Local Sports

In the latest Ohio River Valley Conference report covering January 3-8, South Ripley’s Emily Flood and Jac-Cen-Del’s Caleb Simon were both named ORVC Basketball Players of the Week.  Each were MVPs of the Ripley County […]

The following are boys junior high and freshman basketball recaps from January 10 and 11. The South Ripley seventh grade nipped Jac-Cen-Del 41-40 in overtime. The Raiders worked their way back from an early 8-2 […]

Batesville Wresting won five out of nine competitive matches against Greensburg.  But the Bulldogs had to forfeit two more matches than the Pirates did and lost 39-36.  Getting pins for BHS were Alex Murphy, Parker […]

South Ripley, Oldenburg and Switzerland County competed at the Madison Invitational.  The host Cubs won both meets. Oldenburg took second in the girls while Switz was second in the boys. Local individual firsts were recorded […]

East Central won both EIAC swim titles Saturday.  The Lady Trojans beat runner up Connersville 317-282. Batesville was third at 192.  The Trojan boys took home the crown with 434.5 points.  The Bulldogs were second […]

Jac-Cen-Del’s boys varsity wasn’t the only Eagle basketball team to win a Ripley County Tournament championship Saturday.  The JV Eagle boys and girls also won. The JCD boys reserves edged Batesville 46-45. Leading scorers for […]

In the 98th Annual Boys Ripley County Tournament basketball championship Saturday, Class 1A-No. 9 Jac-Cen-Del defeated big brother Batesville 58-46 for the Eagles first title since 2007. Coach Clint Bohaman’s boys jumped out to a […]

Should anything which happens in the Ripley County Tournament be surprising?  Probably not, but South Ripley’s girls championship win over Class 1A-No. 4 Jac-Cen-Del was indeed an upset, at least statistically. Before tipoff, we knew […]

The following are high school swimming recaps from Thursday, January 6. Milan won both meets over Oldenburg, 99-50 in the girls and 98-51 in the boys. In addition to winning all six relays, the Indians […]

The following are girls high school basketball recaps from January 5 and 6.  There may be updates, so please check back. Girls Rivertown Classic Round 1- Switzerland County 45, South Dearborn 36 Switzerland County erased […]

The following are boys junior high basketball recaps from January 6. Jac-Cen-Del’s seventh grade boys beat Milan 50-34. For the Eagles, Blake Wagner turned in 20 points, eight rebounds and three steals.  Teammate Darian Grieshop […]