High school sports roundup

High school roundup

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bull Dogs secure win

Columbus North led 18-6 after the first quarter to eventually come away with a 56-47 Conference Indiana win against Terre Haute North.

Lauren Barker finished with a game-high 26 points and Kayla Jones added 11 for the Bull Dogs (9-4, 3-0).

WRESTLING

East finishes fifth

Columbus East captured fifth place in the Al Smith Classic with a 178. Crown Point won the event with a 316.5.

The Olympians’ Kade Law finished as the champion at 170 (pounds) as he defeated Landon Buchanan of Jimtown by a 3-2 decision. Other top finishers for East included Ashton Hartwell, who was second at 285. Tommy Morrill finished in second at 220, Jaden Durnil placed third at 195, Liam Krueger finished in third place at 113, Noah Lykins finished fourth at 120, Tristan Statler was fourth at 182 and Reece Fisher placed seventh at 138.

SWIMMING

North places fourth

The Columbus North boys and girls swim teams finished fourth place in the Center Grove Invitational. The boys finished with 387 points and the girls finished with 258. Center Grove won the boys meet with 693 and also the girls meet with 768.5.

Top placers for the North boys include David Fry, Prat Badve, Carlos Fabian Aguilar and Daniel Utterback finishing third in the 200 medley relay in 1 minute, 42.31 seconds. Utterback, Matthew Goble, Isaac Proffitt and Fry finished second in the 200 freestyle relay (1:32.16). Fabian Aguilar was second in the 200 fly (2:11.36), Fry was second in the 100 IM (57.69), Badve placed third in 50 breaststroke (29.82) and fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:33.23), Utterback was second in the 50 fly (24.38) and fourth in the 50 backstroke (25.92) and Fry, Fabian Aguilar, Goble and Utterback finished third in the 400 freestyle relay (3:24.33).

The top placers for the North girls include Paige Maddox, Abigail Henderson, Karissa Bevis and Brooke Meek finishing seventh in the 200 medley relay (2:12.15). Meek, Lauren Brault, Maddox and Bevis finished fifth in the 400 freestyle relay (4:11.05). Bevins, Brault, Kara Buntin and Meek were sixth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:56.46). Maddox placed sixth in the 1000 freestyle (12:06.11), Brault finished seventh in the 400 IM (5:39.58) and Bevis was eighth in the 50 freestyle (27.24).

BOYS BASKETBALL

Panthers win invite

Jennings County led 39-26 at halftime as they coasted to a 76-53 victory against Batesville in the championship game of the Batesville Invitational. Lane Zohrlaut finished with a game-high 21 points for the Panthers (7-2).

In the first game, Jennings County trailed North Harrison 38-34 after the third quarter but came back in the fourth quarter to secure a 41-40 win. Jacob Vogel finished with 15 points to lead the Panthers.