Local Sports Report - April 22, 2025

Batesville runners set new school records at a 5-way meet at Lawrenceburg.

BASEBALL

Oldenburg Academy 5, Greenwood Christian Academy 4 

  • Jacob Stenger (OA): 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI
  • Clay Eckstein (OA): 1-3, run, RBI; 6.1 IP, 5 hits, 4 ER, 4 K

Jac-Cen-Del 5, Waldron 3 

  • Neil Sullivan (JCD): 4-4, run, 2B, 3 RBI
  • Blake Wagner, Brody Huff (JCD): RBI each; combined 7 IP, 8 hits, 2 ER, 8 K

 

SOFTBALL

Oldenburg Academy 13, Jac-Cen-Del 7 

  • Brailynn Sloan (JCD): 2-3, run, 4 RBI

Providence 14, Switzerland County 3 

Austin 12, South Ripley 0 

 

TRACK & FIELD

5-Way Meet at Lawrenceburg

Boys: Batesville 111, Jennings County 78, Switzerland County 70, Lawrenceburg 52, Rising Sun 1

Girls: Batesville 111, Switzerland County 85, Jennings County 58, Lawrenceburg 49.5, Rising Sun 8.5 

  • The Batesville boys 4 x 100m relay team broke the school record, beating the old school record held back in 2011 by Trevor Tucker, Tyler Leising, Conner Jeffers and Chris Giesting with a time of 43.91. On Tuesday, it was the team of James Rowland, Brock Mahon, Noah Davis and Chris Stenger crossing the finish line at 43.80.
  • Batesville's Jake Chapman and Jennings County's Kraedyn Young battled it out in the 800m run, with Young just nudging ahead of Chapman by .3 of a second with times 1:53.37 to 1:53.67. The time by Chapman, broke the school record, which was held by both Hayden Merkel (2012) and Adam Moster who tied it in 2019 at 1:55.02. 

 

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