Local sports roundup: January 6

Girls basketball

Cougars fall to Jets

Greenwood Christian suffered a 52-37 home loss to Hauser on Thursday evening. Sydney Waldron scored 19 points for the Cougars (2-12), with Faith Kresge adding 10.

Warriors rout Hornets

Whiteland cruised to a 61-20 win over Beech Grove on Wednesday. Addison Emberton scored 12 points and Claire Coryell 10 for the Warriors (8-8), who also got eight points from Gwen Higdon and seven from Carly Vondielingen.

Swimming

Cubs excel in Mid-State prelims

Franklin positioned itself well to reclaim the Mid-State Conference title with a strong performance during Thursday’s preliminaries. The Grizzly Cub boys enter Saturday’s finals with Brady Campbell (200 and 500 freestyle), Aleksandr Ries (200 IM, 100 breaststroke) and Isaac Layton (100 butterfly) as top seeds; on the girls side, Lili Ratzlaff (200 free), Jenna Miller (100 free) and Allie Lacy (100 backstroke) will be seeded first.

Miscellany

Creek seeking Hall nominations

Candidates are being sought for the Indian Creek High School Athletic Hall of Fame, which honors athletes, teams, and coaches who have made significant contributions to the school’s athletic programs and community. Nominees may be living or deceased.

A committee will select from the candidates those who best meet or exceed outlined criteria. A recognition night will be held on Feb. 24th during half time of the boys varsity basketball game agianst South Putnam.

Electronic nomination forms are available at indiancreekathletics.com and are due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30th. For more information, call athletic director Derek Perry at 317-878-2100.