Knights finish 2nd in girls, 3rd in boys’ NE8 cross country championships
The Norwell boys and the Norwell girls ran solid races at the Northeast 8 Conference meet at Columbia City on Saturday.
The girls finished in second place behind the hosting Eagles, while the boys finished third behind Columbia City and Bellmont.
The Knights’ top runners for the girls were Mia Kurtz in seventh place, Ashley Tucker ninth and Macy Oatess 10th. For the boys, it was Gavin Threewits in sixth and Gage Reinhard in eighth.
Individual results
Boys: Gavin Threewits finished in sixth with a time of 17:01.10, Gage Reinhard eighth (17:04.70), Caiden Petrie 18th (17:58.40), John Baxter 29th (18:37.30), Elijah Jacob 35th (18:52.90), Zathan Westfall 42nd (19:17.00) and James Springer 48th (19:39.80).
Girls: Mia Kurtz finished in seventh place with a time of 20:28.80, Ashley Tucker ninth (20:38.50), Macy Oatess 10th (20:44.70), Mya Oatess 18th (21:28.50), Ashley Waldman 19th (21:29.30), Brooklyn Meyer 20th (21:29.70) and Addison Meyer 31st (23:43.60)
Team scores
Boys: 1. Columbia City (48 team score), 2. Bellmont (79), 3. Norwell (96), 4. East Noble (100), 5. New Haven (104), 6. Leo (130), 7. DeKalb (155) and Huntington North 8. (171).
Girls: 1. Columbia City (31 team points), 2. Norwell (63), 3. Huntington North (76), 4. East Noble (101), 5. Leo (116), 6. Bellmont (136), 7. DeKalb (187) and 8. New Haven Incomplete.
Norwell will be at the Delta Eagle Invitational at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.
Volleyball pairings released
The IHSAA released its pairings for the volleyball sectional brackets on Sunday night.
Below are the dates and times.
3A at Norwell: The Knights (14-10) drew the semifinal match with New Haven (12-13) set for 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. Norwell defeated New Haven in its previous match in straight sets.
On the other side of the bracket, Heritage will face Mississinewa in the quarterfinal round on Thursday. The winner gets Marion in the semis.
2A at Woodlan: The Tigers (8-16) picked up Whitko (7-16) for the second straight season in the first round. Bluffton beat them in that sectional last year 3-1.
Bluffton drew the first match at 6 p.m. Thursday night and will play the winner of the South Adams and Adams Central match on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Blackhawk Christian and Bishop Luers will square off witht he winner playing the hosting Woodlan Warriors.
1A Daleville: Southern Wells (11-13) drew Daleville (20-4) in the first round and will play at 7:30 p.m., or following the first match between Northfield and Wes-Del.
Cowan drew Tri-Central and the winner will face North Miami.
Knights place second in the freshman volleyball tournament at Norwell
Norwell hosted the freshman volleyball tournament for the Northeast 8 Conference on Saturday.
The Knights finished the day with a 3-1 record, defeating East Noble in the consolation match.
Norwell won the first match over New Haven 25-15, 25-8. Lost the second to Columbia City 25-20, 25-20. Won the third over Leo 25-13, 25-15. Won the consolation match for third over East Noble 25-11, 23-25 and 15-8.
