Local Sports

Franklin County was the first local girls tennis team to capture a sectional.  The Wildcats held a 2-1 lead in points over host Connersville when Thursday’s match was suspended.  Play resumed Friday and the Cats […]

Late Sunday afternoon at The Brickyard, Scott Dixon posted the second fastest four-lap average in Indy 500 qualifying history with an average speed of 234.046 mph. It’s Dixon’s second straight pole and fifth overall, one […]

The Reds avoided a sweep in Toronto by beating the Blue Jays 3-2 Sunday. Back in his hometown, the Redlegs Joey Votto belted a solo home run high off the right field foul pole in […]

The East Central Boys Track and Field Sectional resumed last night (Friday) after being suspended Thursday because of rain.  At the end of the night, Batesville took the team championship, outscoring second place Lawrenceburg 120.5-91.  […]

Former Franklin County Lady Wildcat pitcher Kamryn McCool earned Second Team All-Region honors in Division 3 by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. McCool has a 19-5 record at Mount St. Joseph with a 1.32 ERA.  […]

While boys track sectionals at East Central, Madison and Columbus North were all suspended due to weather (and will resume Friday), Thursday’s event at Connersville went on as scheduled.  The host Spartan boys defended their […]

The following are high school baseball recaps from Thursday, May 19. All games are varsity unless noted otherwise.  There may be updates, so please check back. East Central got by Lawrenceburg 1-0. The Trojans Daniel […]

The following are high school softball recaps from Thursday, May 19.  All games are varsity unless noted otherwise.  There may be updates, so please check back. Franklin County shut out Greensburg 6-0. For the second […]

The following are golf recaps from Thursday, May 19.  There may be updates, so please check back. In a varsity boys golf match at Belterra, Switzerland County bested Milan 183-222. South Ripley and Shawe also […]

Two more area high schools have hired varsity basketball coaches.  Batesville’s new girls coach is Mitchell Taylor who takes over for Bryan Helvie.  Helvie coached the Lady Bulldogs for three season and remains on as […]

The Reds completed the short-series sweep of Cleveland beating the Guardians 4-2 up on the lake Thursday. Cincy’s Tyler Naquin singled and homered against his former club with one RBI.  Colin Moran also had two […]

The following are high school baseball recaps from Tuesday, May 17.  All games are varsity unless noted otherwise.  There may be updates, so please check back. Batesville scored twice in the top of the seventh […]