Kathryn Wilson
Columbus North girls tennis player Kathryn Wilson has been named First-Team All-State in singles by the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association. She won the state singles championship earlier this month.
Also, Columbus North’s Aya Saad was named Second-Team All-State in singles.
Wilson also has been named MVP and won the Bull Dog Award at the team’s annual postseason banquet. Nino Akhalaya and Annabelle Sun won the Mental Attitude/Sportsmanship award, and Lucy Bergman and Grace Conner won the Most Improved Player award.
Rutan, Foster to play in All-Star Classic
Recent Columbus North graduate Maddi Rutan and recent Columbus East graduate Kenzie Foster will play in the North-South All-Star Classic softball doubleheader Saturday at Indiana University. The first game begins at 10 a.m.
Both Rutan and Foster were first-team All-State selections. Rutan is one of five candidates for this year’s Indiana Miss Softball award.
Retiring North coach Ron McDonald will be one of the coaches for the South squad.
Bull Dogs holding XC summer conditioning
Summer conditioning is under way for the Columbus North boys and girls cross-country teams.
The teams will be conditioning on Mondays at Grandview Lake (contact coach Rick Sluder for the address) and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the Columbus North track. All sessions begin at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, contact Sluder at sluderr@bcsc.k12.in.us
Hauser hosting Free Throw fundraiser
Hauser is hosting a Free Throw Shootout at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hauser High School Fieldhouse. Every dollar pledged goes to the Students Fund of Hope to pay off all delinquent food balances, and hopefully have enough to give them a head start on kids that need help with next year’s lunch accounts.
The boys basketball team will have each player shoot 100 free throws. Each player has worked for three weeks to get pledges and donations, and some of the players have several thousand pledged.
For more information, contact Chatney Gelfius at chatneygelfius@gmail.com or 812-350-4130.
East to hold boys basketball camp
New Columbus East boys basketball coach Perry Nash will be holding a camp July 17 to 20. Times are 4 to 5 p.m. for Grades 1-3, 4 to 5:30 p.m. for Grades 4-6 and 5:30 to 7 p.m. for Grades 7-8.
Cost for the camp is $50 and includes a t-shirt. For more information, contact the East athletics office at 812-376-4365.
James Pence is a sports reporter for The Republic. He can be reached at jpence@therepublic.com or 812-379-5632.
