South Ripley's Meyer, Samples Named ORVC Basketball Players Of The Week

Both players filled up the box score between January 18-23.

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(Versailles, Ind.) – Two South Ripley High School basketball stars have earned weekly honors from the Ohio River Valley Conference.

The ORVC report for January 18-23 was released on Tuesday.

Rachel Meyer was named the ORVC Girls Basketball Player of the Week. The Lady Raiders star totaled 40 points, 28 rebounds, 11 assists, and six steals in three games.

Meyer ranks in the top 10 in the conference in scoring (11.1 ppg), rebounding (6.8 rpg), and assists (65 total).

The ORVC Boys Basketball Player of the Week went to Cody Samples. In two games last week, Samples averaged 27.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 5.0 steals.

Samples leads the conference in scoring at 22.0 points per game. South Ripley is 12-1 and ranked #10 in Class 2A.

Rising Sun’s Sidney Halloran is the ORVC Swimmer of the Week.

Other top performers for the week of January 18-23 are listed below.

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Maddi Wilson (RS) 12 pts, 5 rebs vs. Southwestern

Nora Hankins (SC) 18 pts, 13 rebs, 4 ast in 2 games

Jenna Peelman (RS) 9 pts, 6 rebs, ast, stl vs. Southwestern

Keirstan Oeffinger (SC) 26 pts, 12 stl, 9 ast in 2 games

Alyssa Simpson (RS) 10 pts, 11 rebs, 2 blk, 2 stl, ast vs. JCD

Jalee Rider (JCD) 28 pts, 10 defl, 9 stl, 3 3’s in 2 games

Paige Ledford (JCD) 31 pts, 26 rebs, 5 stl, 2 ast in 2 games

Sarah Meyer (SR) 24 pts, 13 rebs, 5 stl, 4 ast, 3 blk in 3 games

Annabelle Williams (JCD) 21 pts, 13 ast, 8 rebs, 3 stl in 2 gms

Gracie Gunter (SR) 25 pts, 14 rebs, 11 stl, 8 ast in 3 games

Ellie Foley (SW) 43 pts, 9 rebs, 9 stl, 8 ast in 3 games

Maddie Duvall (SC) 34 pts, 4 ast, 3 stl in 2 games

Ashton Goode (SW) 30 pts, 11 rebs, 6 stl, 4 ast in 3 games

Trinity McLain (SW) 28 pts, 9 rebs, 8 stl in 3 games

 

BOYS BASKETBALL

Peyton Wert (M) 42 pts in 2 games

Zach Gentile (SR) 24 pts, 13 ast, 7 stl, 4 rebs in 2 games

Jaden Peetz (SR) 28 pts, 15 rebs in 2 games

Foster Mefford (SW) 35 pts, 15 ast, 9 stl in 2 games

Matthew Williams (SW) 25 pts, 9 rebs in 2 games

 

SWIMMING & DIVING

Boys Swimming / Girls Swimming

Adrian Armstrong (SC) :24.05 50 YD Free Olivia Kavanaugh (SR) :29.54

Adrian Armstrong (SC) :53.01 100 YD Free Sidney Halloran (RS) 1:00.63

Nathan Furnish (SC) 2:07.89 200 YD Free Belle Crawford (SW) 2:21.02

500 YD Free Kaelin Taylor (SC) 6:33.20

100 YD Fly Julia Worcester (SW) 1:15.61

Leo Aldini (SR) 1:36.80 100 YD Breast Sidney Halloran (RS) 1:19.01

Ethan Besse (SW) 1:06.23 100 YD Back Belle Crawford (SW) 1:10.78

Caleb Geary (SW) 2:26.43 200 YD IM Sidney Halloran (RS) 2:32.48

South Ripley 2:08.87 200 YD Free Relay South Ripley 2:02.36

Southwestern 2:22.74 200 YD Medley Relay Southwestern 2:20.38

400 YD Free Relay South Ripley 4:38.11

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