Local Sports Report - May 17, 2023

The IHSAA Girls Tennis State Tournament got underway on Wednesday.

GIRLS TENNIS

Sectional 16 at East Central - First Round

Lawrenceburg 5, Milan 0 - The Tigers will play South Dearborn on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

East Central 4, Batesville 1 - The Trojans will play Oldenburg Academy on Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

Sectional 13 at Connersville - Semi-Finals

Rushville 3, Franklin County 2

Connersville 5, Union County 0 

*Rushville and Connersville will play in the sectional championship on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

BASEBALL

Rising Sun 9, Jac-Cen-Del 2 

• Ethan Titkemeyer (RS): 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
• Tyler Williams (RS): 2 RBI
• Dylan Martin (RS): 7 IP (W), 4 hits, 2 ER, 10 K

Southwestern 6, Switzerland County 0 - Southwestern captures the ORVC Championship with a record of 11-1 in conference play. 

South Ripley 5, Shawe Memorial 2 

• Ryan Gorrell (SR): 2-run double
• Mason McNew (SR): 7 IP (W), 3 hits, ER, 12 K

SOFTBALL

Switzerland County 13, Southwestern 3

• Hayley Adams, Klayre Smith, Emily Oatman, Jessica Bruce (SC): 2 RBI each
• Oatman (SC): 6 IP (W), 4 hits, 3 ER, 11 K 

Rising Sun 12, Jac-Cen-Del 0 - The Lady Shiners capture a share of the ORVC title with a 9-1 record in conference play. Milan are the co-champs. 

• Ryan Works (RS): 2-3, run, HR, 4 RBI
• Lily Courtney (RS): 1-3, run, 3 RBI
• Elaina Titkemeyer, Tamryn Miller (RS): combined one-hitter

 South Ripley 17, Oldenburg Academy 7 

• Brooklyn Brown (SR): 4-4, run, 3 doubles, 4 RBI
• Brionna Linkel (SR): 3-3, 2 runs, HR, 3 RBI
• Morgan Meyer (SR): 3-3, 4 runs, 2 doubles, HR, 2 RBI

Union County 12, Milan 1