Donner athletes perform well in own invitational; team gets 2nd

Staff Reports

Donner Swim Club finished second in its Donner November Invitational at Columbus North High School.

Top finishers for the Donner 13-and-overs were Jared Carroll winning the boys 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke. He also placed second in the 200 freestyle.

Nick Green won the boys 1,000 freestyle and 200 butterfly and finished second in the 50 breaststroke, 400 individual medley, 100 freestyle and 200 IM. Green also placed third in the 50 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

Sam Russell won the 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke, 400 IM, 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle.

He placed second in the 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly and 1,000 freestyle.

Paxton Rush finished second in the 100 backstroke. Thomas Goble was second in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Ryan Singer placed third in the 100 breaststroke.

Betsy King won the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 IM. She took second in the 50 and 100 butterfly.

Kaitlyn Niebrugge placed first in the 50 backstroke and 100 breaststroke and second in the 1,000 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 200 backstroke and 500 freestyle. She was third in the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle.

Whitley Eicher won the 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke and finished second in the 50 freestyle.

Caroline Swenson placed second in the 100 breaststroke and third in the 200 breaststroke.

Jennifer Utterback placed third the 50 freestyle, 50 breaststroke and 50 backstroke. Adeline Rush placed third in the 400 IM and second in the 200 butterfly

Unattached Donner swimmers Karlie Brown placed third in the 50 butterfly and 100 butterfly and second in the 400 IM. Riddhi Garg placed third in the 1000 freestyle and second in the 50 backstroke and 200 breaststroke.

Also scoring points for Donner in the 13-and-over age group were Tristan Cook, Kaz Gambrel, Sammi Hoovler, Nico Jones, Michael Lee, Paige Maddox, Thomas Mccarrick, Karissa Miller, Vaikhari Nalole and Ellie Proffitt.

Unattached Donner scorers were Jared Greene and Christopher Lee.

For the 11-12 age group, Daniel Utterback, who is swimming for Donner unattached until the end of November, placed first in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle. He also finished second in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 50 breaststroke, 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.

Jude Abdallah, Karissa Bevis, Cole Ehara, Hudson Elwood and Isaac Proffitt also scored points for Donner.

In the 9-10 age group, Ainsley Sherlock placed second in the 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM. She placed third in the 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke.

Also scoring points in the 9-10 age group were Gretchen Babb, Nichole Brault, Cassidy Furnish, Pranav Nalole, Abby Proffitt, Keaton Stephenson and Maggie Treesh.

The 8-and-under age group was led by Connelly Furnish, who placed first in the 25 breaststroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke. She placed second in the 25 backstroke and 25 freestyle.

Jonathon Dettmer placed first in the 25 freestyle. Grace Ning won the 25 freestyle, 25 breaststroke and 25 backstroke. Xavier Zhang placed first in the 25 breaststroke and second in the 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke.

Grace Chen placed third in the 25 breaststroke. Tempe Chew placed third in the 25 freestyle.

Nitya Garg placed third in the 50 breaststroke, 50 breaststroke, 25 backstroke and 100 backstroke.

Barrett Harris finished second in the 25 butterfly. Grier Lane placed second in the 100 freestyle and 50 backstroke and third in the 25 butterfly, 50 butterfly and 50 freestyle. Shreyas Yepuri took third in the 25 freestyle.

Scoring points for Donner in the 8-and-under age group were Kira Athaide, Levi Bense, Tucker Bienemann, Arya Dave, Chinmay Karyekar, Jeannette Larsen, Mridula Murthukumaran, Manogna Pagadala, Dereck Prieto Marina, Michael Reed, Lane Rush and Deeksha Yerragolla.

BASKETBALL

Chargers top Panthers

Cooper Horn scored 21 points, and Brady Probst added 12 to lead the Central Middle School seventh-grade boys to a 51-43 win against the Jennings County White team.

Keegan Manowitz led the Panthers with 14, while Lane Zohrlaut added 10.

Jennings eighth-grade boys White beat Central 42-26. Carson McNulty lead the Panthers with 12 points, while Jacob Vogel added 10.

McNulty scored 16 points, and Vogel added 12 to lead the Jennings eighth-grade boys White to a 42-21 win against Greensburg. The Panthers’ seventh-grade boys White beat Greensburg 58-47 behind 16 points from Jacob Scruggs.

The Jennings eighth-grade boys Blue fell to Greensburg 41-39, despite 17 points from Landen Burton. The seventh-grade boys Blue lost to Greensburg 58-20. Cole Marksberry led the Panthers with 15 points, and Skyler Lewis added 11.

BROOMBALL

Tsunamis stay unbeaten

Toyota Tsunamis stayed atop the Columbus Broomball standings at 3-0-1 following a 5-0 shutout of CCA. Greg McNealy scored two goals, and Tyler Houchin, Matt Street and Jimmy Robertson all added one.

Yoopers downed Slappin Balls 7-0. Claire Tegl and Josh D’Anna each netted two goals, and Ryan Nelson, Ryan Siefring and Jin Lyu all had one.

Our Name Is Earl blanked Wicked Sisters 5-0.

Tom Kareus scored two goals, and Dane Bremer, Stephan Cox and Nick Lewis all added one.

Monsters of Rock beat Hansons 4-2 behind two goals from Ben Echkart and one apiece from Greg Thomas and Tyler Rash. John Lane and Matt Psota scored for Hansons.

HOCKEY

Icemen fall in shootout

The Columbus Icemen dropped a heartbreaker last weekend, falling to Perry 3-2 in a shootout after the teams were tied at the end of overtime.

Mark Mayhew and Darrien Nickerson scored goals for the Icemen, while Matt Jordan and John Menefee had assists. Cam Stattenfield recorded 35 saves.

BOWLING

Bowlers roll 253 games

Richard Baldwin and Teddy Burton tied for the men’s high game with 253s in the Wednesday Night Mixed League. Baldwin had the high series at 697.

Bonnie Roberts posted the women’s high game (198). Carolyn Baldwin had the women’s high series (489).

Maybe Next Week tallied the team high game (987), and The Brooklyn Dodgers had the team high series (2,728). Old Time Flea Market leads the team standings at 59-29.