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Entire sports world seeks an opening

Okay, it's Friday, May 1. Students are presumably back at school and eager to get back on the diamonds, fields, tracks, courts and courses.
Workout War turning frowns upside down

Sensing a bit of restlessness among their high school peers and alumni friends, a pair of Franklin County High School students have stumbled upon a temporary cure to the homebound blues.
Crouch, Cox all-EIAC: Trojans still in front

The Franklin County Wildcats did not pick up too many team points in the overall Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference standings this winter, but a pair of male athletes earned All-Conference status.
No state champs, first time since 1911

Well, it won't be the most serious victim claimed by the COVID-19 outbreak, but nevertheless a 110-year hallowed tradition came to a grinding halt with the IHSAA's cancellation of the Indiana boys basketball state tournament.
Young 'Cats improve during rebuild

Early in the 2018-19 season, circumstances forced Franklin County boys basketball coach Eric Ebrens' hand.
Cheerleaders - Tri-Eastern Conference

The Winchester Falcons were the last of seven cheerleading squads entered in the Tri-Eastern Conference Cheerleading contest at Lincoln High School.
Wrestlers buck the odds for winning season

Considering the Franklin County High School wrestling program had a pair of strikes against it to open the 2019-20 campaign, the season turned out to be a net positive, with a 14-7 dual mark and one wrestler on the brink of a state finals appearance.
Lady Wildcats look to future after 8-14 campaign

There have been some growing pains for the Franklin County girls basketball program the last three seasons, following a 16-win campaign in 2016-17.
Big Ten suspending tourney admission

Anyone hoping to catch the Purdue Boilermakers and/or Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament this evening may want to have a Plan B.
Orienteering championship results

The Union County High School 0rienteering team easily took first place in the Ohio Valley School Orienteering Championships held at Camp Ernst in Burlington, Kentucky.
Hayley Kottka takes UC to Regional

Union County was well represented this week at the 2020 IHSAA Gymnastic Regional at Columbus East High School.
Around the horn
Oldenburg garners second title

SHELBYVILLE - Holding the two-time defending sectional champion Morristown Yellow Jackets to just 18 second-half points, Oldenburg Academy pulled away for a 54-46 win Saturday night to capture the second sectional title in the program's 19-year history.
Bulldogs chase Wildcats from sectional

For a second straight year, the Batesville Bulldogs handed the Franklin County Wildcat boys their sectional 'pink slip.'
Throwdown to bolster county 4-H

No, Hulk Hogan's not walking into the Franklin County High School gymnasium on Saturday, March 14, but professional wrestling will be on full display that evening at the inaugural Fairground Throwdown.
Madison Gray, Zoe Murphy Tri-Eastern Conference selections

Union County junior Madison Gray has been named to the 2019-2020 Tri-Eastern Conference All-Conference Girls Basketball Team, as Zoe Murphy was named honorable mention.
White’s Realty Star Student

This year the FCHS athletic department and White's Realty are honoring FCHS students for great achievement in the classroom.
FC grad making mark as coach

Monmouth College (Monmouth, Illinois) is headed to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament for only the second time in program history
Red Devils top Wildcats in finale

Probably safe to say that neither visiting Richmond nor host Franklin County were completely into last Thursday's (Feb. 27) contest that closed out the Wildcats' regular season.
Trojans hand Patriots 66-45 setback

East Central handed Union County a 66-45 setback last week at Roy E. Stevens Gymnasium.