Cassidy Furnish
GIRLS SWIMMING
Cougars top Olympians
Columbus East opened the season Saturday with a 115.5 to 68.5 loss at Bloomington North.
Freshman Cassidy Furnish won the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 34.36 seconds and the 500 freestyle in 5:55.82 to lead the Olympians. Gabbie Meier took the diving competition with 195.65 points.
Claire Brooks finished second in both the 200 IM (2:44.82) and 100 freestyle (1:04.72). Josie Havenaar took second in the 100 backstroke (1:11.07), and East was second in the 200 medley (2:10.30) and 400 freestyle (4:22.19) relays.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Olympians fall twice
FISHERS — Columbus East had the unenviable challenge of facing two top-five teams in one day and fell at Class 4A No. 4 Fishers 73-46 and 4A No. 5 Hamilton Southeastern 94-42.
Saige Stahl
Saige Stahl led the Olympians with 20 points and five rebounds against Fishers. Leah Bachmann added 11 points and five rebounds.
Stahl led East (1-2) with 21 points and 10 rebounds against HSE. Jenna Guse added nine points.
Panthers down Irish
KNIGHTSTOWN — Juliann Woodard scored 30 points to lead Jennings County to a 72-66 win against Cathedral at the historic Hoosier Gym in Knightstown.
Juliann Woodard
Mollie Ernstes scored 15 points for the Panthers (4-0). Manto Vadell had eight, and Maddie McIntosh added seven.
Cougars edge Eagles
NASHVILLE — Brown County rallied from a 10-point deficit after three quarters to make it close, but Bloomington North held on for a 51-48 victory.
Maddie Huff led the Eagles (1-3) with 15 points. Ava Stogsdill scored 11, and Savannah Oden added 10.
Fishers 73, Columbus East 46
Columbus East;16;8;13;9;—;46
Fishers;17;18;23;15;—;73
Columbus East (1-1): Jenna Guse 0 0-0 0, Kimberly Carothers 1 1-2 3, Victoria Cuhadar 1 0-0 3, Allison Craig 1 0-0 3, Maeleigh Roberts 2 0-0 6, Saige Stahl 7 6-8 20, Brielle Stevens 0 0-0 0, Leah Bachmann 5 1-1 11, Messiah Trapp 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 8-11 46.
Fishers (5-0): Scott 1 0-0 3, J. Smith 2 0-0 5, Harris 5 0-0 11, Roberts 0 0-0 0, Thomas 2 1-3 5, Triplett 3 0-0 6, Dickman 0 2-2 2, H. Smith 6 6-7 18, O. Smith 6 3-6 15, Scheu 3 0-0 6, Carter 0 2-2 2. Totals: 28 14-20 73.
3-point goals: Columbus East 4 (Roberts 2, Cuhadar, Craig); Fishers 3 (Scott, J. Smith, Harris).
Hamilton Southeastern 94, Columbus East 42
Columbus East;13;16;6;7;—;42
Hamilton SE;24;26;29;15;—;94
Columbus East (1-2): Guse 4 0-0 9, Carothers 0 0-0 0, Cuhadar 0 0-0 0, Craig 1 0-0 2, Roberts 1 1-3 4, Stahl 8 4-4 21, Stevens 00-2 0, Bachmann 3 0-0 6, Trapp 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 5-9 42.
Hamilton Southeastern (4-0): Kennedy Holman 2 0-2 4, Maya Makalusky 10 3-4 28, Blair Satterfield 1 0-0 2, Teegan Acres 4 2-2 11, Charity Beal 1 0-0 2, Kayla Stidham 3 0-0 7, Riley Makalusky 9 0-0 19, Olivia Brown 1 0-0 2, Olivia White 1 0-0 2, Addison Van Hoesen 0 0-0 0, Lauren Stewart 5 0-0 13, Maine Hooks 2 0-1 4. Totals: 39 5-9 94.
3-point goals: Columbus East 3 (Guse, Roberts, Stahl); Hamilton Southeastern 11 (M. Makalusky 5, Stewart 3, Acres, Stidham, R. Makalusky).
