By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek is the clear favorite to win their regional Saturday at Charlestown. The Dragons are the defending state champions, are 23-2 (easily the best record in the regional) and will be the only ranked team Saturday in Charlestown. Still, veteran Silver Creek coach Scott Schoen knows getting past sectional champions Rushville […]

By GREG MENGELT There’s rarely a stretch of schedule that’s ever easy for New Albany, but the close of the 2021-22 regular season will be unique for Jim Shannon and the Bulldogs. New Albany (9-7) has six games in the next 15 days — all against teams that present different challenges. It’s starts this weekend […]

By GREG MENGELT We’re to the point in the season where excuses don’t work anymore. Problem is, Jeffersonville’s boys still have excuses. In the 13 weeks since the season began, Andrew Grantz’s Red Devils have had 13 practices with everyone available. The earliest incident was a suspension, the rest has been had luck and bad […]

By GREG MENGELT It’s Championship Tuesday! Apparently that’s a new thing in Southern Indiana, thanks to last week’s winter storms that pushed the five local sectional championships to Tuesday. Here’s a brief look at each one of our local sectionals: CLASS 3A NORTH HARRISON SECTIONAL: SILVER CREEK VS. CORYDON CENTRAL This is easily the best […]

By GREG MENGELT Every year, Scottsburg plays one of the area’s toughest schedules. The Warriors have never had a problem with scheduling Southern Indiana’s “big boys” like New Albany and Jeffersonville. Almost a quarter of this year’s opponents are 4A teams. So far it’s been a mixed bag for Scottsburg. During their 6-1 start, the […]

By GREG MENGELT While three local sectionals resumed play Saturday, two local sectionals — with teams traveling as long as an hour to reach their sectional sites — decided to wait until Monday to play their semifinals. It’s rare that a Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night will feature one team that beat another […]