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The Shelbyville track and field teams competed in the Hoosier Heritage Conference meets (boys and girls) this week at Mt. Vernon. The girls raced on Tuesday while the boys’ meet was on Thursday.

Beginning with the 2022-23 season, a 35-second shot clock will be permitted in high school basketball games by state association adoption. A proposal for a national rule mandating a shot clock was not approved.

Shelbyville senior pitcher Benny Thompson threw his second no-hitter of the season Tuesday at home against conference foe New Castle. The Golden Bears won 1-0 to improve to 13-8 overall and 6-5 in Hoosier Heritage Conference play.

The Waldron, Morristown and Southwestern track and field teams competed in the Mid-Hoosier Conference meet Tuesday at Waldron.

The pursuit of excellence is a constant challenge that demands determination and perseverance. The exceptional individual ultimately combines talent, skill development and relentless dedication to reach the pinnacle of a chosen field.

The Waldron boys’ basketball youth camp is set for July 19-22.

Shelby County Babe Ruth baseball celebrated Donald L. Johnson Memorial Park’s 50-year anniversary this past Friday and Saturday with a retrospective of the complex’s history, tributes to past significant figures in local youth baseball and a full slate of games. The event was rescheduled fro…

The Shelbyville boys’ golf team competed in the Batesville Invitational Saturday. As a team, the Golden Bears finished in sixth place with a 389 (12 teams total).

MORRISTOWN — None of the players on the Southwestern baseball team were alive the last time the Spartans won the Shelby County Tournament. The coaches were, of course, but the last time Southwestern hoisted the county trophy was back in 1998.

The Lady Golden Bears’ tennis team traveled to New Castle Thursday for a Hoosier Heritage Conference (HHC) battle and came home with a 5-0 win. All five courts battled through light rain to get the contest completed over a very young Lady Trojan team that consisted of all freshman on the sin…

There were smiles all around Southwestern’s brand-new fieldhouse Thursday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Why not smile? A project that was approximately 10 years in the making is finally complete.

Southwestern track and field coach Justin Meredith has his girls write down their goals before each meet. The goals are on a sheet that the whole team can see. The purpose?

A punter who throws shot put. Or a shot putter who punts. Whichever way you spin it, Triton Central senior Kegan Schalk is an impressive athlete.

His goal was to earn his 100th career win before he turned 30 years old. Mission accomplished.

Triton Central claimed the Shelby County Tournament championship Saturday at Timbergate Golf Course. TC’s Oliver Geralds, who carded an 80, was named medalist of the meet.

Fans of Shelby County sports might recognize the DART Media Group. The DMG has been providing free live streaming of Shelby County sports since 2018. Dave Blondell and Curt Correll started live streaming sporting events in the fall of 2018 to support a fellow parent of a Southwestern student…

The Shelbyville tennis team turned in a dominant performance Thursday, dropping only 10 games on all five courts combined as it played host to the Lady Hornets of Beech Gove. The Lady Bears had a clean sweep with a 5-0 win.

NEW PALESTINE — It definitely wasn’t a bad loss. Frustrating. Heartbreaking. That would probably be a better way to describe it.

The Waldron girls’ tennis team continued to roll along on Monday, remaining undefeated with a 4-1 win over Milan.

Triton Central senior guard Taylor Heath has been named Girls Basketball Player of the Year for Shelby County. Southwestern first-year head coach Garrett Krieg, who led the Spartans to a sectional title, has been named Girls Basketball Coach of the Year.

The Shelbyville tennis team played host to Batesville Tuesday, dropping a close match 2-3 to the visiting Bulldogs through windy conditions.

Triton Central senior guard David Steele has been named Boys Basketball Player of the Year for Shelby County. TC second-year head coach Kyle Ballard, who led the Tigers to county and sectional titles, has been named Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

One night after overcoming an early deficit against county and Mid-Hoosier Conference rival Morristown, the Southwestern baseball team made sure not to let that happen again.

The Morristown girls’ team beat Hauser by winning 12 events while the boys’ fell by 21 points despite winning six events on Thursday.

Despite being held to five hits in the game, the Triton Central baseball team came through and pulled out a 6-4 win at Beech Grove.

Shelbyville’s Karissa Hamilton set the career home runs record after hitting her 21st of her career in a 13-7 win at Connersville.

The Morristown softball team fell behind early and never was able to get its offense going in a 15-1 loss to a quality Eastern Hancock team in five innings.