IHSAA releases football sectional matchups
The IHSAA football sectional pairings draw is in.
Sunday night, the IHSAA did its annual drawing to see where each school will be playing next Friday in the first round of the playoffs. This year, Southern Wells drew the rare bye in the tournament, while both Bluffton and Norwell will be meeting state championship contenders from last year.
Norwell drew Bishop Luers on the road, the reigning 2A state champion and recently got the bump up to 3A. The Bishop Luers Knights are currently ranked 10th in the recent AP Poll, but will likely drop out after a 14-13 loss to South Side last week. They are currently 5-3 on the season.
Bluffton drew Adams Central, the three-time 1A state runners-up. The Jets and Tigers just met in Monroe on Friday in which No. 6 Adams Central (7-1) won 49-24. But Bluffton will get them at home for the first round of the playoffs.
The winner will play Jay County or Bellmont. On the other side of the bracket, Heritage faces Delta and Oak Hill draws Mississinewa.
The winner of the Jets and Tigers game will play either Churubusco or Manchester. On the other side of the bracket, Eastside battles at Whitko and Prairie Heights faces Central Noble.
Southern Wells (0-8) drew a bye and will travel to the winner of Triton and Southwood. On the other side of the bracket, Blackhawk Christian will square off with North Miami and Fremont will travel to Northfield.
Knights earn three honors in NE8 girls’ soccer awards
The Northeast 8 Conference released its selections for the girls’ soccer award winners.
Norwell had three selections:
• Grace Mann, first-team forward.
• Madison Mashuda, honorable mention defender.
• Abby Wagner, honorable mention goalie.
Norwell finished 3-4 in the NE8.
Norwell finishes XC regular season at Delta Invitational
Norwell ended its cross country regular season at the Delta Invitational on Saturday.
The Knight girls finished sixth with 190 points while the boys finished ninth with 236 points.
Individual results
Boys: Caiden Petrie finished 30th with a time of 17:43.50, Elijah Jacob 55th (18:43.40), Kayden Robbins 60th (18:53.50), Zathan Westfall 63rd (18:54.60), James Springer 74th (19:17.80), Gavin Threewits 75th (19:18.20), Kale Meredith 85th (19:30.20), Hudson Petrie 88th (19:36.30), Greyson Shoemaker 94th (19:56.90) and Parker McCartney 123rd (21:49.60).
Girls: Alana Cady finished 36th with a time of 22:36.21, Mariah Kline 38th (22:45.50), Teagan Lesley 46th (23:09.80), Addison Meyer 47th (23:10.80), Lyanna Kelley 48th (23:13.10), Kylee Hannie 62nd (24:06.00), Adalynn Fausz 70th (24:47.30) and Hattie Lewis 109th (31:38.60).
Team results
Boys: 1. Carmel (28 team points), 2. Guerin Catholic (56), 3. New Haven (133), 4. Greenfield Central (143), 5. Delta (151), 6. Bellmont (156), 7. Warsaw (167), 8. Muncie Central (214), 9. Norwell (236), 10. Speedway (300), 11. Park Tudor (300), 12. Yorktown (307), 13. Anderson Prep (366), 14. Anderson (399) and 15. Alexandria Monroe (448).
Girls: 1. Avon (47 team points), 2. Guerin Catholic (55), 3. Greenfield Central (93), 4. Park Tudor (130), 5. Speedway (169), 6. Norwell (190), 7. Yorktown (191), 8. Leo (195), 9. Frankton (227), 10. Delta (224), 11. Bellmont (247), 12. New Haven (345), 13. Muncie Central (345) and 14. Elwood (404).
The sectional will be next week at Taylor University starting at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19.
Knights fall in Maconaquah volleyball invite in title match
Norwell fell in the championship match in the Maconaquah volleyball invitational on Saturday.
The Knights went 3-1 on the weekend, finishing the regular season with a 19-12 record.
Results were: 2-0 win over Culver Academies (25-21, 25-15), 2-0 win over Manchester (26-24, 27-25), 2-0 win over Northwestern (25-9, 25-23) and a 2-1 loss to Maconquah (19-25, 25-16, 8-15).
Combined stat leaders: Macie Saalfrank 26 kills (Vanessa Rosswurm 24, Jaycie Grzych 22), Emma Vachon seven aces (Rebecca Settle six), Vachon 56 assists (Saalfrank 42), Bella Swineford eight blocks (Saalfrank seven) and Autumn Lee 38 digs (Saalfrank 23).
Norwell will face New Haven in Round 2 of the sectional at home starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19.
