SPORTS

My father, Carl Fehlinger, passed away last week at the age of 82. These are some of my memories when it comes to sports and Dad.
WILL FEHLINGER- June 16, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

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Erfman earns ace at Brook Hill outing

Taylor Erfman landed a hole-in-one during the first annual Franklin County High School boys and girls golf fundraiser, held June 5 at Brook Hill Golf Club.

Patriots advance to regional

Richmond, Connersville and Union County will play today at the IHSAA boys golf regional at the Players Club at Woodland Trails at Yorktown.

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Lady Patriots fall to Lady Arrows, 9 -8

Union County’s Lady Patriots fell to the Sullivan Lady Golden Arrows, 9-8, in the IHSAA Class 2A Semi-State Championship game at Forest Park last Saturday.

Red Devils, Spartans, Patriots top 3 at UC Golf Invitational

Richmond’s boys golf team captured the 2021 Union County Golf Invitational last week at Liberty Country Club. The Red Devils’ 317 stood alone at the top of 14 teams who completed the course. Connersville came in second at 328 and Union County’s 334 placed third.

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Girls hoops camp is this month

The 2021 Franklin County High School girls basketball camp will be held June 21-24 at the FC Middle School gym for kindergarten through 8th grade. Price is $40 and includes a t-shirt and medals for skills competition winners.

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HS State Fishing tournament at Brookville Lake

Indian Creek Fishing won the club trophy Sunday as Indiana B.A.S.S. Nation hosted its high school and junior state tournaments on Brookville Lake. Top three weights were taken from each club and IC totaled 23.93 pounds for three twosomes.

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Fifth place for Wildcats at sectional

RICHMOND – Already soggy after overnight rainfall, the course at Elks Lodge and Country Club in Richmond became boggier following an early Monday afternoon shower that made sectional conditions tough for area boys golfers.

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Wildcat duo among state competitors

INDIANAPOLIS – The boys track and field state finals experience started Thursday for Franklin County senior Hunter Tschaenn and junior Jacob Schatzle. Leaving the high school for Indy, the athletes were given a send-off through town that included a police escort down Main Street in front of well-wishers

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Patriots baseball edged by sectional champions

Centerville slipped by Union County, 6-5, in the first game of the 2021 IHSAA Baseball Sectional at Centerville last week.

Corrected girls sectional track results

The Union County Girls Track Sectional results published in the May 27th issue of the Liberty Herald were incorrect and incomplete. The following is the correct listing of Union County results from the Connersville Girls Track Sectional. Liberty Herald Sports regrets the error.

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Lady Patriots win regional, 4-2 Semi-State here we come!

Union County’s Lady Patriots stepped into the next level with a 4-2 win over Eastern Hancock.

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Tennis bows out in regional final

The Lady Wildcat tennis team made it past the first round of the Richmond regional May 25, defeating Cambridge City Lincoln 4-1. The next night, however, brought FC’s third loss of the season to the Lawrenceburg Tigers as LHS advanced to the semistate with a 5-0 win.

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Wildcats’ softball chased by Greenburg

CONNERSVILLE – There’s something that’s always true in sports – great players make great plays.

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Wildcats shut out by eventual champs

LAWRENCEBURG - The top two teams in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference met in Saturday night’s first semifinal – postponed from Friday night - in unseasonal temperatures more befitting late fall. It didn’t seem to bother Jacob Meer, who fired a complete-game two-hitter against conference runner-up Franklin County. Four runs …