Knights top Barons to remain unbeaten in NE8 girls’ tennis
Norwell defeated DeKalb on the Knights senior night, and got a 5-0 win Wednesday.
The Knights improved to 12-2 overall and 6-0 in the Northeast 8 Conference.
Individual results:
• Addy Heyerly defeated Sophue Pfister 3-6, 6-4, 10-4 in No. 1 singles.
• Delaney Hoover defeated Kenlee Dick 6-1, 6-1 No. 2 singles.
• Macie Saalfrank defeated Lainy Newbauer 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
• Annabelle Johnson and Macy Felger defeated Katelynn Hartsough and Allyson Kinsey 6-0, 6-1.
• Jordyn Xayyachack and Ciera Hiester defeated Paige Fillenworth and Mackenzie Clark 6-1, 6-2.
Norwell won the JV game 8-1, moving their record to 13-1.
Results for JV:
• Aubrey Meyer defeated Nicole Azzue 8-0.
• Gabbi Hoeppner defeated Reese Schmidt 8-1.
• Lucy Gerbers defeated Pierson Burley 8-2.
• Charli Swindell won 7-5.
• Hope Mitchell and Emmaline Johnson defeated Sydney Shambaugh and Kai Nagel 8-2.
• Sam Evans and Aubryn Keller defeated Kali Wyatt 8-7(5).
• Melissa Hoag and Campbell Sloan defeated Lily Armstrong and Gracie Pinnington 6-2.
• Carley Wolf and Isabella Hubble defeated Gena Lautzenhister and Alyssa Oberlin 6-1.
• Hazel Lewis and Molly Threwits fell to DeKalb.
Knights improve to 5-0 with NE8 baseball win over Barons
Norwell edged out DeKalb 5-3 in Northeast 8 baseball action Wednesday night.
The Knights moved to 5-0 in the conference, tying them for the lead with Columbia City, who is 4-0. Overall, the Knights are 13-6.
Of the five hits, the Knights got two from Drew Graft with an RBI. Noah Schamerloah, Drew Jolley also tallied RBI.
Lane Lewis picked up the win, throwing seven innings, allowing six hits, three unearned runs, one walk and 10 strikeouts.
Norwell will host Huntington North at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9.
Tigers fall by one to Patriots in ACAC girls’ tennis match
Bluffton fell at Jay County 3-2 in ACAC girls’ tennis action Wednesday night.
The Tigers fall to 5-10 overall on the season.
Individual results
• Brenna Haines (JC) defeated Emma Schwartz 6-4, 6-4 at No.1 singles.
• Brenna Bailey (JC) defeated Eve Corkwell 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
• Kinzie Fiechter (B) defeated Maggie Dillon 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.
• Hazel Pfister and Sophie Eisenhut (B) defeated Meredith Dirksen and Sophia Sprunger 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 at No. 1 doubles.
• Lucie Henneaux and Zion Beiswanger (JC) defeated Alexis Grover and Emily Drayer 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
Bluffton lost the junior varsity match 5-3.
Results for JV:
• Avery Hunt (B) defeated Faith Faulkner 8-3.
• Raylan Newton (JC) defeated Madison Duncan 8-4.
• Tessa Frazee (JC) defeated Briell Coratti 8-6.
• Zara Eisenhut and Alexis Grover (B) defeated Audrey Muhlenkamp and Courtney Harris 8-2.
• Macee Stepehn and Trinity Glassford (JC) and Anna Zurcher and Madison Murray 8-6.
• Taren Bentley and Lydia Johnson (JC) defeated Zoey Schmidt and Isabella Rhoderick 8-3.
• Chloe Muhlenkamp and Adriene Denney (JC) defeated Olga Jardan and Kenley Falk 9-7.
• Zainab Ameen and Charos Anorboeva (B) defeated Macee Stephen and Trinity Glassford 8-3.
Bluffton will host Carroll at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9.
Knights defeated by Vikings in softball
Norwell dropped its softball game on the road against Huntington 4-2 Wednesday night.
The Knights fell to 8-6 overall on the season and 3-2 in conference play.
The Knights had three hits — one each from Reese Frauhiger, who had the lone RBI, Sami Lemler and Leah Werling.
Lemler picked up the loss, throwing six innings with four unearned runs and five strikeouts.
Norwell will host Bluffton at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 9.
Knights lose to Barons in golf
Norwell lost 171-159 at DeKalb’s golf course Wednesday night.
The loss falls the Knights to 2-3 on the season.
Derek Smith was the leading scorer at 38, followed by Ashton Federspiel and Chase Hulvey at 43, Cooper Sloan (47) and Bodie Zimmer (49).
The junior varsity Knights defeated the Barons 178-180. Leading scorer was a 37 from Phil Gaier, followed by Cavin Smithley, Grant Mishler and Owen Wallis (47) and Zack Herrell (50).
Norwell will be at the Angola Invitational at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11.
Green Valley Tuesday Senior Golf League results
The winning team this week in the Green Valley Tuesday Senior Golf League was Tom Nahrwold, Ron McDonald, Tom Reifsteck and Wayne Close in the Florida Scramble.
Dick Cristman had the closest to pin and Nahrwold had the longest putt.
Norseman outlast Tigers in boys golf at Timber Ridge
Bluffton’s golf team fell to Northfield 168-174 at Timber Ridge Golf Course Wednesday night.
The Tigers were led by Connor Klopfenstein with a score of 40, followed by Declan Grieser and Kade Abbett (43), Max White (48) and Anthony Hartman (49).
Northfield did not have a sufficient amount of players for the junior varsity match. The Tigers had five, scoring a 230.
The team was led by Kyler Potter (50), Chris Castaneda (55), Will Ault (62), Hutch Craighead (63) and Landon Crist (65). Connor Collins and Graham Linderwell also participated and scored a 59 and a 64.
Bluffton will be at Woodlan at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9.
Knights win by one in junior varsity baseball and softball
Norwell won 4-3 at home to DeKalb in junior varsity baseball Wednesday night.
Of the eight hits, the Knights had multi-hit games from Nick McBride, Adam Mahnensmith and Brayden Huffman. Huffman had two RBI and Mahnensmith had one.
Noah Comer earned the win, throwing two-thirds of an inning without a hit or a run. Huffman started and lasted four innings, allowing three unearned runs, a walk and four strikeouts. Trey Privett closed with two innings, no runs, one hit and two strikeouts.
The Norwell junior varsity softball team also won by one run, winning 12-11 over Huntington North.
Of the eight hits, the Knights were led by Ayla Nern with three hits in the game and one RBI. Nara Brock and Madison Mashuda had triples. Alli Crow had two RBI with one hit.
Carli Fausz got the win, throwing four innings with four runs, one walk and six strikeouts.
