Several area athletes have been named to this year’s volleyball and boys and girls soccer All-State squads.
Columbus East senior Chris Quisenberry and Columbus North senior Jenna Lang have been named to the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association boys and girls All-State first team. North senior Nitya Chenanda is a girls second-team selection, and North junior Mallory Gilley and Columbus East junior Norah Dwenger made honorable mention.
North junior Anthony Johnson is on the boys honorable mention list.
Columbus East junior Gabby Dean has been selected to the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association Class 4A All-State team.
Trinity Lutheran seniors Ruthie Bingham and Kamzi Gross and junior Bailey Tabeling are on the Class A first team. Hauser senior Andie Clark and Trinity senior Stella Kleffman made the second team.
Dean and East senior Cadence Gilley are on the 4A All-District South squad. East’s Ellyn McIntosh is the District Coach of the Year, and the Olympians’ Terry Sweasy is the state 4A Assistant Coach of the Year.
Hauser’s Andie Clark, juniors Charlie Clark and Adrianna Musillami and sophomore Kenze Bostic made the Class A All-District Central team. Trinity’s Bingham, Gross, Tabeling and freshman Addison Darlage are on the Class A All-District South squad, and Trinity’s Faith Wilder-Newland is the District Coach of the Year.
Bull Dogs earn All-CI honors
Eight members of the Conference Indiana champion Columbus North football team have been selected to the All-Conference team.
The Bull Dogs are represented on the first team by Luke Hammons, Keegan Castetter, Neal Likens, Dawson Adams, Savion Miles, Connor Essick, Bryce Abner and Jaxson Scruggs. Cooper Horn, Kokkao Yee, Dyllan Redmon, Bryant Trinkle, Tyler Blythe and Will Davis made honorable mention.
Four players from the conference champion boys soccer team are on the All-Conference squad. Anthony Johnson, Aidan Whitley, Nathan White and Will Holliday made the first team, while Trent Liggett and Jesse Williams are honorable mention selections.
Six players from the conference co-champion girls soccer team made the All-Conference squad — Emily Ellis, Jenna Lang, Nitya Chenanda, K.J. Ely, Lauren Barker and Mallory Gilley made the first team.
Nathan Lin, Matthew Liu, Amrit Kar and Hank Lin from the conference champion boys tennis team made the All-Conference squad.
Reagan Kane made the All-Conference volleyball team. Grace Chapman and Sarah Bennett are honorable mention selections.
North girls to run in Midwest Regional
Nike Cross Nationals has been canceled for the second year in a row, but unlike last year, there will be Nike Cross Regional meets, including the Midwest Regional Sunday afternoon in Terre Haute.
Columbus North’s girls, who won the state championship on that LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Oct. 30, will be among the teams competing. The Midwest Regional will feature teams from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Missouri.
“Our goal is to be a top-three team from the five states that come in,” North girls coach Rick Sluder said. “We want to go in and have been in position to have qualified for nationals (if they hadn’t been canceled) and establish ourselves as a Midwest powerhouse.”
Both the Bull Dog boys and girls cross-country teams are entered to compete in the Running Lane National Championships Dec. 4 in Huntsville, Alabama.
Seniors to sign letters-of-intent
A few Bartholomew County seniors will be signing letters-of-intent to play college sports in the coming days.
Columbus East’s Cadence Gilley will sign to play volleyball at Indiana State in a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the school’s commons. At the same time, Hauser’s Koby Johnson will sign to play baseball at Indiana Tech in the Hauser auditorium.
Columbus North’s Jenna Lang and Emily Ellis will sign to play soccer at Michigan and Ball State, respectively, at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the school’s athletic conference room.
Ted Schultz is sports editor for The Republic. He can be reached at tschultz@therepublic.com
