Local News: Wednesday September 6th 2023

Posey County Radio News and Sports

News:

The Mt. Vernon River Days is coming up this Friday and Saturday. The busy two days of events gets underway at 11:00 AM on Friday with the opening ceremony by the American Legion Post #5. Free inflatables provided by Old National Bank will be open from 11:00 AM until 7:00 PM. Also getting started at 11:00 AM on Friday is the “Smoke on the Ohio” BBQ competition, which runs until 8:00 PM. The Little Miss and Mr. River Days Pageant is at 6:00 PM on Friday and the evening will end with Fireworks at 9:00 PM. Then on Saturday, the long day of events runs from 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM. Saturday starts with the 5K run in the courthouse area at 8:00 AM.

This past Friday before North Posey Football played their home opener against South Spencer, there was a special honor that took place. The Vikings honored 2009 graduate and football standout Frank “the Tank” Rynkiewich as an honorary captain. Frank is battling ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Frank was out there with the rest of the captains for the coin toss. He also received a framed jersey and plaque. North Posey Football is raising money to help aid in his fight. You can donate at this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rkwnd-fight-for-frank.

DEA officials say they’ve arrested a man and seized 74,000 pills of fentanyl after a month’s long investigation in Evansville. According to an affidavit, undercover officers began messaging with an account from Mexico back in May. Officers negotiated a sale of 4,000 fentanyl pills. After that, officials say they negotiated a second sale this time of 50,000 fentanyl pills coming from California. Javier Moreno-Garibaldi was taken into custody after he was caught transporting the pills to the second sale on Monday. According to the affidavit, Moreno-Garibaldi says he was told by someone else to transport the drugs from Arizona to Evansville and bring the money back to Arizona. Officials say they seized 70,000 fentanyl pills. Garibaldi says he thought he was transporting cocaine, not fentanyl. He’s set to appear in federal court Wednesday afternoon.

Week 4 of the High School Football season is coming up this Friday and yesterday the updated AP High School Football polls were released with several teams across the Tri-State receiving recognition. In Class 5A, Castle is 11^th. Class 4A has Reitz 2^nd and Memorial 5^th. Class 3A features Heritage Hills ranked 3^rd and Gibson Southern 8^th. In Class 2A, North Posey is 7^th and Mater Dei is 9^th.

Sports Tonight:

• Mt. Vernon Boys Tennis is home against Princeton at 5:00 PM.
• North Posey Girls Golf plays South Spencer on the road at 4:30 PM.
• North Posey Boys Tennis welcomes Tecumseh at 4:30 PM.
• North Posey Volleyball travels to North. The JV match is at 5:30 PM and the Varsity match will be around 7:00 PM.

• The St. Louis Cardinals (60-78) continue their series in Atlanta against the Braves at 6:20 PM. The Redbirds are looking for their 3^rd-straight win. Catch the game on 106.7 FM WMVI.

• The Cincinnati Reds (73-68) hope to complete a 3-game sweep at home against the Seattle Mariners at 5:40 PM.

Sports From Last Night:

• North Posey Volleyball (12-2) won in straight-sets last night at Mt. Vernon (6-5).
• North Posey Boys Soccer (1-6) got tripped up at Boonville, 3-1.
• Mt. Vernon Girls Golf defeated Signature School at Fendrich Golf Course. The Wildcats had a team score of 194 and Signature School had a team score of 222. Hadley Weatherford shot a 41 to pace Mt. Vernon and Emily Jones shot a 47.

• The St. Louis Cardinals (60-78) won a slugfest in their series opener at the Braves last night, 10-6. The two teams continue their series in Atlanta this evening at 6:20 PM.  

• The Chicago Cubs (75-64) pounded their way to an 11-8 win at home against the San Francisco Giants. The Cubs scored 6 runs in the 7^th inning. Chicago looks for a 3-game sweep of the Giants today at 1:20 PM.

• The Cincinnati Reds (73-68) scored 3 runs in the 8^th and then a run in the 9^th inning to walk off the Seattle Mariners, 7-6. The Reds go for the 3-game sweep in Cincinnati tonight at 5:40 PM.