Articles by Abby Brinson

At Jennings County, Jac-Cen-Del senior Wyatt Day went over 1000 points in his varsity boys basketball career.  Day needed 18.  He finished the night with 19.  Unfortunately, that’s where the good news ended for the […]

Tonight (Friday, January 14), the North Decatur Athletic Department will induct its 2022 class into the North Decatur Athletic Hall of Fame.  The ceremony will take place immediately following the junior varsity contest against South […]

Our first of six basketball broadcasts this week was Tuesday at Lawrenceburg as the Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagles traveled to take on the Lady Tigers.  It was an evenly matched pairing which saw LHS eventually prevail […]

Here are some girls and boys varsity basketball results from Tuesday, January 11. Greensburg beat Brown County 59-35. The Pirates Kayla Tamm nailed seven three-point baskets on her way to 23 points.  Mylie Wilkison netted […]

In the latest Ohio River Valley Conference report covering January 3-8, South Ripley’s Emily Flood and Jac-Cen-Del’s Caleb Simon were both named ORVC Basketball Players of the Week.  Each were MVPs of the Ripley County […]

The following are boys junior high and freshman basketball recaps from January 10 and 11. The South Ripley seventh grade nipped Jac-Cen-Del 41-40 in overtime. The Raiders worked their way back from an early 8-2 […]

Batesville Wresting won five out of nine competitive matches against Greensburg.  But the Bulldogs had to forfeit two more matches than the Pirates did and lost 39-36.  Getting pins for BHS were Alex Murphy, Parker […]

South Ripley, Oldenburg and Switzerland County competed at the Madison Invitational.  The host Cubs won both meets. Oldenburg took second in the girls while Switz was second in the boys. Local individual firsts were recorded […]

East Central won both EIAC swim titles Saturday.  The Lady Trojans beat runner up Connersville 317-282. Batesville was third at 192.  The Trojan boys took home the crown with 434.5 points.  The Bulldogs were second […]

Jac-Cen-Del’s boys varsity wasn’t the only Eagle basketball team to win a Ripley County Tournament championship Saturday.  The JV Eagle boys and girls also won. The JCD boys reserves edged Batesville 46-45. Leading scorers for […]

In the 98th Annual Boys Ripley County Tournament basketball championship Saturday, Class 1A-No. 9 Jac-Cen-Del defeated big brother Batesville 58-46 for the Eagles first title since 2007. Coach Clint Bohaman’s boys jumped out to a […]

Should anything which happens in the Ripley County Tournament be surprising?  Probably not, but South Ripley’s girls championship win over Class 1A-No. 4 Jac-Cen-Del was indeed an upset, at least statistically. Before tipoff, we knew […]