Sports
North, East to meet in softball sectional semis; baseball, volleyball teams also learn tourney paths
Columbus North’s Lily Retz, left, makes a catch at first base for an out against Columbus East’s Lola Watkins in a softball game April 21 at Columbus East High School. Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus East and Columbus North will play each other in their softball sectional opener, but the city rivals would have […]
Columbus North’s Lily Retz, left, makes a catch at first base for an out against Columbus East’s Lola Watkins in a softball game April 21 at Columbus East High School.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic
Columbus East and Columbus North will play each other in their softball sectional opener, but the city rivals would have to wait until the finals to meet in the baseball sectional and boys volleyball sectional.
The Bull Dog and Olympian softball teams will play in the first semifinal of the Class 4A East Central Sectional May 28. North beat East 12-4 April 21.
Franklin will play the East Central-Whiteland winner in the second semifinal. The sectional final will be May 29.
Hauser will play Oldenburg Academy in the first round of the Class A Rising Sun Sectional. The winner will meet Crothersville in the semifinals. Trinity Lutheran will play Milan in the first round, with the winner facing Rising Sun or Jac-Cen-Del in the semifinals.
Also in Class A, Edinburgh will play Knightstown in the first round at Tri, with the winner meeting North Decatur or Tri in the semifinals. South Decatur drew a first-round bye and will face Waldron or Morristown in the first semifinal.
Jennings County drew a bye and will play Lawrenceburg or Greensburg in the second semifinal of the 3A Batesville Sectional.
Brown County will host Brownstown Central in the first round of the 2A Brown County Sectional. The winner will meet South Ripley in the first semifinal.
The regional round is June 3, with semistates June 7. The state finals are June 13-14 at Purdue.
Baseball
Columbus East will host a 4A baseball sectional. Columbus North will play Whiteland in the first round May 28. The Olympians will meet Whiteland in the first semifinal, and the North-Whiteland winner will face East Central in the second semifinal May 30. The sectional final is June 2.
Hauser will play Jac-Cen-Del, and Trinity Lutheran will meet Rising Sun in the first round of the Class A Jac-Cen-Del Sectional. The winners will square off in the semifinals.
Also in Class A, Edinburgh will play Morristown in the first round of the Morristown Sectional. The winner will meet Knightstown or Waldron in the semifinals. South Decatur will face Tri in the first round, with the winner playing Southwestern (Shelby) or North Decatur in the semifinals.
Jennings County will host a 3A Sectional and will play Lawrenceburg in the first round. The winner will meet Franklin County or Batesville in the semifinals.
Brown County will play Austin in the first round of the 2A Switzerland County Sectional. The winner will face Southwestern (Hanover) or Brownstown Central in the semifinals.
The regional round is June 7, with semistates June 14. The state finals June 20-21 at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
Boys volleyball
This is the first year boys volleyball is being sanctioned by the IHSAA and East and North are the only local schools entered. The Bull Dogs will play Greenwood Christian Academy in the first round May 14, and East will face Whiteland in the first round May 15 in the Franklin Sectional.
The North-GCA winner will play Shelbyville in the first semifinal May 17. The East-Whiteland winner will meet the Greenwood-Franklin winner in the second semifinal May 17. The sectional final will be the evening of May 17.
The Franklin Sectional winner will advance to the May 24 Perry Meridian Regional. The state finals are May 31 at Purdue’s Mackey Arena.