GREENWOOD - Pioneer became the first school to complete the girls sports Triple Crown, winning the IHSAA Class 2A softball state championship, 4-2 over Sullivan, Saturday afternoon at Center Grove High School.
OSGOOD - Former Jac-Cen-Del and Lawrenceburg girls varsity basketball coach Maurice Meyers passed away at age 87 on May 28 in Shelbyville. A 2011 Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association Distinguished Service Award recipient, Meyers was an inductee to the Ripley County Basketball Hall of Fame.
IHSAA SOFTBALL SEMISTATES Saturday, June 5 CLASS A at North Daviess Loogootee 2, W. Washington 0 Clay City 12, Hauser 5 Clay City 7, Loogootee 5, championship CLASS 2A at Forest Park Union County 5, South Vermillion 3 Sullivan 7, South Ripley 5 Sullivan 9, Union County 8, championship IHSAA BASEBALL REGIONALS Saturday, June 5 CLASS 2A at Evansville Mater Dei Providence 5, South Ripley 3 North Posey 2, Linton-Stockton 1 Providence 8, North Posey 6, championship CLASS A at Morristown Shakamak 10, Southwestern (Shelby) 1 Oldenburg Academy 15, Traders Point Christian 3 Shakamak 13, Oldenburg Academy 0 (6 in.), championship.
RISING SUN - Rising Sun High School boys varsity golfers Nate Elliott and Chris Bowne earned all-conference honors as top-12 finishers in the Ohio River Valley Conference Championship Saturday, May 22, on the home course at The Links at Rising Star.
LAWRENCEBURG - As the lone past Indiana Midget Week championship representative in Saturday night’s starting lineup at Lawrenceburg Speedway, Logan Seavey knew well what it takes to win during the most intense and busy stretch of USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget racing.
CLASS A - SECTIONAL 60 At Jac-Cen-Del (Osgood) WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 G1: Oldenburg Academy 9, Trinity Lutheran 0 MONDAY, MAY 31 G2: RISING SUN 11, Jac-Cen-Del 10 G3: Oldenburg Academy 10, Hauser 0 (5 in.) G4: Oldenburg Academy 11, RISING SUN 3, championship CLASS 2A - SECTIONAL 45 At South Ripley (Versailles) WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 G1: Milan 5, Switzerland County 3 G2: South Ripley 4, North Decatur 0 THURSDAY, MAY 27 G3: South Ripley 4, Milan 3 G4: Southwestern (Hanover) 13, South Decatur 5 MONDAY, MAY 31 G5: South Ripley 6, Southwestern (Hanover) 3, championship IHSAA REGIONALS Saturday, June 5 CLASS A at Morristown White River Valley Winner vs. Morristown Winner, 10 a.m.
CLASS A - SECTIONAL 60 At Rising Sun MONDAY, MAY 24 G1: Hauser 7, RISING SUN 2 TUESDAY, MAY 25 G2: Jac-Cen-Del 15, South Decatur 0 (5 in.) G3: Hauser 15, Oldenburg Academy 0 (5 in.) THURSDAY, MAY 27 G4: Hauser 11, Jac-Cen-Del 0 (5 in.), championship CLASS 2A - SECTIONAL 45 At Switzerland Co. (Vevay) MONDAY, MAY 24 G1: Austin 19, Southwestern (Hanover) 4 (5 in.) G2: South Ripley 11, Milan G2: South Ripley 11, Milan 1 (6 in.) TUESDAY, MAY 25 G3: South Ripley 7, Austin 1 G4: Switzerland Co.
OSGOOD - Edging Class A Sectional 60 host Jac-Cen-Del 11-10 in Monday morning’s semifinal round at Bradshaw Field, Rising Sun baseball advanced to its second-straight title game that night. But Oldenburg Academy (16-7), ranked in the top 10 in the state coaches’ poll earlier this season, stopped the Shiners’ quest for their eighth sectional crown in school history - and second-straight, with the 2020 spring season canceled - with an 11-3 victory in the 7 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS - Rising Sun junior Kendall Montgomery placed 11th in long jump, while sophomore Dylan Martin was 15th in 300-meter low hurdles in last Thursday’s IHSAA boys track and field regional at Warren Central High School.
FRANKLIN - Rising Sun junior Halle Shorten, girls track and field sectional champion in the 400-meter dash May 18 at East Central, completed her spring season with a 13th place finish in IHSAA regional competition at Franklin Community High School last Tuesday, May 25.