Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is making a step up in competition next season, and Madison White will be there for the Pomeroys’ maiden voyage into NAIA.
The Columbus North senior committed Saturday to continue her basketball career at SMWC, which is in its final year of competition in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. The Pomeroys will join the River States Conference.
White, a 6-foot guard-forward, is averaging 8.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals a game for the Bull Dogs, who are 10-4 with two games left in the regular season. She ranks sixth on North’s all-time list with 94 career 3-pointers.
White, who carries a 4.224 GPA, is a three-sport athlete for the Bull Dogs, also playing volleyball and Unified track. She also had considered Earlham, Franklin and Indiana University-Southeast before settling on SMWC.
East boys swimmers set for HHC meet
The Columbus East and Jennings County boys swimmers will look for improved finishes in Saturday’s Hoosier Hills Conference meet.
The Olympians took seventh, and the Panthers were eighth in last year’s HHC meet. Mason Curry, who now is a senior, led East with a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly and a sixth in the 50 freestyle.
This year’s meet is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Floyd Central. The host Highlanders are the favorites to defend their title.
North football sets meeting for incoming freshmen
Columbus North football will hold an information meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the school’s cafeteria for incoming freshmen.
All interested eighth-graders and their parents who are interested in learning about Columbus North and high school football are invited to attend. They should enter Door 1.
East, North baseball in loaded event
The Columbus East and Columbus North baseball teams once again are expected to be among the best in the state this season, and they’ll get to see some of the state’s other top teams the opening week of the season when they play in the Noblesville Invitational.
The Olympians will face Center Grove in the opening round at 10 a.m. April 2, and the Bull Dogs will play Zionsville at 4 p.m. that day. East then would play one more game on April 2 and one on April 3, while North would play two on April 3. Those two teams could meet only in the placement-round.
The tournament also includes Fishers, Franklin, Mt. Vernon and Noblesville.
Ted Schultz is sports editor for The Republic. He can be reached at tschultz@therepublic.com or 812-379-5628.
