Local sports scrapbook – December 27
East, North staffs to host baseball skills camp
The Columbus East and Columbus North coaching staffs and players will host the Youth Baseball Skills Camp...
Love of baseball translates into big opportunity for local teen
Most Major League Baseball games are packed with thousands of kids who are dying to get their hands on a home-run ball, and 14-year-old...
USAC honors 2016 national driving champions
USAC national driving champions Chris Windom, Brady Bacon and Tanner Thorson shared the spotlight, along with other 2016 USAC champions and special award recipients...
Prep sports roundup – December 24
Wrestling
Olympians drop pair of close ones
FORT WAYNE — The Columbus East wrestlers lost two close matches Friday and finished 0-3 in the 3A division...
Twisters blow past ‘flat’ Jets in tourney
BY JAMES PENCE
For The Republic
VERSAILLES — Friday afternoon’s fifth-place game in the South Ripley tournament is a game that Hauser wants to quickly forget.
The...
Falling short: Bull Dogs rally but can’t clip Eagles’ wings for title
The Columbus North girls basketball team made one big comeback Friday afternoon. A second fell just a little short Friday night.
The Bull Dogs rallied...
High school scoreboard – December 24
BOYS BASKETBALL
Oldenburg Academy 46, Hauser 35
Hauser;7;7;6;15;—;35
Oldenburg Academy;16;12;5;13;—;46
Hauser (4-5): Mason Sherman 3 0-0 7, Connor Wilson 1 0-0 2, Justin Compton 2 3-5 7, Alex...
Panthers win South Ripley invite
BY JAMES PENCE
For The Republic
VERSAILLES — With less than 40 seconds left, Jennings County found itself trailing by a single point and still had...
North girls overcome slow start
The way they began Thursday night’s Subway/Columbus North Invitational opener, the host Bull Dogs’ unbeaten streak in the tournament was in jeopardy.
But after a...
High school sports roundup – December 23
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Panthers move into final
BROOKVILLE — Jennings County won a pair of games Thursday to advance to the championship game of the Franklin County...
