Posey County Radio News and Sports
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Week 2 of the High School Football season is tonight. The Mt. Vernon Wildcats will play their home opener against South Spencer at 7:00 PM. Mt. Vernon is looking for their first victory of the year, after they lost in their season opener at North Posey, 35-28. Chris Cooke and Allen Buck will have the radio broadcast on 106.7 FM WMVI and online at poseycountyradio.com. The pregame show starts at 6:45 PM.
The North Posey Vikings will be looking to move to 2-0 on the season as they play host to Princeton this evening at 7:00 PM. Jordan Fisher and Chris Morlan will bring you the radio broadcast on 98.9 FM WPIW and online at poseycountyradio.com. The pregame show gets underway at 6:45 PM.
Other Week 2 games across the tri-state tonight…starting in SIAC…Castle at Mater Dei…Memorial at North…Bosse welcomes Central…Jasper plays host to Harrison…and Reitz travels to Vincennes.
Outside of the SIAC…Gibson Southern is home against Mt. Carmel…Pike Central is at Tecumseh…Heritage Hills journeys to Christian Academy…Southridge pays a visit to Boonville…Washington heads to Edgewood…Tell City plays at Eastern Pekin…and Perry Central squares off against Forest Park at home.
Posey County is under a county wide ban on open burning until at least Tuesday of next week. The ban went into effect on Tuesday of this week. The ban on open burning will be reevaluated next Tuesday and extended if necessary.
Campers will be able to have campfires at Harmonie State Park during Posey County’s burn ban though. Labor Day weekend can be a busy time at the park. Officials with the park say that a waiver has been finalized and granted to allow this. Officials state the fires must be contained, dug a little deeper and be near water.
The University of Evansville’s Center for Innovation and Change has been awarded $100,000 to recruit students to the ChangeLab program. The program was awarded an initial grant back in March. This second grant will continue the positive results found to identify new uses for materials and products through mentorships. Officials say the grant supports innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development related to clean energy and climate for disadvantaged communities. It allows the students at UE to learn new skills and lead the community to a greener and cleaner future.
The St. Louis Cardinals earned a 4-game split at home against the San Diego Padres as the Cardinals won the finale yesterday, 4-1. St. Louis improves to 67-67 on the year. They begin a 3-game weekend series in New York tonight against the Yankees at 6:05 PM.
The Chicago Cubs enjoyed a day off yesterday and now begin a 3-game set in Washington against the Nationals this evening at 5:45 PM. Chicago is going for a 4th-straight win as they sit at 68-66 on the season.
The Cincinnati Reds were able to avoid a 3-game sweep at home vs the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, thanks to a 10-9 walk-off win. After blowing a 7-6 lead in the 9th and giving up 3 runs, the Reds turned right around and scored 3 runs of their own to win the game. Cincy improves to 64-70. They play a doubleheader today at home against the Milwaukee Brewers at 11:40 AM and 5:40 PM.