In Week 9 high school football heard last night on the Sports Voice, Class 4A #1 East Central fell to 4A #5 Roncalli 28-10; and Class 3A #12 Batesville put away Connersville 48-12…
Elsewhere around the area, North Decatur edged Class 3A #14 Franklin County 15-6; Class 2A #4 Eastern Hancock defeated 1A #4 Milan 41-27; Greensburg outgunned Rushville 56-35; South Decatur blanked Eastern (Pekin) 35-0, and Class 3A #2 Lawrenceburg shut out South Dearborn 40-0.
We have high school volleyball sectional action on the Sports Voice on this Saturday. Greensburg takes on Lawrenceburg in one Class 3A sectional semifinal at South Dearborn, followed by Batesville against the host Knights. Coverage begins at 10:45 this morning on 103.9 FM and the WRBI App…
In other matches involving area teams, Jac-Cen-Del faces Milan; Oldenburg Academy meets Shawe Memorial; East Central faces Columbus East; South Ripley battles Trinity Lutheran; and North Decatur plays Greenwood Christian. If at least one local team plays for a sectional championship tonight, WRBI airtime will be 5:45.
Batesville goes up against #1 Evansville Reitz Memorial for the Class 2A girls soccer regional championship at Heritage Hills this afternoon. And Oldenburg Academy faces Indianapolis Scecina for the Class 1A boys soccer regional title later today at Southwestern (Shelby).
In college football last night, it was Washington over Purdue 38-26 at Ross-Ade Stadium. With the loss, the Boilermakers drop to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten…Coming up on this Saturday, a showdown in Bloomington between #4 Ohio State and 5th ranked Indiana. And second-ranked Notre Dame is at #8 BYU.
The Indiana Pacers fell at home to the Milwaukee Bucks 128-127 in overtime in their final preseason game. The Pacers finish the preseason 1-3. Indiana opens the regular season in New Orleans against the Pelicans on Wednesday night. WRBI airtime is 7:30 .
In the NFL, the Indianapolis Colts are home tomorrow against the winless Tennessee Titans. Kickoff is at 1:00. The Cincinnati Bengals are on their bye week.
