The Central Middle School seventh-grade boys basketball team improved to 17-3 with a 50-14 win against Immanuel Lutheran.
Connor Hensley led the Chargers with 12 points. Henry Sims added 10.
Panthers down Rebels
The Jennings County eighth-grade boys White team ran its record to 21-2 with a 47-22 win against Southwestern (Hanover).
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Keegan Manowitz led the Panthers with 11 points.
WRESTLING
Jennings wins invitational
Jennings County Middle School won its Panther Invitational by beating Parkview 92-29, South Dearborn 78-39 and Batesville 89-30.
Brathan Malone (96 pounds), RJ Barberis (121), Robin Stayton (136), Skylar Cohee (141), Teagan Trotter (145), Jacobi Clark (166), Evan Rockey (186), Will Rowlett (220) and Ashton Newcomb (285) all went 3-0 for the Panthers (6-2). Eli Simmons (76), Lane Kirchner (81), Caron Sorrells (106), Eli Hatton (116), Sam Burkman (126) and Christian Hernandez (156) all went 2-1.
SWIMMING
Club Olympia competes
Club Olympia’s 10-and-under swimmers competed in last weekend’s Munster Swim Club 10-and-Under Spectacular, a meet designed to be fun and to encourage swimmers aged ten and under by awarding medals, ribbons and points through 20th place and high point trophies through third place.
Nine teams — five from Indiana and four from Illinois — competed. With only 17 swimmers, and three of those swimming unattached, Club Olympia placed sixth overall. If the three unattached swimmers had competed for Club Olympia, the team would have been third, behind Duneland out of Chesterton (with 40 swimmers in the meet) and host Munster Swim Club (with 28 swimmers).
Leading the way for Club Olympia was Joshua Pendleton, who placed first in high-point scoring for 8-year-old boys with 113 points. Pendleton won the 25- and 50-yard freestyle events and the 25 backstroke and finished second in the 25 butterfly and third in the 25 breaststroke, all in personal-best times.
Tony Machavariani was next with 110 points in the 6-year old-boys competition to earn the second-place high point trophy. Machavariani won the 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke and took second in the 25 butterfly and 50 freestyle and third in the 25 breaststroke.
Also racing in the 6-year-old boys events was Shreyan Kulkarni, who finished third in the high-point competition with 98 points. Kulkarni was second in the 25 breaststroke, third in the 25 butterfly and fourth in the 25 freestyle and 50 Freestyle, as well as the 25 backstroke.
Another 6-year-old boy competing, Avi Banerjee, finished just out of the high-point awards in fourth place with 75 points. Banerjee took third in the 25 backstroke, fourth in the 25 breaststroke and fifth in the 25 freestyle and 50 freestyle.
Competing unattached, Connelly Furnish finished with 100 points in the 9-year-old events to earn the second-place high point award. Furnish swam best times in four of her five races, finishing first in the 50 breaststroke, second in the 50 freestyle and 100 individual medley, third in the 50 backstroke and ninth in the 50 butterfly.
Also swimming unattached in the 9-year-old events was Grier Lane, who finished with 97 points to tie for the third-place high point trophy. Lane swam best times in all five of her races, finishing second in the 50 backstroke, third in the 50 butterfly, fourth in the 50 freestyle and 100 IM and fifth in the 50 breaststroke.
Five other Club Olympia 9-year-old girls competed, and next in scoring was Sanaa Kulkarni, earning 78 points by placing third in the 50 breaststroke, fifth in the 50 freestyle and 100 IM, sixth in the 100 butterfly and 16th in the 50 backstroke. Advika Badve scored 62 points by finishing sixth in the 50 breaststroke, seventh in the 50 backstroke and 100 IM, 12th in the 50 butterfly and 17th in the 50 freestyle.
Nandini Kondhare finished with 44 points by placing 10th in the 100 IM, 11th in the 50 freestyle, 14th in the 50 breaststroke and 50 butterfly and 15th in the 50 backstroke. Lovely Panda scored 40 points by finishing in 10th in the 50 butterfly, 13th in the 50 breaststroke and 100 IM, 14th in the 50 freestyle and 17th in the 50 backstroke. Jahnavi Venugopal finished with three points by placing 19th in the 50 breaststroke and 20th in the 100 IM. She also was 24th in the 50 backstroke and 28th in the 50 freestyle.
New swimmer Arya Kichambare scored 77 points to just miss getting the third-place high point trophy for 6-year-old girls. Kichambare was third in the 25 butterfly, fifth in the 25 breaststroke, sixth in the 50 freestyle, ninth in the 25 freestyle and 13th in the 25 Backstroke.
Swimming unattached in the 6-year-old girls events was Ivanka Chandelkar, who earned 51 points by placing fourth in the 25 breaststroke and seventh in the 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke. Lily Pendleton finished with 28 points by placing eighth in the 25 backstroke and 10th in the 25 freestyle.
Next in scoring for Club Olympia was Brooklyn Pendleton in the 10-year-old girls races. Pendleton scored 70 points by placing fourth in the 50 backstroke, sixth in the 50 freestyle, eighth in the 50 butterfly, 11th in the 100 IM and 13th in the 50 breaststroke.
Zoie Chandelkar also competed in the 10-year-old races, finishing with 50 points by placing eighth in the 50 breaststroke, ninth in the 50 butterfly and 100 IM, 12th in the 50 backstroke and 14th in the 50 freestyle.
Caroline Crawford, swimming in her first meet, scored three points by placing 19th in the 8 year old girls’ 25 Butterfly. She also finished 22nd in the 25 freestyle, 23rd in the 50 freestyle and 26th in the 25 backstroke.
PRO WRESTLING
Two new champs crowned
Two new Hoosier Pro Wrestling champions were crowned at last weekend’s "Fallout" show.
Cooter pinned Echo to begin the night. Scarecrow then pinned Ace Jackson to become the new cruiserweight champion. Lightning Bolt with Miss Courtney pinned Drax O’Brien, and Flash Flanagan and Dodo Brown beat Corbus and Dalton Daily when Dodo got the pin.
In the Tag-Team title match, Buck Sexton and Dynamite Dillen beat Fireball and Jason Levi with Damien Sant and Aly Targett when Sexton pinned Levi. Duke the Nuke beat Omega D in the Tri-State title match.
In the Heavyweight championship title match, Butcher Manson beat Kenny Kage to become the new heavyweight champ. Kage then was attacked by Duke the Nuke and left Kage out in the ring after a beatdown.
HPW returns to the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds on March 2.
