Sports Round-Up by Paul Beitler

Bluffton girls fall at Southwood
The Southwood Knights defeated the Bluffton Tigers 53-27 in girls’ basketball action Tuesday night at Wabash.
The Tigers (2-8) were led by Skila Betancourt with 8 points and 4 rebounds. Kara Fiechter added 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Gina Eisenhut had 4 points and 5 rebounds. Leah Tullis and Shayna LaVine each added 3 points. Peyton Fugate and Leslee Peeper each tossed in 2 points.
Southwood evened its season record at 4-4.

8th-grade Crusader girls blast Jets
The Norwell 8th-grade girls’ basketball team blasted the Adams Central Jets 47-4 on Tuesday evening at Monroe.
Hanna Smith led the Crusaders with 16 points and had 3 steals. Erika Thornton added 11 points and 2 steals. Chloie Williams and Madi Stinson each had 6 points. Caitlin Herndon added 4 points. Monica Frauhiger and Sarah Bauermeister each added 2 points. Bauermeister also pulled down 3 rebounds and Herndon 2. Williams also had 4 steals and Stinson 2 steals.

Crusaders sweep AC boys
The Norwell Crusaders downed Adams Central in boys’ middle school basketball action on Tuesday evening. The 8th-grade Crusaders bombed the Jets 42-19 and the 7th-grade Crusaders won 38-29.
Adam Nahrwold led the 8th-grade Crusaders with 11 points. Andrew Oakes had 7, Garrett Mohler 6, Piercen Harnish 6, Joesph Friend 5, Anthony Richard 4 and Brandon Burch 3.
Kaleb Johnson scored 13 points and Derek Macon 12 to lead the 7th-grade Crusaders. Carson Lockwood and Hunter Ingle each had 6 points. Jaron Stoppenhagen added 1 point.

Duke Wang leads Otters
Duke Wang of the Huntington-Wells Otters’ swim team was the high-point award winner for boys’ ages 11-12 in the TRAC Holly Daze Splash swim meet on Dec. 4-5 in Fort Wayne.
Wang was first in 10 individual events and was part of two first-place relay teams.
Sarah Mahnensmith, Elaine Shaw, Walker Copeland, Corbin Cozad, Logan Ackley, Karlie Thomas and Walter Hacker also competed for the Otters and placed in multiple events.

Free youth baseball clinic slated
The Summit City Sluggers Baseball Association will be hosting a free youth baseball clinic on hitting and fielding Dec. 27 for children ages 9-13 at the YMCA Baseball Annex.
The annex is located in the former Kitco building at 200 E. Spring St., adjacent to CVS.
To register contact Wells County YMCA at www.ymcaexchange.org or 565-9622 through Dec. 27. One of the following times may be selected 10 a.m.-noon or 2-4 p.m. For more information contact Mark DeLaGarza at 260-402-0789 or delagarza0185@comcast.net or Nikki Surbaugh at 565-9622 or nikki_surbaugh@fwymca.org.