Bulldog teams lose in Ripley finals
January 27, 2025 at 11:07 a.m.
Between big area snow falls, the RCT boys opening night went on without a hitch Jan. 8 as Batesville pulled away late from pesky Jac-Cen-Del and host South Ripley topped Milan.
The Eagles led BHS by four at 40-36 in the closing minutes of the third but an 8-point swing by the Bulldogs flipped that script as they shot ahead by four with a quarter remaining. Batesville ran away with the fourth period, outscoring Jac 18-4 to advance to the tourney championship game.
The comeback started on Maple’s 3-point play, then a steal and conversion by the junior. Late in the frame, Kaiser was fouled on a finishing move and sank the ensuing free throw for a 44-40 BHS lead.
A Luke Simon three knotted the game at 44 early in the fourth but the Dogs’ defense didn’t allow one Eagle shot to fall the rest of the night during an impressive 18-0 run. Kaiser completed another and-one opportunity and Maple scored in the paint for a 5-point Bulldog lead. After a brief delay due to a scoreboard issue, Ethan Schneider drained his first 3 of the season and Hughes followed with a triple. Hughes would lay in two more baskets as the writing was on the wall for Jac-Cen-Del. The final was 62-44.
Kaiser opened the game with a deuce, but JCD got out to a 4-3 lead. Luers’ 3 gave BHS the lead again until the momentum seesawed in the Eagles’ favor for an 11-8 advantage. Hughes tied it with a 3-point make. An answer by Jac made it 14-11 after one.
A transition bucket by Maple and another Luers bomb gave the Dogs a 16-14 edge. An Eagle three switched the lead ahead of a long dry patch by both offenses. Kaiser scored five straight leading up to the break where BHS found themselves ahead 21-19.
Johnny Newhart tied the game when play picked up in the second half and Landen Asche reclaimed the lead for the Eagles. Hughes finished a 3-point combo to make it 24-23 in favor of the Dogs. Chase Youngman’s 3 put JCD on top by two. Another basket for the Osgood club had Garrett calling timeout down 28-24. Youngman stretched the lead to seven on another triple.
Luers, Hughes and Kaiser 2-pointers put Batesville right back in it. Maple FTs and his score off a Schneider assist sent the Dogs up one at 34-33. Youngman and Kaiser produced lead changes for the respective squads before a 3 by Darian Grieshop and hoop for Asche.
Kaiser led BHS with 17 points as Hughes added 15, Maple 13 and Luers 8.
The Lady Bulldogs wiped out Jac-Cen-Del at Milan Monday, Jan. 13, in a twice-rescheduled opener, winning 54-14.
The Bulldog defense held the Eagles scoreless in the second quarter and to just one field goal in the first half as BHS built a 23-6 lead at intermission.
Kaylin Kathman came out of the locker room figuratively on fire with 11 consecutive points, including a trio of 3-pointers to put the Dogs up 34-6. Sophia Sullivan interrupted the barrage for a moment with a Jac-Cen-Del 3-point play before Kathman found senior Alyson Peters for two more. Out of a timeout, Kathman buried yet another three and coach Mitchell Taylor began emptying his bench with the scoreboard reading 39-10.
At 46-12 in the fourth, Peters rebounded a teammate’s missed foul shot and scored to spark a running clock for the final five minutes and change. Peters added the next four Bulldog points as well.
Kathman began the night with a triple; Peters later followed suit and senior Marlee Obermeyer hit back-to-back from beyond the arc for a 12-1 BHS lead and timeout by the Eagles. Senior Lydia Haskamp scored around 2:45 of the first to make it a 13-point advantage. Kelsey Borgman gave Jac-Cen-Del some hope with five points in a row but Obermeyer was true again from distance for a 17-6 Bulldog lead after one.
Sophomore Maddie Haskamp connected on both free throw attempts to get scoring started in quarter two. Several minutes elapsed before L. Haskamp got a bucket to make it 21-6. Two FTs by Nora Wiedeman were the extent of the offense by either side as the half ended.
Kathman led all scorers with 17; Peters had 11 and Obermeyer 9.
Both championship games took place at South Ripley last Tuesday. The host Raiders claimed the title in both cases, the girls opener coming down to a last-second shot.
The Lady Bulldogs and coach Mitchell Taylor must have had a “what happened?” moment after leading comfortably throughout the game and being up by 10 after an M. Haskamp bucket made it 41-31 with under four minutes remaining.
Aubrey Werner and Lexi Franklin knocked in 3s for the Raiders. With the clock beneath two minutes, Werner completed a 3-point play; a quick answer by Peters made it 43-40 as Taylor called timeout with 1:31 to go. Two Kaiya Rinear free throws cut it back to one and BHS committed a turnover with 36 seconds left. Tournament MVP Claire Samples got to the line and gave SR its first lead with 18 seconds left.
S. Gesell was fouled and tied the game at 44 by hitting 1 of 2. As the timer went below 10 seconds, Raider coach Brad Goldsberry called timeout. With 4.1 to go, Franklin received an inbound pass under the basket and missed; Rinear was there for the exciting putback winner.
There didn’t seem to be a comeback in the works as South only got as close as six between the start of the second quarter and the game’s final stretch. A Samples follow-up made it 35-29 early in the fourth. Peters had the BHS response and Gesell put the Dogs up by 10 with an and-one chance.
Kathman banked in a 3 to start the game. A rebound bucket by Peters later made it 6-0. Two Wiedeman 3s boosted the Dogs’ lead to 12-5 and forced a Raider timeout. Gesell lay-ins near the end of the frame sent Batesville up 16-7.
Neither side followed with much offense to begin the next stanza until Wiedeman and Gesell changed that with triples. Goldsberry needed time at 22-7. Samples had a 3-of-3 foul line trip to make it 22-11 and Franklin put in a 3 off the glass. Three Gesell points helped BHS to a 25-18 halftime lead.
Kathman fed Gesell for another two and SR asked for time, down 28-18 in the third. Gesell added to her game-high total with five more in the frame as BHS went up 35-22 ahead of a 7-0 Raider reply.
Gesell finished with 20 as both Wiedeman and Peters had 9. Rinear led SR with 13; Samples had 12, Werner 10 and Franklin 9. All four Raiders made the all-tourney squad and Kathman joined Peters and Gesell.
BHS is at Rushville Thursday.
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Between big area snow falls, the RCT boys opening night went on without a hitch Jan. 8 as Batesville pulled away late from pesky Jac-Cen-Del and host South Ripley topped Milan.
The Eagles led BHS by four at 40-36 in the closing minutes of the third but an 8-point swing by the Bulldogs flipped that script as they shot ahead by four with a quarter remaining. Batesville ran away with the fourth period, outscoring Jac 18-4 to advance to the tourney championship game.
The comeback started on Maple’s 3-point play, then a steal and conversion by the junior. Late in the frame, Kaiser was fouled on a finishing move and sank the ensuing free throw for a 44-40 BHS lead.
A Luke Simon three knotted the game at 44 early in the fourth but the Dogs’ defense didn’t allow one Eagle shot to fall the rest of the night during an impressive 18-0 run. Kaiser completed another and-one opportunity and Maple scored in the paint for a 5-point Bulldog lead. After a brief delay due to a scoreboard issue, Ethan Schneider drained his first 3 of the season and Hughes followed with a triple. Hughes would lay in two more baskets as the writing was on the wall for Jac-Cen-Del. The final was 62-44.
Kaiser opened the game with a deuce, but JCD got out to a 4-3 lead. Luers’ 3 gave BHS the lead again until the momentum seesawed in the Eagles’ favor for an 11-8 advantage. Hughes tied it with a 3-point make. An answer by Jac made it 14-11 after one.
A transition bucket by Maple and another Luers bomb gave the Dogs a 16-14 edge. An Eagle three switched the lead ahead of a long dry patch by both offenses. Kaiser scored five straight leading up to the break where BHS found themselves ahead 21-19.
Johnny Newhart tied the game when play picked up in the second half and Landen Asche reclaimed the lead for the Eagles. Hughes finished a 3-point combo to make it 24-23 in favor of the Dogs. Chase Youngman’s 3 put JCD on top by two. Another basket for the Osgood club had Garrett calling timeout down 28-24. Youngman stretched the lead to seven on another triple.
Luers, Hughes and Kaiser 2-pointers put Batesville right back in it. Maple FTs and his score off a Schneider assist sent the Dogs up one at 34-33. Youngman and Kaiser produced lead changes for the respective squads before a 3 by Darian Grieshop and hoop for Asche.
Kaiser led BHS with 17 points as Hughes added 15, Maple 13 and Luers 8.
The Lady Bulldogs wiped out Jac-Cen-Del at Milan Monday, Jan. 13, in a twice-rescheduled opener, winning 54-14.
The Bulldog defense held the Eagles scoreless in the second quarter and to just one field goal in the first half as BHS built a 23-6 lead at intermission.
Kaylin Kathman came out of the locker room figuratively on fire with 11 consecutive points, including a trio of 3-pointers to put the Dogs up 34-6. Sophia Sullivan interrupted the barrage for a moment with a Jac-Cen-Del 3-point play before Kathman found senior Alyson Peters for two more. Out of a timeout, Kathman buried yet another three and coach Mitchell Taylor began emptying his bench with the scoreboard reading 39-10.
At 46-12 in the fourth, Peters rebounded a teammate’s missed foul shot and scored to spark a running clock for the final five minutes and change. Peters added the next four Bulldog points as well.
Kathman began the night with a triple; Peters later followed suit and senior Marlee Obermeyer hit back-to-back from beyond the arc for a 12-1 BHS lead and timeout by the Eagles. Senior Lydia Haskamp scored around 2:45 of the first to make it a 13-point advantage. Kelsey Borgman gave Jac-Cen-Del some hope with five points in a row but Obermeyer was true again from distance for a 17-6 Bulldog lead after one.
Sophomore Maddie Haskamp connected on both free throw attempts to get scoring started in quarter two. Several minutes elapsed before L. Haskamp got a bucket to make it 21-6. Two FTs by Nora Wiedeman were the extent of the offense by either side as the half ended.
Kathman led all scorers with 17; Peters had 11 and Obermeyer 9.
Both championship games took place at South Ripley last Tuesday. The host Raiders claimed the title in both cases, the girls opener coming down to a last-second shot.
The Lady Bulldogs and coach Mitchell Taylor must have had a “what happened?” moment after leading comfortably throughout the game and being up by 10 after an M. Haskamp bucket made it 41-31 with under four minutes remaining.
Aubrey Werner and Lexi Franklin knocked in 3s for the Raiders. With the clock beneath two minutes, Werner completed a 3-point play; a quick answer by Peters made it 43-40 as Taylor called timeout with 1:31 to go. Two Kaiya Rinear free throws cut it back to one and BHS committed a turnover with 36 seconds left. Tournament MVP Claire Samples got to the line and gave SR its first lead with 18 seconds left.
S. Gesell was fouled and tied the game at 44 by hitting 1 of 2. As the timer went below 10 seconds, Raider coach Brad Goldsberry called timeout. With 4.1 to go, Franklin received an inbound pass under the basket and missed; Rinear was there for the exciting putback winner.
There didn’t seem to be a comeback in the works as South only got as close as six between the start of the second quarter and the game’s final stretch. A Samples follow-up made it 35-29 early in the fourth. Peters had the BHS response and Gesell put the Dogs up by 10 with an and-one chance.
Kathman banked in a 3 to start the game. A rebound bucket by Peters later made it 6-0. Two Wiedeman 3s boosted the Dogs’ lead to 12-5 and forced a Raider timeout. Gesell lay-ins near the end of the frame sent Batesville up 16-7.
Neither side followed with much offense to begin the next stanza until Wiedeman and Gesell changed that with triples. Goldsberry needed time at 22-7. Samples had a 3-of-3 foul line trip to make it 22-11 and Franklin put in a 3 off the glass. Three Gesell points helped BHS to a 25-18 halftime lead.
Kathman fed Gesell for another two and SR asked for time, down 28-18 in the third. Gesell added to her game-high total with five more in the frame as BHS went up 35-22 ahead of a 7-0 Raider reply.
Gesell finished with 20 as both Wiedeman and Peters had 9. Rinear led SR with 13; Samples had 12, Werner 10 and Franklin 9. All four Raiders made the all-tourney squad and Kathman joined Peters and Gesell.
BHS is at Rushville Thursday.