Before Steve Gobert became the football coach at Columbus North, he had a storied athletic career at Bloomington High School.
Last week, Gobert was selected for induction into the Monroe County Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony is July 12 at the Monroe County Convention Center.
“There are a lot of fine athletes that certainly had some very outstanding accomplishments,” Gobert said. “So I’m very humbled to be among that group.”
Gobert competed in football, wrestling and baseball at Bloomington. His senior year, the school won the 1968 state football championship, the 1969 state wrestling title and was state runner-up in baseball in 1969.
Gobert went on to play linebacker for the Indiana University football team. He was head coach at North from 1989-99, winning the school’s first sectional title in 1989.
Seniors selected to Top 100
Two local seniors have been named to Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s Top 100 girls basketball seniors.
Columbus East’s Claire Cunningham and Columbus North’s Nadia Lomax are among the selections. From the Top 100, 60 will be invited to the Top 60 Senior Workout March 3 at Marian University.
Locals named All-Conference
Three local girls basketball players have been selected to this year’s All-Hoosier Hills Conference squad.
Columbus East freshman Koryn Greiwe is on the first team, along with Jennings County senior Callie Wilder and sophomore Addyson Kent. East senior Claire Cunningham and Jennings senior Kylee Matern made honorable mention.
Olympian headed to St. Francis
Columbus East senior Isaac VanCuren has committed to play football at St. Francis and will participate in a signing ceremony at 3:30 p.m. today in the school’s commons.
VanCuren, a tight end and defensive end, caught 11 passes for 154 yards and three touchdowns last fall in earning All-Hoosier Hills Conference honors. He also runs track for the Olympians.
Wrestlers make 9th-10th state
Twelve Columbus East wrestlers have qualified for next weekend’s Freshman-Sophomore State Finals.
Noah Lykins, Kenton Wilson and Sam Morrill automatically advanced by qualiyfing for the IHSAA Evansville Semistate. At Sunday’s freshman-sophomore semistate, Reece Fisher, Tyler Williams, Sam Hernandez, Tristan Statler, Jaden Durnil, Bridger Wagner, Luis Cruz, Ashton Hartwell and Trent Henry also advanced to the Freshman-Sophomore state meet.
Other wrestlers could make it through a Last Chance Qualifier at Sunday’s Indy Nationals. The Freshman-Sophomore state meet is Feb. 23-24 at Southport High School.
North to hold softball callout
Columbus North softball coach Ron McDonald will hold a callout meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the school’s athletic conference room.
Anyone interested in playing should plan to attend and bring their parents. Early indications are that the Bull Dogs will have enough players to field a JV team this year.
Ted Schultz is sports editor for The Republic. He can be reached at [email protected] or 812-5628.
