By GREG MENGELT Borden (16-7) avenged an earlier loss against favored Rock Creek then held off a game Christian Academy team to win its first sectional championship in nine years.

Here’s a glance ahead to the four local boys’ regional tournament pairings, including locations and times, set for Saturday, March 12: CLASS 4A SEYMOUR REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Evansville North (16-10) vs. Bloomington North (22-3), 10 a.m. Floyd Central (20-4) vs. Franklin (11-14), Noon CHAMPIONSHIP Semifinal winners, 8 p.m. CLASS 3A WASHINGTON REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Evansville Bosse (17-9) […]

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 Borden’s Sterling Mikel had a game to remember in his final regular-season game in his home gym. The senior forward scored 30 points and helped his 14-6 Braves upset Class A No. 12 Orleans 56-41 on Saturday for the Hoosier Hills Hoops Performance of the Week. Mikel knocked down five 3-pointers and […]

By GREG MENGELT Borden clinched its first Southern Athletic Conference championship since 2015 with a 51-45 win at Henryville on Saturday. The Braves trailed the Hornets by double-digits with under 2 minutes left and rallied to complete the conference slate unbeaten and earn the Hoosier Hills Hoops Boys’ Team of the Week honor. “I’m so […]

By GREG MENGELT In a rare Monday with multiple local games, Floyd Central (6-11) will host Borden in the Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night. The Highlanders have been playing their best basketball of late. They’ve won three of their last five and the only two losses since Christmas came against teams with a […]