Tennis pairings released
The boys’ tennis sectional pairings have been released for both Wells County schools.
This year, the Bluffton Tigers and Norwell Knights will play at Bluffton High School for the tournament. Both ended up on opposite ends of the bracket.
In the first round, Adams Central and South Adams will play for the quarterfinal on Tuesday. The winner will face Bluffton on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the Knights match up with Bellmont, whom they’ve beaten already this season.
The Knights will look to defend the sectional title from last season with the championship on Thursday.
Knights top No. 5 Jets in 3-2 comeback in volleyball
Norwell’s volleyball team defeated the No. 5 team in 1A Adams Central at The Castle Monday night.
The Knights came back in the final three sets after being down 2-0. Scores were 22-25, 15-25, 25-18, 27-25 and 15-10.
Stat leaders: Vanessa Rosswurm with 13 kills (Jaycie Grzych and Macie Saalfrank 10), Izzy Anderson, Kaitlee Reinhard and Emma Vachon two aces, Vachon 30 assists, Saalfrank three blocks and Autumn Lee 22 digs.
Norwell won the junior varsity match 2-0 (25-10, 25-14) and the freshman match over Woodlan 2-1 (25-23, 24-26 and 15-13).
Norwell will be back home to face defending state runner-ups Bellmont at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Raiders back over .500 in volleyball with win
Southern Wells continues to put itself over .500 with another win in volleyball Monday night.
The Raiders hosted and defeated Tri-Central in straight sets. Scores were 25-19, 25-11 and 25-8. That puts Southern Wells at 12-11 on the season.
Kila Shelley had five aces, three kills and two digs. Ally Green four kills. Kyah Thomas three kills and two blocks. Abbie Powell had 14 kills and Sydney Alstoft 25 assists.
Vikings top Knights in final tennis regular season match
Norwell fell to Huntington North in the final boys’ tennis regular season match.
The Knights lost in a close match 3-2 and finished with a 7-10 record to finish the season.
Individual results:
• Mason Kline (HN) defeated Gavin Reynolds 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.
• Braylon Troutt (N) defeated Peyton Huff 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.
• Brayden Mayer (HN) defeated Landon Diver 7-6, 7-4, 3-6, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.
• Eddie Archbold and Ayden Quintanilla (N) defeated 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.
• Andrew Lochmaier and Isaiah Bordeaux (HN) defeated Rylan Heyerly and Dylan Randol 6-4, 7-6, 7-1 at No. 2 doubles.
Norwell will face Bellmont at Bluffton for the sectional semifinals at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2.