John Sluys wasn’t in position to make the Indiana All-Star cross-country team after finishing 22nd in the state meet.
But after several seniors who finished ahead of the Columbus North senior opted not to run in the Mideast All-Star Meet, Sluys got his chance.
Sluys, who led the Bull Dogs to a sixth-place team finish, was the 16th senior to finish the boys race at state. The top 10 seniors are selected for the Mideast meet.
Meanwhile, Rick Sluder, who just completed his first year as the North girls cross-country coach, will serve as one of the assistants for the Indiana team.
This year’s meet will be Nov. 17 at Indian Riffle Park in Kettering, Ohio. The event, which has been held annually since 1987, features the top seniors from Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.
Sluys is the 25th North runner (13 boys and 12 girls) to be selected to compete in the Mideast All-Star meet and the first since Rachel Brougher in 2016. The last Bull Dog boys to be selected were Andrew Diehn, Christopher Kelsey and Michael Sublette in 2011.
Jet, Cougar make All-State
Two local volleyball players have been named first-team All-State by the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association.
Hauser sophomore Hannah Johnson and Trinity Lutheran junior Hannah Sabotin are on the Class A first team. Hauser junior Kylie Lock and Trinity senior Abby Schult made the Class A second team.
Those four players, along with Hauser junior Shelby Fugate, are on the Class A All-District team. Columbus East junior Allison Mack made the Class 4A All-District team.
Bull Dogs named All-CI
Seven members of the Conference Indiana champion Columbus North football team have been selected to the All-Conference squad, and coach Tim Bless has been named Coach of the Year.
Seniors Trenton Kelley (quarterback), Noah Algee (offensive line) and Riley Ables (defensive back); juniors Mitchel Collier (tight end), Montez Mitchell (defensive line) and Landon Robbins (linebacker) and sophomore Blake Huffman (running back) made the first team. Honorable mention selections are seniors D’Andre Scruggs (wide receiver), Will Redding (defensive line), Jackson Payne (linebacker), Tay Wells (linebacker) and Luke Riley (punter); junior Hunter Huser (returner) and sophomores Preston Terrell (wide receiver) and Carter Ward (kicker).
Seniors Tanner Johnson and Elise Whitley, junior Caroline Hollenkamp and freshman Jenna Lang are on the All-Conference girls soccer team. Senior Baleigh Drum and sophomore Lauryn Whitley made honorable mention.
Juniors Andrew Goble, Sotaro Kaneda and Graham Keele are on the All-Conference boys soccer team. Seniors Zach Friend and Ernesto Perez made honorable mention.
Seniors Agustina Fainguersch and Maddy Sebahar are on the All-Conference volleyball team. Junior Emma Tynan made honorable mention.
Senior Kevin Lin, junior Adam Saad and freshman Nathan Lin are on the All-Conference boys tennis team. Junior Joey Zhao made honorable mention.
Scott Seavers, who led the Bull Dogs to the Conference Indiana girls golf title, has been named Coach of the Year for that sport. All-Conference selections in girls golf and boys and girls cross-country were determined at the conference meets.
Senior wins North MVP
Kevin Lin, who led Columbus North to the state tennis tournament and earned All-State honors, has been named MVP of the Bull Dog boys tennis team for the third consecutive year.
Junior Bhavey Jain won the Sportsmanship and Most Improved Awards. Lin and Adam Saad were honored as team captains.
Junior selected East MVP
Junior Eric Stiles, who earned first-team All-District honors, has been named MVP of the Columbus East boys soccer team.
Kyle Pittman won the Olympian Award, and Daniel Boggs was named the team’s Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Top Team Player. Weston Romine was named junior varsity MVP.
