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Tiger netmen open with win
The Bluffton Tigers boys tennis team pulled out a 3-2 victory over the visiting Blackford Bruins Tuesday evening.
Bluffton took two of the three singles matches and split with the Bruins in doubles to score its three points. Cody Cochran and Drew Neuenschwander came out on top, respectively, in No. 2 and No. 3 singles.
The Bruins’ No. 1 singles player, Adam Durm, defeated Cameron Gerber 6-0, 6-1. Cochran beat Aaron Williams 6-1, 6-3 and Neuenschwander topped Aric Durm 6-1, 6-2.
Bluffton’s No. 2 doubles duo of Mark Vanderkolk and Bryan Bowman beat Blake Musselman and Nick Ramey 6-4, 6-0. Blackford’s Micah Adkins and Austin Ford came back from a first-set loss to down Jon Dauterman and Jackson Bates 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
The Bluffton junior varsity squad also won, taking four matches for a 4-0 romp.
Nick Huffman defeated Damon Kemp 8-0. Zach Mezera tripped Trevor Schambers 8-2. Chandler Okey and Michael Vanderkolk dispatched Ethan Harriett and Evan Baughey 8-2. Mitchel Meitzler and Alex Penrod overcame Kemp and Schambers 8-5.
Knights open cross country season
Alex Cushman, Sean Cossairt and Brandon Long each cracked the 18-minute mark for the Norwell Knights on Tuesday afternoon in the DeKalb Invitational boys cross country meet at Waterloo.
Only individual results were recorded and no team scores were kept.
Cushman led the Knights, finishing in front of Cossairt with a time of 17 minutes, 46 seconds. Cossairt was clocked in 17:48, followed by Long in 17:59. The other Norwell runners included Ethan Roebuck, who finished in 18:34, Ben DeVoe 19:03, Alex Schmidt 19:29, Brett Bennett 20:44, Jordan Blair 21:51 and Joe Kumfer 21:57.
“We ran better than last year,” commented Norwell coach Randy Hawkins. “Our top three runners were about 30 seconds faster than last year’s top three. Cushman, Cossairt and Long have to continue moving up. DeVoe had a great race and finished fifth guy for us. That is a confidence booster for him. Schmidt had a nice race considering it was his first race. Bennett ran almost two minutes faster than last year. Kumfer also made great strides compared as he was about two minutes ahead of last year’s pace.
Seniors Tom Horn and Sean McAvoy did not run.
“It will be important to get Horn and McAvoy back in the lineup. On paper, (Horn) should be our No. 5 and (McAvoy) our No. 6. Horn will not run Saturday at Huntington, but (McAvoy) will,” added Hawkins.
Lady Knights spike Starfires
After a slow start in their first match of the season, the Norwell Lady Knights volleyball team bounced back Tuesday night to defeat South Adams 3-1 at Berne.
Kelsey Kline led the Lady Knights with seven spike kills, seven service aces and 11 digs. Haley Chaney added six kills, three aces, one block and one block assist. Setter Mallory Bushee had 11 assists, while Lindsey Stronczek had four assists and four aces. Helping the passing attack, Elizabeth Ault had eight digs and Lindsey Dahn had seven digs and three assists. Lauren Klansek and Dahn each had two aces. Andrea Vogel and Klansek each added three kills.
South Adams opened the match winning the first game 25-23, but the Lady Knights stormed back to take the next three games 25-12, 25-14, 25-22.
Norwell won the junior varsity match 25-2, 25-8.
Lady Starfires nip Knights 2-1
Two first-half goals by the South Adams Lady Starfires proved to be enough scoring to spoil the season opener for the Norwell Lady Knights soccer team.
South Adams held the Lady Knights to a second-half goal for the 2-1 victory at Berne. Maddie Moore put the Lady Starfires on the scoreboard with a corner kick goal. Ashton Morgan followed with a goal, assisted by Jana Beitler.
Brittany Hartman netted the Norwell goal on a pass from Korah Graft.
Running club to meet
The first official meeting of the Wells County Running Club, the Ouabache River Runners, will take place at the White Bridge on Thursday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. Those who want to run should dress accordingly. Runners of all abilities are welcomed and encouraged to join in the fun. This includes elite runners, fitness runners, recreational runners/joggers, walkers and power walkers. Running groups will be organized at this time.
An individual is needed to help organize groups or facilitate group runs. Information will be available about officers, by-laws and tax status at the meeting.
Gilliom, Perry lead senior golfers
Bob Gillom and Paul Perry were the top individual golfers Tuesday in the Men’s Senior Golf League at Green Valley golf course in Bluffton. Gillom was the medalist with a 40, while Perry had the lowest net score of 30. Harold Morgan, Larry Claghorn, Roger Nelson and Gillom were the winning team. Joe Baur had the drive closest to the pin and Perry made the longest putt.
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