Local Sports

Friday’s first quarter of football was anything but crisp for East Central’s offense, but the Trojans got back in sync and defeated host Franklni County 37-8. While there were some missed assignments by the Trojan […]

Travis Lecher accounted for four scores and was named Football Homecoming King as the Batesville Bulldogs downed the Rushville Lions 44-0 Friday night at the Dog Pound.  The senior quarterback ran for two touchdowns, threw […]

The Lady Bulldogs won the Ripley County Girls Golf Championship at North Branch Golf Course Tuesday. Batesville scored 168, Milan had 233 and Jac-Cen-Del did not have a full team. The All-County Team was all […]

Franklin County took on Centerville Tuesday in varsity volleyball.  The Wildats fell short in a highly contested match, 3-2.  Final scores favoring the Bulldogs were 25-18, 20-25, 20-25, 25-19 and 18-16. “The Lady Cats lost […]

The Lady Eagles went to Switzerland County last night for an ORVC volleyball match and came home with a much needed win.  Jac-Cen-Del won 25-21, 25-19 and 25-22. “It was really nice to see the […]

The Batesville boys tennis team advanced to 5-1 (2-1 in the EIAC) after a 4-1 victory at Franklin County Tuesday. BHS coach Mitchell Taylor reported Jaden Smith at 2 Singles and Lyle Oesterling at 3 […]

The Lady Twisters played the Lady Raiders in the nightcap of a boy/girl soccer doubleheader Tuesday and won 5-0.  Oldenburg came into the game winning four straight after starting the season off 0-2-0. OA was […]

South Dearborn may not have had much time to warm up, but took very little time to score in Tuesday’s girls soccer match at Franklin County.  The Knights won 2-0. “After getting off the bus […]

Back on the natural grass soccer field Tuesday at Lawrenceburg, the host No. 10 Lady Tigers defeated No. 19 Batesville 2-0. Lawrenceburg coach Bill Offutt reported Chloe Meyer scored on an assist by Ryleigh Offutt […]

South Dearborn played Franklin County at home on Backman Field Tuesday.  The Knights were in the mood to score and shared the honor among seven teammates as SD won 10-4. In a Knights scoring recap […]

A four goal night by South Ripley’s Zach Gentile led the Raiders to a 4-1 boys soccer win over Oldenburg Tuesday.  Ripley’s record improved to 7-0-1. “Zach Gentile gave us fits all night getting in […]