Local Sports

The Chargers traveled to Hauser last night to play Conference opponent Waldron for the MHC C-Team championship. The Chargers fought hard and gave themselves a chance down the stretch, getting the tying basket with under a […]

The St. Louis 8th Grade Lady Cardinals was defeated by Batesville 43-15. The Lady Cardinals were led in scoring by Aubrey Baker with 10 points. Belle Young had 3 points and Gina Grote had 2 points. […]

This past Saturday, the Batesville junior varsity boys basketball team got a home win against Madison 49-22. Madison     6 9  2   5= 22 Batesville  11 4 17 17= 49 Batesville scoring- Trenten Luers 9, […]

IHSAA girls Swimming Sectional results from Columbus North High School on Saturday: Milan, Batesville, and South Ripley competed in the always-tough Columbus North sectional. The three Ripley County schools are among the smallest enrollment schools […]

At the Richmond Wrestling Regional this past Saturday, the East Central Trojans took home the team title, scoring 134 team points. East Central’s lone individual champion was Grayson Hylton in the 152-pound weight class. Other […]

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 […]