Lauren Barker
GIRLS BASKETBALL
North clinches title share
BLOOMINGTON — Columbus North clinched at least a share of the Conference Indiana title with a 48-39 win Saturday at Bloomington South.
Trailing 6-4, the Bull Dogs (10-5, 4-0) used an 11-0 run to take a 15-6 lead early in the second quarter and built the lead to 35-19 midway through the third period. The Panthers went on a 15-3 run to close to within 38-34 with 4 minutes left in the game, but North was able to hold on.
Lauren Barker led the Bull Dogs with 13 points. Kathryn Wilson scored nine points, while Olivia Johnson had eight and Emma Long added seven.
Columbus Christian falls
CANNELTON — Columbus Christian endured its first Southern Roads Conference loss of the season, a 34-28 setback at Cannelton.
Sarah Lorimor and Emma Murray each scored seven points to lead the Crusaders (7-4, 2-1).
CG slips past Panthers
NORTH VERNON — Jennings County led 28-27 at halftime, but Center Grove rallied for a 54-49 victory.
Juliann Woodard led the Panthers (10-5) with 30 points. Mollie Ernstes scored 12, and Megan Vogel added seven.
Braves topple Eagles
TRAFALGAR — Indian Creek jumped out to a 36-11 lead and went on to post a 60-33 Western Indiana win against Brown County.
Lexie Austin led the Eagles (9-7, 5-4) with 16 points. Ava Stogsdill added 10.
Warriors upset Trinity
SCOTTSBURG — Class A No. 4 Trinity Lutheran endured an 81-61 loss at Scottsburg.
The Cougars fell to 14-4.
WRESTLING
Bull Dogs take second
MONROVIA — Columbus North went 3-1 to finish second in the Monrovia Duals. The Bull Dogs beat Monrovia 44-30, South Putnam 53-24 and Tri-West 51-27 before falling to Avon 48-19.
Asher Ratliff (145 pounds), Josiah Green (152) and Jose Ramirez (182) all went 4-0. Liam Phillips (160) went 3-0.
Justice Thornton (132), Jason Shuey (138) each went 3-1. Evan Saevre (170) and Cody Thurnall (285) each went 2-2.
Panthers go 3-2
NORTH VERNON — Jennings County went 3-2 to tie for third in the Jennings Super Duals. The Panthers fell to New Castle 48-30, beat Decatur Central 36-35 and West Washington 60-21, lost to Mt. Vernon 58-22 and beat the Mt. Vernon/New Caslte No. 2 Varsity 57-9.
Lane Kirchner (132) and Evan Sochacki (138) each went 5-0 for Jennings. Vincent Pittman (195) went 4-1 and Logan Pike (106), Jonah Mathews (145), RJ Barberis (152), Nick Cortes (160) and Teagan Trotter (170) all went 3-2.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Crusaders down Bulldogs
CANNELTON — Columbus Christian built a 36-22 halftime lead and held on for a 61-56 SRC win at Cannelton.
Peyton Walden led the Crusaders (7-10, 3-2) with 16 points. Jordan Burton scored 12, Noah Edwards had 11 and Cam Pritchard added nine.
Jets fall to Rebels
HANOVER — Hauser cut a 41-27 halftime deficit to 57-50 after three quarters, but Class 2A No. 8 Southwestern (Hanover) held on for a 75-63 victory.
Taeshaun Tungate led the Jets (4-7) with 19 points. Jake Barriger scored 14, Ledger Gelfius had 11 and Stryker Gill added nine.
Trojans edge Panthers
NORTH VERNON — Jennings County took its first loss of the season, a 68-66 setback against Class 4A No. 7 Center Grove.
Carter Kent led the Panthers (11-1) with 22 points and three steals. Owen Law scored 18 points, Keegan Manowitz had 10 points and five assists and Cole Sigler added nine points.
Cougars top Lancers
GREENSBURG — South Decatur remained unbeaten in the Mid-Hoosier Conference with a 75-58 win against Edinburgh.
Jacob Scruggs scored 25 points, and Dale Peters had 23 to lead the Cougars (7-4, 0-0). Dorian Hacker added 13.
Jarrett Turner led the Lancers (7-4, 1-3) with 18 points. Braylon Bryant scored 14, and Caleb Dewey and Austin Brockman each added nine.
Braves handle Eagles
TRAFALGAR — Indian Creek jumped out to a 29-10 lead after one quarter and went on to post an 82-25 WIC win against Brown County.
Jesse Hubbard led the Eagles (0-11, 0-6) with seven points.
SWIMMING
Frogs finish fourth
TERRE HAUTE — Columbus North’s boys and girls both finished fourth in the Conference Indiana meet at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.
Bloomington North won the boys meet with 511 points to 450 for Bloomington South, 354 for Terre Haute South and 343 for the Bull Frogs. Bloomington South’s boys scored 487 points to 431 for Bloomington North, 360 for Southport and 319 for Columbus North.
Ainsley Sherlock led the Bull Frog girls with a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1 minute, 11.49 seconds) and a fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:22.99). Karissa Bevis took fourth in the 100 freestyle (59.13) and sixth in the 50 freestyle (26.76), Katie Frazier was sixth in the 500 freestyle (6:01.35) and Ella Gray Partin (327.05) and Lydia Putney (322.10) placed sixth and seventh in diving. Columbus North finished fourth in the 200 medley relay (2:03.43) and fifth in the 200 freestyle (1:51.15) and 400 freestyle (4:17.65) relays.
For the boys, Jude Abdallah finished third in the 200 freestyle (1:53.85), Pratt Badve took third in the 100 backstroke (58.82) and sixth in the 50 freestyle (23.36) and Cole Ehara was third in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.46). Brock Smith took sixth in the 100 butterfly (57.14), Maclain Clock was sixth in the 100 backstroke (1:01.15) and the Bull Frogs placed third in the 200 medley (1:43.70) and 400 freestyle (3:27.21) relay and fifth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:38.53).
GYMNASTICS
East second in opener
Columbus East opened its season with a second-place finish in a tri-meet at East. Westfield won with a 100.05 to 90.65 for the Olympians and 34.4 for Indianapolis Lutheran.
Cami Warren finished second on the floor (8.55), third on the bars (8.7) and beam (8.7) and fifth on the vault (8.6) on her way to a third-place all-around finish with a 33.7 to lead the Olympians.
Lauren Dixon placed sixth on the vault (8.0), bars (5.8) and all-around (25.8). Haiden Watts took sixth on the floor (7.8).
Southwestern (Hanover) 75, Hauser 63
Hauser;15;12;23;13;—;63
Southwestern;25;16;16;18;—;75
Hauser (4-7): Alex Cord 3 1 7, Alex Bower 0 0 0, Ledger Gelfius 4 0 11, Stryker Gill 3 1 9, Kam Blair 0 0-0 0, Jake Barriger 6 0 14, Teashaun Tungate 7 4 19, Owen McIntyre 1 0 3. Totals: 24 6 63.
Southwestern (12-1): Taylor 0 0 0, Cloud 5 0 15, Sontag 4 3 11, Welsh 0 0 0, Gwin 6 0 13, Cook 6 3 16, Lewis 7 1 18, Kidwell 1 0 2. Totals: 29 7 75.
3-point goals: Hauser 9 (Gelfius 3, Gill 2, Barriger 2, Tungate, McIntyre); Southwestern 9 (Cloud 10, Lewis 3, Gwin, Cook).
Columbus Christian boys 61, Cannelton 56
Columbus Christian;19;17;13;12;—;61
Cannelton;14;8;13;21;—;56
Columbus Christian (7-10, 3-2): Adam Haines 0 0-0 0, Jordan Burton 4 0-2 12, Cam Pritchard 4 0-0 9, Jacob Bell 3 0-0 7, Noah Edwards 5 1-1 11, Cannon Carr 0 0-0 0, Jayden Howe 1 0-0 2, Peyton Walden 8 0-0 16, Branson Carr 2 0-2 4, Brayden Howe 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 1-5 61.
Cannelton (1-6, 1-2): Logan Larson 8 5-6 22, Trevor Hale 6 5-8 21, Trevor Sturgeon 1 0-0 2, Gage Garrett 2 1-2 5, Braden Puckett 2 0-0 6. Totals: 19 11-16 56.
3-point goals: Columbus Christian 6 (Burton 4, Pritchard, Bell); Cannelton 7 (Hale 4, Puckett 2, Larson).
Columbus North 48, Bloomington South 39
Columbus North;10;12;13;13;—;48
Bloomington South;6;7;14;12;—;39
Columbus North (10-5, 4-0): Kathryn Wilson 3 3-3 9, Lauren Barker 3 4-6 13, Olivia Johnson 3 1-2 8, Elise Preston 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Horn 0 0-0 0, Kayla Jones 0 0-0 0, Kaitlin White 0 0-0 0, Miley McClellan 2 1-4 6, Emma Ling 2 3-4 7, Hadassah Hurt 1 3-8 5. Totals: 14 17-27 48.
Bloomington South (8-6, 3-1): Kate Barada 0 2-2 2, Carlie Pedersen 3 1-2 9, Caitlin Heim 7 4-7 18, Molli Lucas 1 2-4 4, Grace McKay 1 0-0 2, Mya Lawrence 1 0-0 2, Audrey Craft 0 0-0 0, Danielle Grimas 0 0-0 0, Julia Lashley 0 0-0 0, Abbie Lucas 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 9-15 39.
3-point goals: Columbus North 3 (Barker, Johnson, McClellan); Bloomington South 2 (Pedersen 2).
