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The Jac-Cen-Del girls varsity basketball team won their first Sectional Championship in three years Saturday night, defeating South Decatur 43-34 in the 1A Sectional Final at Southwestern Shelby. The win gives Coach Scott Smith of […]

The South Ripley girls varsity basketball team won their third straight sectional championship Saturday night, defeating Hauser 42-31 in the 2A Sectional Final at Switzerland County. The top scorer for South Ripley was Katelynn Samples, […]

Jac-Cen-Del and South Decatur both punched their tickets to the finals at the Class 1A Southwestern Shelby Sectional Friday evening. In a game heard on WRBI, Jac-Cen-Del routed the host school 53-27, giving Head Coach […]

The South Ripley girls varsity basketball team clinched their seventh straight 2A Sectional Championship game appearance, thanks to their 47-36 win over host Switzerland County Friday night. Reese Obendorf led all Lady Raider scorers with […]

The JV boys pulled out the win against Waldron on Jack Koehne’s game-winning three as time expired Thursday night. Leading the Chargers in scoring was Brady Mauer, who finished with 20 points.   Other scorers […]

The North Decatur Chargers boys varsity basketball team earned a 67-58 win over Waldron Thursday night. Leading the Chargers in scoring was Lance Nobbe, with 24 points.   Other scorers for the Chargers included: Kaden […]

On Thursday night, the 5th-grade Lady Cardinals faced a talented St. Nicholas team. The Lady Cardinals started slow and never really could catch up. St. Nicholas jumped out to an early 10-point lead going into […]

On Thursday night, the South Ripley boys varsity won at home in overtime over Southwestern Hanover 80-72. Cole Henry scored nearly half of the Raiders’ points, putting up 33 points in the win. Two other […]

In the junior varsity game on Thursday night, the Batesville boys earned a 65-57 win over South Dearborn. At the half, the Bulldogs led the Knights 29-16. In the 3rd quarter, Batesville outscored South Dearborn […]

On Thursday night, the 6th-grade Lady Cardinals suffered a defeat at the hands of St. Nicholas. The Lady Cardinals dug themselves into a hole in the first that was too much to overcome, but they […]

In a game heard on WRBI Thursday night, the Batesville boys varsity rallied back from a 7 point first quarter deficit to defeat South Dearborn 57-44. Sam Johnson was the leading scorer for the Bulldogs […]