BOYS BASKETball
Crusaders down Eagles
Columbus Christian jumped out to a 46-24 halftime lead, then put up 31 points in the third quarter on its way to a 91-72 win against Christel House Academy Tuesday night.
“It was a good win,” Columbus Christian coach Kevin Roth said. “We got off to a quick start and pressured them a little bit and got them to turn it over a little bit.”
Gabe Ridder led the Crusaders (7-19) with 26 points. Jacob Conrad scored 15, and C.J. Reed and Josh Jones each added 14.
Columbus Christian outrebounded the Golden Eagles 38-30 and shot shot 61.0 percent (36 for 59) from the field.
“At the beginning of the year, we were shooting a lot of 3’s, and we’ve been concentrating on getting the ball to the basket and scoring that way,” Roth said. “We kind of got some confidence back for Gabe.”
GIRLS BASKETball
Lancers top Cougars
GREENSBURG — Edinburgh remained atop the Mid-Hoosier Conference race with a 72-55 win at South Decatur. The Lancers will host second-place Southwestern (Shelby) on Friday.
On Tuesday, Destiney Ramey scored 24 points to lead Edinburgh (14-5, 3-0). Haven Link added 19, and Annelise Lollar had 14.
Lana Bell led the Cougars (5-15, 0-6) with a game-high 25 points. Megan Manlief added 11.
Panthers edge Eagles
NORTH VERNON — In a back-and-forth game, Jennings County had the lead last in a 61-59 win against Brown County.
Lily Ernstes led the Panthers (7-12) with 31 points. Addyson Kent scored 16, and Kali Thompson added 11.
Aubrey Hollander led the Eagles (13-5) with 15 points. Allison Stogsdill added 14, and Abby Fleetwood had 12.
Jets fall to Pirates
GREENSBURG — Class 3A No. 11 Greensburg jumped out to a 23-7 lead after one quarter and went on to hand Hauser a 69-42 defeat.
Bree Hadley led the Jets (6-13) with 15 points.
SWIMMING
Sabotin wins events
Trinity Lutheran’s Rachel Sabotin won a pair of events in a tri meet with Greensburg and Indian Creek.
Sabotin took the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 59.03 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 1:00.94. The Cougars’ only other girls swimmer, Sarah Lemming, was fourth in the 50 freestyle in 39.21.
Ethan Myers led the Trinity boys with fourth-place finishes in the 200 freestyle (2:20.72) and 100 backstroke (1:20.38). Nick Tucker was fifth in the 50 freestyle (43.47).
