By GREG MENGELT We may be beating a dead horse at this point, but this hasn’t been the year Jeffersonville basketball expected. The defending sectional champion Red Devils were viewed as outside state championship contenders when the season began, but due to circumstances — many of them out of their control — they started the […]

By GREG MENGELT With just over a week to go in the regular season, it’s a packed schedule Tuesday night with several intriguing matchups. The Hoosier Hills Hoops Boys’ Game of the Night, for example, features two teams with state championship expectations. Host Floyd Central (16-2) is ranked sixth in the state, while the Braves […]

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 Like a lot of local teams, Austin’s 2021-22 season has been inconsistent. The Eagles are currently 7-10 and they’ve already suffered a 7-game losing streak, but they’ve been good of late. Last Thursday, Austin won 59-42 at North Harrison (9-8) for its first Mid-Southern Conference win of the season. The victory is […]

By GREG MENGELT Austin went 0-2 last week, but senior Brysen Montgomery had two memorable performance against two of the area’s best teams to earn the Hoosier Hills Hoops Player of the Week honor. First, Montgomery scored 39 points, grabbed eight rebounds, had three steals, six deflections and an assist in the Eagles’ 82-62 loss […]

By GREG MENGELT Lane Hoefler had two huge performances with two career-high scoring nights and a career-best rebounding night in the Washington County Invitational. Hoefler finished the week with 59 points and 23 rebounds as the Senators finished third in the tournament. On Friday, he had 26 points and 9 rebounds in the Senators’ 73-57 […]