Local Sports

Coach Bryant Layman says he has to find a way for his Crothersville boys basketball team to get off to better starts than what they have in losing their last seven games.

Seymour’s boys basketball team never found its rhythm during a grinding, physical 44-31 loss to Bloomington North on Saturday night.

The Seymour swimming and diving team returned to action on Saturday morning in its first taste of competition since Dec. 18.

Seymour rolls past North Harrison

C.J. Rayburn, the inaugural National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer and titan of the sport, who revolutionized the construction of the modern-day late model chassis and whose colorful aphorisms were well known around dirt tracks everywhere, died on Jan. 1.

JENNINGS COUNTY — The Jennings County Panthers used a big second quarter to build a big lead and defeat Brownstown Central 75-66 on Friday night on their home floor.

Quick starts in the first and third quarters propelled Seymour’s boys basketball team to a comfortable 56-29 victory at Charlestown on Friday night.

If the Indianapolis Colts make the playoffs, all will be forgiven. The 1-4 start, the loss to the Las Vegas Raiders last Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. If the Colts lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars with the playoffs at stake this Sunday, they don’t deserve to be in the playoffs anyway.

The No. 14-ranked Columbus East Olympians came into Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium on Thursday night and picked up its second-straight victory to improve to 13-3 on the season.

Last week, the Brownstown Central boys basketball team competed in the Bobcat of Daviess County Classic at North Daviess High School.