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Post 173 shooters compete

A young Versailles American Legion Post #173 junior shooting team is still learning and used its last match against Jasper to gain experience. Head coaches Jerry Hewitt and Steve Scoggins say the group is continuing to learn and only keeps improving.

Versailles American Legion Post #173 saw its junior shooting team compete towards the latter portion of November, falling in a dual match to Jasper. Jasper

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Raiders win in return to Tyson

South Ripley’s Blake Gunter scores on Saturday night in the return to Tyson Auditorium. Gunter poured in 25 points, sparking the Raiders to a 70-56 win over the Chargers

It was nostalgia at its finest. The wooden bleachers were filled, the crowd was loud, parking extended all the way through the town square and

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2026 class named by Ripley Co. HOF

Vivid image of a basketball aiming for a hoop outdoors in daylight.

The Ripley County Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors has announced its 2026 induction class that is set to be honored beginning next month.

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Raider boys run to 2-0 start

South Ripley’s Drew Volz streaks to the bucket for a layup on Tuesday night as teammate Landon Werner (left) and Jac-Cen-Del’s Lane Simon (middle) and Blake Wagner (right) look on. Volz dropped 36 points in a Turkey Shootout win for the Raiders.

Class 2A No. 5 South Ripley is 2-0 to start the season, using two blowouts to hit that mark on the road this past week.

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Fourth quarter propels SR to win

South Ripley’s Claire Samples goes up for a shot against Batesville’s Leah Meyer last Saturday night. Samples scored 11 points in the Lady Raider win.

A back-and-forth affair highlighted girls basketball action on Saturday night in Versailles and in the end it was South Ripley using a 19-point fourth quarter

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Dream season ends for Indians

Milan head coach Ryan Langferman huddles his team together one final time this season after the Indians fell in Friday night’s Class A South Semi-State against South Putnam.

It was a standing room only crowd, sold out parking lots and shuttle buses going too and fro. Milan High School was tremendous in its

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Milan punches Final Four ticket

Pictured: Milan quarterback Wyatt Marsh celebrates a touchdown run with No.77 Lukas Hensley and No. 64 Hunter Wickizer in Friday night’s regional championship. Marsh rushed for two touchdowns in the win. Now the team heads to Semi-State with a host of fans standing by them cheering them on to a victory there as well. The parade into town last Friday night was a spectacle as the Milan Volunteer Fire Department and police led the buses and multiple parent vehicles that took part in letting the athletes know they are proud of them!

The underdog role, the deck stacked against, whatever you want to call it, Milan football has embraced it and ran with it this postseason. That

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Lady Raiders rout Milan

South Ripley junior Claire Samples reached 500 career points on Tuesday night with 16 points in a win against Milan. Samples has scored in double figures in both games so far this season for the Lady Raiders.

South Ripley girls basketball scored its first win of the season on Tuesday night, blitzing Milan 65-22 in Versailles as part of an early season

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