Local Sports Report - January 14, 2025

A great night of basketball from the Rivertown Classic and Ripley Co. Tournament.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Rivertown Classic - First Round

Lawrenceburg 60, Switzerland County 49

• JP Izzo (LB): 16 points
• Kaleb Cole (LB): 14 points
• Noah Knigga (LB): 10 points
• Cam Craig (SC): 16 points
• Cooper Todd (SC): 11 points

South Dearborn 53, Rising Sun 41

• Scout Gray (SD): 19 points
• Brody Morris (RS): 19 points
• DJ Williams (RS): 10 points

*Consolation and Championship Games will be played Tuesday, January 21. Rising Sun will play Switzerland County at 6:00 p.m., followed by the Championship Game between Lawrenceburg and South Dearborn. Both games will air on Eagle Country 99.3.

Ripley County Tournament - Championship

South Ripley 63, Batesville 51

• Cole Henry (SR): 18 points
• Drew Volz, Blaine Ward (SR): 13 points each
• Cade Kaiser (BV): 21 points
• James Hughes (BV): 15 points

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Ripley County Tournament - Championship

South Ripley 46, Batesville 44

• Sophie Gesell (BV): 20 points
• Kaiya Rinear (SR): 13 points, made last second put back for the win. 
• Claire Samples (SR): 12 points
• Aubrey Werner (SR): 10 points

*Aubrey Werner, Lexi Franklin, Kaiya Rinear, and Claire Samples won MVP.

SWIMMING & DIVING

GIRLS

Centerville 129                                     
Milan 94
Seton Catholic 29
Rising Sun 16

BOYS

Centerville 168
Milan 68
Rising Sun 38
Seton Catholic 3                                     

Top Milan finishes included:

• Girls 200 Medley Relay – 2^nd place (Stock, McIntosh, Knecht, DeWire)
• Girls 200 Freestyle – 2^nd Ashlyn DeWire, 3^rd Kaitlyn Hicks
• Girls 200 IM – 2^nd Lainey Stock
• Boys 200 IM – 2^nd Lucas Cooney
• Girls 50 Free – 3^rd Kayleigh McIntosh, 4^th Sydney Batten
• Boys 50 Free – 2^nd Seth Thomas
• Girls 100 Fly – 2^nd Molly Knecht
• Boys 100 Fly – 1^st Seth Thomas
• Girls 100 Free – 1^st Ashlyn DeWire, 4^th Kaitlyn Hicks
• Boys 100 Free – 4^th Dylan Pindell, 5^th Logan Bruns
• Girls 500 Free – 2^nd Lainey Stock
• Boys 500 Free – 2^nd JJ Mutz, 4^th Lucas Cooney
• Boys 200 Free Relay – 2^nd (Pindell, Wickizer, Myers, Bruns)
• Girls 100 Back – 2^nd Molly Knecht, 5^th Jayden Graham
• Girls 100 Breaststroke – 3^rd Kayleigh McIntosh, 4^th Sydney Batten
• Boys 100 Breaststroke – 1^st JJ Mutz
• Girls 400 Freestyle Relay – 2^nd (Knecht, Hicks, Stock, DeWire)
• Boys 400 Freestyle Relay – 2^nd (Myers, Cooney, Thomas, Mutz)

WRESTLING

The Batesville High School wrestling hosted Greensburg and came away with a 44-25 victory. Despite giving up two forfeits the Bulldogs came away with a 44-35 victory. Winning by pin were sophomore Adam Brewer (132), Alex Krekeler (190), Andrew Jones (215), and Max Amberger (285). Jacob Starost (138) received a forfeit, while freshman Carson Weiler(106) won by tech fall with a score of 18-0 and Conner Shields (150) won with a 16-14 decision. Freshman Isaac Enneking(157) won by pin in a JV match. The Bulldogs honored seven seniors on the night. Being honored were Max Amberger, Andrew Jones, Damien Dance, John Dirkhising, Conner Shields, Alex Krekeler, and Damien Krekeler. The Bulldogs record moves to 8-10 with the victory as they head to South Dearborn to compete in the EIAC Tournament on Saturday January 18th.