Local Sports Report - April 17-18, 2026

Lots of high school sports action over the weekend.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

BASEBALL

Milan 8, Rising Sun 3

• Hayden Poole (M): 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI
• Mathew Baylor (M): 2-4, run, 2 RBI
• Caydin Davidson (M): 2 RBI
• DJ Williams (RS): 1-2, triple, 2 RBI

Switzerland County 9, Shawe Memorial 3

• Braxton Eaglin (SC): 4-5, double, 3 RBI
• Drake Ketterer (SC): 2 RBI

Lawrenceburg 3, Jac-Cen-Del 1

• Luke Kaiser (LB): 2-3, run
• Kolton Chase (LB): 1-3, RBI
• Braxton Gill (LB): 6 IP (W), 5 hits, run, 6 strikeouts

South Dearborn 7, Lawrenceburg 2 

• Ryker Morris (SD): 2-4, 2 RBI
• Izaak Lozier (SD): 7 IP (W), 5 hits, 2 runs, 10 strikeouts

SOFTBALL

Lawrenceburg 11, South Ripley 0 

• Jill Cavanaugh (LB): 2-2, 3 runs, 2 HR, 4 RBI
• Ivie Crocker (LB): 2-3, 2 runs, double
• Jayni Wesley (LB): 5 IP (W), 2 hits, 4 strikeouts

Rising Sun 11, Milan 7 

• Vicky Erickson (RS): 3-4, 2 runs, double, HR, 5 RBI
• Mataya Walker (RS): 2-4, run, HR, 2 RBI
• Lillyan Gilbert (M): 2-4, run, HR, 3 RBI

TRACK & FIELD

Madison Invitational

Boys: Charlestown 152, Switzerland County 138, Madison 116, Southwestern 78, Rock Creek 14, Trimble County 10

Girls: Madison 194, Charlestown 115, Southwestern 105, Switzerland County 105, Rock Creek 18

Switzerland County event winners: 

• Cale Collier wins 400 Meters (53.98)
• Kolvin Beck wins 110 Hurdles (15.11)
• Greyson Levell wins Shot Put (46'2")
• Addy Preston wins Shot Put (33'6") and Discus (116'6")

Bill Self Invitational

Girls: Franklin Community 144, Batesville 128.5, Shelbyville 107, Perry Meridian 83, Jennings County 77.5, Connersville 31, Martinsville 28

Boys: Perry Meridian 137, Franklin Community 128.5, Jennings County 97, Batesville 94.5, Shelbyville 65, Martinsville 45, Connersville 32

Batesville event winners: 

• Bayleigh Demaree-4 x 800m relay(10:10.16) and 4 x 400m relay (4:09.64)
• Abby Miller-400m dash (1:01.31) and the 4 x 400m relay
• Ava Wade-4 x 800m relay and 4 x 400m relay
• Caitlin Raver-4 x 800m relay
• Jayla Bedel-4 x 800m relay
• Maggie Jelinek-4 x 400m relay
• Ella King-shot put (41-8.75)
• Camden Kaiser-shot put (48-6.75)

GIRLS TENNIS

Batesville 3, Franklin County 2

The Bulldogs picked up wins at both doubles and No 3 singles. Addie Fledderman was a straight set winner at No. 3 by defeating Willa Bruns by the scores of 6-0 and 6-0. Grace Walter and Ava Walsman teamed up to defeat Mady Rosenberger and Mady Wilson 6-4 and 6-3 at No. 1 doubles, while Maddie Haskamp and Liv Maddock won 6-0 and 6-2 at No. 2. Both Aurora Mertz (No. 2 singles) and Grace Gutzwiller (No. 1 singles) both battled and played well. Mertz lost in two sets (5-7, 2-6), while Gutzwiller went three sets (6-4, 1-6, 2-6). Junior varsity winners included Ellie Westerfeld, Addie Reding, Karsyn Watson, Ella Carpenter/Brynlie Oesterling, Lyle Struewing/Miki Gutzwiller, Sophie West/Lilliana Adams

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

BASEBALL

Franklin County 11, Union County 7

• Blake Stephenson (FC): 2-2, 2 doubles, 4 RBI
• Kash Marsh (FC): 1-4, 2 runs, double, 3 RBI
• Aiden Blair (FC): 2 RBI

Franklin County 30, Union County 14

• JT Richardson (FC): 4-5, 2 runs, triple, 8 RBI
• Blake Stephenson (FC): 2-3, 3 runs, 3 RBI
• Gavin Trammell (FC): 2-5, 4 runs, 2 RBI

SOFTBALL

Jennings County 10, South Dearborn 0 

New Palestine 17, East Central 14

• Taylor Sommer (EC): HR, 3 RBI
• Broegan Knuz (EC): 5-6, 4 runs, 3 doubles, triple, HR, 6 RBI
• New Palestine: 5 HR

Franklin County 6, Union County 3 

• Ava Geiling (FC): 4-4, run, 2 doubles, 2 RBI
• Izzy Stenger (FC): 7 IP (W), 5 hits, 3 runs, 16 strikeouts

Franklin County 13, Union County 10 

BOYS GOLF

The Batesville High School varsity golf team carded a team score of 342 to finish 8th out of 19 teams at the Steve McClure Memorial Golf Tournament hosted by Center Grove at Southern Dunes Golf Course.

Individual Scoring for Batesville: Landon Raver (81), Ian Hixson (82), Jon Moody (83), Cooper Phebus (96), Caleb Laker (98)

Team Results: 1. Carmel Blue (311) 2. Speedway (324) 3. Eastbrook (324) 4. Fishers (332) 5. Carmel White (333) 6. Guerin Catholic (339) 7. Martinsville (342) 8. Batesville (342) 9. Franklin (343) 10. New Castle (345) 11. Brebeuf (347) 12. Shenandoah (349) 13. Decatur Central (355) 14. Center Grove Black (358) 15. Perry Meridian (364) 16. Frankton (373) 17. Shelbyville (377) 18. Center Grove Grey (386) 19. Trinity Lutheran (408)