The Columbus North and Columbus East lacrosse teams have been using the PAAL fields for their practices and home games.
Friday night, the two club programs will have a chance to play on the turf at North’s Max Andress Field when they play in the annual Piston Cup at 7 p.m.
The Olympians come into the game with a 2-4 record. The Bull Dogs are 3-6 and ranked No. 38 in the state.
“We see a lot of improvement this season,” North coach Andrew Jerman said. “We’ve had some cancellations because of weather and other things, which has kind of hurt us. We kind of got off to a slow start since we have a lot of new players, but we’ve kind of gained momentum over the past couple of weeks and gone from scoring a couple goals a game to double-digit scoring.”
Both teams are winding down their seasons with just a few games remaining.
North seniors to sign
Four Columbus North seniors will participate in a signing ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the school’s athletic conference room.
Golfers Henry Kiel and Drew Smith are headed to St. Francis and Hillsdale (Michigan), respectively. Wrestler Morgan Smith will go to Lindsey Wilson (Kentucky), and football player Tay Wells is headed to the College of DuPage (Illinois).
Golf tournaments rescheduled
The Hoosier Hills Conference golf tournament, which originally was to be May 18, has been moved to Monday at Sunrise Golf Course in Madison.
Also, the Hauser golf invitational that was rained out on Saturday has been rescheduled for May 18 at Clifty Creek. Edinburgh and Trinity Lutheran are among the scheduled participants.
East offering sports physicals
Columbus East will offer sports physicals for the 2019-20 school year from 5:30 to 8 p.m. May 20 in the school’s main gym. Registration begins at 5 p.m. and closes at 7:30 p.m.
Cost is $20. Athletes should wear a t-shirt and shorts.
A parent or guardian must be present and must sign pages 1 and 4 of the IHSAA Physical Form before the student can be examined, and also must sign the Concussion and Sudden Cardiac Arest form and BCSC Extracurricular Consent Form. Physical forms are available in the East athletics office or at ihsaa.org
East girls golf callout set
There will be a call out meeting for all girls interested in playing golf for Columbus East this fall and their players at 6 p.m. May 20 in Room 103 of the school.
Coaches will discuss summer plans and the upcoming girls golf season.
North boys hosting 3 camps
The Columbus North boys basketball team will host three camps in June.
The Elementary Camp will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 3 to 6 for boys entering Grades 2 to 5. The Middle School Camp is from 9 a.m. to noon June 10 to 13 for Grades 6 to 8. The Shooting Camp is from 9 a.m. to noon June 17 to 20 for Grades 3 to 8.
Cost is $100 for each camp. Signup forms are available on the Columbus North athletics website — columbusnorthathletics.org/ — under “Summer Camps.”
Patberg to talk at North camp
Indiana University senior and 2015 Miss Basketball Ali Patberg will be the featured speaker at the 2019 Columbus North Girls Basketball Camp, which will be June 3 to 6 for girls entering Grades 2 to 8.
Sessions for Grades 5 to 8 will be from 1 to 3 p.m. the first three days and 1 to 4 p.m. on June 6 for Patberg’s guest appearance. Sessions for Grades 2 to 4 will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. the first three days, then going from 2:45 to 5 p.m. on June 6 to account for Patberg’s talk.
North head coach Pat McKee, assistant coach Brett White, several guest coaches and current players from the Bull Dogs’ program will work with the campers.
Cost is $65 for Grades 5 to 8 and $60 for Grades 2 to 4 and includes a Camp t-shirt, a $5 Subway gift card and two complimentary tickets to the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star basketball doubleheader on June 8 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The primary registration period ends May 23 to ensure there is an appropriate number of t-shirts and other items to distribute. Registrations after May 23 will be accepted, but a $5 late fee will be added and a Camp t-shirt will not be guaranteed.
To request a registration form, e-mail McKee at patmckee77@aol.com
East to host girls hoops camp
The 2019 Columbus Lady Olympians Summer Basketball Camp will be June 10 to 12 for girls entering Grades 3 to 8. Grades 3 to 5 will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and Grades 6 to 8 will be from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Columbus East head coach and Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer Danny Brown will conduct the camp, which will stress fundamentals and team play. Olympian players will demonstrate drills.
Cost is $45 per player, and each camper will receive a camp t-shirt. A registration form is available at https://columbuseastathletics.org/main/teamcamps/id/113616/seasonId/4379917
Ted Schultz is sports editor for The Republic. He can be reached at tschultz@therepublic.com or 812-379-5628.
