Batesville outgunned South Ripley 89-81 in a high-scoring boys high school basketball contest heard last night on the Sports Voice. The Bulldogs James Hughes led all scorers with 21 points. Teammate Brayden Maple added 18, Trenten Luers chipped in 17, and Kamryn Holcomb had 14 points for 6-0 Batesville. The Raiders had six double figure scorers. Eli Gilpin led the Green and White with 17 points; Bryson Sipples added 15; Drew Volz contributed 14; Blake Gunter tossed in 13 points, and Mason Bascom scored 10 for 5-2 South Ripley. Batesville also won the JV game 56-36. Jackson Peetz led the Bulldogs with 15 points and Camden Kaiser added 11.
Also in boys hoops action on Tuesday, Oldenburg Academy rolled Seton Catholic 66-37. The Twisters improve to 4-2 on the year.
In girls high school basketball, Class 4A #11 East Central got past Decatur Central 68-66. The Trojans improve 11-1…Class 3A #3 Greensburg nipped Brownsburg 49-48. The Pirates go to 8-3…And it was Triton Central over Batesville 66-49. The Bulldogs fall to 7-6.
The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Indiana Pacers 111-94 in NBA action heard last night on the Sports Voice. Indiana has now lost six straight and drops to 6-24. T.J. McConnell came off the bench to lead the Pacers with 16 points. Indiana will be back on the court Friday night at home against the Boston Celtics.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase plus Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor and left guard Quenton Nelson have been voted to the AFC team for the 2026 Pro Bowl Games. Chase has been named a Pro Bowler in each of his first five seasons. It’s Taylor’s third career selection, while Nelson has been picked for his eighth consecutive Pro Bowl. The 2026 Pro Bowl Games take place on Feb. 3 in San Francisco.
The Indiana Hoosier football team is getting ready to face a football program their head coach, Curt Cignetti, knows all too well…the Alabama Crimson Tide. Cignetti was an assistant coach at Alabama from 2007 through 2011 and learned a lot from Nick Saban. Cignetti and his #1 ranked Hoosiers (13-0) play Alabama (11-3) on New Year’s Day at the Rose Bowl in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal round. “I probably think about it every single day to be quite honest with you because it had such an impact in my growth and development. Philosophically, the program that we run here (at Indiana) is probably more the same than different from Alabama,” said Cignetti in a Rose Bowl Zoom call. Cignetti said he watched their victory over Oklahoma, but that’s not the only time he’s seen this year’s Alabama team play.
