By GREG MENGELT As expected, 10-time defending sectional champion Bedford North Lawrence and upstart Jennings County will meet in Tuesday’s sectional championship game at Jeffersonville’s Johnson Arena. BNL (22-2) blitzed Floyd Central in a 61-16 victory. The Highlanders, whose season ends with a 9-13 mark, had played well coming into Monday’s sectional semifinal, but the […]

By KENZIE WINSTEAD NEW ALBANY, IND. — Cameron Stone hit a driving layup with eight seconds left to lift Grant Line over Floyds Knobs 32-31 in Sunday’s nail-bitter for the Floyd County Elementary Basketball League boys’ championship. Stone led the winners with 14 points. “He’s a coach’s kid and he’s just so good with the […]

By KENZIE WINSTEAD NEW ALBANY, IND. — Zoe Goble scored all five of her team’s fourth-quarter points to ignite Floyds Knobs past Mount Tabor 13-12 Sunday afternoon at Scribner Middle School in the girls’ championship game of the Floyd County Elementary Basketball League. Mount Tabor charged to an 8-0 behind the play of Riley Belden, […]

By GREG MENGELT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Josh Jefferson had perhaps his best all-around game of the season, but it wasn’t enough in Middle Tennessee’s 97-75 loss to UAB at Bartow Arena in Birmingham. A New Albany graduate and Blue Raider senior, Jefferson led his team in scoring, rebounds and assists in Saturday’s loss, which dropped […]

By GREG MENGELT COLORADO SPRINGS — Former Floyd Central star Jake Heidbreder had a career-high 20 points, but it wasn’t enough as his Air Force Falcons dropped a 91-77 Mountain West Conference game Saturday at Clune Arena. Heidbreder, whose previous high was 16 points in a loss to Colorado State on Jan. 22, went 7 […]

By GREG MENGELT LOUISVILLE — After winning seven of its first eight Atlantic Sun games in 2021-22, Bellarmine suffered its second straight home loss Saturday, 75-70 to Kennesaw State at Freedom Hall. After trailing 39-38 at the half, the balanced Owls went on an 18-6 run early in the second half and led the rest […]