Rising Sun continued to putter along this season as the Shiner golf team won the 2013 River Town Classic Match on Monday, May 13 at The Links at Rising Star.

Shiner Coach Brian Graham’s club was led by Bryce Murray’s 37 which tied him with South Dearborn’s Brad Miller before Miller was named medalist by tiebreaker. Brady Murray scored a 41 followed by Jordan King 42, Aron Walker 46 and Tyler Camden 72 for a four man total of 166.

South Dearborn was runner-up with a 174 followed by Switzerland County 186 and Lawrenceburg 213.

Miller birdied the ninth hole to force the tie with Murray and had a four on the tiebreaking eighth hole where Murray had a five.

Other SD finishers included Kyle Worthington 42, Taylor Johnson 46, Keaton Ballart 49 and David Sinclair 50.

Clint Swanson led his Pacer team with a 41 followed by Alex Curran 44, Mikahil Cole, 50, Logan Todd 51, and Dustin Tice 53.

Lawrenceburg was led by Eli Murphy’s 47, followed by Chirs McNally’s 50, Kyle Frank 51 and Matt Rogers.

The four teams will travel to Madison for the Golf Sectional on Monday, June 3.

The Rising Sun High School golf team posted a school record score of 148 to win the Rising Sun Invitational Match on Tuesday, May 7 at The Links at Rising Star Casino.

Four golfers broke the 40 mark on the nine hole par 34 course.

Leading the way was medalist Bryce Murray with a one over 35 with younger brother Brady two over at 36. Austin Armstrong added a 38 and Jordan King 39. Aron Walker had a 43.

Switzerland County was runner up with a 166 followed by Southwestern 1176 and South Ripley 184, Shawe 185.

Alex Curran led the Swiss with a 38 while Clint Swanson had 39, Celby Kinney 42, Logan Todd 47 and Dustin Tice 49.

Shawe’s Joey Mingione had a 38 while Southwestern’s Michael Perry had a 39.

Devin Tankersly carded a 39 to lead South Ripley.

All five teams plus Jac-Cen-Del and Milan will return to The Links Saturday as Rising Sun hosts the Ohio River Valley Conference match beginning at 2:30 p.m.

The Rising Sun junior high boys track team won the 2013 Ohio River Valley Conference meet on Monday, May 6 in Versailles as they won every event against the seven team field.

Derrick Eldridge set a new school record in the discus with a toss of 150'5”. He won the discus (42’3”) and hurdles (18.08).

He won the shot put and hurdles also.

Tristan Brown won the 100 (12.02), 200 (25.46), long jump (16’8”).and anchored the winning 400 relay team.

Zach Martini won the 800 (2:21) and 1600 (5:05.72). Andrew Koons took the high jump (5’2”). Bryant Housemyer won the 400 (57.11).

The winning relay teams consisted of: 400- Tristan Brown, Colton Henry, Andrew Koons, Bryant Housemyer; 1600- Bryant Housemyer, Angelo Gallegos, Zach Martini, Andrew Koons.

In the girls meet, Chelsea Brown (14.02) was the only blue ribbon winner for the Shiners with a first in the 100 meter dash with teammate Lucy Carrigan (14.40) second as the girls placed fourth in a meet dominated by Switzerland County.

Varsity - Boys scores 1. Rising Sun 145 2. Switzerland County  99 3. South Ripley 42 3. Shawe Memorial 42 5. Southwestern (Hanover) 24 6. Jac-Cen-Del  15 7. Milan 3

Varsity - Girls scores 1. Switzerland County 143 2. Jac-Cen-Del  89 3. South Ripley  69 4. Rising Sun 50 5. Milan  10 6. Southwestern (Hanover) 5 7. Shawe Memorial 4

The Rising Sun Shiners locked up the Ohio River Valley Conference baseball title on Monday, May 13 with a 3-2 win over South Ripley at Versailles.

Coach Kevin Wirsch’s Shiners had to rally for three runs in the seventh to overcome the Raiders in a contest which was scheduled to be at Rising Sun but changed when the two teams met earlier in RS because SR grounds were too wet.

Shiner ace Nathan Hannan gave up a pair of runs in the first and went into the sixth inning before hie was ejected for hitting Austin Halcomb. Hannan had hit Raider catcher Jason Dilk in the first inning. Both teams were warned afterwards that the next pitcher to throw a bean ball would be ejected, thus Hannan exited trailing 2-0.

However, Cody Weaver needed just one pitch to get the Raiders to ground into a 4-6-3 double play with Brandon Turner to Austin Armstrong to Miles Morris.

Raider starter Joe Dickens walked Ryan Dugan and Mitchell Morris to open the seventh. Brandon Turner had a bloop single RBI. The raider defense allowed Armstrong and David Huber infield miscues. Miles Morris just missed a home run with a sac fly at the 355 foot sign in center but it scored Turner with the game winning run.

Weaver finished off the Raiders by striking out the side after a two out walk. Weaver picked up the win. Hannan and Dicken allowed four hits each.

The win improved Rising Sun to 9-1 in ORVC play and 17-2 overall as they won their 13th straight.

The Shiners hadn’t played in a week as rain cancelled contests with South Dearborn and North Decatur while a conference clash with Shawe was postponed until Friday, May 17 in Madison.

The Shiners will play Oldenburg in the opening round of Class A sectional 60 at Madison Shawe on Wednesday, May 22 with the winner facing the Shawe/JCD winner on Thursday. Finals are at 5 p.m. on Monday, May 27.

The Rising Sun boys and girls track teams placed third in the 2013 Ohio River Valley Conference meet held Thursday, May 19 in Vevay.

The host Switzerland County Pacers won both titles with the girls scoring 135 followed by Southwestern 121 and Rising Sun with 61. Other scores included JCD 56, South Ripley 44, Milan 42 and Shawe 5.

The Pacers scored 154 to South Ripley’s 89 and Rising Sun’s 82. Other scores included Southwestern 52, Milan 37, JCD 26 and Shawe 25.

Rising Sun’s Kinzie Scott was a double winner in the 1600 (5:48.54) and 3200 (13:02.57) while fourth in the 800 (2:40.13). Bailey Baker was third in the 1600 (6:02.87).

Brittany Camden won the discus (86’2”) with Jamie Williams second (83’10”). Williams was fourth in the shot put.

Camden also placed sixth in the high and low hurdles.

Rising Sun boys were led by Austin Martin with wins in the high hurdles (15.51), low hurdles (42.31) and high jump 6’2”. Garrett Craig won the 1600 (4:39.75) and 3200 (10:31.12) while second in the 800 (2:10.83).

Billy Nierlich added a third in the 400 with Justin White sixth in the shot put.

H.S. softball

IHSAA SECTIONALS

May 20-25

CLASS A – Sectional 60

At Rising Sun

Monday, May 20

RISING SUN vs. Oldenburg Academy, 5 p.m.

Hauser vs. Madison Shawe, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21

Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5 p.m.

South Decatur vs. Jac-Cen-Del, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23

Championship, 7:30 p.m.

REGIONALS: Tuesday, May 28

The Rising Sun Lady Shiners improved to 10-0 in Ohio River Valley Conference play and 17-5 overall with a 4-2 over South Ripley on Monday at Versailles.

Alix DeDreu pitched the win with 12 strikeouts and scattering six hits.

DeDreu was 3-for-4 at the plate as the Shiners collected 13 hits.

The Rising Sun Belle River Vintage Base Ball Team will host the first annual Vintage All-Star game on Sunday, May 19 at the Rising Star Casino field on Industrial Access Drive.

Players from the Fort Wayne Hilltoppers, Cincinnati Buckeyes, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Norwood Highlanders, Losaintaville Black Sox and River City Rats will join Belle River in action.

Batting practice begins at noon with Mayor Branden Roeder throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at 12:45 p.m. followed by announcing of all players and the singing of the National Anthem at 1 p.m.

Members of the Belle River team include Bobby Scudder, Mike Seipel, Fred Banschbach, Bobby Hannah, Jess Oser, Cody Parsons, Casey Brett, Dustin Lamkin, Clayton Lamkin, Justin Levell, Bill Dichtl, Mark Swanson, Archie Crouch, Chad Oakes and Dennis Dinkhoffer.

It’s a great opportunity to see the way baseball was played in the 1800’s. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy.

The Rising Sun Lady Shiners improved to 17-3 on the season this past week and 9-0 in Ohio River Valley Conference play as they took season sweeps over Southwestern and Switzerland County.

Coach David Brown’s troops handed Southwestern a 3-0 loss on Wednesday, May 1 in a rematch of an earlier five inning win by the host team.

South Dearborn girls track and field ran away with the six-team Rising Sun Invitational championship Thursday, May 2.

Coach Jeremy Baney’s Lady Knights captured 10 of 15 events to outscore nearest competitor Southwestern (Hanover) by a wide 178-97 margin. Switzerland County was next with 58 followed by East Central 56, Rising Sun 45 and Lawrenceburg 24.