For the first time in more than a decade, Hauser is headed back to Class 2A.
The Jets, who have been a Class A school for most of the Class Sports Era, will be 2A at least in volleyball and boys and girls basketball for the next two years. They likely also will be 2A in baseball and softball, but those classifications won’t be released by the IHSAA until after the spring sports seasons.
“We’re excited about it,” Hauser athletics director Tyler Phillips said. “It’s a good thing for us. We’ll try to make deep runs in the tournament no matter what class we are. We’ll make some schedule adjustments and try to add some more 2A schools and see who will be in our sectional and try to get those teams on our schedules.”
According to figures released by the IHSAA earlier this week, Hauser has 327 students in Grades 9 through 12. The school has 84 seniors, 87 juniors, 69 sophomores and 87 freshmen.
“Enrollment for us has gone up over each year, which is something not a lot of schools can say, so that’s a good thing to have,” Phillips said. “As far as athletics, we figured we were going to be moving up, and then COVID hit, so we stayed 1A for another year.”
While Hauser is moving up, South Decatur is moving down from 2A to Class A in volleyball and boys and girls basketball. Brown County is moving down from 3A to 2A in football.
Classifications for the rest of the area schools in those sports remain unchanged.
Schools reschedule athletic contests
Several events which have been rained out in the past week have been rescheduled.
The Shelbyville at Columbus East boys golf match, which was rained out on Monday, will be April 21. The Madison at East baseball game, which was rained out Wednesday, will be at 10 a.m. May 14. East softball has added a doubleheader at Brownstown Central beginning at 11 a.m. April 30.
The Columbus North at Whiteland game, which was rained out Monday, will not be rescheduled. The North at Seymour softball game, which was postponed on Tuesday because of a wet field, will be May 16. The Roncalli at North softball game that was rained out on Wednesday is expected to be rescheduled at a date TBA.
The Edinburgh at Hauser softball game that was postponed on Friday will not be made up, but the Hauser at Edinburgh game on April 23 will count as the teams’ second conference game against each other. The Madison at Hauser softball game has been rescheduled for May 5.
Jennings County’s softball game against Silver Creek that was rained out on Wednesday has been moved to Friday.
North softball to host tourney, alumni night
Columbus North, which is ranked No. 3 in Class 4A, will host its softball invitational on Saturday.
The Bull Dogs will play South Bend Adams at 8 a.m. and Clay City at 10 a.m., and Adams and Clay City will square off at noon. North Harrison, Seymour and East Central are in the other pool.
The second-place finishers in each pool and the third-place finishers in each pool will play at 2 p.m. The winners of each pool will meet for the championship at 4 p.m.
Also, North will host Columbus East on Monday, and that will be Alumni Night. Former players and coaches will be admitted free and will be recognized before the game, which is scheduled for 5 p.m.
East to host boys basketball camps
The Columbus East boys basketball team will be hosting a skills camp for three age groups June 6-9 at East High School.
The Primary Camp will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and is for boys entering Grades 2 and 3. The Intermediate Camp will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and is for boys entering Grades 4 and 5. The Middle School Camp will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is for boys entering Grades 6 through 8.
Cost for each camp is $50, with $30 for each additional camper in the same household. Campers should register by May 29 to receive a camp t-shirt.
For more information, contact coach Brent Chitty at [email protected]
Ted Schultz is sports editor for The Republic. He can be reached at [email protected] or 812-379-5628.
