Four Earn Weekly Honors From ORVC

Cody Samples, Paige Ledford, Nate Graver, and Sidney Halloran were recognized.

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(Versailles, Ind.) - Student-athletes from South Ripley, Jac-Cen-Del and Rising Sun have earned weekly honors from the Ohio River Valley Conference.

The ORVC report for the week of December 7-12 was released on Wednesday.

Jac-Cen-Del’s Paige Ledford was named the ORVC Girls Basketball Player of the Week. The Lady Eagles star totaled 56 points, 34 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals in three games.

Ledford currently leads the ORVC in scoring (18 ppg) and rebounding (10 rpg).

The ORVC Boys Basketball Player of the Week went to South Ripley’s Cody Samples. The Raiders senior averaged 24.0 points, 4.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals over two games. He also scored his 1,000th career point in a win over North Decatur.

To date, Samples is the conference’s leading scorer at 20.8 ppg.

Nate Graver and Sidney Halloran, both of Rising Sun, are the ORVC Swimming and Diving Performers of the Week.

Graver earned the weekly honor for his performances in the 200-yard Free and the 100-yard Breast, while Halloran excelled in the 500-yard Free and the 100-yard Breast.

Other top performers for the week of December 7-12 are listed below.

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Ashton Goode (SW) 24 pts, 7 rebs, 5 stl, 2 ast, blk vs. Milan

Trinity McLain (SW) 17 pts, 6 ast, 5 stl, 3 rebs vs. Milan

Gracie Gunter (SR) 27 pts, 15 rebs, 10 defl, 4 stl in 2 games

Annabelle Williams (JCD) 33 pts, 11 stl, 10 rebs, 9 ast in 3 games

Rachel Meyer (SR) 15 pts, 13 rebs, 11 ast in 2 games

Reagan Hughes (JCD) 28 pts, 8 rebs, 6 3’s, 5 ast, 2 stl in 3 gms

Jenna Peelman (RS) 11 pts, 8 rebs, 2 stl vs. Franklin Co.

Baylee Morris (RS) 11 pts, 2 rebs, 2 ast vs. Franklin Co.

Alyssa Simpson (RS) 6 pts, 12 rebs vs. Franklin Co.

 

BOYS BASKETBALL

Chase Kuehn (RS) 12 pts, 3 stl, 2 rebs, 2 ast vs. Switz Co.

Will Neal (JCD) 21 pts, 8 rebs, 2 ast vs. North Decatur

Bryce Turner (SC) 36 pts in 2 games

Jaden Peetz (SR) 36 pts, 11 rebs, 6 blk, 4 stl in 2 games

Parker Davis (SW) 29 pts, 12 rebs, 14-16 FG in 2 games

Matthew Williams (SW) 36 pts, 9 rebs, 3 3’s in 2 games

Zach Cole (SW) 24 pts, 13 rebs, 4 stl in 2 games

 

BOYS SWIMMING

David Lafollette (RS) :34.67 in 50 YD Free; 1:21.98 in 100 YD Free; and 1:41.91 in 100 YD Back

 

GIRLS SWIMMING

Ava Cole (SC) :29.57 in 50 YD Free; 2:35.14 in 200 YD Free

Brooke Johnson (SC) 1:10.93 in 100 YD Free

Kinzie Bailey (RS) 1:28.27 in 100 YD Back

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