Paddock sweeps pat, Rebel invites
Sophomore Tanner Paddock won his hometown cross country invitational Tuesday, a few days after winning at Randolph Southern.
Golfers head to sectional
FC girls golf obliterated the Lawrenceburg Lady Tigers last Tuesday evening at municipal Brook Hill Golf Club.
OA tennis revival
The Oldenburg Academy boys tennis team defeated Edinburgh 4-1 Sept. 12 for the team’s sixth consecutive win.
Air Jaisle & Co. subdue Lions
RUSHVILLE - Batesville’s Senior quarterback Will Jaisle passed for six touchdowns to four different receivers - four in the third quarter alone - and 360 yards Friday night at Rushville’s Hinshaw Field to hand the Lions a 55-20 defeat on homecoming night.
Busy week of golf
Thursday the Franklin County Lady Wildcats traveled to the Links at Rising Star to take on EIAC opponent, the South Dearborn Knights, in a makeup match.
Dogs sweep county races
BHS cross country traveled to Jac-Cen-Del Thursday to compete at the county meet in some stubborn heat. Both Bulldog teams ran exceptionally well to capture Ripley County trophies, the girls finishing with a perfect score of 15 and the boys posting 23 to Milan’s 42.
Lions grab signature win over FC
RUSHVILLE - Building a 30-14 halftime lead Friday at Hinshaw Field proved just enough for the host Rushville Lions to secure their first win over the Franklin County Wildcats in the last six years. The visitors trailed by three in the final minute but a last-ditch pass attempt to the end zone fell incomplete to preserve a 30-27 win.
UC tennis
Patriot boys tennis lost a close match at home vs. Oldenburg Academy last Wednesday as the Twisters prevailed 3-2.
Cats dominant in retaining Water Keg
Another week, another dominating performance by the Franklin County Wildcats.
BHS dominates rainy Classic
After an hour delay from early storms Saturday, the Batesville cross country teams stepped to the line at the annual Rushville Invitational. Final scores were separated out by two divisions. OA’s Santiago Schutte (18:08) was 4th in division II.
Rushville Classic in the books
After an hour delay from morning storms, the Rushville Classic was in full swing Saturday. The overall winner was Jake Chapman from Batesville in 16:39 for the boys and Kaylynn Bedel from Batesville in 19:56 for the girls.
Soccer: 3 doubleheaders
The UC soccer teams played three varsity twin bills in six days, visiting Tri-County North in Ohio Thursday followed by hosting EIAC teams Greensburg and Rushville Saturday and Tuesday.
All Wildcats in season opener
Franklin County scored touchdowns on five of six possessions in Friday night’s first half against visiting New Castle, eventually posting a 41-14 rout over the Trojans to begin the 2024 campaign.
Bulldog soccer
In their season opener against Greenfield-Central last Tuesday, the Batesville Bulldogs secured a 1-0 win. Batesville dominated possession in the first half, creating numerous scoring chances. Despite G-C’s late-game pressure, the Bulldogs held on for the victory. Mathias Davalos scored the lone goal of the match in the 16th minute.
Lady Lion soccer
The Lady Lions hosted Centerville last Tuesday and fell 5-0
Volleyball team battles to start the year
The Lady Wildcat volleyball team competed at the East Central Invitational Saturday to begin the season and took on EIAC foe Rushville Monday.
Soccer teams start 2024
The UC soccer clubs were both in action in varsity doubleheaders to begin the fall campaign, taking on New Castle at home Saturday and Franklin County on the road Tuesday.
Twisters controlled by EC
ST. LEON – Oldenburg Academy boys soccer lost its 2024 opener to host East Central Saturday, 6-1.
County Council begins 2025 budget process
Ahead of a Sept. 17 public hearing and Oct. 15 adoption meeting, Franklin County Council began its annual budget hearings Monday by hearing from all department heads on 2025 requests. The health department had cause to postpone its appearance until Tuesday morning.
Lady Patriots compete well in opening tourneys
Union County’s girls golfers showed they could stack up against any team in the area after finishing in the top half of two season-opening tournaments earlier this week.
Cats close in on 2024
Franklin County’s Wildcats held their third and final home scrimmage Thursday against the Northeastern Knights.
Lady Lions Open Golf Season
RICHMOND - The Rushville Lady Lions’ golf team kicked off the season on Monday with the annual season-opening Richmond Invitational at Richmond Elks Country Club.
Lady Bulldogs win season-opening tourney
RICHMOND - The Batesville Lady Bulldogs’ golf team kicked off the season on Monday with the annual season-opening Richmond Invitational at Richmond Elks Country Club.
Lady Cats chase Bulldogs
RUSHVILLE – Franklin County sophomore Addyson Bischoff drove in four runs on two swings of the bat Monday as the Lady Wildcats cruised to an 11-1 win over the Batesville Lady Bulldogs in the opening round of the Rushville Sectional.
Eleven athletes advance to regional
The Rushville boys and girls track and field teams competed at the respective Connersville sectionals Wednesday and Thursday evening of last week.
Bevy of locals advance to regionals
Coach Lisa Gausman called it “an incredible night for the Bulldogs!” The ladies, that is, after a one-day postponement of the East Central sectional. Lacing it up last Wednesday instead of Tuesday, the Lady Dogs advanced to the regional in 13 of 16 events!
Doubles teams prevail
UC’s No. 1 doubles team of Hallie Hughes and Peityn Gillman earned the right to continue in the state tourney with their 7-5, 6-0 win over Rushville’s Emilia Eade and Lanea Adams despite the Patriots falling 3-2 as a team to the Lions last Wednesday at the Connersville Sectional.
Sixty years...and counting
When Larry Sintz pops a whistle in his mouth at your local volleyball match this August, you’ll be watching a dedicated professional entering his seventh decade as a licensed sports official.
FC track; girls vault to records
Franklin County track and field faced off with Connersville last Tuesday and swept the Spartans; the boys won 76-46 while the girls were 69-45 winners.
BHS tennis
Bulldog girls tennis battled at unbeaten Lawrenceburg Thursday but took a 3-2 loss to the Lady Tigers.
Scrappy Lions doing some winning
In completion of a suspended game from early April, Rushville finished off conference rival South Dearborn in Aurora last Tuesday in comeback fashion.
Boys golf on 2-meet win streak
The Franklin County boys golf team showed improvement at Hidden Valley Golf Club last Tuesday in comparison to the showing at the same course last year, according to coach Dylan Huber.
Track/field stays busy
The RCHS track and field teams hosted Shelbyville, Waldron and Southwestern Shelby last Tuesday on senior night.
Van Winkle competes at sectional
CONNERSVILLE – Union County freshman Autumn Van Winkle was a one-person team at the Connersville gymnastics sectional Saturday.
Wildcats smash Spartans by 21
CONNERSVILLE - Behind a game-high 23 points by Isaiah Kemp and 15 more for senior Eli Butt - before a slight injury ended his night prematurely - the Franklin County Wildcats secured a 57-36 victory over Connersville at the Spartan Bowl Thursday in a Beat Cancer in 4 Quarters rescheduled matchup.
Dogs ride 6-game streak
SHELBYVILLE - The Batesville Bulldogs obliterated Class 4A Shelbyville in Shelby County Thursday, 70-45, to win their sixth consecutive game in closing out the regular season at 17-5.
Lady Lions 4th at sectional, Westphal moves on
Rushville senior Bell Westphal is headed for the IHSAA gymnastics regional after a 3rd-place finish in the all-around competition at the Connersville Sectional Saturday.
Tough end for senior duo
RICHMOND – It was certainly not the finish to their careers that Union County seniors Jesus Aquino-Morales and Carson Whitley had foreseen in November.
FC sending six to semistate
RICHMOND – Six of the nine representatives for Franklin County at the Richmond wrestling regional Saturday have advanced to the state's penultimate event, the semistate at New Castle Fieldhouse taking place Saturday starting 9 a.m.
Pavey leads Lions to semistate
RICHMOND - Rushville's Sam Pavey captured the 175-pound division at the IHSAA wrestling regional hosted by Richmond Saturday.
Lady Cats win big on senior night
The pregame and game ceremonies last Tuesday at FCHS were just what fans desired as the Lady Wildcats trounced conference foe South Dearborn 58-30 for the team's 14th win after honoring four-year standout Nicole Mears and manager Nikki Scott.
OA holds off Panthers
Oldenburg boys cagers earned their sixth win of the season Saturday night at the Feldhaus following Hall of Fame introductions. A late 12-footer by Connor Miles was the decisive basket in a 39-36 win over Knightstown.
Tackett, Pavey are sectional champs; 5 move on
AURORA - Briggs Tackett and Sam Pavey stood atop the podium at day's end Saturday as Rushville featured two individual champions at the IHSAA wrestling sectional hosted by South Dearborn.
1-1 week has Lady Cats at 12-6
Franklin County's varsity Lady Cats fell to Connersville Friday night in a low-scoring affair at home in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference matchup.
Lions boast 3 conference champs
AURORA – The Rushville Lions on the strength of three conference champs placed third at the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference wrestling meet held Saturday at South Dearborn. RCHS tallied 204 points with Franklin County winning after scoring 253.
Centennial tourney captured by Bulldogs
The 100th version of the boys Ripley County Tournament concluded Saturday night with the host Batesville Bulldogs brandishing the trophy following a 52-47 win over South Ripley.
Pats suffer third shutout
No TEC defense – aside from the Lincoln Golden Eagles – has allowed the Union County (0-4, 0-4) offense to score through the first four games of the season. The latest setback for the Patriots was Friday's 48-0 home loss to the Hagerstown Tigers.
Wildcat tennis
FC boys tennis suffered a 5-0 shutout at the hands of conference foe Batesville last Tuesday.
Cross country runs at Randolph Southern
Franklin County's cross country runners laced them up at the Randolph Southern Invitational in Lynn Saturday.