By GREG MENGELT A look at each of the area’s six sectionals: CLASS 4A SEYMOUR SECTIONAL • Location: Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium, Seymour H.S. (1350 W. Second St., Seymour) • Schedule: First round (Tuesday) — Jeffersonville (7-11) vs. Bedford North Lawrence (11-11), 6 p.m.; Floyd Central (17-4) vs. Jennings County (14-8), 7:30 p.m. Semifinals (Friday) […]

By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek finds itself in an unusual position as it enters Saturday’s Class 3A state championship game. Winners of the 59 of its last 66 games, Creek isn’t often an underdog. It certainly looks like that’s the case Saturday when the fourth-ranked Dragons (26-2) take on top-ranked South Bend Washington (26-3) at […]

By GREG MENGELT Floyd Central lost twice last week. It wasn’t a huge deal. They were two non-conference games late in the season. Two games stuck in between the Highlanders clinching the Hoosier Hills Conference championship and the sectional beginning next week. The Highlanders were also playing without Caleb Washington. Of course, any team — […]

By GREG MENGELT There are several interesting games locally on the final Tuesday of the regular season, including the penultimate game of Jeffersonville’s wild season. The 6-10 Red Devils, who have won four of their last six games after starting the season 2-7, host Madison (6-15) in Tuesday’s Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night […]

By GREG MENGELT The IHSAA had its draw for the 2022 boys’ basketball postseason, which begins March 1 with sectional quarterfinals, on Sunday for 64 sectionals across the state. That includes six local sectionals, at Seymour (Class 4A), Salem (3A), Southwestern (2A), Tell (City), Borden (A) and Edinburgh (A). Here’s a quick look at each […]

By GREG MENGELT Sixth-ranked Floyd Central’s 11-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday when the Highlanders let a late lead slip away and Brownstown Central’s Jack Benter hit a 3-pointer from near mid-court at the overtime buzzer. It certainly wasn’t a bad loss. Brownstown is 18-3 and one of the top 3A teams in […]