St. Louis at South Ripley Boys Basketball.
Thursday (12-17)
7th Grade-South Ripley 46 St. Louis 32
The host Raiders handed the previously undefeated Cardinals their first loss of the season with a 46-32 victory. Lane Sparks finished with 19 points while Cody Samples scored 13, Bryce Franklin added 10, and Dillion Binion chipped in 4 points. The 7th graders are now 13-1.
8th Grade-South Ripley 37, St. Louis 27
Connor McCarty scored a season high 12 points, including 5 in the decisive 4th quarter to lead the Raiders to a 37-27 home win. Dakota Day also scored 12 (10 in the first half), with Kaleb Rinear scoring 8 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, Eric Vickers added 2 points with 10 rebounds, Aaron Greiwe chipped in 3 points, while Peyton Owens and Jon Adkins each had three steals. The 8th grade improves to 9-4.
The Raiders don’t play again until Monday, January 11 at Jac-Cen-Del.
Courtesy of Raiders Coach Jeff Greiwe.
The St. Louis 8th grade boys basketball team lost to South Ripley Thursday night by a final score of 37 to 27. The Cardinals played well for the second game in a row and continue to improve.
Adam Cox led the Cardinals in scoring finishing tied for game high with 12 points. Eli Tuveson knocked down a couple of 3’s for 6 points. Charlie Dice and Jacob Deutsch added 4 points each.
St. Louis record is 8 wins with 8 losses.
Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Mike Burkhart.
The St. Louis 7th Grade Cardinals travelled to South Ripley on Thursday night and saw their undefeated record come to an abrupt end 46-32.
The Cardinals faced a very talented Raider team and were beaten by the score of 46-32. South Ripley showed an impressive display of shooting last night as they hit nine (9) three pointers and missed only a few. In the 1st quarter, the Raiders came out hitting four (4) three pointers to take a 12-6 lead. St. Louis fought back in the 2nd quarter and narrowing the gap to 23-18 going into half time. The Raiders made some defensive adjustments at the half and were able outscored the Cardinals 10-2 in the quarter taking a 33-20 lead going into the 4th quarter. St. Louis used their press to make a run at the Raiders in the fourth but South Ripley held them off with their free throw shooting as they were perfect at the line hitting 7 out of 7 for the quarter and were 10 for 10 for the game.
The Cardinals got their scoring from Kurt Siefert with 3, Wil Freeland 2, Riley Schebler 7, Andrew Oesterling 6, Lleyton Ratcliffe 4, and Sam Voegele 10. The Raiders were led by Lane Sparks with 19 points. St. Louis record now stands at 16-1.
The Cardinals next game will at the Cross-Town Classic Tournament on December 29th held at the Batesville Middle School gym. St. Louis will play Connersville held with the game time at 10:00.
Courtesy of Cardinals Coach Jim Oesterling.