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 It’s hard to imagine a much better game on opening night of the postseason. Charlestown enters the game 17-5 and with seven wins in a row. Corydon is 19-2 and has won seven straight. Corydon beat the Pirates 61-52 in overtime on Dec. 21. Charlestown-Cordyon is the lone game at the Class […]

By GREG MENGELT With four losses in four games, Charlestown has been eliminated from the Mid-Southern Conference race. That doesn’t mean the Pirates can be a factor in the race. Charlestown (5-11, 0-4 MSC) has games this week against Brownstown Central (12-3, 5-1) and North Harrison (11-3, 6-1) that could help determine the MSC champions. […]

By GREG MENGELT Charlestown has won six games in a row. No matter the schedule, that’s quite a feat for any girls’ basketball team. Who the Pirates have beaten during the winning streak makes them the Hoosier Hills Hoops Girls’ Team of the Week. “I think it starts on the defensive end with our crew,” […]

By GREG MENGELT Two of the North Harrison Sectional’s top four teams meet Thursday in the Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night when Charlestown goes to Salem. The Pirates and Lions — along with Corydon Central — are expected to be sectional contenders, should defending state champion and fourth-ranked Silver Creek stumble. With the […]