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JACKSON, GRIMES ADVANCE TO TRACK REGIONAL AFTER 1-2 FINISH IN SHOT PUT, DISCUS
Senior Emarie Jackson and junior Olivia Grimes both advanced to next week’s girls track and field regional at Shelbyville after a 1-2 finish in the shot put and discus in Wednesday’s IHSAA Sectional 24 at East Central. Jackson earned a sectional championship and set new sectional and stadium records with a shot put throw of 50-2.25 and a discus throw of 156-4. Grimes finished second in the shot put with a throw of 39-8 and a discus throw of 125-6. Both advance to the Shelbyville regional on Tuesday, May 21 at 6 p.m. Tickets for the regional are available at this link: https://public.eventlink.com/tickets?t=81388 As a team, the Pirates finished fifth out of 13 schools. East Central won the team scoring portion of the sectional. Other notable finishes for the Pirates include Carmin Rippenger, who finished fourth in the 1600m and fifth in the 3200m. Ava Wilmer finished fifth in the pole vault at a height of 8’0″.
Softball Game Preview: Columbus East Leaves Home
The Columbus East Olympians will head out on the road to face off against the Scottsburg Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches. Columbus East is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have...
Horseshoe Indianapolis Cancels Races Due to Excessive Rainfall
(Horseshoe Indianapolis starting gate / Coady Media) “Out of concern for the safety of our equine and human athletes that the races for Wednesday, May 15 have been canceled.”. The Shelbyville area has received over 4 inches of rain with more expected throughout the day. The Caesars and Horseshoe Indianapolis...
Baseball Recap: Bloomington North falls despite strong effort from Joe Burton
Bloomington North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of the Columbus East Olympians by a score of 9-7. Bloomington North was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Columbus East apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in May of 2023.
Baseball Recap: CALE BOND can't quite lead Shenandoah over Strasburg-Franklin
Shenandoah was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Strasburg-Franklin Tigers. Shenandoah saw three different players step up and record at least one...
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