South Ripley 7th grade boys basketball dominated at their own invitational over the weekend. It was the Raiders over Batesville 46-21 in Game 1.
Landon Werner scored 14 points, pulled down 5 rebounds, and blocked 1 shot. Eli Gilpin had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocked shots; Blake Gunter added 6 points and 1 rebound, and Abe Speer had 1 assist and 2 rebounds and hit a 3-pointer before breaking his foot and wasn’t able to play the rest of the invitational.
It was South Ripley over Jac-Cen-Del in Game 2, 49-22.
Gilpin scored 14 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out 3 assists, and blocked 3 shots, while Blake Gunter added 11 points and 10 boards, and Werner had 10 points and 4 rebounds. Trigg Hostetler added 8 points and 6 rebounds, and Keeton Miller had 5 points and 3 rebounds, and 1 assist.
The 7th-grade Raiders of Coach Rodney Gullin play at home this Saturday in the ORVC tournament.
(Our thanks to Lisa Gilpin for the information and photo used in this story)