By GREG MENGELT SALEM — As expected, Silver Creek and Scottsburg cruised into the semifinal round of the Class 3A Salem Sectional with easy opening-round wins Wednesday evening. Two-time defending state champion Silver Creek blew out Salem for the second time in a week and the upstart Warriors won a rubber match over Madison 81-48 […]

By GREG MENGELT COLORADO SPRINGS — Jake Heidbreder scored 10 points and Air Force stopped a 9-game losing streak with a 58-54 victory over San Jose State on Tuesday at Clune Arena. Heidbreder, a freshman from Floyd Central, went 2 for 3 from the field and 5 for 7 at the free throw line in […]

By GREG MENGELT BOISE — Boise State clinched the Mountain West Conference with a 73-67 victory over Tre Coleman and the Nevada Wolf Pack on Tuesday at ExtraMile Arena. Coleman, a Jeffersonville product, finished with two points on 1 of 3 shooting and also had four rebounds and a team-best three steals as Nevada fell […]

By GREG MENGELT SEYMOUR — Sectional-favorite Floyd Central erased a 13-point halftime deficit and overcame Jennings County in double overtime in the Class 4A Seymour’s sectional’s quarterfinal round Tuesday. That thriller followed defending champion Jeffersonville’s 61-48 victory over Bedford North Lawrence. Jeffersonville (8-11) will face Seymour (15-6) in Friday’s first semifinal at the famed Lloyd […]

By GREG MENGELT LARAMIE, Wyoming — Tre Coleman and the Nevada Wolf Pack outscored Wyoming 35-32 in the second half Saturday, but it wasn’t enough as the host Cowboys won for the eighth time in 10 games, 74-61 at Arena Auditorium. Coleman, a former Jeffersonville star, finished with six points, two assists and a steal […]

By GREG MENGELT MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Before the season, the Conference USA coaches picked Middle Tennessee as the worst team in the league. On Saturday, Josh Jefferson and the Blue Raiders clinched the top seed out of the East Division by beating Western Kentucky 69-52 at the Murphy Center. The win was the Blue Raiders’ […]