South Ripley's Roepke Tips-Off Season As ORVC Girls Hoops POTW

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 11:36am

The 2018-19 winter sports season is officially underway.

(Versailles, Ind.) – The 2018-19 winter sports season is officially underway in the Ohio River Valley Conference.

The ORVC report for the week of October 29 through November 3 was released on Tuesday.

South Ripley’s Elexah Roepke is the ORVC Girls Basketball Player of the Week.

The Lady Raiders star helped her team to a 3-1 start to the season by averaging 20.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals over the first four games of the season.

Those four games were played at the Henryville Tournament, where South Ripley finished in second place after a tough loss to Austin in the finals.

South Ripley is currently ranked 10th in Class 2A. Their next game will be played against the 8th ranked team in 1A when Jac-Cen-Del visits Versailles on November 10.

Other top performers from the week of October 29-November 3 are listed below.

Girls Basketball

Danyka Groover (RS) 13 pts, 3 rebs vs. Franklin Co.

Maddie Wilson (RS) 10 pts, 6 rebs vs. Franklin Co.

Morgan Peetz (SR) 51 pts, 15 rebs, 11 ast in 4 games

Lindsey Montgomery (RS) 10 pts, 9 rebs vs. Franklin Co.

Paige Ledford (JCD) 9 pts, 8 rebs, stl vs. Greensburg

Mariah Day (JCD) 8 pts, 5 rebs, ast, stl, blk vs. Greensburg

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26th May at Oakdale Cemetery
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