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Today's Sports

  • Tell City goes 2-7 in tourney

    EVANSVILLE—Justin Alvarez and Blake Alvey each went 7-2 to lead Tell City to a 2-7 record in Harrison’s 10-team, round-robin wrestling tourney Friday and Saturday.
    Tell City beat Forest Park 48-21 and Harrison 57-23 but lost to South Spencer 39-36, Heritage Hills 57-21, Reitz 72-12, Union County 55-18, Evansville Memorial 65-9, and Southridge 42-21.

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  • Christian Academy routs...

    NEW ALBANY—Playing without its starting guards, Cannelton fell behind by 20 points in the first quarter and lost to Christian Academy of Indiana 70-17 in boys basketball Saturday.
    Brandon Cook, the Bull-dogs’ leading scorer at 25.9 points per game, missed this game with a sprained ankle.
    Elijah Littles, the Bull-dogs’ other quick starting guard, was sick. He tried to play but after going about a minute was getting lightheaded and dizzy and signaled to Coach Brian Garrett to take him out.

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  • Powers propels Bulldogs past...

    NEW ALBANY—Sarah Powers scored 35 points as Cannelton trounced Christian Academy of Indiana 69-31 in girls basketball Saturday.
    Powers hit five three-point shots, three two-pointers, and 14 of 16 free throws. She raised her scoring average to 25.2 points per game.
    She and the Bulldogs were particularly hot in the second quarter, when they outscored the Warriors 30-9.
    Powers hit 11 of 11 free throws in that period.
    She added a three-pointer and a two-pointer for a 17-point quarter.

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  • PC trounces Rebels; falls to...

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    REO—Morgan Richardson and Ashley Graves combined for 22 points as Perry Central beat South Spencer 48-20 in the first round of the girls basketball PSC Holiday Tip-Off Tourney Saturday.

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  • Tell City splits first two games

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    REO—The inside-outside attack of McKenzie Hayes and Lacey Briggs led Tell City past South Spencer 41-30  in the second round of the girls basketball PSC Holiday Tip-Off Tourney Saturday.

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  • Tell City wins ugly over Perry...

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    REO—Here’s the definition of an ugly basketball game:
    Tell City’s girls team committed 21 turnovers and hit 37.5 percent from the field and 50.0 percent at the free-throw line (including missing three consecutive front ends of one-and-ones in the closing minutes) Monday.
    The Marksmen also scored only two points in the second quarter. And they were the winning team.

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  • Raiders’ depth overpowers Tell...

    TELL CITY—Trent Harding was Tell City’s only winner in an 88-39 boys swimming loss to Southridge Thursday.

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  • Tecumseh stops TC girls

    TELL CITY—No one scored more than seven points for Tell City as it had a lackluster game in a 47-40 PAC girls basketball loss to Tecumseh Thursday.
    “We weren’t prepared and that’s my fault,” said Tell City Coach John Lyons. “We just didn’t seem ready to play.
    “We came off a good game against Dubois and we didn’t have a very good week of practice.”
    Tell City had trouble penetrating Tecumseh’s zone defense and was also hurt by center McKenzie Hayes’ getting into early foul trouble.

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  • Orleans takes advantage of Perry...

    LEOPOLD—Perry Central had problems on defense in a 44-41 PLAC girls basketball loss to Orleans Thursday.
    The Commodores had decent statistics in nearly every category: 39.2 percent field-goal shooting, 31 rebounds and only 14 turnovers.
    But “we didn’t defend well at times,” said Perry Central Coach Bill Dickerson. “We just gave up too many layups—we were letting them blow right by us.
    “We’re putting people at the foul line too much.

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  • Marksmen nip Raiders

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    TELL CITY—Tell City won the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, to edge Southridge 95-87 in girls swimming Thursday.

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