Batesville knocked off Lawrenceburg 7-3 in varsity baseball Thursday afternoon. Carson Meyer gave up two hits while striking out nine and walking four over five shutout innings to get the win. Meyer, Ronan Post and Noah Weigel each drove in a run for the Bulldogs…In the JV game, it was Lawrenceburg over Batesville in a slugfest, 14-9.
Batesville golf won a three-way match with Greensburg and South Dearborn at the Links at Rising Star in Rising Sun. It was the Bulldogs 145, the Pirates 169, and the Knights 206. Batesville’s Ian Hixson took medalist honors with a one-under-par-33.
Batesville hosted and won both ends of the Ripley County track and field meet. In the girls meet, it was the Bulldogs 141, the South Ripley Raiders 53.5, the Milan Indians 22, and the Jac-Cen-Del Eagles 11.5. Batesville’s Abby Miller was the girls meet MVP…In the boys meet, it was BHS 131, Ripley 58, Milan 40, and JCD 16. The Bulldogs’ Noah Davis was boys meet MVP.
Joe Kirkoff is the new boys varsity basketball coach at Milan. He replaces Matt Pickerill, who resigned following the 2025-26 season. Kirkoff comes to Milan from Whiteland. The Milan School Board approved Kirkoff’s hiring at a special meeting this week.
Jason Hughes has been hired as girls varsity basketball coach at Jac-Cen-Del, pending school board approval. He replaces Lilly Simon, who stepped down following the ’25-26 season. Hughes served last year as Jac-Cen-Del’s boys JV basketball coach.
The Chicago Cubs beat the Reds 8-3 at Wrigley Field to complete the four-game series sweep as heard yesterday on WRBI. The Cubs erupted for seven runs in the 4th inning to put the game away against starter Rhett Lowder and the Reds bullpen. Lowder exited in the 4th with right shoulder discomfort. He took the loss and drops to 3-3. The Reds went o-7 on the road trip against two NL Central Division opponents. They return to Cincinnati to start a six-game homestand with the first of three tonight against the Houston Astros. Nick Lodolo will come off the injured list and make his first start of the year. The Astros will counter with righthander Mike Burrows. He’s 1-4 with a 5.97 ERA. Coverage begins at 5:40 on 103.9 FM.
The NCAA made it official and announced on Thursday that it will expand men’s and women’s March Madness by eight teams to 76. It’s the first expansion of the basketball tournaments in 16 years when they were bumped to 68 teams each. With the increase to 76, the First Four — doubleheaders on back-to-back days in Dayton, Ohio — will be replaced by a 12-game Opening Round. The Tuesday and Wednesday of the men’s tournament will feature 12 games played by 24 teams in two different cities. There will now be three games each day in Dayton and three games each day in a second city yet to be determined. The expansion takes effect next season.
