Local Sports

On Saturday, scorekeepers were kept busy during a high-scoring softball contest between Rushville and the North Decatur JV, with the Chargers losing 18-8. The North Decatur Chargers struggled to put runs on the board and […]

Game 1 – Junior Varsity South Ripley 11 Hauser 6 On Saturday, the South Ripley junior varsity baseball team picked up their first win of the season by defeating the Hauser Jets 11 – 6. […]

North Decatur played in the Greenwood Invitational on Saturday for their first 18-hole match of the year and their third match in as many days. The Chargers placed 8th overall out of 16 teams with […]

South Ripley survived a late comeback by South Decatur on Saturday, winning 13-12. South Ripley led from the bottom of the first up until the top of the seventh, where the Cougars scored 8 runs […]

On Friday, the North Decatur girls varsity track team competed at the Triton Central Invitational against 4 other schools.   Team Results Herron 127 Franklin County 114 Triton Central 91 Indy Genesis 56 Edinburgh 1 […]

The Oldenburg Academy Twisters (2-1) took the lead late in the game in an 8-5 victory over Jac-Cen-Del (0-4) on Saturday. The game was tied at four with the Twisters batting in the top of […]

North Decatur Chargers varsity baseball had trouble keeping up with Morristown in a 12-1 loss on Friday. That, in large part, was due to the Yellow Jackets’ six-run sixth inning. Michael Ballinger, Kamdyn Gaines, Dyllan […]

North Decatur varsity softball weathered a 3-run first-inning scare by Morristown, to win 20-5 on Thursday. The Chargers held just 5-4 lead as they readied to bat in the bottom of the 4th. The Chargers would […]

The Chargers played their home opener on the Prairie course at North Branch on Friday, earning the win over Rushville. North Decatur won by 31 strokes, scoring 181, while Rushville put up a score of […]

Batesville junior varsity baseball knocked in eight runs in the third on its way to a 12-1 victory over Union County on Friday. The Bulldogs batters contributing to the big inning included Jaiden Kuria, Josh Borgman, […]

It took extra innings, but the South Ripley varsity baseball got the win in extra innings, defeating Waldron 4-3 Friday evening. In his first career start, Freshman Mason McKnew gave up 3 runs and 3 […]

South Decatur varsity baseball played Southwestern Shelby Friday evening, earning a 20 to 1 victory. Hitting leaders for the Cougars were Devin Pate with 2 doubles, Avery Seegers with a home run and a double, […]