Posey County Radio News and Sports
News:
Tomorrow morning at the Poseyville Community Center, there will be an Improving Water Quality Breakfast from 7:00 AM until 11:00 AM. This event is free, but registration is required. Breakfast will be provided by Froggy’s. The event is presented by Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District, Posey County Purdue Extension, Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative, and The Nature Conservancy. Joel Reddick from Reddick Farms in Kentucky will be the keynote speaker. A few of the topics will include “Farming for the Future” and Soil Effects on Water Quality.
Coming up tonight on 106.7 FM WMVI and online at poseycountyradio.com it’s the final Mt. Vernon Basketball Coaches Show of the season. The show will air from 6:00 PM until 6:30 PM as Allen Buck will chat with Wildcats Boys Basketball Head Coach, Joe Newcomb. Mt. Vernon lost their first-round sectional game on Tuesday against Boonville and finished the year with a 9-16 record.
Over the weekend, High School Boys Basketball Sectionals wrapped up on Saturday with the championship games. In the Class 4A Sectional 16 at North High School, Reitz beat Jasper. Reitz will play either Jennings County or New Albany next weekend in the Regional. In the Class 3A Sectional 32 at Boonville, Gibson Southern won their first sectional championship in 21 years as they took care of Mater Dei. The Titans will now play North Daviess next weekend in the Regional as they defeated Washington in the Class 3A Sectional 31 at Washington. Moving on to Class 2A Sectional 48 at Tell City, where Forest Park won their second-straight sectional championship as they clipped North Posey on Saturday. The Rangers await either Southwestern or Brownstown in the Regional. Finally in Class 1A Sectional 64 at Wood Memorial, Northeast Dubois edged Evansville Christian and will play Loogootee in the Regional.
The Big 10 Conference Tournament bracket is set as the tournament will get underway this week up in Chicago at the United Center. The Purdue Boilermakers and the Indiana Hoosiers both earned double byes and will play on Friday. Purdue is the #1 seed after going 15-5 in conference play and Indiana is the #3 seed with a 12-8 Big 10 record. The Illinois Fighting Illini were 11-9 in conference action and ended up being the #7 seed. They will play on Thursday against 10th seeded Penn State.
Sports:
- The Indiana Pacers (29-36) return home to take on the Philadelphia 76ers at 6:00 PM. The Pacers are coming off a 3-1 road trip.
Local News: Friday December 20th 2024