Prep sports notebook East announces new girls golf coach

LaDonna VanDeventer is the new girls golf coach at Columbus East.

VanDeventer will hold call-out meeting for any athlete interested in becoming part of the team is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday in the school’s Chamber. Enter through door No. 48.

Dogs, Panthers make HBCA All-District

Columbus North seniors Cooper Horn and Ty Ferguson and Jennings County seniors Keegan Manowitz and Owen Law have been named to the Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association All-District 3 team.

All-District selections are eligible to play in the HBCA All-Star Classic, which will be April 16 at North Daviess. The East and West All-Stars will be announced at a later date.

Columbus East’s Saige Stahl and Trinity Lutheran’s Bailey Tabeling will play for the the East team that will play the West in the HBCA girls game on April 16.

Stahl named East girls hoops MVP

Senior Saige Stahl has been named MVP of the Columbus East girls basketball team.

Stahl also won the Olympian Award and was named Most Improved, along with Jenna Guse. Leah Bachmann won the Mental Attitude Award and Captain Award, and Allison Craig won the Hustle Award.

Brelyn Pool was named JV MVP. Kenzie Cheek won the JV Hustle Award, and Bella Westerfeld won the Spirit Award.

North bowlers earn awards

The Indiana High School Bowling postseason awards were recently announced.

Columbus North’s Lexie Jones, who won the state girls singles championship, made Girls First-Team All-State and was on the 2023 IHSB All-Tournament team. Ragan Mathis was honorable mention. Jones and Mathis were also named to the All-South Region Team.

Landon Million was named to the IHSB Boys All-State honorable mention and to the 2023 All-South Region Team.

James Pence is a sports reporter for The Republic. He can be reached at [email protected] or 812-379-5632.