In girls high school basketball on Saturday, it was South Ripley over Jac-Cen-Del 65-27 in the Pride Trophy game heard on WRBI. Claire Samples poured in a game-high 26 points for the Raiders, while teammates Kaiya Rinear and Aubrey Werner added 10 a piece. Elsewhere, North Decatur held off Batesville 52-47. Madi Allen led the Chargers with 24 points and eclipsed the 1,000 career point mark. She becomes the fifth player in program history to score 1,000 or more points; Oldenburg Academy crushed Southwestern (Shelby) 67-21; Northeastern topped Franklin County 53-35, and Rushville bounced South Dearborn 57-19.
South Ripley 8th grade defeated North Decatur 43-22 in boys middle school basketball.
Join us for another edition of Coaches Corner delivered by Ison’s Family Pizza tonight at 6. Terrance Arney’s scheduled guests are the coach of the Class 3A football regional champion Batesville Bulldogs Evan Ulery, South Ripley Boys Basketball Coach Seve Beach, Milan Boys Basketball Coach Matthew Pickerill, and Batesville Swimming Coach Greg McMullen.
In the NFL, J.K. Dobbins’ 29-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter lifted the Los Angeles Chargers over the Bengals 34-27 on Sunday Night Football. Cincinnati overcame a 21-point deficit in the second half, but Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert engineered the game-winning drive, which was capped by Dobbins’ score. Bengals QB Joe Burrow passed for 356 yards and three touchdowns, and wide receiver Tee Higgins returned after missing the last three games with a quad injury and had nine catches for 148 yards and a TD in a losing effort. The Bengals drop to 4-7 on the year.
Quarterback Anthony Richardson’s four-yard touchdown run with 46 seconds left in regulation capped a 70-yard scoring drive to lift the Colts over the New York Jets 28-27 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Richardson, who was benched two weeks ago, threw for 272 yards and one touchdown while running for two more scores. The Colts snap a three-game losing streak and improve to 5-6 on the year.
In the NBA, it was the Pacers over the Miami Heat 119-110 last evening at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Four Pacers scored in double figures, led by Myles Turner, who poured in 34 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
