Local high school track & field athletes have competed this week in the sectional meet at East Central, a lot of them punching their tickets to Regionals. East Central won the meet with 137.3 points, but nipping at the Trojans’ heels were the Bulldogs of Batesville, at 133. Franklin County placed 3rd, among the 13 schools. Batesville says it’ll have athletes advancing to regionals in 13 of the 16 events. Coach Lisa Gausman says 1 of her relays won a sectional championship, 5 individuals and 1 relay taking 2nd, and 7 individual athletes and a relay running 3rd. Those were all automatic qualifiers.
At the same sectional, North Decatur says despite finishing 7th as a team, the Chargers had some strong performances, including Madi Allen qualifying for regionals in the 300-meter low hurdles, at a personal best time of just over 48 seconds. Allen was also 5th in the high jump, and 6th in the long jump with another personal best. Several more Charger athletes set personal bests, too.
We have more info about those track teams and athletes in separate stories, here on WRBIradio dot com.
In this week’s girls’ sectional 19 tennis at East Central, Batesville eliminated South Dearborn 5-love Wednesday, to advance and face East Central this afternoon. Lawrenceburg also knocked Milan out 4-1, and is playing Oldenburg Academy this evening. Sectional 20 at Columbus North has Greensburg taking on Hauser today, and Sectional 22 at Connersville had the home team beating Franklin County 4-1, so Connersville advances to face Rushville.
WRBI’s Travis Lecher reports…
The Indiana Basketball Coaches’ Assocation’s Underclass Showcase events are coming up next month, on the 13th and 28th of June, at Ben Davis High School. A hundred and 20 boys, and a hundred 31 girls who are the state’s top prospects in the sport will get exposure to some of the state and nation’s top coaches. Local girls taking part will include North Decatur’s Madi Allen, and 4 Greensburg Pirates—Claire Larrison, Aly Powers, Leah West, and Mylie Wilkison. And on the boys’ side, a pair of slots go to South Ripley’s Cole Henry and Cade Kaiser of Batesville.
The world’s top men golfers are back within a few hours of us, as the PGA Championship returns to the Valhalla course near Louisville, today through Sunday. Rory McIlroy’s coming off victories in his last 2 tournaments. Also expected to compete well, Brooks Koepka and Scottie Scheffler, along with 4-time PGA champ Tiger Woods.
The 2024 NFL schedule is out. The Bengals will open the season hosting the Patriots, and the Colts hosting the Texans, both on September 8th. The very first game of the season will have the Ravens visiting the Super Bowl champion Chiefs, Thursday night the 5th. The Bengals go to the Chiefs in Week 2, as the Colts drop in on the Packers. Cincinnati has a Monday night game September 23rd with the Washington Commanders, but the Colts don’t play on a Monday this year. The preseason starts for the Bengals August 10th against the Buccaneers, and August 11th with the Colts facing the Broncos. The Colts and Bengals square off against each other in the preseason, August 22nd.
Today’s action in baseball should include Batesville going to South Dearborn, Greensburg hosting Connersville, East Central at Lawrenceburg, Rushville visiting Franklin County, South Ripley hosting New Washington, and Oldenburg hosting Shawe. Softball today– look for Batesville to host Lawrenceburg, Jennings County visiting South Dearborn, Greensburg going to Franklin County at 5:30 and Franklin hosting East Central at 7:30, South Ripley visiting Switzerland County, North Decatur visiting South Decatur at 5:30 and hosting Oldenburg at 6:45, and Jac-Cen-Del hosting Morristown.