Knights slug past Jackets with 10-run mercy rule
Norwell’s baseball team made the road trip up to Angola for an 11-1 win over the Yellowjackets Friday night.
Drew and Luke Graft led the team with two hits each, Drew with a double, and Luke with a triple. Both also led the team with two RBIs each as well.
Trey Bodenheimer and Brody Bolyn added doubles in the game.
Graham Gaier threw a complete five-inning game allowing just three hits and one unearned run, striking out five.
Norwell will host Concordia at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 24.
Bluffton boys and girls track teams fall to Yorktown
Both Bluffton track teams were in action on Thursday at Yorktown.
The boys’ team lost by a team score of 78-53, while the girls lost 86 to 44.
Top performers for the boys were:
• Khamel Moore second in the 200m with a time of 24.2.
• Jude Baumgartner second in the 400m with a time of 53.7.
• Tyler Godwin first in the 800m with a time of 2:09 and the mile with a time of 4:47.
• Sam Baumgartner first in the two mile with a time of 11:18.
• Levi Johns second in the two mile with a time of 11:23.
• Andrew Hunt first in the 110m hudles with a time of 17.3 and second in the 300m hurdles with a time of 44.2.
• Maksym Laishevkin, Godwin, Jude Baumgartner, and hunt second in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:45.9.
• Jude Baumgartner, Johns, Sam Baumgartner, and Godwin first in the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:49.
• Johnny Cruz second in the shot put with a throw of 49 feet eight inches.
• Sam Mechling third in the shot put with a throw of 42 feet eight inches.
• Tavin Frees second in the discus with a throw of 115 feet nine inches.
Top performers for the girls were:
• Rylynn Penick second in the 100m with a time of 13.3.
• Maryn Schreiber second in the 400m with a time of 1:06.2 and second in the 800m with a time of 2:52.0.
• Sophie Schwartz first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.1.
• Haley Gibson, Lauren Reiff, Ava Troxel, and Penick second in the 4x100m relay with a time of 53 seconds.
• Dakota Lee, Olivia Schreiber, Penick, and Maryn Schreiber second in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:53.6.
• Troxel first in the long jump with a jump of 14 feet 6.25 inches.
• Reiff first in the discus with a throw of 115 feet one inch and second in the shot put with a throw of 33 feet 11 inches.
Both teams will be at Woodlan with Adams Central at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. April 25.
Tigers sweep four rounds over Spartans in MS tennis
Bluffton’s middle school tennis teams played and won four rounds at Homestead. Below are the results individually for all four rounds.
First round (5-4 win)
• Coy Lantz and Jacob Ribich
• Logan Johnson and Jackson Meyer
• Graham Linderwell and Dane Fiechter
• Sophie Eisenhut and Aleeah Grover
• Heath Gerber and Bear Sprunger
Second round (5-4 win)
• Alex Maggard
• Lance Moser and Ribich
• Coy and Jared Moser
• Logan and Dane Fiechter
• Carter Williams and Sprunger
Third round (7-2 win)
• Ribich
• Lantz and Maggard
• Meyer and Fiechter
• Johnson and Lincoln Rodgers
• Linderwell and Sprunger
• Isla Gibson and Grover
• Eisenhut and Kenley Falk
• Fourth round (5-4 win)
• Lantz and Moser
• Moser and Ribich
• Eisenhut and Maggard
• Gibson and Johnson
• Fiechter and Gerber
