 14. Kennedy Rhodes (SW) 16:24; 15. Haley Craig (B) 17:55; 16. Danielle Lambert (B) 18:01; 17. Mikayla Oswalt (SW) 19:20; 18. Chelsea Dove (B) 20:27; 19. Ashley Devine (B) 21:28.
BOYS FINISHERS: 1. Jared Reckard (B) 11:36; 2. Paul Renner (SW) 11:58; 3. Wyatt Maddox (SW) 12:15; 4. Colton Anderson (B) 12:48; 5. Eli Kitt (B) 12:50; 6. Tad Makowski (B) 13:08; 7. Chance Anderson (B) 13:13; 8. Kevin Moser (B) 13:23; 9. Nick Childers (SW) 14:03; 10. Kobie Lucabaugh (B) 15:11; 11. Ian Klowetter (SW) no time; 12. Keaton Redick (B) 15:58; 13. Gavin Michelbrink (B) 18:01.

8th-grade Tigers spike Heritage
The Bluffton 8th-grade volleyball team defeated Heritage 25-24, 25-10 on Tuesday in Allen County Athletic Conference action. The 7th-grade team lost 25-21, 25-18.
Morgan Corle had three aces and Emma Thompson two kills to lead the 8th-grade team. Erin McKinley had one kill and one ace. Lauren Stauffer had two aces. Siera Gregg and Kennedy Johnson each had one ace.
Kendall Mechling, Danielle Biberstein and Sydney Longenberger each had one ace for the 7th-graders. Caroline Mettler had one kill.