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Post 173 shooters honored

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Versailles Republican, May 6, 2021

The Versailles American Legion Post #173 junior shooting team saw four members of its crew honored just a couple weeks ago at the Indiana American

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Early hole costs Batesville softball

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Osgood Journal, May 4, 2021

Batesville’s Paige Oldham hurls a pitch during Friday night’s loss to Shelbyville. Oldham starred with a home run and a double at the plate but was hit with the pitching loss.

Batesville fell behind in the second inning and never recovered in 13-3 loss at home to Class 4A No. 10 Shelbyville in softball action on

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Bulldogs claim Ripley Co, Harris wins solo title

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Versailles Republican, April 29, 2021

Batesville boys golf proudly stands with 2021 Ripley County championship after defeating Milan and Jac-Cen-Del on Monday. The Bulldogs shot a 180 and won the county title by seven strokes.

Milan’s Bryson Harris put himself at the top of the leaderboard and Batesville came away as the top team inside the Ripley County Championship meet

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Bulldogs continue to shine

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Osgood Journal, April 27, 2021

Batesville’s Calvin Sherwood gets ready to stand in for an at-bat in a home game at Liberty Park. Sherwood totaled three hits in two games last week to help the Bulldogs to a pair of wins.

Batesville baseball has yet to find itself in the state rankings this year but that perhaps changes this week after two more big wins this

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Milan boys win, girls 6th at Panther Invite

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Osgood Journal, April 20, 2021

Milan boys track and field poses proudly after winning the Panther Invitational at Knightstown last Friday night. The Indians scored 126 points to win the title.

Milan’s boys track and field team hit triple digit scoring while the girls competed among eight teams in the Panther Invitational last Friday night at

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Ledford wins 2021 Ripley Publishing Excellence Award

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Osgood Journal, April 13, 2021

Jac-Cen-Del senior Paige Ledford is honored by Ripley Publishing Sports Writer Rob Lafary as the 29th Annual Ripley Publishing Co., Inc. Girls Basketball Excellence Award winner last Tuesday night in Osgood. Seated in front are Paige’s parents, Coy and Tifffany. Ledford signed her national letter of intent the same evening to continue her basketball career at Thomas More University.

In her four-year career as a Jac-Cen-Del girls basketball player, Paige Ledford has won just about every award there is to be won and achieved

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Raider baseball overpowers Austin

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Versailles Republican, April 8, 2021

South Ripley’s Bryce Franklin loads up for one of his three hits on Tuesday night in a 9-1 Raider win at Austin. Franklin connected for a triple and a towering home run to aid the SR offense.

Class 2A No. 5 South Ripley put together a six-run third inning and pitching took care of the rest as the Raiders picked up a

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Raiders runner-up at Unified state match

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Osgood Journal, March 30, 2021

South Ripley’s unified bowling team poses proudly after a runner-up finish at the 2021 Unified Bowling State Championship on Saturday, March 20, in Indianapolis. The group bowled a 1799 and set three state records in the process during the match.

South Ripley Unified Bowling nearly pulled off a second state championship in program history but the Raiders runner-up finish and record-breaking success still made for

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Junior Shooters win Legion state title

Rob Lafary, Staff Writer | Versailles Republican, March 18, 2021

Versailles American Legion Post #173 junior shooting fires away en route to yet another state championship. The team captured the American Legion State Championship this past weekend and competes in Fort Wayne this Saturday at the Junior Olympic shoot.

Versailles American Legion Post #173 junior shooting continued its stranglehold over the entire state this past weekend, winning the American Legion State Championship. Post #173

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Local archers compete at state level

Osgood Journal, March 16, 2021

Batesville Middle School archers pose after finishing runner-up in the Indiana NASP state archery tournament this past Saturday in Indianapolis. The team was among several from both Batesville and Jac-Cen-Del who qualified for state archery action.

Local archers spanning from elementary school to high school competed this past Saturday in the 2021 Indiana NASP State Tournament in Indianapolis. The best result

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