Local Sports

The following are recent junior high wrestling and swimming recaps. The Batesville Middle School wrestling team tied South Dearborn on points at 48 apiece but won the dual on a tiebreaker for most match points. […]

Between the JV and varsity boys basketball games against Hauser Friday, Jac-Cen-Del celebrated Homecoming and also honored Lady Eagle Annabelle Williams. The senior became the first player in program history to score 1000 points plus […]

Here are some boys high school basketball recaps from February 11-12.  There may be updates, so please check back. East Central was a 41-32 winner over Batesville.  It was a tight game throughout. The Trojans […]

At the New Castle Wrestling Semi-State Saturday, East Central took third with 94 points behind the 142.5 of champion Cathedral and 117.5 of second place Roncalli. Other area teams placing included: Lawrenceburg 23rd, Greensburg and […]

Both of our local girls basketball teams, East Central and South Ripley, went into Saturday’s regional semifinals as underdogs and, unfortunately, the favorites won both. In WRBI’s first regional broadcast from 4A Columbus North, 11th […]

Friday night in boys varsity basketball on WRBI, South Ripley gave up 22 more shot attempts to visiting South Dearborn but, somehow, managed to beat the Knights 42-41. SD’s tenacious defense forced the Raiders into […]

Thursday on WRBI, Connersville’s varsity boys improved their first-place standing to 5-0 in the EIAC with a 51-25 win at East Central.  The Trojans slipped to 2-2. The Fayette County boys led 13-8. after the […]

Back on January 15, the ORVC held its conference meet for swimming.  We published those results earlier.  But announced Thursday were a few season-ending awards as voted on by the conference coaches. The ORVC Mental […]

The following are high school boys varsity basketball recaps from January 8-10 (unless denoted as JV). North Decatur lost 52-50 in double overtime to Shenandoah.  The Chargers held a three-point edge after the third quarter, […]

The following are girls basketball junior high recaps from February 7-10. North Decatur’s seventh grade got by South Decatur 27-25. ND’s Sarah Moeller and Jewel Versman both scored nine. The Charger eighth grade beat the […]

The Ohio River Valley Conference has announced its Girls Basketball All-Conference Team for the 2021-22 season.  The team was voted on by the head coaches of the conference. Girls Basketball All-ORVC: South Ripley- Emily Flood, […]