By GREG MENGELT JEFFERSONVILLE — Just when things were looking dour, Jeffersonville’s star stepped up in the Red Devils’ 44-42 victory over visiting Bedford North Lawrence on Thursday evening at Johnson Arena. Jeff trailed by as many as 12 points in the third quarter, but the Devils’ defense help them climb out of the hole […]

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 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 GREG MENGELT Floyd Central has made a joke of the Hoosier Hills Conference race. In a 7-team conference in which every team plays just six league games, the 12-2 Highlanders have a 2-game lead in the loss column on every team except New Albany and the Bulldogs have only played two games (compared to […]

By GREG MENGELT New Albany and Jeffersonville both suffered season-ending losses Tuesday in the opening round of the Class 4A Jeffersonville Sectional, leaving Floyd Central as the only local team left in the field. The Highlanders (9-13) will face third-ranked Bedford North Lawrence (21-2) in Friday’s second semifinal after BNL came from behind to beat […]

By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek has had some serious challenges in its first ever season as reigning state champions. Charlestown (9-2) rolled into Sellersburg and left with one of its two losses this season. Corydon Central (11-1) came to town and left with its only loss of the season to date. Then there was the […]