By GREG MENGELT Even if they wouldn’t admit it, the New Washington Mustangs surely have December 18 circled in red markers on the copies of their schedules. Not that every game isn’t important, but Lanesville is currently the local Class A team by which all others measure their success. Not only are the Eagles the […]

By GREG MENGELT If you’re the kind of basketball fan that looks for a good game to attend every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, there’s good news for you. For the first Saturday of the season, the lineup is interesting and has several options. It starts with New Albany at Bloomington South, the Hoosier Hills Hoops […]

By GREG MENGELT GAME OF THE NIGHT BROWNSTOWN (2-4, 0-1 MSC) AT SCOTTSBURG (4-2, 1-1) • Time: 7:30 p.m. • Location: Charles E. Meyer Gymnasium, Scottsburg. • Coaches: Brownstown — Brandon Allman (47-15 in third season at Brownstown and overall). Scottsburg — Carrie Daniels (12-17 in second season at Scottsburg, 115-73 in seventh season overall). • […]

By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek is riding a rare 3-year reign as state champions. One of the state’s all-time great runs … with the 2020 postseason caveat, of course. Creek will look a little different this season. Trey Kaufman-Renn is now redshirting at Purdue and Kooper Jacobi is averaging 3.8 points and 4.3 rebounds as […]

By GREG MENGELT After a couple easy early wins and a surprisingly comfortable win over Charlestown in previous weeks, Silver Creek’s schedule suddenly got very difficult last week. All the Dragons (6-0) have done since Nov. 17 is beat Charlestown (4-2) and previously-unbeaten Corydon Central (7-1) in Mid-Southern Conference games and take down the area’s […]

By GREG MENGELT With boys basketball getting underway, the girls no longer have the basketball season to themselves. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some great games and great storylines. For example, Scottsburg (3-2) and Austin (1-4) renew their Scott County rivalry — one of the best rivalries in Indiana going back to the beginning when […]