Local sports scrapbook – October 8

Basketball league set to begin at Columbus East

The Olympian Basketball League will sponsor a league for boys in Grades 2 through 6. The next meeting will be Sept. 14.

Grades 2 and 3 will play from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and Grades 4 through 6 will play from 2:30 to 4 p.m. for one Sunday and five Saturdays at Columbus East High School. Cost is $50 per child and includes a reversible jersey and a basketball.

Registration is available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday at Columbus East High School. Brochures are available at the Columbus East athletics office and BCSC Elementary, St. Peter’s, St. Bartholomew, and Columbus Christian schools and can be turned in at East.

There also is a registration form through columbusclubelite.org.

Volleyball club to conduct parent meeting, tryouts

HAVOC club volleyball will have a parent meeting at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Hauser High School main gym.

Tryouts will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in the main gym and 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 15 in the fieldhouse for Grades 5 to 8 and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in the main gym and 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 15 in the fieldhouse for Grades 9 to 12.

HAVOC also will conduct a winter camp for Grades K to 4 from Jan 3 to Feb. 28. Cost is $45 and includes a camp shirt and tournament.

For more information, call Erica Raisor at 812-374-2639 or Jenna Ortega at 812-374-4777 or visit havocvolleyball.com.

Ceraland to host hoops league on Wednesdays

Ceraland will host a Wednesday Open League for basketball beginning Oct. 18.

Cost is $400, with no sports and fitness center fee.

First Christian Church hosting coed basketball league

Oct. 21 is the deadline to sign up for First Christian Church’s Basketball and Beyond coed league.

The league is open to boys and girls in Grades 1 through 6. Applications are available at First Christian Church or online at fccoc.org.

For more information, call Dan Thomas at 812-350-8913.

Edinburgh hosting fundraising hoops camp

The Trey Moses Basketball Camp, a fundraiser to benefit Best Buddies, will be at Edinburgh Community High School from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 21. The camp was organized by Mariah Weddle, who played for the Lancers and is a sophomore at Franklin College.

Moses, a 6-foot-9 junior on the Ball State men’s basketball team, will lead the camp, which is open to boys and girls of any school age. Cost is $20 and includes a T-shirt. Registration is open until Oct. 7 and forms are available at the parks & recreation offices in both Edinburgh and Franklin.

For more information, contact Weddle at bestbuddymariah@ gmail.com.

Harlem Wizards to play local team in Columbus

The Harlem Wizards basketball team will play the Bartholomew County School Foundation Stars, a team of teachers, principals, administrators and community members, at 2 p.m. Nov. 5 at Columbus North High School.

Former Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings and Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. superintendent Jim Roberts will be the coaches. Doors open at 1 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door and can be purchased online at harlemwizards.com/schedule-tickets/ and at Heritage Automotive Sales, 3101 N. National Road; Viewpoint Bookstore, 548 Washington St.; and the BCSC Administration Building, 1200 Central Ave.