SPORTS
The Franklin County High School Dancz Catz have sustained their success throughout the 2022 circuit, turning in some excellent team and individual performances at meets earlier this year.
- March 22, 2022 at 8:38 p.m.
Patriots Cheerleading– Winchester Falcons win Tri-Eastern Conference
Last week’s Tri-Eastern Conference Cheerleading competition hosted by Lincoln High School drew seven TEC cheerleading squads and supportive fan sections that filled the LHS gymnasium to near capacity.
Schatzle competes at national event
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ohio Northern junior Anna Schatzle, Franklin County High School Class of 2019, competed in the women's pole vault at the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships last Friday at JDL Fast Track.
Cox top of EIAC- Ertel top 10
After a terrific 2021-22 season that culminated in an 18-6 record – a school-record win streak of 15 games leading to the most wins ever by a Franklin County boys basketball team – coaches within the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference rewarded the Wildcats when this year's all-conference team was announced.
Lady Patriots Basketball– UC’s Fields, Richardson TEC selections
The Tri-Eastern Conference named Union City senior Mariah Claywell All-Conference and the 2021-22 Tri-Eastern Conference Player of the Year.
Patriots Basketball– Eastern Hancock eliminates Patriots, 92-43
Eastern Hancock defeated Union County, 92-43, and Lincoln won over Centerville, 53-33, on the second night of the IHSAA Boys Basketball Sectional #41 at Hagerstown High School last week.
Track and field: Wildcats start indoor season
Franklin County varsity track traveled to the UIndy state indoor qualifier Friday, with senior Jacob Schatzle winning the long jump competition with a leap of 21 feet, 6.75 inches. This places him 2nd statewide.
F.C. grad makes nationals
Anna Schatzle, a Franklin County High School Class of 2019 graduate, posted a top-two finish Saturday to lead the Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team in the Polar Bear Qualifier hosted by ONU.
Second-half Tiger surge overtakes Wildcats
CONNERSVILLE – For the first 11 minutes of Saturday night's anticipated sectional championship game between 19-win Lawrenceburg and 18-win Franklin County, it looked like the latter was on its way to the first boys basketball postseason title in school history.
New Pal wins UCMS Wrestling Invite– Rutherford, Reffitt, Alcorn, Crews lead UC
The New Palestine Middle School Dragons won the eight-team Union County Middle School Wrestling Invitational last Saturday, Feb. 26, at the UCMS Gymnasium.
Gymnast vies at sectional
CONNERSVILLE – Among seven other schools with multiple gymnasts, if not full squads, Franklin County's Audrey Harper completed her sophomore campaign at the Connersville Sectional inside the CHS gymnasium Saturday.
Red Devils trip Wildcats in finale
With the tough Connersville Sectional just days away, the Franklin County Wildcats hosted Class 4A Richmond on Thursday night as FC's seniors looked to win their final game inside the Wildcat gymnasium.
Patriots basketball– Trojans Best Patriots 61-40
East Central’s senior-laden basketball roster accomplished their mission, “Beat Union County.” The 61-40 final score gave seniors of both teams a time to celebrate.
