Chargers plate two in the final inning to defeat Knights in baseball
The Norwell baseball team dropped a heartbreaker on the road to Carroll 2-1 on Monday.
The Knights (16-7) were leading 1-0 going into the final inning against the No. 6 team in Class 4A, but the Chargers brought one a run on a single by Camden Herschberger and a sac-fly to win it by Daniel Kirk.
Brody Bolyn had the lone RBI on a fielder’s choice. Drew Graft had two of the team’s four hits.
Graham Gaier got the loss, throwing six 2/3 innings, allowing two unearned runs, five hits, a walk, and struck out four.
Norwell will host Columbia City at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16.
Tigers take down Braves in baseball
Bluffton’s baseball team made the road trip to Fort Wayne and defeated Blackhawk Christian 3-2 Monday.
The Tigers improved their record to 14-5.
Both teams had four hits and four errors. Andrew Onuegbu, Braxton Betancourt, Drew Pressler, and Lukas Gehrett had singles. Kayden King and Austin Lewis drove in the runs.
Betancourt got the win, throwing four innings, allowing two hits and no runs, striking out eight, and allowing just one walk. AJ Streveler threw three innings in relief and allowed two unearned runs, and struck out two.
Bluffton will play Southern Wells on the road at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 16.
Knights shut out Eagles in NE8 softball
The Norwell softball team defeated Columbia City on the road in a 3-0 Monday.
The Knights 12-8-1 (3-3-1 NE8) tallied five hits in the game, two coming from leadoff hitter Delaney Connett. Leah Werling, Reese Frauhiger, and Kaydance Clark drove in runs on doubles.
Starting pitcher Sami Lemler went the distance with a complete game shutout, throwing seven innings, allowing four hits, and struck out three with no walks.
Norwell will remain in NE8 action when the team travels to DeKalb at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16.
Tigers win both boys & girls MS ACAC track
The Bluffton boys’ and girls’ middle school track teams swept the ACAC championship on Friday night.
The event was held at Bluffton High School, where the Tigers were topped the seven schools in the conference.
The boys’ team won with a team score of 134. Woodlan finished second with 122, South Adams third with 113, Jay County fourth 76, Adams Central fifth 36, Southern Wells sixth 29, and Heritage seventh with 27.
The girls won with a score of 154, followed by Jay County second with 89, South Adams third 81, Woodlan fourth 79, Southern Wells fifth 53, Heritage sixth 46, and Adams Central seventh with 34.
Top performances for the boys were:
• Parker Barnes second in the 110m hurdles with a time of 17.27 and second in the 200m hurdles with a time of 29.58.
• Eli Kerner first in the 400m with a time of 1:00.45 and Chase Kistler second with a time of 1:01.18.
• Aidan Graves second in the 800m with a time of 2:21.80.
• Conner Landis third in the discus with a throw of 100-7 and first in the shot put with a throw of 35-4.
• Dawson Lee second in the long jump with a jump of 17-3.
• Jonah Geisel third in the high jump with a jump of 5-1.
• Claghorn, White, Ryan Schlagenhauf, and Graves first in the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:55.69.
• Barnes Schlagenhauf, Lee, and Kerner second in the 4x100m relay with a time of 50.51.
• Graves, Schlagenhaur, Chase Kistler, and Kerner first in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:10.63.
Top performers for the girls were:
• Briell Coratti third in the 100m with a time of 14.68.
• Cora Kunkel first in the 1600m with a time of 5:59.03.
• Addison Yates second in the 400m with a time of 1:06.97, and Madelyn Funk third with a time of 1:09.29.
• Grace Fry second in the 800m with a time of 2:44.41.
• Averie Patton first in the 200m with a time of 29.55.
• Bridget Steffen first in the high jump with a jump of 4-4.
• Rori Drayer first in the shot put with a throw of 29-2.
• Alexandria Koby first in the discus with a throw of 82-5.50, and Drayer third with a throw of 70-4.
• Madelyn Funk first in the long jump with a jump of 14-5.25, and Yates second with a jump of 12-11.75.
• Kunkel, Ramseyer, Sonnigsen, and Fry first in the 4x800m relay with a time of 11:10.24.
• Patton, Kamryn Ault, Coratti, and Funk first in the 4x100m relay with a time of 56.53.
• Kunkel, Fry, Funk, and Yates first in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:55.11.
Panthers top Raiders in softball
Southern Wells fell at home in softball against Lakewood Park 17-8 Friday.
The loss brings the Raiders record to 5-18.
Of the eight hits, Kyah Thomas, Raigen Tarr, and Jadyn Yencer led the team with two hits each. Maddy Sutton and Kenzie Paxson hit triples and drove in two runs. Yencer drove in two runs as well and stole two bases.
Thomas got the loss, throwing two 2/3 innings and allowed 13 runs (two earned) and struck out three. Emma Parks threw three 1/3 innings of scoreless frames.
Southern Wells will be at Wapahani at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 18.
Tigers fall in softball to Warriors
The Bluffton softball team fell at home against Wes-Del 15-2 Monday.
The Tigers only had three hits in the game, one each by Cayah King, Konley Ault, and Isabella Stout. Ault had a double in the game and drove in the two runs for Bluffton, while Stout had a double of her own.
Bluffton will be at New Haven starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16.
