Local Sports Report - September 24, 2020

The 27th annual South Ripley Great Pumpkin Invitational was held Thursday evening.

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GIRLS SOCCER

Lawrenceburg 8, Connersville 1 

Franklin County 3, Greensburg 0 

BOYS SOCCER

South Ripley 3, Milan 1 - Zach Gentile notched two goals and Dillion Binion added another for South Ripley. Ben Miller assisted on all three goals. 

Lawrenceburg 8, Richmond 0 

East Central 6, Greensburg 1 

Winning night for ECMS!

Varsity won 6-1 vs Greensburg
Goals by:
Matthew Lewis, Asst JT Roden
JT R., Asst Luke Hornbach
Eric Puterbaugh, Asst Brady Spangler
Cameron Bergman, Asst Eric P.
Henry Kraus
Nathan Zillick, Asst Brady S.

JV beat Connersville 1-0! Goal by Bret Finesman pic.twitter.com/sjWKegXj0r

— EC Mens Soccer (@ECMensSoccer1) September 25, 2020

VOLLEYBALL

Lawrenceburg 3, Rushville 0 (25-15, 25-6, 25-10) - Ivy Hinkle and Emma Cornett led the Tigers with eight kills each. Bay Hinkle continued her strong season with a game-high 27 assists. Gracie Safaviyan had 16 digs and Lydia Armstrong added 13 digs. 

Rising Sun 3, Switzerland County 0 (25-13, 25-8, 25-15) - Lindsay Montgomery had a solid match with 15 kills and 9 digs. Baylee Morris had a game-high 22 assists. Cora Poling and Grace Bujak also performed well for the Shiners. 

East Central 3, Connersville 0 (25-9, 25-20, 25-14) - East Central improved to 11-6 on the season and 5-0 in the EIAC. The Trojans were led by Emma Ertel, who was named POTM. Jessie Stenger led EC in kills with 11. Allison Huismann had a game-high 26 assists. 

Congrats to senior @EmmaErtel on being named POTM last night against Connersville.
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🏐13/16 serving
🏐Game high 5 aces (Connersville has 3 as a team)
🏐.417 hitting % (season high)
🏐7 kills
🏐1 block
🏐Team high 9 digs pic.twitter.com/8g83WUujkH

— EC VOLLEYBALL (@EastCentralVB) September 25, 2020

CROSS COUNTRY

27th Annual South Ripley Great Pumpkin Invitational

BOYS

1^st – Austin – 40 points

2^nd – Southwestern – 68 points

3^rd – Rising Sun – 80 points

4^th – JCD – 112 points

5^th – Lawrenceburg – 137 points

6^th – South Ripley – 138 points

7^th – Madison – 150 points

8^th – South Decatur – 190 points

9^th – North Decatur – 223 points

Austin’s Chance Craig was first across the finish line with a time of 17:03.5. Notable top 10 finishers include Jac-Cen-Del’s Joshua Pohle and Damon Hughes, Milan’s Ben Riehle, Rising Sun’s Peyton Merica and Lawrenceburg’s Grant Hensley.

GIRLS

1^st – Madison – 38 points

2^nd – South Ripley – 50 points

3^rd – JCD – 77 points

4^th – Southwestern – 97 points

5^th – South Decatur – 98 points

6^th – North Decatur – 118 points

South Ripley’s Lanie Nicholson finished first with a time of 20:26.2. Her teammates Emily Campbell and Deborah Murphy finished in the top 10, as did Swtizerland County’s Alisha Detmer and Jac-Cen-Del’s Cloey Simon.

*Full results at https://www.stuartroadracing.com/crosscountry.html.