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In the Tuesday, July 1, 2025 issue



In the print edition:

Boys enjoy Versailles Dairy Queen

Pictured above from left are Grady Spindler, Reid Tucher, Reid Pruss, Brock Pennington, and Bryce Tucher, all from Dillsboro. The young men are all baseball players and good friends, who enjoyed an afternoon of swimming at the Versailles State Park before getting a cold treat at the Versailles Dairy Queen. They didn’t mind posing for a photo with some proud parents looking on. The heat last week sent these friends to all the right places to beat it!


R.C.R.L. holds first all-star softball tourney

With a show of good sportsmanship, the first and second place 8U teams, Milan All Stars and RCRL All Stars, met at the pitchers mound for a post-game prayer led by a Milan All Star player.


B’ville teams wrap up the season at The Plex

Batesville Boys Minor League gray team, sponsored by Moore Law Office, LLC, won the Championship Friday, June 27 at the Plex in Batesville. Pictured front is Gunner Nuhring, Lucas Mears, Henry Simonson, Eeyan Craft, Hayden Wessell, Henry Messerschmidt. Second row is Matthew Scott, Lucas Scott, Brecken Eckstein, Austin McFall, Kane Fullenkamp, and Jaxon Welborn. Coaches are Jake Nuhring, Jeremy Welborn, Ryan Messerschmidt, and Bret McFall.