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Knights shut out Cubs in Aurora

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The South Dearborn Knights broke in their new field on Friday night when they hosted the Madison Cubs, shellacking the team from Jefferson County 41-0.

South Dearborn went up 14-0 after two Adam Kunkel to Hudson Shackelford passes that both found the end zone. Taytum Barker connected on both extra-point attempts and the score was 14-0 through one quarter of play. 

Kunkel added two more touchdown passes in the second quarter; the senior connected with classmate Reid Thornton, and then hit his tight end Ryan Richard for a score. Barker added two more PATs and the Knights went into the half up 28-0.  

Kunkel found his tight end again in the third quarter and connected on a 23-yard score, his fifth of the evening. Not to be outdone, the Knights’ defense added an interception that Brady Ballart returned for a 39-yard score and a Barker extra point put SD up 41-0. After the running clock, the Knights pulled out the victory to move to 1-1 on the season.  

Kunkel went ham on the Cubs’ defense, connecting on 17 of his 22 attempts for 263 yards and five scores. He now has 488 yards and eight passing touchdowns to start the season.

Junior Carson Cheek saw a bulk of the carries (14) for SD, gaining 54 yards that included a 19-yard pickup. Shackelford led the receiving corps,  finishing with four receptions for 89 yards and scoring twice, Richard caught five Kunkel passes and took them for 83 yards and two scores. Olli Babcock finished with four receptions for 40 yards and the rest of the Knights’ receivers hauled in five catches for 61 yards.  

The SD defense was led by Brayden Johnson’s seven tackles. Ballart and Colton McClure each had an interception, and junior Caden Thompson had two tackles and a fumble recovery for the Knights in the shutout. SD finished with 350 yards of offense while the defense held the Cubs to just 52 and forced three turnovers.
The Knights will host Batesville (2-0) to start EIAC play this Friday. The Bulldogs shut out Milan this week 21-0 to earn their second win on the season.

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Franklin County, Girls Basketball

Lady Cats, 3-0, Schell Shock opponents over the weekend

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Kiersten Schell

The Franklin County Lady Wildcats’ basketball team had about as good a weekend as coach Kyle VanMeter could have asked for as his team starts the season 3-0. Franklin County’s last 3-0 start came in 2017 when they started 5-0 before falling to Lawrenceburg.
Friday night FC dominated host Rising Sun with a 75-32 victory. Senior Kassidy Schell had a career night, scoring 35 points and tying the school record by hitting seven three-pointers; she tied Whitney Gillman and Amber Calihan. Schell nearly matched the single-game record of 40 points scored by Brandi Jolliff, a mark which has stood since 2007.
The Lady Cats went up 19-6 after the first frame with Schell hitting three of her long balls in the period. Another solid quarter put FC up 41-12 at halftime.
The third frame went to the Lady Cats, and they took a 30-point lead into the fourth quarter, 58-28. In the final frame the Lady Cats added 17 points and held the Lady Shiners to just four points to give them the 43-point blowout. Schell’s 35 points led FC; junior Nicole Mears and sophomore Tiffany Billman each chipped in 10 points in the victory.
Saturday’s matchup saw the Lady Cats face the Madison Lady Cubs in the home gymnasium. The Lady Cats played spoiler to the Lady Cubs’ season opener with a 46-39 win.
Senior Kiersten Schell was leading scorer for FC, dropping 16 points on Madison.
FC jumped out to 13-8 lead after the first frame and went into halftime up 24-17. The second half began with Madison going on a run while holding the Lady Cats to just six points in the frame. FC escaped with a two-point lead through three stanzas.
A 16-point fourth quarter from FC and great defense got the Lady Cats the 7-point victory. Ka. Schell was second in scoring for FC with 12 points. Cam Cahall scored a dozen for the Cubs and Breck Ralston had 10.
Friday night the Lady Cats are back in action facing off with Northeastern. FC will be celebrating youth night and introducing all the youth program players before the varsity game. Friday is also Veteran’s Day. FCHS will be honoring all veterans at the game. If you are a veteran, you and your family will be admitted into the game for FREE that night.