Sports Daily Digest August 25, 2025

Oldenburg Academy boys soccer hosted the annual Twister Cup at Bill Gillespie Soccer Park on Saturday and went 1-1. The Twisters defeated Seton Catholic 6-2 in the first game, but fell to Shawe Memorial in the championship match 4-nil. The title game was a rematch of last year’s IHSAA regional semifinal won by OA.
Batesville boys soccer shut out Franklin County 8-0 on Saturday. The Bulldogs Simon Berkemeier, James Rowland and Oliver Camarena each found the back of the net twice.
Batesville girls golf finished 8th with a team score of 343 in the 18-team Center Grove Trojan Classic on Saturday. Ava South led the Bulldogs individually by shooting a 78.
Batesville boys tennis finished second at Saturday’s New Castle Invitational. The Bulldog netters went 2-1 on the day.

Join us for Coaches Corner delivered by Ison’s Family Pizza tonight at 6. Rob Lafary’s scheduled guests are Batesville football Coach Evan Ulery; Batesville High School Cheer Coach Timmi Jones, and North Decatur football coach Steve Stirn.

The Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 to salvage the series finale as heard yesterday on WRBI. Cincinnati still has not been swept this year. Brady Singer did not figure into the decision but he was brilliant on the mound. Singer gave up one run on one hit with nine strikeouts in 6 innings. Austin Hays had three hits and drove in the go ahead run for Cincinnati. Spencer Steer clubbed a three-run homer in the eighth inning to break it open. Graham Ashcraft got the win in relief to run his record to 8-5. Cincinnati moves to within game and a half of the final National League Wild Card spot with the win and the New York Mets loss on Sunday. The Reds head back to Los Angeles to start a three-game series tonight against the Dodgers. Hunter Greene gets the start for Cincinnati. He’s 5-3 with a 2.63 earned run average. The Dodgers counter with righthander Emmet Sheehan, who is 0-3 with a 4.22 ERA. Coverage begins at 9:40 on 103.9 FM.

The Minnesota Lynx topped the Indiana Fever 97-84 in WNBA action last night. Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 26 points. The Fever drops to 19-18 and will back at it tomorrow night at home against the Seattle Storm.

Christian Rasmussen took the checkered flag at yesterday’s IndyCar Milwaukee Mile 250. The final race of the season is next Sunday at Nashville, Tennessee.