Lainey DeVol

Newspapers in a digital age

Sunday was special growing up. For my parents, it meant that the newspaper was on our porch waiting to be read, and for me, it meant the funnies were in color. I would read through them, never quite understanding the humor, but I would pretend like I did. We eventually stopped buying the paper, and it no longer was delivered to our front porch. I stopped reading the funnies, and I grew uninterested in the news since no one around me talked about it.

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ORVC SOFTBALL STANDINGS

OHIO RIVER VALLEY CONFERENCE Varsity Softball Current Standings Maxpreps.com Maxpreps.com (Through April 19) Recent scores: THURSDAY, APRIL 15 Madison 6, South Ripley 3 New Washington 7, South western (Hanover) 6 Southwestern (Hanover) 12, New Washington 7 (6 in., rain) Switz. Co.

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ORVC BASEBALL STANDINGS

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.

Rising Sun freshman Emma Russell (14) breaks into a slide in the varsity Lady Shiners’ 18-11 softball win over Lawrenceburg earlier this season at David & Butch Brown Stadium. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

Softball takes 3-straight to jump into ORVC race

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).

Senior right-hander Landon Cole (32) tossed a 5-inning no-hit game in Rising Sun’s 14-0 ORVC home win over Madison Shawe Monday, striking out 3 with 2 walks and 2 wild pitches while facing only 2 above the minimum 15 batters. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

Cole no-hits Toppers 14-0 in 5

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.