Local Sports

It looked bleak, but South Ripley erased a 12-point, second-half deficit to overtake Switzerland County and won 31-29 Thursday in Vevay. By doing so, the Lady Raiders clinched a tie for the ORVC title and […]

Jac-Cen-Del’s Lady Eagles kept its conference hopes alive Thursday as they easily downed Southwestern in Hanover 71-35. Jac got 21 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals from Annabelle Williams who went over 1000 […]

For a third time this season, South Ripley’s Lady Raiders faced off against Jac-Cen-Del’s Lady Eagles.  In the prior two matches, JCD won the non-conference meeting and Ripley won the county championship pairing. As heard […]

Franklin County’s boys varsity basketball team earned its 10th straight win Friday in Brookville.  As heard on WRBI, the Wildcats defeated Batesville 46-29. The Cats never trailed in the EIAC contest, leading 6-1 after the […]

There was only one area high school boys basketball game on January 19.  The Jac-Cen-Del boys routed Shawe 72-14.  It was 18-2 at the end of the first quarter. Double figure scoring for the Eagles […]

The girls junior high season has begun for some programs.  Here are some recaps from January 18 and 20. The St. Louis sixth opened their season with a 21-16 win over St. Mary’s of North […]

Between Rushville’s first half, outside shooting and Batesville’s struggles to hang on to the basketball, the Lady Lions easily defeated the Lady Bulldogs 55-27 Thursday at The Pound. In a game heard on WRBI, the […]

We expected a good game Wednesday night in Aurora and we got just that.  Two EIAC and Dearborn County boys basketball rivals went at each other for 32 minutes.  After the final horn sounded, East […]

The following are girls high school basketball recaps from January 18 and 20. In a key ORVC varsity game, Jac-Cen-Del avoided an upset at home against Switzerland County. Trailing 41-36 heading into the fourth quarter, […]

These are high school swimming recaps from Janaury 18-20. Milan’s girls and Batesville’s boys both won at Lawrenceburg.  Double individual event winners from Milan included Emilee Knueven, Dylan Thomas and Ariel Haessig.  Batesville two-time winners […]

In the semifinals of the Southeastern Indiana Junior High Boys Basketball Tournament, Batesville’s eighth grade moved on to the finals after a 48-45 double overtime win against Greendale. Cayden Drake, Trenten Luers and Braydon Maple […]