The Versailles Republican Sports
September 25, 2008

South Ripley Raider boys soccer team stops the Madison Shawe Hilltoppers cold

Gary Franklin, Sports Writer

Playing to a shutout victory with Kile Huss as the Raider goal keeper, the South Ripley varsity boys soccer team denied the visiting Madison Shawe Hilltoppers a score. By game's end the Raiders had scored twice while holding the Toppers scoreless.
The Monday, September 22 ORVC match between the Raiders and Toppers game found SR's Derek Wade with a goal and an assist to his credit. Teammate Jared Grossman scored the other Raider goal. Goalkeeper Kile Huss had played to an 80 minute shutout win which included four saves.
The Raiders are continuing to practice hard to prepare to upset some sectional hopefuls in the not too distant future.
The boys' soccer sectional is slated for action on Thursday, October 9 and Saturday, October 11. Both dates are slated for 5 p.m. starting times.
The Raider defeat of Shawe and the JCD defeat of Rising Sun currentlt put the Eagles in sole possession of first place in the ORVC standings.
The next competition set for SR is at home on Friday, September 25, against the Switzerland County Pacers. On September 29, the Raiders face Rising Sun at SR, then travel to Jac-Cen-Del on October 3. The last scheduled regular season game for the Raiders is at Milan against the Indians.


Indians triumphant over
conference rival Chargers

Gary Franklin, Sports Writer

As reported by Brad Voss, the Milan Indians won their first varsity conference football game of the '08 season last Friday evening, September 19, by a 27 point margin, 34-7. Zak O'Neal, senior running back, led the tribe with 203 yards on 18 carries which developed into four touchdowns. The last, a 68 yard dash to the endzone.
Jared Ison, the Indian quarterback was 8 for 12 in his passing game for 119 yards including one touchdown pass to Andrew Perkins for the final TD of the game for the Indians.
The Indians have rallied to a 3-2 season overall despite the week two injury to Travis Pennington, junior tailback. The Indians opened their new season with a 42-0 win over Northeastern. That was followed by bitter defeats from Batesville 19-3 and Lawrenceburg 15-0.
Though scoring and defensive opportunities presented themselves, the Indians could not quite get it together in those two outings despite their efforts.
During the fourth week of the season, the Indians avenged a loss from last year to Park Tudor by beating them at their house 21-7 in an all-around solid game.
Offensively the Indians are led by Zak O'Neal with 458 yards and 8 touchdowns on offense. O'Neal is also the leading tackler on defense with 21 solo tackles and seven assists. Jared Ison, Indian senior quarterback, has 391 passing yards and four TD's, Zach Turner, junior Indian tailback has been solid in the Indian running game with 215 yards as well as nine receptions. Andrew Perkins too has contributed with six catches (3 TD's) for a total of 153 yards.
Defensively for the tribe, Nate Haugh, Ben Jackson, Michael Brandes, Justin Willis, Hunter Storey, Derek Walker, Jared Ison, Zach Turner, Keith Schornick, Tyler Allen and Zak O'Neal have all played key roles in the past two week's games where they have only given up two touchdowns.
Coach Langferman and the Indians will travel to Indian Creek on Friday, September 26, for conference action. The Indians hope to avenge their loss to them from the RCA Dome game played last year. The Indian Creek game has a scheduled 7 p.m. start time. The Milan Homecoming game is set for Friday, October 3.