South Decatur and Greensburg are girls basketball regional champions following their victories heard Saturday on the Sports Voice.
The Cougars got past eighth ranked Oldenburg Academy 40-39 in the Class 1A regional at Southwestern (Shelby). 16-11 South Decatur advances to Saturday ‘s semi-state semifinal at 10 a.m. up against second-ranked Borden at Shelbyville. The Twisters’ season ends at 21-5.
Class 3A #1 Greensburg eliminated third-ranked Washington 50-43 at the Charlestown regional. The Pirates take a 25-0 mark into the New Albany semi-state semi vs. fourth-ranked Evansville Central at Noon on Saturday.
Winners in the day games move on the semi-state championship contest Saturday night
In the 4A regional at Bedford North Lawrence, #11 Bloomington South bested East Central 49-23. The Trojans end the year at 12-12.
In boys hoops on Saturday, East Central knocked off Batesville 61-43 in St. Leon. The Trojans improve to 7-11 overall and 4-2 in the EIAC. The loss snaps the Bulldogs eight-game winning streak and drops their record to 12-8 overall and 4-3 in conference play. Batesville won the JV contest 48-35…It was Greensburg over Madison 74-64…South Dearborn dispatched Milan 83-52…and Seton Catholic tripped South Decatur 66-52.
Several area wrestlers advanced to next weekend’s IHSAA state wrestling finals after competing in Saturday’s semi-state at New Castle. Congratulations to East Central’s Jaxsin Prater and Brody Wingate, Kaleb Wilburn from Milan, plus Franklin County’s Cole Freese and Colin Troyer.
Join us for this week’s edition of Coaches Corner delivered by Ison’s Family Pizza tonight at 6 on WRBI. Terrance Arney’s scheduled guests are Batesville Boys Basketball Coach Aaron Garrett, East Central Swimming Coach Brandon Loveless, South Ripley Girls Basketball Coach Brad Goldsberry, and Batesville Girls Basketball Coach Mitchell Taylor with seniors Alyson Peters, Lydia Haskamp, Marlee Obermeyer, and Sophie Gesell.
