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ORVC Boys Basketball

February 11, 2021

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Milan 75, RISING SUN 66 * Clarksville 52, Switz.Co. 39 Morristown 65, Jac-Cen-Del 48 S.Ripley 75, Southwestern 67* SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 RISING SUN 48, Switz.Co.

Ohio River Valley Conference

February 11, 2021

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 RISING SUN at Lawrenceburg, 7:30 p.m. Seymour at South Ripley FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Southwestern at RISING SUN, 7:30 p.m.

MASON J. UHLMANSIEK Freshman forward Alyssa Simpson (33) led all scorers with 20 points and doubled up with 13 rebounds in Rising Sun’s 61-49 Class A sectional second round win over Hauser Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Waldron.

Girls down Jets in Class A sectional

February 11, 2021

WALDRON - Rising Sun girls basketball registered its first state tournament win since 2016, with last Wednesday’s Class A Sectional 60 second-round victory over Hauser, 61-49. The tourney win lifted the Lady Shiners to their best season mark since they finished 11-12 in 2017-18.

Rising Sun’s boys varsity basketball Shiners (5-5) defeated ORVC rival Switzerland County for the third time this season to retain possession of the Ruler Of The River rivalry trophy for another year Saturday with a 48-44 victory at Vevay. Landon Cole, who led RS with 18 points, holds the trophy. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

Ruler Of River trophy stays put for another year

February 11, 2021

VEVAY - The Vevay Media Group’s Ruler Of The River rivalry trophy will remain locked up in Rising Sun’s trophy case until next season following the Shiners’ boys varsity basketball 48-44 conference win Saturday.

Sophomore Sidney Halloran was Rising Sun’s top finisher in its IHSAA girls swim sectional Saturday at Columbus North. SHINERATHLETICS.COM

Shiner swimmers finish 10th in first girls sectional

February 11, 2021

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Rising Sun’s girls varsity swimmers posted a 10th finish among 14 teams in their first IHSAA sectional competition at Columbus North High School Saturday.

Freshman Jenna Peelman (4) shoots from the post while Rising Sun teammate Alyssa Simpson (33) crashes the boards in the Lady Shiners’ 51-43 loss to South Decatur in the regular season finale Saturday. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

ORVC win springboard to sectional

February 4, 2021

MADISON - Rising Sun girls basketball’s second conference win of the season - 47-26 at Madison Shawe Memorial last Friday, Jan. 29 - served as a springboard to Wednesday night’s (late) Class A sectional.

Dylan Martin (22) gets a shot away over a Waldron defender in Rising Sun’s 59-51 homecoming victory Saturday night. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

Boys win twice in return from pandemic pause

February 4, 2021

RISING SUN - Slapped with a full 20-day COVID-19 related pause after its runner-up finish in the River Town Classic Jan. 9, Rising Sun boys basketball returned to action with back-toback wins last weekend.

February 4, 2021

OHIO RIVER VALLEY CONFERENCE 2020 Weekly Report January 18-23 GIRLS BASKETBALL Top Performers: Maddi Wilson (RS) 12 pts, 5 rebs vs. Southwestern Nora Hankins (SC) 18 pts, 13 rebs, 4 ast in 2 games Jenna Peelman (RS) 9 pts, 6 rebs, ast, stl vs.

ORVC girls basketball

January 28, 2021

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 Southwestern (Hanover) 63, RISING SUN 29 * Jac-Cen-Del 48, Switzerland Co. 25 * Milan at Franklin County, late South Ripley 63, South Dearborn 28 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 Southwestern (Hanover) 53, Shawe 19 * THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 Jac-Cen-Del 64, RISING SUN 31 * South Ripley 52, Southwestern (Hanover) 37 * Switzerland County 52, Shawe 10 * FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 South Dearborn 62, Milan 41 SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 South Ripley 53, Shawe 18 * Switzerland Co.

ORVC boys basketball

January 28, 2021

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 Milan 70, Hauser 54 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 South Ripley 109, Shawe 26 * FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 Columbus Christian 63, Shawe 41 Madison 61, Southwestern 40 South Ripley 56, Milan 47 * SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 RISING SUN at Hauser, ppd. Lawrenceburg 47, Jac-Cen-Del 36 Southwestern 98, Austin 80 * - Ohio River Valley Conf.