Local Sports

The Ripley County Girls Basketball Tourney took place last night at Jac-Cen-Del.  The Batesville Lady Bulldogs defeated The Milan Lady Indians 53-30 while The Class 1A #1 Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagles were victorious against The South

Area Basketball Scores.
Tuesday (1-5)

Ripley County Girls Tourney.
1st Round.
Batesville  53     Milan  30
Jac-Cen-Del  55     South Ripley  30

Girls Scores.
Rushville  64     Franklin County  39
Shawe Memorial  89     South Decatur  35
Eastern Hancock

The St Louis 7th grade boys basketball team started the new year off on a winning note as they hosted the visiting Greensburg Pirates and came away with another victory 42-27.

The game was close

Batesville Swim results at SW Hanover.

Girls:  BHS 119,  SW 47.
Girls are 18-3 on the season (14-2 non-conference, 4-1 EIAC).

Boys;  BHS 94,  SW 56.
Boys are 6-10-1 on the season (4-8-1 non-conference

The Batesville boys 9th grade basketball team opened up 2016 by improving to 7-3 on the season with a 37-28 win at home against Lawrenceburg.

The Dogs came out strong for their first game after

Dirt Road Basketball League.

The boys 4th Grade Bulldogs traveled to North Decatur High School on 1/3/16 and in game one defeated Milan 51-9. Jack Grunkemeyer led the Bulldogs with 14 points.

Batesville improved their record to 4-3 with a 66-40 win over Waldron.

Mitch Esser led the Bulldogs with 16 points while Justin Nobbe added 13 and Austin Siefert 10.

The Batesville High School wrestling team traveled to Connersville for the annual Spartan Classic.

Area Boys Basketball Scores.
Wednesday  (12-30)

South Ripley Tourney
7th-South Dearborn  78   Crothersville  61
5th-East Central 64  Christian Academy 55
3rd-South Ripley 43    Oldenburg  41
1st-G-field Central 56  Indy Chatard 43

Graber’s Building Classic @

Area Girls Basketball Scores.
Wednesday  (12-30)

Delphi Tourney.
7th Place-North White  51     Hammond  23
5th Place-Jac-Cen-Del 70    North Mont 32
3rd Place-Tipton  57     Rossville  42
Championship-Delphi 61   Indy Attucks 59

Greenfield-Central Tourney.
7th-Whitco  55   Richmond

On Tuesday, the Batesville Middle School 7th graders competed in the Crosstown Classic. The Bulldogs won one game and lost one game.

Area Boys Basketball Scores.
Tuesday  (12-29)

South Ripley Tourney.
1st Round Scores.
Oldenburg Academy 70   Crothersville 47
Indy Chatard  62     East Central  33
South Ripley  68   Christian Academy  53
Greenfield-Central 64  South Dearborn 31

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