Osgood Journal Sports
April 26, 2005

Jac-Cen-Del Junior Varsity 3-2 to start the season Marcus Wirth The Jac-Cen-Del JV baseball team won their first game of the baseball season defeating South Ripley 9-3 on April 6. Bradon Gehl was 2-4 and scored one run. Andy Wolff was 2-3 with two RBIs and also scored one run. Bradon Gehl was the winning pitcher. He gave up one run in 3 innings of work and had four strikeouts. The Junior Varsity Eagles then defeated Rising Sun 9-1 on April 13. Brock Billman was 2-3 and drove in three runs. Brandon Gehl pitched four innings giving up no-hits. He had ten strikeouts and only issued one walk. The Eagles then lost their next two games to Lawrenceburg and Switzerland County. The Eagles lost to the Tigers 8-7 down at Lawrenceburg on April 15. Brock Billman was the losing pitcher giving up three runs, two earned, in 2 2/3 innings. Andy Wolff, Eric Horan, and Andrew Huff were all 2-4. Wolff had two RBIs and Huff had one RBI. Tucker Brown was 3-4 with one RBI. JCD then lost their second straight to the Pacers of Switzerland County on April 16. Tucker Brown and Eric Horan were both 2-3 and Brown had two RBIs. Craig Horan was the losing pitcher. He pitched two innings and gave up three runs, all earned. The Eagles lost 6-3. The Eagles then won their third game of the season defeating the North Decatur Chargers 5-3. Eric Horan, Tucker Brown, Andrew Wolff, and Aaron Harmeyer were all 2-4. Andrew Huff was 3-4 scoring tow runs and knocked in a run. He also gunned down two Chargers trying to steal. Brown had three RBIs and scored two runs. Brown was the winning pitcher. He threw six innings and struck out eight. He gave up three runs, two earned. The Jac-Cen-Del JV is now 3-2 overall and 2-1 in ORVC play.

Rinear wins Submission Fighting and No Holds Barred title On Friday, April 1, Kevin Rinear, Osgood, entered two of four divisions in a Scottsburg, Indiana fighting event. The fighters in this event came from as far as Louisville, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati, to test their perspective fighting styles against other disciplines. The styles varied from Karate, Boxing, Kickboxing, Ju-Jitsu and Muay Thai. No Holds Barred was a full contact division that allowed striking anywhere but the groin with hands, feet, elbows and knees, even head butting was allowed. If the fighters got wrapped up or went to the ground a variety of chokes, arm bars, leg locks, or other joint manipulations were also allowed. Submission fighting has the same rules except no strikes to the head. There were five men entered in submissions fighting and four in No Holds Barred, which meant Rinear had to fight two or three times to win a division. In the end Rinear fought four times that night winning with two knockouts, one submission by choke and one decision. "The toughest fight of the night was the first No Holds Barred fight. The man was a very muscular 230 pounds and a good fighter. He staggered me with a right hand and caused my nose to bleed pretty bad throughout the fight. I finally wore him down with punches and knees to the body and ending it was a reverse side kick to the stomach. "It may seem like an extreme sport but all the fighters were very respectful of each other because we realize that anyone can be beaten," stated Rinear. Kevin started martial arts at Taylor's Tae Kwon Do in Osgood, receiving a black belt at age 21. He now trains at various gyms in Cincinnati in boxing, kickboxing and submissions. Kevin Rinear prepares to fight in No Holds Barred division at Scottsburg.

 

 

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