Batesville Middle School boys basketball tipped off its season on Saturday at the South Ripley Invitational.
The 8th grade Bulldogs claimed the tournament championship for a second-straight year. Batesville beat the host Raiders 57-2 in the opening round and held off Jennings County 29-28 in the championship contest.
Mason Tekulve scored 11 points in the victory over Ripley, followed by six points apiece from Otter Johnson, Evan Greene, Miles Lawrence, Charlie Deal, Colton Cox and Isaiah Hernandez. Paul Fullenkamp followed with four points and adding two points each were Rowan Maple, Evan Bower and Noah Martin.
Lawrence had seven points in the championship game against Jennings County. Greene followed with six points, Johnson tallied five points and both Cox and Maple had four points apiece. Rounding out the Bulldog scoring was Hernandez with three points.
Batesville 8th grade begins the year at 2-0.
The Bulldog 7th graders finished third in the tournament, falling 42-32 to South Ripley in the opening round before a 58-7 win over Jac-Cen-Del in the consolation game.
Dustin Wessel scored 12 points against the Raiders and Super Miller added five points. Graham Hofer’s four points was followed by Christian Peralta’s three points and two points apiece from Blaise Mullens, Duke Miller, Wyatt Moorman and Lucas Norris.
Wessel had 10 points in the Jac-Cen-Del victory as did Peralta, and Hofer tossed in nine points. Super Miller and Duke Miller scored six points and four points respectively, Asher Suddath added five points and Norris totaled four points. Kayden Koch also matched that with four points of his own and scoring two points each was Mullens, Moorman and Gaines Gerkin.
BMS 7th grade is 1-1 on the season.
Both Batesville teams return to action this Saturday where they will compete in the South Dearborn Tipoff Tournament.