Local Sports

The Ohio River Valley Conference has announced its Athletes of the Week for April 25-30. Track- Milan’s Ben Riehle, South Ripley’s Emily Flood and Jac-Cen-Del’s Cloey Simon. Boys Golf- Switzerland County’s Bryce Wrightsman. Softball- Rising […]

The following are junior high track recaps from Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3.   There may be updates, so please check back. The Ripley County Junior High Track Championships were held at Jac-Cen-Del.  Batesville […]

The following are junior high golf recaps from Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3  There may be updates, so please check back. At North Branch, Batesville Middle School won a four-way match topping second […]

The following are high school girls tennis recaps from Monday, May 2.  There may be updates, so please check back. Batesville defeated Rushville 4-1. Summer Ratcliffe and Laney Walsman won for the Bulldogs in singles.  […]

The IHSAA Board of Directors on Monday identified boys volleyball and girls wrestling as emerging sports.  This status is the first step toward each becoming an officially recognized sport. To become recognized, at least 50 […]

The following are high school softball recaps from Monday, May 2.  All games are varsity unless noted otherwise.  There may be updates, so please check back. South Ripley shut out Milan 11-0. Mady Tompkins and […]

The following are high school baseball recaps from Monday, May 2.  All games are varsity unless noted otherwise.  There may be updates so please check back. Batesville routed Lawrenceburg 13-2 thanks in large part to […]

East Central’s Sophie Browndyke has signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Cedarville University and plans to major in sports psychology. In a release provided by Jill Bingham of the East Central Athletic […]

Here is some “good” professional baseball news.  Congratulations to Batesville’s Bryan Hoeing who was promoted yesterday to Triple-A Jacksonville in the Miami Marlins organization. His promotion came on the heels of another great outing Sunday […]

The following are high school girls tennis recaps from Saturday, April 30.  There may be updates, so please check back. In high school girls tennis, Greensburg beat Connersville 4-1. Abigail Hoeing and Josie Nobbe won […]

The following are golf recaps from Saturday, April 30.  Events are varsity unless noted otherwise.  There may be updates, so please check back. In junior high golf, Batesville hosted a nine-team middle school invitational at […]

The following are high school softball recaps from Saturday, April 30.  All games are varsity unless noted otherwise.  There may be updates, so please check back. Connersville took two games from Greensburg. In the 11-1, […]