Local Sports

Junior high level boys basketball recaps from January 28-29. In eighth grade boys basketball at the Mid Hoosier Conference Tournament, North Decatur downed Southwestern Shelby 56-36 in the semifinals.  Logan O’Dell dialed 17 points and […]

For the fourth consecutive season, East Central is a wrestling sectional champion. On Saturday at South Dearborn, the Trojans 253.5 points were more than enough to separate them from the field.  Franklin County was second […]

Both the East Central Lady Trojans and the South Ripley Lady Raiders went undefeated in their respective conferences to take home the hardware.  EC went 7-0 in the EIAC and Ripley went 6-0 in the […]

The East Central boys didn’t play Friday due to a weather postponement.  However, the Trojans more than made up for it on Saturday with a convincing 70-43 victory over visiting North Decatur. As heard on […]

While the vast majority of boys high school basketball games from our area were postponed Friday night, our WRBI broadcast game was not.  And what a game it was! In a contest which saw one […]

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 […]