South Ripley boys basketball was one of the state’s top scoring teams during the mid-1990’s and helping spearhead such an effort was Kris Cranfill who finished his career ranked second in program history with 1,259 points.

 

Cranfill was a multi-sport superstar in Versailles but he shined on the basketball floor with a South Ripley program that seemed to dazzle on offense each and every night. Under head coach Randy Snodgrass, the Raiders won back-to-back county championships during Cranfill’s career and the team amassed 58 wins in four years. Kris helped the green and white average nearly 85 points per game his junior season -second best average in the state- and 79 points per game the following season. Both numbers remain top scoring averages in school history. An All-ORVC, All-County and All-Sectional selection, Cranfill now sits at No. 3 on the school’s all-time scoring list and remains a record holder in three other categories. His 45 points against Switzerland County in 1995 is a single-game high for the Raiders and that same contest saw him set the single-game record for field goals with 17. He is also the career steals leader with 188 and at one point held the school’s career field goal percentage mark at 55.8 percent.

 

Cranfill was also a standout baseball player as both a hitter and pitcher, helping South Ripley to back-to-back sectional championships in 1995 and 1996 while also pitching a no-hitter in 1996. His abilities and accomplishments are now forever enshrined as part of his Hall of Fame induction. He and his wife Mendy have three children, Luke, Josie and Gabe and he remains an avid supporter of South Ripley Athletics and a loyal worker inside the Versailles community.