Local Sports

In the latest ORVC Report covering December 6-11, South Ripley’s Gracie Gunter, Jac-Cen-Del’s Caleb Simon and Switzerland County’s Cam Craig were named Ohio River Valley Conference Basketball Players of the Week. Swimmers of the Week […]

High school swimming recaps from Tuesday, December 14. Batesville won both duals against Greensburg, 96-67 in the boys meet and 91-65 in the girls. Winning a pair of individual events for the Bulldogs included William […]

Batesville’s grapplers got a 42-39 win over Franklin County Tuesday.  This was the Bulldogs first win over the Wildcats in nine seasons.  Scoring pins for Batesville were Josh Mobley, Tacoma Nicholas, David Maher and Damien […]

The following are girls high school basketball recaps from Tuesday, December 14.  There may be updates, so please check back. (VAR) Jac-Cen-Del defeated North Decatur 59-39.  The Eagles got 14 points and five rebounds from […]

Tuesday on the Sports Voice, the Franklin County Lady Wildcats won their third straight game with a 44-22 doubling of Batesville.  The win also snapped a six-game losing streak for the host Cats against the […]

The following are junior high boys basketball recaps from December 13-15. The North Decatur eighth grade bested Jac-Cen-Del 43-32.  The Chargers Logan O’Dell dialed up 22 points. For the Eagles, Lane Carroll scored 12 and […]

In a make-up boys varsity basketball game heard Monday on the Sports Voice, Oldenburg got its second win of the season.  The Twisters defeated Morristown, on the road, 44-27. Of the 71 points scored by […]

The following are girls high school basketball recaps from Saturday, December 11.  There may be updates, so please check back. Jac-Cen-Del beat Morristown 58-29.  The JCD defense held the Yellow Jackets to single digit scoring […]

At East Central’s annual Swim Relay Invitational, the Trojan boys won the five-team event over runner up Greenwood by 20, and the Lady Trojans finished second to Greenwood by 10.   The Aqua Trojans combined to […]

The following are boys high school basketball recaps from Saturday, December 11.  There may be updates, so please check back. (VAR) Batesville lost 68-52 to undefeated and 2A ranked Southwestern Hanover.  The Bulldogs were down […]

Franklin County’s wrestling team took second place at the Tom Hill Memorial Tournament. The Cats carded wins over Richmond, Union County, Monroe Central and Decatur Central but lost to champion Warren Central. Andrew Merrit and […]

Which team was playing at home Saturday?  One has to ask considering it was visiting Franklin County which hit a blistering 66 percent from the floor in a surprisingly one-sided 62-38 final at South Ripley […]