Gabby Dean
VOLLEYBALL
East sweeps Cougars
BLOOMINGTON — Columbus East kicked off its season Tuesday night with a 25-18, 25-22, 25-22 victory at Bloomington North.
Gabby Dean led the Olympians with 19 kills and Dean three solo and three assist blocks. Erin Williams recorded 34 assists, Kenzie Foster notched 21 digs and Addison Emery served three aces.
Also for East, Maddie Cline tallied 16 kills and 16 digs, and Jenna Guse added eight kills and nine digs. Caroline Frost had one solo and three assist blocks, Williams added three assist blocks and nine digs, and Emery and Chloe Gilley each had eight digs.
North falls to Owls
SEYMOUR — Columbus North opened its season with a 25-9, 25-11, 25-7 loss at Seymour.
Karen Dutro led the Bull Dogs with five kills and three blocks. Emma Burns recorded seven assists, Elaina Penrod had three blocks and Emily Stair served one ace.
Panthers top Jets
NORTH VERNON — Hauser came closer in each set, but Jennings County picked up a 25-6, 25-14, 25-21 win in the season opener for both teams.
Abrey Belding led the Panthers with eight kills and two aces. Charlee Barlow pounded eight kills, and Addison Martin notched 12 digs. Megan Vogel pounded five kills, Zoie Suhre had two blocks and Abrey Belding added 10 digs.
Kenze Bostic led the Jets with 11 kills, two blocks and two aces. Adrianna Musillami recorded 20 assists and Charlie Clark notched 15 digs.
Clark also tallied five kills and one assist, Mattie Foster had two kills and one assist and Paige McDaniel pounded two kills. Musillami notched 12 digs and one ace, and Kyra Meister added 10 digs.
Lancers sweep Eagles
OSGOOD — Edinburgh won a close first set, then had a little easier time in the next two in a 27-25, 25-16, 25-18 win at Jac-Cen-Del.
Gracie Crawhorn led the Lancers (3-2) with 14 kills and 15 digs. Kyah Streeval recorded 25 assists.
Also for Edinburgh, Jessica Walsh notched 13 digs, MacKenzie Bieker had seven kills and 10 digs, Zoey Sida added four kills and 12 digs and Mia Dodson pounded four kills.
GIRLS GOLF
Bunker breaks record
Ava Bunker
EDINBURGH — Ava Bunker fired a 6-under-par 30 to break the school record that she had tied a night earlier, but Columbus North fell to No. 5 Batesville 146-167 at Timbergate.
Erin Hopkins carded a 42 for the Bull Dogs. Ritisha Rashmil added a 43, Lindsey Hartwell shot 52 and Nettie Meeks had a 53.
Panthers take second
SEYMOUR — Jennings County finished second in a tri match at Shadowood. No. 19 Bedford North Lawrence won with a 177 to 197 for the Panthers and 203 for host Seymour.
Sophia Curry and Alexis Carson each shot 46 to lead Jennings. Lauren Galvan carded a 50, Rachael Manning added a 55 and Shelby Davis shot 61.
BOYS TENNIS
Jets fall in opener
SHELBYVILLE — Hauser opened its season with a 4-1 loss at Shelbyville.
Levi Gollmer and Hunter Pappano beat Aiden Smith and Caden Claxton 6-3, 7-5 at No. 1 doubles for the Jets.
Hauser’s Caleb Wallace fell to Aiden Asher 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, and Jackson Burchman lost to Logan Prickett 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. JJ Dickey fell to Caden Tackett at No. 3 singles, and Jayden Blair and Jentzen Bechtel lost to Karson Smith and Reece Prickett at No. 2 doubles by 6-0, 6-1 scores.
Panthers edge Braves
NORTH VERNON — Jennings County won three matches in straight sets in a 3-2 win against Brownstown Central.
Owen Law beat Smith Hackman 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, and Parker Bales topped Pierson Wheeler 7-6 (3), 6-1 at No. 2 singles for the Panthers (2-0). Justin Ramey and Ryan Schuck downed Connor Gwinn and Bryce Reaser 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
Jennings’ Alex Leach fell to Lane Steward 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Isaac Lightner and Ty Zohrlaut lost to Elix Preston and Evan Schneider 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles.
Eagles drop opener
NASHVILLE — Brown County fell to Martinsville 4-1 in its season opener.
Owen East beat Ryan Pilat 1-6, 7-6 (2), (10-4) to give the Eagles their lone point.
Brown County’s Jack Sichting fell to Nate Viewegh 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, and Trevor Shields lost to Calvin Johnson 3-6, 6-2, (10-5) at No. 3 singles. Jon Kirchoffer and Sawyer Gore fell to Patrick McGown and Carter Dawson 6-4, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles, and Brown County forfieted at No. 2 doubles.
CROSS-COUNTRY
Jets host Hokum-Karem
HOPE —Hauser opened its boys and girls cross-country seasons by hosting the Hauser Hokum-Karem. No team scores were kept.
South Decatur’s Bridget Nobbe and Brayley Sundal combined to finish sixth in the girls race in 48 minutes, 52 seconds. Sami Storm and Elizabeth Flessnere took ninth (51:17).
Hauser’s Madison Hollman and Lucie Asher finished eighth in 50:10. Amanda Steward and Reiss Kistler were 12th (55:59).
In the boys race, Hauser’s Colin Kistler and Nolan Dailey finished eighth in 36:39. Mason Moore and Kase Meister took 17th (40:55).
South Decatur’s Jack Hamilton and Connor Newby finished 11th in 38:18. Chase Kalli and Donovan Hale were 15th in 39:45.
GIRLS SOCCER
Panthers shut out Salem
NORTH VERNON — Jennings County opened the season with a 6-0 win against Salem.
Abby McDonald netted two goals, and Maddie McIntosh and Audrie McClintock each added one goal and one assist for the Panthers. Macy Addis scored one goal, and Jennings’ other tally was an own goal. Chloe Franks and Manto Vaddel each had one assist.
The Panthers outshot the Lions 40-2. Alayna Phillips recorded two saves.
