Batesville High School, part of the Batesville Community School District, is a public high school

High school

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 in Batesville

Batesville, Indiana

Batesville is a city in Franklin and Ripley counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,520 at the 2010 census. Both the Batesville Casket Company and the Hill-Rom hospital bed manufacturer are headquartered in this town...

, Indiana

Indiana

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 with an enrollment of about 700.

Athletics

Batesville High School is a member of the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference

Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference

A six-member IHSAA-sanctioned Conference located within Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, and Ripley Counties. The 2013-14 school year will welcome two new members, as Rushville and Connersville join.- Membership :...

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The most popular sport at BHS is basketball

Basketball

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 and the program has had moderate success.The basketball team has produced players like Colt Ryan,Michael Menser and Curt Clawson.The current basketball coach is Aaron Garrett. The basketball team has won regionals in 2007,2008and 2011. In 2001, the team lost in the 2A state championship game to Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana

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. The football

American football

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 program has also experienced recent success, winning 6 consecutive sectional titles from 2002 to 2007 with the help of first team all-state linebacker Jonathan Lambert. Also, in 1986, the football team won a regional title to advance to the semistate. The golf

Golf

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 team went to state in 2008. Ellie Tidman won state in women's high jump

High jump

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in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010; this makes her just the third woman to 4-pete at state and the first to do it in high jump.
Notable Alumni:
Josh Rhoads (college golfer)
Chris Giesting (State Champion 400 m and runs track at Univ. of Notre Dame)
Johnathon Lambert (All state football player)
Ellie Tidman (4 time state chamion in high jump)
Colt Ryan (All state and Evansville Univ. basketball player)
Michael Menser (All state and Indiana State Univ. Basketball player)
Jeremy Cook (Hanover Univ. Football Player)
Connor Kelley (All state and Princeton Quarter Back)