South Ripley swept the girls and boys Ripley County Tournament championships for the first time in school history last night in Versailles, in a pair of games heard on WRBI. Kaiya Rinear’s last second put back lifted the Raiders over the Batesville Bulldogs 46-44 in the girls title game. South Ripley rallied from a 22-7 deficit to pull out the victory and clinch back-to-back county tourney championships. Rinear had 13 points, Claire Samples added 12 and Aubrey Werner contributed 10 for South Ripley. Batesville’s Sophie Gesell led all scorers with 20…
In the boys title game, South Ripley improved to 12-0 with 63-51 win over Batesville. Cole Henry led the Raiders with 18 points followed by Drew Volz with 16 and Blaine Ward with 13. Cade Kaiser led all scorers with 21, followed by Bulldog teammates Jared Hughes with 15 and Trenten Luers with 13.
Jac-Cen-Del entertains Lawrenceburg in girls basketball tonight on WRBI. Coverage begins around 7:15 on the Sports Voice.
North Decatur bested Southwestern (Shelby) 37-33 in boys C team basketball last night.
In middle school boys hoops, Batesville split with Rushville. It was the Lions winning the 7th grade game 29-23, while the Bulldogs took the 8th grade contest 37-22…
St. Louis and Greendale also split. The Bengals won the 7th grade tilt 30-13, while the Cardinals pulled out a 37-36 win in overtime.
The Cleveland Cavaliers knocked off the Pacers 127-117 last night in Indianapolis. The loss snaps Indiana’s six game winning streak.
In college basketball, #19 Illinois hammered Indiana 94-69 in Bloomington. The Hoosiers fall to 13-5 overall and 4-3 in the Big 10…
Coming up tonight, #17 Purdue is at Washington.
