Tigers down Golden Eagles in twice baseball doubleheader
Bluffton’s baseball team bounced back from its four-game losing skid with a sweep over at Oak Hill on Saturday.
The Tigers won 8-1 in the first game and 18-5 in the second.
In Game 1, the Tigers took advantage of four Golden Eagle errors and 11 walks, while pouring on seven hits.
Axton Beste, Braxton Betancourt, Eli Garrett and AJ Streveler all walked twice and scored one or more runs between them.
At the plate, Streveler roped two doubles in his 2-2 day with four RBI, while Betancourt’s 1-3 effort was for four RBI with two stolen bases. Nick Pastore went 2-4 with three RBI and Easton Blair had a pair of RBI.
Colton Arnold got the win in his 4.1 innings of work, allowing five runs (four earned), eight hits, two walks and five strikeouts. Streveler threw .2 innings of perfect ball in relief.
In Game 2, the Tigers produced nine hits and walked six times at the plate.
Brody Lewis led the team with 2-3 with two RBI. Beste and Betancourt had multi-hit games, Pastore, Griffin Morgan and Lukas Gehrett had one each.
Betancourt got the win, throwing five innings and allowing one run on three hits, four walks and five strikeouts.
Bluffton will travel to Norwell at 5 p.m. Monday, April 15.
Bluffton combines for third in co-ed track invitational
Bluffton’s track teams competed in a co-ed relay-style invitational at Oak Hill.
The Tiger’s boys and girls finished third overall with 101 points of the 10 competing schools, sitting behind the champion Oak Hill and second place Delta. Total points and places were not available.
First-place finishers for the Tigers included Jude Baumgartner in the 400m and Johnny Cruz in the shot put.
Top event placers were:
Boys
• Jude Baumgartner first in the 400m with a time of 51.87.
• Andrew Hunt fourth in the 300m hurdles with a time of 44.23.
• Austin Geimer and Eli Bertsch tied for fourth in the high jump at 5-8.
• Trey Buston second in the long jump at 20-5.
• Tavin Frees fourth in the discus at 122-5 and Drayvin Shoemaker fifth at 121.
• Johnny Cruz first in the shot put at 48-1.5 and Sam Mechling third at 42-4.
Girls
• Rylynn Penick seventh in the 100m with a time of 14.01.
• Maryn Schreiber seventh in the 400m with a time of 1:06.18.
• Madelyn Funk seventh in the long jump at 15-3.
• Alexandria Koby fifth in the shot put at 30-8.5.
Bluffton will be at Jay County at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16.
Knight girls win IPT Relays, boys finish in third
The Norwell track teams had a successful meet at the IPT Relays at Heritage High School on Saturday.
The Knight girls won the event with 118 total points. The boys finished in third of the five-team event.
Among the three first-place finishers for Norwell were: Jasper Kreigh first in the pole vault, Jada Dale, Ryland Graft, Makenzie Fuess and Eden Nash first in the 4x400m relay and Emerson Meredith in the pole vault.
Top-three finishers:
Boys
• Trevon Stoppenhagen second in the 100m with a time of 11.88.
• Brady Smith, Quentauris Jones, Hayden Bennett and Jase Harmon second in the 4x100m with a time of 46.15.
• Stoppenhagen, Matthew Hernandez, Ryan Smith and Devin Dale third in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:43.80.
• Luke Johnson, Gavin Threewits, Gage Reinhard and Lukas Mashuda third in the 4x1600m relay with a time of 20:45.72.
• Dale, Smith, Hernandez and Stoppenhagen third in the 1000m sprint medley relay with a time of 2:10.89.
• Caiden Petrie, Threewits, Reinhard and Elijah Jacob third in the 4000m distance medley relay with a time of 13:00.97.
• Harmon second in the high jump at 6-0.
• Jasper Kreigh first in the pole vault at 12-0.
• Harmon second in the long jump at 20-2.25.
Girls
• Jillian Melcher second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.28 and Eden Nash third at 18.49.
• Karrigan Melcher, Shae Brooks, Haley Williamson and Jaycie Grzch third in the 4x100m.
• Melcher, Brooks, Williamson and Grzch second in the 4x200m with a time of 1:58.96.
• Jada Dale, Ryland Graft, Makenzie Fuess and Nash first in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:24.12.
• Ali Riley, Haleigh Reinhard, Larkin Smith and Brooklyn Meyer third in the 4x800m relay with a time of 11:15.86.
• Reinhard, Addison Meyer, Elizabeth Norris and Kylee Hannie second in the 4x1600m relay with a time of 26:19.63.
• Fuess, Graft, Jillian Melcher and Dale second in the 1000m sprint medley relay with a time of 2:32.81.
• Smith, Riley, Addison Meyer and Norris second in the 4000m distance medley relay with a time of 16:00.33.
• Williamson third in the high jump at 5-0.
• Emerson Meredith first in the pole vault at 10-0 and Kendall Dunwiddie second at 8-0.
• Graft second in the long jump at 15-5.
• Fuess third in the shot put at 30-10.5.
• Kaylee Eicher third in the discus at 87-5.
Team Scores
Boys
1. New Haven (119 points), 2. Heritage (110), 3. Norwell (95), 4. Concordia (67) and 5. Bishop Luers (29).
Girls
1. Norwell (118 points), 2. New Haven (95), 3. Concordia (81), 4. Heritage (63), 5. Bishop Luers (32) and 6. Blackhawk Christian (31).
Norwell will host Bellmont at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 16.
Knights split with Berries, Patriots in baseball
Norwell’s baseball team went 1-1 in the two-game series at Logansport High School on Saturday.
The Knights dropped the first game to the Berries 9-3 and won the second against Bethesda Christian 17-1. The split puts their record to 4-2 on the season.
In Game 1, Norwell was scratched for two base hits. One from Noah Schamerloh and one from Collin Burns.
Noah Turk and Korben Neuenschwander collected the two RBI.
Cade Shelton received the loss despite none of his seven runs being earned. He pitched 1.2 innings, giving up five hits, four walks and three strikeouts. Noah Turk threw 5.1 innings out of the bullpen and allowed two runs on four hits, two walks and six strikeouts.
In Game 2, the Knights got their offense rolling for 19 hits.
Drew Graft and Cayden Cassel led the way with three hits. Graft produced a double and a triple for two runs scored and one RBI, and Cassel had a double and two RBI.
Schamerloh, Lane Lewis and Drew Jolley all contributed two hits. Ryne Thornton’s pinch-hit single drove in two runs, while Neuenschwander, Logan Cotton, Shelton and Adam McBride had one RBI each.
Schamerloah got the win, allowing just one earned run in a complete five innings in 7- pitches. He gave up seven hits, one walk and struck out six.
Norwell will host Bluffton at 5 p.m. Monday, April 15.
Knights fall in softball season opener to Starfires
After rain postponed Norwell’s softball team’s first four games, the Knights began their season at South Adams on Saturday.
The two games did not go in the Knight’s favor, ending in a two-game sweep for the Starfires.
In Game 1, South Adams won 6-2. Norwell collected four hits and committed three errors.
Reese Frauhiger’s two-run home run was the only runs of the game. Kara Brown went 2-3 and Leah Werling added the other hit.
Sami Lemler got the loss, throwing five innings and allowing six runs (five earned) with a walk and two strikeouts. Brown came out of the bullpen and tossed a clean one inning.
In Game 2, South Adams won 17-10. Norwell’s offense jumped with 14 hits in the contest with a home run by Brown, who led the team with a perfect 4-4 and four RBI.
Lemler added to the scoresheet with two doubles and an RBI. Kaydance Clark went 2-4 with a double and two RBI, while Frauhiger also went 2-4 with a double. Jordan Markley went 2-5 in the leadoff slot with an RBI and three stolen bases.
Kayla Watkins earned the loss.
Norwell will travel to Adams Central at 5 p.m. Monday, April 15.
