RISING SUN - Rising Sun softball’s 25-0, 4-1/2 inning romp over visiting Madison Shawe Memorial Monday made it 3-straight wins, suddenly thrusting the Lady Shiners in the middle of the ORVC race. Throwing off the effects of their 1-3 start, Coach Ken DeDreu’s nine marked wins in its first 3 Ohio River Valley Conference contests to open pursuit of first-place Switzerland County (6-0, 4-0).
OHIO RIVER VALLEY CONFERENCE Varsity Baseball Current Standings Maxpreps.com (Through April 19) Recent scores: FRIDAY, APRIL 16 RISING SUN 10, Milan 3 East Central 13, S.Ripley 2 (5 in.) Lawrenceburg 7, Jac-Cen-Del 0 Switzerland Co. 10, Shawe 9 MONDAY, APRIL 19 RISING SUN 14, Shawe 0 (5 in.) Jac-Cen-Del 13, Milan 1 (6 in.) Madison 15, Switz.
FLORENCE, Ind. - Rising Sun High School boys varsity golf finished second in a tri-meet with Switzerland County and Jac-Cen-Del at Belterra Golf Course Thursday, April 15.
RISING SUN - Senior righthander Landon Cole authored a 5-inning no-hitter over Madison Shawe Memorial Monday for Rising Sun baseball’s second-straight conference win, 14-0. Back-to-back Ohio River Valley Conference victories served well to erase the memory of a 14-9 stumble at Southwestern (Hanover) Monday, April 12, in the Shiners’ conference opener.
RISING SUN - Athletic physicals for Rising Sun Ohio County Schools students currently enrolled in grades 8-11 will be given Friday, April 23, from 2-6 p.m. at Rising Sun High School.
RISING SUN - Rising Sun baseball responded to a 2-1 squeaker loss at Trinity Lutheran last Thursday, April 8, with the biggest upset win of the season so far, 9-4 over Class A No. 2-ranked Oldenburg Academy, Friday at home.
VEVAY - Juniors Kendall Montgomery and Grant Taylor and sophomore Dylan Martin marked individual event first-place finishes, while Rising Sun’s boys 4 X 400-meter relay also was a winner in quad meet track and field action at Switzerland County Thursday, April 8.
OSGOOD - Longtime Jac-Cen-Del High School head baseball coach David Bradshaw celebrated his 500th career coaching victory with the Eagles’ 10-0, 6-inning season-opening no-hit win over Morristown Friday, April 2.
RISING SUN - Finishing on top in a chilly 18-11 season-opening slugfest with Lawrenceburg Wednesday, March 31, Rising Sun softball scored runs in five of six innings, bashing 15 hits. But the going got a lot tougher for Coach Ken DeDreu’s Lady Shiners, who dropped their next 3 contest, including Monday’s road opener at Hauser, 9-2.
RISING SUN - After allowing a total of 34 runs in a pair of mercy rule losses to open the season last week, Rising Sun baseball turned the tables for a badly-needed first win Monday, 14-4 in six innings over visiting Waldron.