The IHSAA had their Boys Basketball tournament draw on Sunday and the Rising Sun Shiners received a 1st round bye. The Sectional #60 at Southwestern (Shelbyville) will start with 1 game on Tuesday March 3rd as #10 Morristown takes on Waldron with the winner advancing to take on the Shiners on Friday night March 6
The Shiners traveled to Versailles on Friday night to finish off their conference season against the Raiders. After a strong showing against JCD on Tuesday, The Shiners were going t have to beat South Ripley being a man down as Junior Point Guard and leading scorer Landon Cole went down with an injury at practice
After a lackluster performance on Tuesday in Osgood, the JV Shiners traveled back to Ripley County on Friday to take on South Ripley in Versailles. The raiders brought their unblemished conference record into the game while the Shiners were coming off 3 straight conference losses after starting 2-0 in the ORVC. Things didn’t start out
The Shiners went to Osgood on Tuesday night with an upset on their minds and they just about pulled it off. The Shiners came out with energy and played hard and found themselves down 6 at halftime 30-24. After some halftime adjustments the Shiners were in a tie game at 40 with 3.7 seconds to
The Shiners JV traveled to Osgood on Tuesday night to take on the host Eagles in an ORVC contest. The Shiners had high expectations as they were trying to get above .500 in the conference. The Shiners however came out flat and did not match the intensity they were greeted with from the host Eagles.
The Varsity Shiners fell twice this weekend by double digits and are looking to correct their course as tournament time approaches. On Friday the Shiners traveled to Hanover to play the Rebels in a conference affair. The Shiner came out strong going inside early to big man TJ Manifold who scored 10 points in the
The Shiners JV lost 2 close games this weekend. On Friday night the boys traveled to Hanover to take on conference foe Southwestern. Southwestern jumped out to take an early 10-7 lead after 1 period but the Shiners regained the lead by 1 at halftime on a 3 pointer at the horn by Junior Chris
The Shiners played outstanding basketball for most of the early afternoon affair on Saturday. The Shiners defense was on full display in the 1st half holding the visitors from Southwestern (Shelby) to 11 points for the half leading 16 to 11 at the midway point. The Shiners stretched the lead out to 9 in the
Inclement weather threatened the High Noon showdown between the host Shiners and the Southwestern (Shelby) Spartans on Saturday but the game started on schedule and was highly competitive throughout. The visiting Spartans led 13-11 after 1 and 26-23 at halftime. The Shiners cut it to 1 point at the end of the 3rd trailing 30-29.
In a highly competitive game on Thursday night, the Rising Sun Shiners came up a little short in their bid to stay unbeaten in the conference as they hosted Milan. It was a see-saw battle the whole way as the Shiners held a 9-6 lead after 1 quarter and a 19-18 advantage at halftime. Milan
