The Versailles Republican Sports
May 8, 2008
Lady Eagle
Val Wagner is named the 2008 Top Female Athlete of the Ripley
County Track & Field Meet held at Batesville
Gary Franklin, Sports Writer
Her nickname could be "Speed", as she lays a blur
across the track as she runs the 100m Dash, the 200m Dash
and the 400m Dash, but then when she long jumps from here
to over-yonder, what would you nickname her? Be it basketball,
softball or track & field. Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagle Valorie
Wagner has few limitations and a super personality
No, that's not my opinion, ask anyone who knows, or has had
the good fortune to meet the JCD junior.
At different times a person shines and catches the eye of
the sports community, Val is one of those shining people we
hear about.
In the Ripley County Track & Field Meet held at Batesville
on Thursday, May 1, Wagner won first place in all three Dash
events, and captured a second place in the Long Jump competition.
She was then selected as the "Female Ripley County Female
T&F Athlete of the Meet."
Her winning time in the 100m Dash was :13.00, in the 200m
Dash - :26.80 and in the 400, her time was 1:03.50. Her Long
Jump efforts capped at this particular meet at 16'11, just
one inch shy of first place.
Many others had positive performances registered at the meet
as well. Milan Lady Indian junior, Shelby Zornes managed to
win both the Shot Put and the Discus competitions. Zornes
Shot Put distance was 29' 6.5", enough to put friend
SR Lady Raider Lacy Wards Put of 29'3.5" into second
place, and Zornes' Discus winning distance was 101' 11",
sixteen feet two inches farther than second place, SR Lady
Raider Jordan Vinup.
Milan Lady Indian Kaliegh Gardner won the girls 800 Run in
2:38.12
The Batesville girls won the team trophy, with first place
finishes by Tidman in the Long Jump @ 17' and the High Jump
@ 5', Kinker won the 100 Hurdles @ :17.16 and the 300 Hurdles
@ :48.68, Lake captured the 3200m run for the Lady Bulldogs
@ 13:17.28 and Muapin the 1600m Run in 6:06.34. The Lady Bulldogs
Relay teams also won all three relay events. The 4x100 @ :53.78,
the 4x400 @ 4:30.12 and the 4x800 @ 10:58.4.
Event girls' team scores were Batesville @ 93, Souith Ripley
@ 60, Milan @ 41 and Jac-Cen-Del @ 34.
Boys' event results
Batesville 101
Milan 66
South Ripley 45
Jac-Cen-Del 16
The Bulldogs claimed the team trophy with first place finishes
by the 4x800 relay team and the 4x400 unit. Lanning won the
High Jump @ 6'6" and the 400m Run @ :51.06 and the 200m
Dash @ :23.40 with Bauer taking the Long Jump @ 20' 5.5"
. Lowery claimed first in the 3200m Run, Giesting won the
800m Run and both the 110 & the 300 Hurdles, while Krekler
took the 1600m Run and Lang claimed the 100m Dash.
South Ripley senior Kyle Taylor was first in the Discus with
a hurl of 139'8. Taylor finished second in the Shot Put @
40' 2.75" behind Milan Indian senior Tanner Roark who
lofted to a distance of 44 11.75".
The Milan Indian boys 4x100 Relay Team of Travis Pennington,
Zak O'Neal, Dylan Rose and TJ Shannon gutted it up for the
victory in the 4x100 in a time of :45
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GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO
Above, Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagle Valorie
Wagner proudly accepts the "2008 Ripley County
Track & Field Female Athlete of the Meet Award"
from Batesville High School Athletic Director Mark Ferguson.
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Eagle varsity
teams silence Raider bats
Gary Franklin, Sports Writer
A combination of South Ripley Raider vs Jac-Cen-Del Eagle
sports' activites took place on Monday evening, May 5. The
Raider JV baseball team and the Raider varsity and JV softball
teams, traveled to JCDHS for action, with the originally scheduled
varsity baseball game being transferred from JCDHS to SRHS,
Forest G. Waters Field.
Their earlier game scheduled for SRHS was played at JCDHS
due to the new fence not being ready, which prompted the reversal
of the varsity baseball game site.
Varsity baseball action
@ SRHS
(Eagles defeat Raiders 6-0)
An expected battle of the pitchers duo, did not develop, as
Eagle senior hurler Brandon Gehl faced off against Raider
senior ace, BJ Sieverding.
The 6-0 score at game's end would in the least be explained
as unanticipated, at least by the Raider followers. They have
been on a solid roll and Sieverding has led much of the way
to that end. Not this night though.
The Eagle battery got to the young right hander, and Gehl
with support of the defense behind him contained the Raider
offensive attack.
First inning action resulted in Eagle Blake Sutton, David
Busch and Brock Billman being retired in order. The Raider
batters followed suit as Russ Steinhauer, Brian Thomas and
Jared Keck also going down for no score after one complete.
In the second inning, Sieverding retired the three senior
batters faced, Zach Simon, Brandon Gehl and Eric Horan, in
order by strikeouts on each. Gehl and the Eagles retired the
Raider batters, Sieverding, Thomas Welch and Blake Richmond,
while collecting his third strike out of the game.
After two Eagles were retired, (Gerald Hardesty and Shane
Adams) to open the third inning, Eagle senior catcher Andrew
Huff drew a walk. Sutton singled, Busch walked, Billman was
hit by a pitch which led to a double by Zach Simon. Eagle
Gehl went down on strikes to retire the side, but not before
they had opened a 4-0 lead. Gehl dashed two Raiders hopes
with strike outs and the third grounded out 4-3. Raider batters
in the third were Kyle Patrick, Andy Miller, Chase Grider
and Russ Steinhauer.
Sieverding went to work in the top of the fourth, ringing
up Horan, Hardesty and Adams to strike out counts. Eagle Gehl
responded, retiring Thomas and Sieverding to K's and grounding
out Keck 4-3.
Eagles Huff, Sutton and Busch were the batters in the top
of the fifth, with Raiders sending Welch, Richmond and Patrick
to the plate.
The sixth went smoothly for Sieverding, as Eagles Billman,
Simon, Gehl and Horan were quickly disposed of in order. Gehl's
sixth required five Raider batters to face him to get out
of the inning. They were Miller, Grider, Steinhauer, Thomas
and Keck.
The Eagles entered the top of the seventh still leading by
four, but were faced by Jared Keck in a relief pitching roll.
Gerald Hardesty drew a walk followed by Shane Adams' single
to score Hardesty. Huff went down on strikes, which led to
a Sutton sacrifice fly that scored Adams. Busch reached on
an error before Billman was rang up on the strike count for
the third out to end the inning.
The Raiders last hope of scoring in the game went up in smoke
in the bottom half of the seventh, trailing 6-0, with three
consecutive retired batters in Sieverding, Welch and Richmond.
Pitching stats
Eagle - Brandon Gehl
Through seven full innings, Gehl faced 24 Raider batters,
allowed 3 hits, 0 runs, walked one and retired 8 via the K.
Raider - BJ Sieverding
Through six innings, Sieverding faced 27 Eagle batters, allowed
2 hits, 4 runs, was charged with 3 errors, walked two, hit
two batters, was charged with a balk and rang up 15 via strike
outs.
Eagle - Jared Keck
Through one inning, Keck faced 6 Eagle batters, allowing 1
hit, 2 runs, was charged with an error, walked one and pitched
2 strike outs.
Varsity softball action
@ JCDHS
(Eagles defeat Raiders 10-0)
An explosive Lady Eagle team went to work on the visiting
Lady Raiders early, and continued to hammer away at them to
a five inning, 10-0, run rule close.
The Lady Eagle battery worked steadfastly against the young
Lady Raider right hander, Kyla Sexton, on the mound, and responded
well defensively behind Lady Eagle Regina Ricke to hold SR
scoreless through four and a half innings.
The Lady Eagles scored one in the first, added four more in
the second, one in the third, one in the fourth and rallied
for three in the fifth to shorten the game at 10-0.
Following a superb outing by senior Kaylin Ploeger in her
mound action against the Madison Shawe Lady Hilltoppers in
which she pitched seven innings, facing 22 batters, allowing
no runs on one hit, a walk and collected six K's, to win 7-0,
Coach Brad Samples called on Regina Ricke to face the Lady
Raider line up, who delivered as well.
Pitching stats
Lady Eagle - Regina Ricke
Through five innings, Ricke faced 19 Lady Raider batters,
allowing no runs on three hits, walked one and retired 2 via
the K.
Lady Eagle batting
Alyssa Hammond -
2/3 with a RBI and a run scored.
Becca Wagner -
3/3 with a double and 3 runs scored.
Regina Ricke -
1/2 with a triple, 2 RBI's and a run scored.
Valorie Wagner -
1/2 with a Sac., an RBI and 2 runs scored.
Kiersten Young -
0/3 with a strike out.
Kaylin Ploeger -
1/3 with a double, a K & a run scored.
Carissa Simon -
0/3 with an RBI and 2 runs scored.
Kristen Hicks -
2/3 with a walk and an RBI.
Janine Huff -
1/2 with an RBI, a double and a Sac.
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GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO
Lady Eagle, Regina Ricke, delivers
the 10-0 five inning run-rule win over the visiting
South Ripley Lady Raiders.
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