Knights sweep boys’ & girls’ track against Braves
Both the Norwell boys’ and girls’ track teams won over at Bellmont on Tuesday.
The boys won by a team score of 113 to 19, while the girls won 87.33 to 44.66.
Event winners for the boys:
• Timothy Bonjour in the 100m with a time of 12.10.
• Kline Neuenschwander in the 200m with a time of 24.50.
• Trevon Stoppenhagen in the 400m with a time of 53.06
• Bobby Kwandrans in the 800m with a time of 2:17.30.
• Zach Waldman in the 3200m with a time of 10:58.50.
• Jake Parker in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.80 and the 300 hurdles with a time of 41.90.
• Norwell in the 4×100 relay with a time of 46.60. Names were not listed.
• Norwell in the 4×400 relay with a time of 3:48.50. Names were not listed.
• Norwell in the 4×800 relay with a time of 9:09.88. Names were not listed.
• Winston Frauhiger in the high jump with a jump of five feet 10 inches.
• Cohen Bailey in the long jump with a jump of 18 feet 8.25 inches.
• Kyle Zeddis in the shot put with a throw of 42 feet four inches and in the discus with a throw of 137 feet two inches.
Event winners for the girls:
• Abbie Dale in the 100m with a time of 13.90 and in the 200m with a time of 27.80.
• Brooklyn Meyer in the 400m with a time of 1:07.60.
• Larkin Smith in the 800m with a time of 2:43.90.
• Ashley Waldman in the 1600m with a time of 6:05.50 and in the 3200m with a time of 12:57.90.
• Claire Bailey in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.40 and in the 300m hurdles with a time of 52.90.
• Norwell in the 4×400 relay with a time of 4:29.70. Names were not listed.
• Jaycie Grzych in the high jump with a jump of four feet nine inches.
• Emerson Meredith in the pole vault with a jump of eight feet.
Norwell will be at Columbia City at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 25.
Knight girls drop first tennis match of the year
The Norwell girls’ tennis team fell for the first time of the season, losing 4-1 to No. 23 Homestead on Wednesday.
The Knights are now 5-1 on the season.
Norwell’s No. 2 doubles team got the only win on varsity as Jordyn Xayyachack and Idoia Ochoa defeated Eliana Schilt and Grace Hansen 6-2, 6-1.
Other results for varsity:
• Macy Parker defeated Addy Heyerly 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in No. 1 singles.
• Layla Kelly defeated McKenna McNabb 6-3, 6-1 in No. 2 singles.
• Caroline Stock defeated Delaney Hoover 6-1, 6-4 in No. 3 singles.
• Rhegan Zitlaw and Kendal Frey defeated Annabelle Johnson and Macy Felger 6-4, 7-6 (8).
Norwell won the junior varsity match 6-4.
Norwell’s winners for JV:
• Macie Saalfrank defeated Morgan Gullett 8-0.
• Aubrey Meyer defeated Megan Schilt 8-6.
• Ciera Hiester and Gracie Rinkenberger defeated Adelyn Hower and Ella Goode 8-3.
• Marlee Wenger and Emmaline Johnson defeated Cate Kelley and Mia Cornell 8-2.
• Hope Mitchell and Addison Roembke defeated Jenna Karst and Ava Lee 8-6.
• Macie Saalfrank and Ciera Hiester defeated Ary Hack and Kate Naunas 8-0.
Norwell’s defeated JV results:
• Stella Adams defeated Brooklyn Pune 8-2.
• Emma Hanni defeated Ella Krug 8-3.
• Lydia Pawlak and Ava Sanders defeated Emma Roembke and Gabbi Hoeppner 8-2.
• Betsy Baumgartner and Elsa Dora Parrish defeated Sam Evans and Campbell Sloan 8-7 (3).
Norwell will be at Wayne at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 21.
Jets top Tigers in first girls tennis conference match
Bluffton’s girls’ tennis team was defeated 4-1 by Adams Central in the conference opener on Wednesday.
Hazel Pfister was the lone winner in the varsity match for the Tigers, defeating McKayla Ringger 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Other results for varsity:
• Hillary Tobias defeated Avery Hunt 6-0, 6-0.
• MElanie Bertsch defated Gretchen Crist 6-2, 6-1.
• Alexa Brotherton and Anna Leyse defeated Alexis Grover and Eve Corkwell 6-1, 6-0.
• Alaine Bertsch and Alayna McCullough defeated Ella Wheeler and Kinzie Fiechter 6-1, 7-5.
Adams Central also won the JV match 5-1.
Results for the JV match:
• The win for the Tigers was Aziza Yeleussin and Faragiz G’aybullayeva defeating Lola Esenova and Tegan Peterson 8-1.
• Josie Shoaf defeated Zoey Schmidt 8-1.
• Macy McClure defeated Karli Anderson 8-2.
• Georgie Leyse and Ella Bluhm defeated Zara Eisenhut and Giselle Martinez 8-5.
• Dojka Munkhbayor and Kavya Aschliman defeated Mary Beth Zurcher and Madison Murray 8-5.
• Alyssa Schearer and Grace Lotter defeated Tiffany Lanning and Isabella Rhoderick 8-2. Bluffton will host New Haven starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 20.
Knights top Jets in junior varsity softball
The Norwell junior varsity softball team got a win at Adams Central on Wednesday 13-1.
Angie Rogers led the team with three hits, tacking on the only extra-base hit, and drove in four runs. Abby Wagner had a pair of hits in the game and drove in four RBIs.
Kara Brown got the win, throwing four innings of one-run ball, allowing two hits, and struck out eight. She did not allow a walk.
Carli Fausz threw an inning and didn’t allow a hit, walk, or run.
Norwell will host East Noble at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20.
Tigers beat Cougars in junior varsity baseball
Bluffton’s junior varsity baseball team defeated Central Noble 20-4 on the road Wednesday.
The Tigers had 19 hits in the game, including a double from Kaleb Green, who went two-for-four in the game with four RBIs.
Dalton Schlagenhauf led the team with four hits that included a double and two RBIs.
Gavin Sawyer and Colton Arnold added two hits and three RBIs in the game, and Joe Bunch had three-hit games, driving in two runs that included a double.
Arnold got the win on the mound, hurling five innings with four earned runs, seven hits, and eight strikeouts.
Bluffton will host South Adams at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 20.
Raiders fall to Norse in softball
Southern Wells lost on the road at Northfield 15-13 in softball on Tuesday. The Raiders are now 1-8 on the season.
Jadyn Yencer led the Raiders with a perfect four-for-four at the plate, hitting a triple and a 2-run home run, totaling four RBIs. Emma Parks had three hits, a double, and four RBIs. Raigen Tarr had a triple and two RBIs, and Brittany Costello had three hits, a double, and an RBI.
Southern Wells will host Adams Central for conference matchup No. 1 on the season at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 20.
