By GREG MENGELT With Kooper Jacobi and Trey Kaufman now on Division I rosters, it was assumed Branden Northern would take over the major scoring role for the 2-time defending Class 3A state champion Silver Creek Dragons. Northern didn’t disappoint in his debut. The Silver Creek senior had 31 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists […]

By GREG MENGELT The Hoosier Hills Hoops Boys’ Power Poll is a weekly feature each Sunday, ranking the top girls’ teams in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties. 1. Silver Creek (1-0). The defending state champions will stay No. 1 until they lose … or one of the teams below would have to do […]

By GREG MENGELT The Hoosier Hills Hoops Girls’ Power Poll is a weekly feature each Sunday, ranking the top girls’ teams in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties. 1. Silver Creek (7-0, Last Week: No. 1). The Dragons are the easy No. 1 so far. Next week: vs. Bowling Green (Friday at Owensboro, Ky.), […]

By GREG MENGELT CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Host Campbellsville knocked off Indiana University Southeast 80-74 in the final round of the Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday afternoon to give the Grenadiers their ninth loss in 11 games to open the season. IU Southeast led 38-27 with 3:36 to go in the first half after an Anthony Wales […]

By GREG MENGELT There’s no New Albany, no Jeffersonville, no Floyd Central and no Silver Creek on Opening Night of the 2021-22 boys’ basketball season. So it’s not the greatest slate of games on the first night of local basketball, but that’s not to say there aren’t some games of interest. (There were 7 games […]

By GREG MENGELT With boys basketball getting underway, the girls no longer have the basketball season to themselves. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some great games and great storylines. For example, Scottsburg (3-2) and Austin (1-4) renew their Scott County rivalry — one of the best rivalries in Indiana going back to the beginning when […]