Local Sports

Boys diving

There’s close, and then there’s what unfolded Tuesday night in the Indian Creek gymnasium.

It used to be that Garrett Messer’s preparation and focus were divided between two events — shot put and discus.

Bowling

At least one possible Johnson County grudge match is in play when boys basketball sectionals start up next week.

We are coming to the end of ice fishing in the Midwest, entering a tough time to beat for bass fishing, and hearing the final call to get our turkey gear in order before the coming season. Out in the Central Flyway, light geese are still hitting the ground, trappers across the region are collecting pelts, and crappie anglers are taking advantage of the prespawn bite on lakes and reservoirs.

Franklin swim coach Zach DeWitt enjoyed his celebratory post-sectional jump into the pool on Saturday as much as he had any of the ones that came before it, but perhaps not for as long as one might expect given how long he’d had to wait for it.

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