Posey County Radio News and Sports
News:
Week 6 of the High School Football season is tonight, and the Mt. Vernon Wildcats will be on the road to play Boonville at 7:00 PM. The Wildcats are 4-1 on the season and have won 4-straight games. Boonville is 2-3 on the year. If you can’t make it to Boonville for the game, Chris Cooke and Allan Buck will have the radio broadcast for you on 106.7 FM WMVI and online at poseycountyradio.com. The pregame show gets underway at 6:45 PM.
The North Posey Vikings look to get back on track this evening at Tecumseh at 7:00 PM. Last week the Vikings suffered their first loss of the year, 10-0 at Heritage Hills. North Posey is 4-1 on the season and they are ranked 8th in this week’s Class 2A AP Poll. Tecumseh is 0-5 on the year. Jordan Fisher and Chris Morlan will bring you all the action over the radio on 98.9 FM WPIW and online at poseycountyradio.com. Their pregame show will start at 6:45 PM tonight.
Other Week 6 games across the tri-state include a handful of games at 6:30 PM…Central plays at Jasper…Bosse welcomes Memorial…Mater Dei is home against North…Castle plays host to Reitz…Harrison welcomes Vincennes…Washington entertains Pike Central…Princeton is on the road at North Knox…Southridge is home taking on Tell City…and at 7:00 PM…Heritage Hills journeys to Gibson Southern.
The Courier and Press has a poll open for the fans midseason football play of the year and Posey County has four choices to vote. They include Mt. Vernon’s Nicot Burnett and Kortez Stewart and North Posey’s Jed Galvin and Liam Stone. You can vote on the Courier and Press website, and we also have the link on our Facebook page at Posey County Radio. Voting ends on Tuesday.
Bud’s Hardware in Mt. Vernon is having their annual Customer Appreciation Day tomorrow. Prize drawings start tomorrow morning and 10:00 AM and the grand prize is a pellet grill with a retail value of 699 dollars. Uncle Ted’s will be serving free hamburgers from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Bud’s Hardware has been serving Mt. Vernon since 1874.
A teacher is in jail and no longer teaching after police say she brought methamphetamine to a family event at Helfrich Park STEM Academy. 35-year-old Sarah Jayne Duncan of Mt. Vernon was formerly listed as an 8th grade teacher on the school’s website. She was arrested Wednesday afternoon and booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail. That came after police say children at the Family Fun Night found a blue scrunchie that Duncan took out of her hair. The children told a teacher they opened the scrunchie and found a glass vial with white powder and a cut straw inside. The teacher, who wasn’t the suspect, told the kids to throw away the scrunchie and paraphernalia. Police say the teacher dug out the scrunchie from the trash and secured it until police arrived. According to an affidavit, janitors noted that during the event, Duncan was frantically searching for some sort of hair tie. Investigators revealed a field test of the white powder in the vial tested positive for methamphetamine. Police say Duncan was taken to Deaconess for a drug screen, which was terminated. The affidavit states the urine samples provided did not meet temperature for testing and an unauthorized container fell from Duncan’s shorts. Duncan told police she did lose a scrunchie, but claims it was not the one the children found. A police report shows that she admitted to owning a scrunchie with a zipper, but says it was a different color. Officers say a photo was taken of Duncan that night, which showed her wearing a blue scrunchie that matched the appearance of the one found by the children. Sarah Duncan was fired from the school the day of her arrest. She was taken into custody on $1,000 bond and faces drug charges.
The MSD of North Posey Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Mr. Steve Kavanaugh as interim Superintendent. Mr. Kavanaugh is a long-time employee of the MSD of North Posey Schools, most recently serving as North Posey Junior High Principal. They say he has no interest in the permanent superintendent position, but the board believes Mr. Kavanaugh will provide stable transitional leadership to the corporation during a full and open superintendent selection process.
Sports Tonight:
- Evansville Volleyball (5-5) plays at Murray State at 6:00 PM.
- USI Volleyball (4-8) is home against Arkansas Little Rock at 6:00 PM.
- The St. Louis Cardinals (67-86) start their final 6-game road-trip of the season in San Diego tonight. It’s the first of three with the Padres at 8:40 PM.
- The Cincinnati Reds (79-75) begin a 3-game series at home with the Pittsburgh Pirates at 5:40 PM.
Sports From Thursday:
- Mt. Vernon Boys Soccer (8-5) picked up a 3-1 win at Boonville.
- North Posey Volleyball (17-4) suffered a tough 5-set loss at home against Tecumseh. The Vikings lost the 5th set, 15-6.
- North Posey Girls Soccer (4-7-1) lost 1-0 at Heritage Hills.
- North Posey Boys Soccer (3-10) fell 6-0 at Heritage Hills.
- Evansville Women’s Soccer (0-3-5) battled Valparaiso to a 1-1 tie at home last night.
- USI Women’s Soccer (1-5-4) was at Arkansas Little Rock last night and the match went scoreless.
- The St. Louis Cardinals (67-86) lost their 3rd-straight game yesterday against the Milwaukee Brewers at home, 6-0. The Brewers won 3-of-4 in the series. St. Louis now hits the road for their final road trip of the season. It starts in San Diego tonight against the Padres at 8:40 PM.
- The Chicago Cubs (79-74) lost the series finale at home to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-6.
- The Cincinnati Reds (79-75) had yesterday off. The Reds welcome the Pittsburgh Pirates to town tonight at 5:40 PM.
Local News: Friday May 17th 2024