Rising Sun senior guard Landon Cole (32) drives and shoots over Lawrenceburg’s 6’7” Jackson Bobo for two of his game-high 18 points in the Shiners’ 64-50 non-conference loss at LHS Saturday night. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

Cole’s 18 needed help at L’burg

LAWRENCEBURG - Rising Sun basketball senior Landon Cole scored a game-high 18 points, but needed more help in a 64-50 Senior Night loss at Lawrenceburg Saturday. Dipping to 5-7 overall, Coach Brandon Snodgrass’s Shiner boys varsity dipped to 5-7 overall as it absorbed a weekend sweep, outrgunned by ORVC rival Southwestern (Hanover) by a 89-52 margin Friday at home.

IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

REGIONALS Saturday, February 13 CLASS A at Southwestern (Shelby) Southwestern (Shelby) 38, Bethesda Christian 31 Greenwood Christian 54, Bloomfield 43 Greenwood Christian 49, Southwestern (Shelby) 42, championship CLASS 2A at Crawford County Eastern (Pekin) 56, South Ripley 45 Linton-Stockton 46, Eastern (Pekin) 24, championship CLASS 3A at Charlestown Rushville 55, Washington 52 Silver Creek 62, Evansville Memorial 52 Silver Creek 54, Rushville 45, championship CLASS 4A at Bedford-NL Bedford-No.Lawrence 51, EAST CENTRAL 50 Franklin 51, Castle 44 Franklin 51, Bedford-NL 48, championship.

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ORVC boys basketball

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 RISING SUN at Oldenburg Academy, ppd. New Washington 64, Madison Shawe 42 Southwestern (Hanover) 61, Clarksville 55 South Ripley at Shelbyville, ppd.

Ronald William Fields

Ronald William Fields, 82, February 8, 2021, Bright, Indiana. Arrangements entrusted to Jackman Hensley Funeral Home..

Harrison Junior School math teacher Tom McGraw was given his first dose of the vaccine Feb. 11 by Mercy Health Nurse Amanda Kenczewicz. HALIE BARGER/THE HARRISON-PRESS

School staff gets first vaccine shot

Superintendent John Hamstra used the word smooth to describe the day hundreds of Southwest Local Schools staff members were vaccinated for COVID-19. The staff received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Feb.