Tigers beat Panthers in baseball, now 8 wins in a row
Bluffton continued its winning ways on the baseball diamond Monday night, defeating Eastbrook at home 17-7 in five innings.
The win is now eight in a row for the Tigers, and 10 of their last 11. Bluffton is also 7-1 at home and has improved to an 11-5 overall record.
The Tigers put together 16 hits and took advantage of four Panther errors. Dane Schlagenhauf went 4-4 to lead the Tigers, hitting a double and driving in two. Lukas Gehrett ripped his second home run of the season and went 3-4 with four RBI. Braxton Betancourt, Eli Garrett and Axton Beste had two hits in the game.
Beste got the win on the mound, throwing three innings and allowing three runs on two hits and struck out four.
Bluffton will play for the ACAC championship at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, pending weather.
Knights improve to 3-1 in NE8 softball play over Barons
Norwell shut out DeKalb in home NE8 softball Monday night.
The Knights improved their conference record to 3-1 and overall record to 8-5.
Of the 14 hits, Kara Brown had four of them and drove in one. Brown’s average is now up to .590 on the season. Jordan Markley went 3-4 with a solo home run. Leah Werling drove in two with a home run. Kaydance Clark and Nevada Lenwell added doubles and an RBI.
Sami Lemler picked up the win, throwing four innings, two hits and no runs, striking out seven and walked one. Brown threw a perfect inning and struck out two.
Norwell will be at Huntington North at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8.
Knights edge Lions in road NE8 girls tennis victory
Norwell edged out Leo 3-2 in Northeast 8 Conference girls’ tennis on the road Monday night.
Norwell’s record improves to 11-2 with the victory.
Individual results
• Leah Marquardt (L) defeated Addy Heyerly 6-4, 7-6(5) at No. 1 singles.
• Hannah Staedtler (L) defeated Delaney Hoover 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
• Macie Saalfrank (N) defeated Farrah Norman 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
• Annabelle Johnson and Macy Felger (N) defeated Sophie Amstutz and Madeline Lomont 6-4, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles.
• Jordyn Xayyachack and Ciera Hiester (N) defeated Grace Keener and Ashley Stopher 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
The junior varsity team also won by a score of 6-1.
Results for JV:
• Kendall Melchi (L) defeated Lucy Gerbers 8-3.
• Aubrey Meyer defeated Ava Fuller 8-1.
• Gabbi Hoeppner defeated Lauren Cogdell 8-3.
• Hope Mitchell and Emmaline Johnson defeated Isabella Scherschel 8-1.
• Sam Evans and Aubryn Keller defeated Marin Emch and Jillian Scherschel 8-4.
• Aubrey Meyer and Gabbi Hoeppner defeated Ellie Livingston and Sarah Harhigh 8-1.
• Hope Mitchell and Emmaline Johnson defeated Alana Doty and Grace Reith 6-0.
Norwell will be at home against DeKalb at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7.
Tigers top the Patriots in boys golf at Timber Ridge
Bluffton won the solo contest with Heritage in boys’ golf Monday at Timber Ridge Golf Course.
The Tigers scored a 192 and the Patriots 202.
Leading Bluffton was Conner Klopfenstein with a score 45, followed by Declan Griser Kade Abbett (46), Anthony Hartman (55) and Max White (56).
Bluffton’s junior varsity team also won by a score of 202-216. Leading the way on JV was Chris Castenada with a score of 52, followed by Kyler Potter and Will Ault (53), Hutch Craighead (58) and Landon Crist (60). Connor Collins (62) and Graham Linderwell (66) also participated.
Bluffton will host Northfield at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 8.
Tigers fall to Braves in girls’ tennis match
Bluffton fell to Bellmont 4-1 on the road in girls’ tennis Monday night.
The loss puts the Tigers at 5-9 on the season.
Individual results:
• Leila Jin (BE) defeated Hazel Pfister 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles.
• Eve Corkwell (Bl) defeated Lillian Jim 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
• Emma Fuelling (BE) defeated Gretchen Crist 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.
• Ella Ross and Lilyana Suarez (BE) defeated Emma Schwartz and Kinzie Fiechter 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.
• Alyssa Coffey and Lucie McIntire (BE) defeated Emily Drayer and Sophie Eisenhut 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
Bellmont also won the junior varsity match 7-1.
Results for JV:
•Madison Murray and Olga Jardan (BL) defeated Veronica Franz and Larissa Reed 6-4.
• Averie Cooks defeated Alexis Grover 6-3.
• Vanessa Hebble and Vienna Braun defeated Gissel Martinez and Zara Eisenhut 6-4.
• Averie Coats and Izzy Krull defeated Aleeah Grover and Madison Duncan 7-5.
• Sofia Stevry and Lilly Alberding defeated Mary Beth Zurcher and Anna Zurcher 6-1.
• Faith Cook and Elise Rumschlag defeated Zoey Schmidt and Isabella Rhoderick 6-4.
• Vanessa Hebble and Vienna Brau defeated Kenley Falk and Briell Coratti 6-1.
• Veronica Franz and Larissa Reed defeated Zaainab Ameen and Charos Anorboeva 6-0.
Bluffton will be at Jay County starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 8.
Tigers and Jets play in middle school tennis
Bluffton competed at Adams Central in a middle school tennis Monday night.
The rounds were of 20 minutes each.
Round winners:
Round 1: Eli Seago and Heath Gerber.
Round 2: Parker Christal and Dane Fiechter, Carter Williams and Jordan Simpson-Barkley, Carter Lehman and Heath Gerber, Ithan Rinkenberger and Cooper Dunnuck and Bryce Martin and Derek Sickafus.
Round 3: Dane Fiechter, Cooper Dunnuck, Ethan Ribich and Bear Sprunger, Ethan Brown and Eli Seago and Namine VanHyfte and Charlotte Rhoderick.
Round 4: Dane Fiechter and Ethan Ribich, Parker Christal and Bear Sprunger and Brooklyn Coratti and Violetta Tarasova.
Round 5: Ethan Ribich and Ava Trexler, Cooper Dunnuck and Derek Sickafus, Aiden Martin and Eric Rinkenberger and
Brooklyn Coratti and Namine VanHyfte.
Round 6: Parker Christal and Dane Fiechter, Eli Seago and Ava Trexler
Carter Lehman and Ithan Rinkenberger and Emily Maggard and Jordan Simpson-Barkley.
Knights fall to Chargers in junior varsity baseball
Norwell was edged out on the road against Carroll in junior varsity baseball 3-2 on Monday.
The Knights had four hits compared to the Chargers three. Trey Privett had two of them, one of which was a double. Luke Ward and Nick McBride had the others. Will Case and Ward had the RBI.
Palmer Krug picked up the loss, throwing five innings and allowing three runs. Brayden Huffman threw one perfect inning in relief.
