Sports

Trimble no match for North Oldham in district opener

David Campbell

Monday, October 21, 2019 10:52 PM

CRESTWOOD, Ky. — North Oldham entered the district volleyball tournament as the favorite and showed why, rolling past an overmatched Trimble County squad to the tune of a three-game sweep in the semifinals at South Oldham on Monday.

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Memorial rolls over Madison in the finals

David Campbell

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:32 AM

LINCOLN CITY — Madison’s boys soccer team has had an historic season in nearly all respects and even a lopsided loss to one of the best programs in the state can’t change that.

Second-ranked Evansville Memorial — with four state and nine semistate championships on its resume — claimed its 18th regional title with a dominating 8-0 win over Madison in the regional final at Heritage Hills High School on Saturday.

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Martinez scores twice in win over West Vigo

David Campbell

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:26 AM

LINCOLN CITY — Adriano Martinez spent most of the week battling strep throat and flu-like symptoms. By Saturday afternoon, he was feeling just fine.

The Madison freshman scored two goals and helped a depleted Cub team overcome the loss of two starters to beat West Vigo 3-0 in the regional semifinals Saturday at Heritage Hills High School.

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Southwestern volleyball falls to North Decatur, 3-1

Rob Lafary

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:23 AM

VERSAILLES — Southwestern dug itself an early hole and despite an attempt at digging itself out, seeing daylight proved to be impossible as North Decatur took a 3-1 (25-11, 25-19, 23-25, 25-14) win over the Rebels in the IHSAA Class 2A Sectional 45 volleyball tournament semifinals on Saturday at South Ripley.

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Five runners earn semistate berths

Courier Staff Report

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:15 AM

Five local runners punched their tickets for the next round after strong performances at the IHSAA Cross Country Regional at Cereland Park near Columbus on Saturday.

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HANOVER ROUNDUP: Panthers roll over Bluffton in soccer

Courier Staff Report

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:14 AM

Hanover overwhelmed Bluffton to the tune of a 7-1 victory in men’s soccer Saturday on the road.

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LOCAL LEAGUES — Sunday, Oct. 20

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:13 AM

A look at local youth and adult leagues.

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SPORTS SHORTS — Sunday, Oct. 20

Courier Staff Report

Monday, October 21, 2019 3:13 AM

A look at local sports briefs.

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Madison ends regular season with 61-14 loss at Columbus East

David Campbell

Friday, October 18, 2019 10:33 PM

COLUMBUS — Madison hasn’t had any better luck against Columbus East than the rest of the Hoosier Hills Conference over the past two decades and Friday was no different as the Olympians rolled to a 61-14 win in the regular-season finale for both teams.

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Madison runs into Silver Creek roadblock

David Campbell

Friday, October 18, 2019 3:32 AM

SELLERSBURG — If Madison had any hopes of pulling an upset in its sectional opener on Thursday, Silver Creek put an end to those thoughts quickly.

The defending regional champions made short work of Madison’s young squad, rolling to a three-set victory by scores of 25-10, 25-11 and 25-16 on the Dragons’ home floor.

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Shawe can't match Rock Creek in sweep

David Campbell

Friday, October 18, 2019 3:29 AM

ELIZABETH — Rock Creek pulled away for easy wins in all three sets to eliminate Shawe 3-0 in the opening round of the Class A Volleyball Sectional 61 at South Central High School on Thursday.

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Pacers swept by North Decatur in volleyball sectional

Rob Lafary

Friday, October 18, 2019 3:25 AM

VERSAILLES — Switzerland County gave its best effort against a 20-win North Decatur team on Thursday night but in the end the Chargers proved to be too much, defeating the Pacers 3-0 in the opening round of the IHSAA Class 2A Sectional 45 volleyball tournament at South Ripley.

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SPORTS SHORTS — Thursday, Oct. 17

Courier Staff Report

Friday, October 18, 2019 3:24 AM

A look at local sports briefs.

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LOCAL LEAGUES — Thursday, Oct. 17

Friday, October 18, 2019 3:23 AM

A look at local youth and adult leagues.

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HANOVER ROUNDUP: Hughes' late goal lifts Hanover men to 2-1 win over Rose-Human

Courier Staff Report

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 11:01 PM

Josh Hughes scored with less than four minutes left in regulation to lift Hanover College’s men’s soccer team to a 2-1 win over Rose-Hulman at home on Wednesday.

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Cubs spending Fall Break preparing for soccer regional

David Campbell

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:41 AM

While most of their classmates are sitting on a beach this week or sleeping in, Madison’s boys soccer team will spend their Fall Break hard at work preparing for the program’s first regional tournament in nine years.

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Trimble volleyball closes regular season with two losses

Courier Staff Report

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:39 AM

Trimble County’s volleyball team closed out the 2019 regular season with a loss at home to Gallatin County on Tuesday.

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Hanover golf finishes second at Piedmont

Courier Staff Report

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:38 AM

Hanover College’s men’s golf team placed second out of 11 teams in the Piedmont Invitational at the Orchard Golf and Country Club in Clarksville, Georgia on Tuesday.

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LOCAL LEAGUES — Tuesday, Oct. 15

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:37 AM

A look at local adult leagues.

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Madison beats Scottsburg in OT to win first sectional championship in 9 years

David Campbell

Monday, October 14, 2019 5:06 AM

Zach Forner was the hero of Madison’s semifinal win on Wednesday. He was more than happy to let somebody else have the honors in the championship game.

Carson Denton scored a goal from the right side four minutes into the second overtime to lift Madison to an exciting 2-1 win over Scottsburg in the championship game of the Class 2A Boys Soccer Sectional at home on Saturday.

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